Gary O’Brien has kindly sent these two link for those who would like to know more of the history of Hailsham and Polegate in general.

If you go on this link you will find pictures of when the Walking Pilgrimage stopped at Hailsham in 1981:

www.thepilgrims.org.uk/1981/home.php?day=13

This link provides information on Otham Abbey the ruins of which are situated in private grounds near Polegate:

www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36597

Gary O’Brien