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HENFIELD THEN AND NOW

DUNSTALLs

There are many old farmhouses like Dunstalls on the roads leading down to the brooks south of Henfield. Dunstalls is at the bottom of Windmill Lane, where the road turns right to join up with Sandy Lane. William Simmonds, a 47-year old agricultural labourer, lived at Dunstalls in 1871 with his wife Ellen, their three sons and two lodgers. In 1881, it was occupied by 51-year old Stephen Woolgar, an agricultural labourer born in Bramber. In the house with him were his wife, Harriet, son George - a bricklayer's labourer - and daughters Alice, Martha and Louisa.

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Dunstalls 1: This shows the farmhouse in the late 1990s.

Dunstalls 2: This photograph was taken in the summer of 2015, and shows work being carried out on the house.

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Dunstalls: This black & white photo was actually taken in 1880. The print was taken from an original glass plate.

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Dunstalls: A black & white photo from 1987, taken from a footpath at the back of the house.

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Dunstalls: This photo was taken at Easter 2016 - work still continuing from the previous summer, but this time under plastic sheeting.

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Dunstalls 1: A view of the house in the summer of 2016 from the upper part of Windmill Lane.

Dunstalls 2: Summer 2016 - the sheeting has gone, just leaving scaffolding around the body of the house.

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Dunstalls 1: This photo and the one below were taken in late March 2017, both from the start of the footpath by the upper side of Windmill Lane. This photo is a long shot, with the downs in the backgground.

Dunstalls 2: From the same standpoint as the photo above, but closer-up using the telephoto. The completion of the work can be clearly seen.

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Dunstalls: A photo on a mid-April Spring morning in 2018.

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Dunstalls [AH]: A photo courtesy of Dr. Annabelle Hughes.
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