Mayfield Local Historical Society

The MAYFIELD LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY was founded in 1975 to encourage interest in the history of Mayfield and the adjoining district.

The Society has recently published a completely updated short historic GUIDE to Mayfield past and present, including the invaluable Mayfield Directory to local organisations and services. It is available locally @ £3.50 per copy

A small local history and archive collection is also maintained.

The main activity of the Society is the holding of a number of talks during the Winter months. These talks are on topics relating to the historical tapestry of people, events and buildings in the South East, especially in East Sussex

Annual membership for theseason, which covers admission to all the monthly talks, is £5.00.
Non members may attend individual talks at a cost of £2.00 per talk.

Click here to download an application form

Details of all the Society’s activities are announced each month in the Mayfield & Five Ashes Newsletter (Yellow Pages).
They are also mentioned in the Community Life section of the Kent & Sussex Courier newspaper.

Any further information can be obtained from the Honorary Secretary:
Rob Foster

Tel : 01435 873215

Programme of Events for 2010/2011 season: -

Meetings at 8.00pm in the Scout & Guide Hall

Friday, March 25th 2011	Swing Riots of the 1830s	by Colin Manton
Friday, April 29th 2011	“The History of Sussex Agriculture”	by Geoffrey Mead
September 30th	Argos Hill Windmill- its past and future	Richard Howse & Philip Hicks
October 28th	Mayfield through Time	Brian O’Connor
November 25th	Travel in the past: the problems and pleasures of the journey.	Janet Pennington
January 27th 2012	The dregs of the people remain: The black death and its aftermath	Imogen Corrigan
February 24th	Archaeology in woodlands, (to be followed up with a walk to point out the archaeology of a Mayfield wood.)	David Brown
March 30th	Medieval Sussex - from Settlement to Dissolution	Dr Ian Friel
April 27th	Country life in Roman Sussex	David Rudling