The Valley Diary

Charlton  East Dean  Singleton  West Dean

...what's going on in the villages of the lavant valley

Old Photos
of the Lavant Valley
Supplied by Janet Holt. They were taken by a photographer called Donald Birkinshaw for his Ashley Postcard series and now belong to Janet. He lived on the Hog's Back near Farnham and published photos, postcards and calendars until 1953 when purchase tax forced him to stop. They are mainly from the 1940's and 1950's and seem to be mostly East Dean, Charlton & Singleton. Click on them for their bigger version. If you can put a caption to any of them please
email me.


1. Ruck's Cottage & Rose Cottage, East Dean

2. Post Office Row and Star and Garter, East Dean

3. Walnut Tree Cottage, East Dean

4. Court Hill, East Dean

5. Levin Down, Singleton

6. Levin Down, Singleton

7. Levin Down, Singleton

8. Rose Cottage, East Dean

9. East Dean Pond

10.
Coming into East Dean from Goodwood

11. Opposite bus shelter, East Dean. Nos. 30 & 31, Main road, at the corner of New House Lane

12.
East Dean Church

61.
Cucumber Farm & Hilltop Cottages (no longer there), Singleton

14. New House Lane, East Dean

15. Walnut Tree Cottage -
Coming into East Dean from Goodwood
 

62. Levin Down and allotments, Charlton Road, Singleton

17. Any ideas anyone?

18. Post Office Row and
Star and Garter, East Dean

19. East Dean Stores
, Yew Tree Cottage and Garage, East Dean looking towards Charlton

20. East Dean Stores

21. Cottages on bank, East Dean
No.28 Main road

22. Hat Hill, Singleton

23. Gerards Garden, Singleton

24. Main Road Singleton, looking towards Horse & Groom

25.
Corner by Bridge House and Old Post Office, Singleton

26. Spring Cottage beyond
The Plantation, Grove Road, Singleton

27.
The Partridge Inn formerly Fox and Hounds, Singleton

28. Police House,
Budds Hill, Singleton

29. Court's Shop,
Cobblers Row, Singleton

30. Bridge, Bridge House, Singleton. Junction of the A286 & Charlton Road

31. Bridge House, Childown, Singleton

32. Singleton Pond

33.
River and Bridge House, Childown, Singleton (before bridge to Old Post Office was built)

34. Bowling Green and Horse & Groom, Singleton. Looking up to The Old Rectory (on hill in distance)

35.
The Plantation, Grove Rd, Singleton

36.
Rose Cottages and Butcher's Shop, Singleton

37.
Horse and Groom, Singleton

38. Bay Cottage (now Little Garth), Singleton

39. Rose Cottages, Singleton

40. Childown with Nos.11&12 opposite
, Singleton

41. Bay Cottage (now
Little Garth), Singleton

42. Easter Cottage, Singleton

43.
St Mary's Church (then St John the Baptist), Singleton

44. Pond Cottage, Singleton

45. Gerards Garden, Singleton

46.
Church Cottages from Manor Farmyard, Singleton

47. The Partridge Inn, Singleton (then Fox and Hounds)

48. Little Yarne, Singleton

49. The Old Post Office, Singleton

50.
Littlewood Farm, Singleton

51. Grove House and Spring Cottage, Singleton

52. Levin Down, Singleton

53.
Fox Hall, Charlton

54.
The Fox at Charlton (now Fox Goes Free)

55.
The Fox at Charlton (now Fox Goes Free)

56. Manor Farm, and farm buildings, Singleton

57. Cucumber Farm, Hilltop, Singleton

58.
Lambdown from Manor Farmyard, Singleton

59.
Cucumber Farm, Hilltop, Singleton

60. Bankside and The Leys, Singleton
 
13. New House Lane, East Dean

16. New House Lane, East Dean