Crowborough is a town in east Sussex in the High Weald.
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| Railway Tavern pub in Crowborough |
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| County: |
Sussex |
| District: |
Wealden |
| Population: |
20,607 (2011 census) |
There has been habitation in the area since the Neolithic at least, later on an important Roman road passed close by the area. The origins of Crowborough's name are unclear, various versions of the name including Crowbarrow and Crowbergh exist in ancient documents. The name may be derived from the Old English Croh for golden-yellow.
Crowborough was part of the parish of Rotherfield but gained it's own church in 1734. Another church in the town was St Michael & All Angels built in 1905 in the Jarvis Brook area. Crowborough remained a small place until the arrival of the railway in 1868, the town grew rapidly afterwards. It became it's own ecclesiastical parish in 1880 and civil parish in 1905.
In the late 19th century Crowborough became popular as a health resort due to the good air quality because of it's high elevation and surrounding countryside. It was sometimes referred to as "Scotland in Sussex"!
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| Railway bridge |
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| Railway station |
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| St Michael & All Angels |
