Adversane

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title: "Adversane" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-west-sussex"] description: "Village in West Sussex, England" topic_path: "general/hamlets-in-west-sussex" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversane" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in West Sussex, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Adversane.JPG
static_image_caption	Cottages at Adversane
coordinates
official_name	Adversane
civil_parish	Billingshurst
shire_district	Horsham
shire_county	West Sussex
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Horsham
post_town	Billingshurst
postcode_district	RH14 9
postcode_area	RH
os_grid_reference	TQ073232
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| country = England | static_image_name = Adversane.JPG | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = Cottages at Adversane | coordinates = | official_name = Adversane | population = | civil_parish = Billingshurst | shire_district = Horsham | shire_county = West Sussex | region = South East England | constituency_westminster = Horsham | post_town = Billingshurst | postcode_district = RH14 9 | postcode_area = RH | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = TQ073232 Adversane is a large hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located 1.5 miles south of Billingshurst (where, at the 2011 Census, the population was included). It consists of a cluster of houses and a public house (the Blacksmith's Arms, now 10/10 Restaurant) at a crossroads on the A29 road, on the Roman road named Stane Street.

Adversane means the hyrne (corner) of the estate of Hadfold and was first documented as Hadesfoldesberne in 1279. The hamlet was known as Hadfoldshern until the 1850s. The Blacksmith's Arms stands beside the site of the blacksmiths shop, where Gaius (George) Carley was the last of many smiths to work the forge until it closed in the 1960s. He lived at Grigg's Cottage, a half-timbered cottage opposite.

Stane Street cottages, opposite the pub, were probably built using the Roman road as their foundation, as the road deviates slightly at this point, returning to its straight line a little distance further on, and the sandstone houses are precisely in line with both sections of Stane Street. They are in fact a single building, converted in the 1930s from a malt warehouse built by the Allen brothers of Horsham, whose activities are described in A History of Horsham, published by Horsham Museum. They were maltsters who smuggled malt from the continent during the Napoleonic wars and hid their contraband in secret cellars under this and several other warehouses in the Horsham area. The cellars had a tendency to flood and were filled in during the 1950s.

In popular culture

Eleanor Farjeon's novels Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921) and Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field (1937) are set in Adversane.

References

References

1. "Adversane {{!}} Billingshurst {{!}} 10/10 restaurant".
2. From Billingshurst's Heritage An Historical Miscellany of a West Sussex Village, ''Geoffrey Lawes'', 2016, {{ISBN. 9781912271023
3. From Hadfoldshern to Adversane, ''Deborah Evershed'', 2007 {{ISBN. 0-9553608-0-3 Published by South Grove Books 3 South Grove Petworth West Sussex GU28 0ED Tel. 01798 343496
4. Fisher, Margery. (1975). "Who's Who in Children's Books: A Treasury of the Familiar Characters of Childhood". Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
5. (1968). "In search of Elsie Piddock". The Junior Bookshelf.

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