Langley or Langney Green, Seaside, Eastbourne before 1916

[Keith Sherwood]

As there's no word yet about Langney Green, and because this thread has been used for several other friendly enquiries about the Eastbourne area, could I possible throw another query into the ring?
My grandfather John Sherwood's birth certificate of 1883 states that he was born at "Gate House", New Willingdon.  I can find no trace of somewhere so named on today's map, so does anyone know where exactly this might have been, or what larger building or estate this might have been the gate house to?
Keith

[sandra70]

Hi Keith,

Can't say I have ever heard of the "Gate House" - I live quite close to
Willingdon - any other clues ? not heard of "New Willingdon" either -
so not a lot of help really.......lol

Sandra

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi again, Sandra,
Hope the snow-shoes are not working overtime in East Sussex.  The only other clue is that the registration sub-district was Westham.
Tuesday's trip to the FRC turned out to be a bit of a rush, so I never had enough time to have a close look at those Langney/Langley streets on fiche in the 1901 Census.  I'll be down there again soon, though,
Keith

[sandra70]

my immediate thoughts on Westham, are Pevensey and Pevensey Castle, which
would have had a gatehouse..........

[mnmilt]

Sandra
I'm not too sure about Gate House being in Pevensey.  An alternative explanation is that Gate House was near the Toll gate that was (I think) in what is now Seaside Road.  Tollgate Primary School is located on Winston Crescent which is just off of Seaside Road, just past the Roundabout at Lottbridge Drove on the way out of Eastbourne.  If correct (and it just a wild guess that Tollgate School is near the site of an old Toll) then that means that Keith's family weren't moving around that much (Tollgate School is near Leeds Ave which was one of the entrances to the Flying grounds).
Like you I have never heard of New Willingdon.

Mark

[Keith Sherwood]

Thanks again, Mark and Sandra,
I think the Tollgate in the Seaside area sounds the more likely - as there seems to be such uncertainty about this Seaside area of Eastbourne prior to the 20th Century, and even after WW1, perhaps I need to pay a visit to Eastbourne again and have a browse in the library there; or take myself off to Lewes Record Office to look at maps.
This Spring, sometime...
Best wishes,
Keith

[sandra70]

Hi All

Yep all seems to fit better, where Tollgate school is, is what
we call "St Anthony's" but as you say not too far from Seaside,
Further along there towards Pevensey is a small close called
Langney Green - so I think generally we are in the right area.

Cheers
Sandra

[sandra70]

Hi

Found the link below which shows all the boundaries - Sussex Family History site.



http://www.sfhg.org.uk/ssxmap7.html#X

Sandra

[Keith Sherwood]

Thanks Sandra - trouble with the computer over the weekend, but all sorted now.
How old is the map you showed - is it in fact one of the Sussex Hundreds, or were they called Rapes?  Wapentakes in the North, I believe....
Hope the snow has cleared in Eastbourne now,
best wishes,
Keith