Waldron, Sussex
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Waldron | |
Sussex | |
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The War Memorial, Waldron | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | TQ548193 |
Location: | 50°57’10"N, -0°12’14"E |
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Local Government | |
Council: | Wealden |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Bexhill and Battle |
Waldron is a small village in the midst of Sussex, two an a half miles west of Heathfield.
The parish church in th middle of the village, All Saints, is of the 12th-century.[1]
Foxhunt Manor at Waldron dates from 1898. It was built by Joseph Lucas Junior, and later sold to the Oakshott family. In 1935 the estate was purchased by a Roman Catholic institution, the Xaverian Brothers, who ran it as a preparatory boarding school. The school closed in 1959 and the manor was sold to the Order of The Visitation.[2]
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