Creative Brief A new Story Gallery will be opening in December 2024 at the Beachy Head Story featuring the legend of Parson Darby and his fabled cave. We would like to showcase and sell local artworks from the Gallery that represent the legend and show us new perspectives of the landscape. Parson Darby’s Cave hasContinue reading “The Legend of Parson Darby ‘A Story Gallery’”
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The Devils Chimney
~Posted by Dave~ This blog was originally posted as a four part series over a four month period. It has been combined into one blog here for ease of reading. Part 1 There have been many natural features over the years that have come and gone from the Beachy Head landscape, great stacks of chalk,Continue reading “The Devils Chimney”
Parson Darby and the Legend of a Landscape
Posted by Annalie Seaman Part One: Parson Darby and the Legend of a Landscape. (First published 16th April 2023) Land of Extremes The Beachy Head Downland landscape is one of extremes, of terror and danger at the knife edge of the ocean, on a sunny day this is a pleasant place for a gentle strollContinue reading “Parson Darby and the Legend of a Landscape”
Naming the Headland
~ Tales from the Beachy Head Story ~ ~ Posted by Annalie ~ Parson Darby – Blog Three Beachy Head has been given many names over the last few hundred years, but one of the most unusual, is surely ‘The Three Charleses of Beachy Head’. An early reference to the origins of the Charleses canContinue reading “Naming the Headland”
12th September 2023
Tales from The Beachy Head Story ~Posted by KS~ Wind was a bit gusty today wandering around Beachy Head Story. The temperature has dropped but talking with my walking-friend, we decided there was no autumnal snap to the air, nor did it have any tinge of autumnal scents. So no fungi to be found yet,Continue reading “12th September 2023”
8th August 2023
Tales from The Beachy Head Story ~Posted by KS~ Loads of wild carrot in the Beachy Head Story area today. The plants seem to be having a second flowering now we’ve had quite a lot of rain. Some of the umbellate flowers have a little brown / purple central floret that may have something toContinue reading “8th August 2023”
Wildflowers of Beachy Head
Posted by KS Tuesday 20th June 2023 Finished my meander by walking around in the clouds today outside Beachy Head Story. It had been warm and sunny, which perhaps encouraged this Thick Legged Flower Beetle out and about, not seen one before but web-info says common in Europe and southern England. Found quite a numberContinue reading “Wildflowers of Beachy Head”
Holes to rival Parson Darby’s?
~Tales from The Beachy Head Story~ Posted by: Annalie Parson Darby – Blog One Looking into the validity of Parson Darby’s Hole and all the legends that surround it gives us an interesting view of the landscape. We’re uncovering not just one ghost-of-a-cave, but many ghostly caves. One of the newspaper articles that has usContinue reading “Holes to rival Parson Darby’s?”
The story that begins with a nut
Kelly van Doorn A large part of my job as Collections Officer is reconciling objects with object identification numbers. Early documentation was not up to modern standards and descriptions of objects are sometimes lacking, staff of the 1980s, I’m looking at you! Reconciliation involves me going back through all of the accession registers, object entryContinue reading “The story that begins with a nut”
The Downs Ranger
Lizzie Williams Jumbo, Princess Pat, Mark and Tommy are all names that visitors to Eastbourne may have been familiar with over the years, especially if they visited Beachy Head. These were all names of horses that belonged to the Downs Ranger. The Downs Ranger was a position within Eastbourne Police, whose job it was toContinue reading “The Downs Ranger”
Heritage Eastbourne 