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Scaynes Hill Village

The Gower family of Scaynes Hill

Three generations of the Gower family lived in Scaynes Hill for a period of about 90 years (c.1885 - 1975).  Carol Hudson (daughter to Jean Gower), who  is from the fourth generation and remembers visiting her grandparents in Scaynes Hill in the 1950s and 1970s, has sent to the website various documents and photographs of historical interest from the family papers.

The documents are given below and can be seen by clicking on the underlined link:

Scaynes Hill Mothers & Children 1925-26

• Gower Family tree showing three generations living in Scaynes Hill
• Timeline of additional information about Gower family members
• Article from Mid Sussex Times Sept 1914 about send off of soldiers from Scaynes Hill
• Edward Gower funeral in Scaynes Hill in 1917 & memories of his daughter Nora
• Scaynes Hill Brownies in 1935 photographed in Miss Hawes garden (Henfield Place).
• Hand drawn schematic map of Scaynes Hill 1930-40s with annotations
• Memories of Charles Gower and life in 1930-40s Scaynes Hill by his granddaughter Carol
• Letter from Addie Gower to daughter Jean about doodlebug exploding in Scaynes Hill 1944
• A Child's History of Scaynes Hill (from SH Parish Magazine 1965)
• Photographs (collection of about two dozen photos of people and places around the village)