Links and Documents

Links

East Sussex Tithe Maps Online tithe maps
Seaford Town Council The official Town Cuncil site
Seaford Town A commercial site for all
Seaford Times Old pictures of families, buildings, etc.
Seaford Monumental Inscriptions Group  a group of amateur researchers trying to record every memorial inscription in the town of Seaford
Seaford Heritage Trail 

Tide Mills Project  A 2021 project sharing the unique and diverse history of Tide Mills through a variety of artistic and creative disciplines.  Contains photographs and the history of Tide Mills in slide shows.

Friends of Tidemills  A group caring for the old Tide Mills site on the Newhaven side of Seaford

Friends of Bishopstone Station  A group dedicated to preserving this lovely Art Deco building and creating a community hub for Bishopstone Residents and surrounding communities to enjoy.  Contains the history of the station and plans for its future.

Blogs published on behalf of Seaford Museum and Heritage Society

 ‘Charlie Bailey’s War’ the story of a Welsh miner of West Indian origin plus some of his colleagues during the first World War.

Mrs Lambe’s recipes and remedies from 1790 to the 1920s. It now contains over 200 Recipes and remedies including ones for “Oppression of Heart” and “to make an old maid young”!

Sussex Ornithology mainly in Seaford by the Vicar of East Blatchington covering the period of 1846 to 1869.

Stamford Hill to Seaford. A record of two trips made by road from London to Seaford in 1877.

Blatchington Barracks. The story of the 1795 riots and executions and also the story of the forming of the Rifle Brigade.  

Seaford Cliffs Wreck. An investigation into two 1860’s stereoscopic photographs of a shipwreck near to Seaford Head.

Nearby Museums

It is not practical to list many links which may change without notice but here are some particularly good museum sites plus interesting pages for finding other museums.

Newhaven Museum A good local museum in our neighbouring town
Secret Tunnels of South Heighton HMS Forward – Sadly not yet open to the public
Newhaven Fort Our neighbouring attraction

Other Links

The Sussex Archaeological Society
Sussex Museums Group A directory of Sussex museums & Galleries
Rye Museum
UK Museums on the Web
Days Out UK
Museums of the World A good site listing many museums.
Another Seaford Museum in Seaford Delaware, USA
Sussex Military History Society

Documents

Read the minutes of the 2022 AGM