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Below Wolstanbury which thrusts itself out into the Weald like a great headland nearly seven hundred feet in height, lies Pyecombe to the south-west. This little place which lies between the heights of Wolstanbury and Newtimber Hill is celebrated for two things, its shepherds' crooks and the Norman font of lead in the little church whose chancel arch is Norman too.
Pyecombe is hard to reach from Clayton without a great climb over the Downs, but there is a way, though a muddy one, which turns due west out of the Brighton road where the railway crosses it. From Pyecombe there is a delightful road winding in and out under the Downs about Newtimber Hill to Poynings.
The great south window was brought here from Chichester Cathedral. There is some good carved wood in the pulpit and rails. The ruins of Poynings Place, the one-time home of the Fitz-Rainalts, Barons of Poynings, may still be seen. Newtimber Hill immediately east of the village is rarely visited and therefore is not rendered unsightly in the manner of the Dyke.
"And now Newtimber, good-bye; I want to be with Mike. But you'll not forget me, you'll come and see me one of these days?" And she spoke so winningly that the boy hardly perceived that he was dismissed. Mike and Kitty exchanged an inquiring look. "Ah! do you remember," she said, "when I was at the Avenue, and you used to come behind? ... You remember the dear old marquis.
The remaining task will be done too and I think pretty soon. For that I need well-loaded shells. I'll supply the gunpowder. And don't you concern yourself about the English. They're all right a little slow, but all right. Heartily yours, To Edward M. House Newtimber Place, Hassocks, Sussex, Sunday, November 23, 1913.
The view is equally good and the Downs westward appear to even better advantage from this outlying point. A return could be made from Newtimber to Pycombe, once famous for its manufacture of shepherds crooks "Pycoom Hooks." The village lies in the pass by which the London-Brighton road crosses the Downs.
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