Our first walk of the year will be on Sunday 28th May.  Please meet at the Henty Arms car park at 2:30 pm.  In June 1921, there were 256 people living in approx 50 properties in Ferring.  We are going to walk around about 40 of them, looking at who was living in the village, and what they did.  The walk will be approx 2.5 miles, and will finish by the entrance to Sea Lane Gardens.  If you intend to come on the walk, please download and print these accompanying notes : 1921 Census Walk Notes

Join us at Ferring Village Hall on Friday 5th May, 7:30pm for an evening of “Ferring on Film”.  We will be showing films from the 1930’s upto the Millennium.  Some serious films documenting events in Ferring, and some comedies made by enthusiasts for fun.

Trevor Povey is unfortunately unwell, so we have arranged for Geoffrey Mead to come along and talk to us about Daniel Defoe’s tour of South East England in 1724.

Date, time and place remain unchanged – Friday 3rd February, 7:30 p.m. at Ferring Village Hall.

There will be an opportunity to renew your membership for 2023, and get your copy of the Ferring History Magazine if you have not already done so.

Trevor Povey returns to Ferring History Group on Friday 3rd February, with his talk on Portslade.  Trevor was born in South Portslade and has lived all his life in the Brighton and Hove area.  He has taught local history for over 30 years, and is an expert in the history of Portslade.

7:30 p.m. Friday 3rd February, Ferring Village Hall.

Our next presentation at 7:30 p.m. on Friday 4th November, at Ferring Village Hall is a talk by Janet Pennington on 1000 Years of The Wiston Estate.

This illustrated talk encompasses some of the ups and downs of the estate ownership over the last millennium.  See how the estate has grown in size, and follow its ownership.

Janet Pennington was born in Sussex.  She is an independent researcher with a degree in the architectural and social history of early-modern Sussex inns and taverns (Thesis). She was the archivist at Lancing College, and also taught local history and palaeography for the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex.