James Gray: On the right can be seen the dried up bed of the old farm pond. jgc_37_035
2019: The Church of St. Helen’s is still recognisable but the area is now completely built up. There is a public green where the old farm pond is in the original image.
James Gray: About 20 years separate the two photographs of old Hangleton Church, though in each it looks to be in a very remote situation. This one dates from the early 1920s when the tower was ivy-clad, while jgc_37_039 is said to have been taken in 1941.
This could well be, because the scene looks exactly similar to those in the two small photographs [jgc_37_034 and jgc_37_035], which I took in January 1952, which are on a previous page. jgc_37_037
2019: No comment. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: See caption for jgc_37_037 above. jgc_37_039
2019: See caption above for jgc_37_035. (Photographer: Jan Sinkfield)
James Gray: Hangleton Church, from the field hedge to the south. The ancient trackway is now the site of Hangleton Way but the field remains. jgc_37_041
2019: Trees obscure a view of the church and bungalows line the eastern side of the now made-up road. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: This church is too well known to need any description. I do not know when this photograph was taken, probably in the early 1920s. jgc_37_048
James Gray: This view is positively dated, by the donor, as September 1948, just a few years before the tide of buildings reached this peaceful area. jgc_37_049
2019: Despite housing development, the church is still the defining feature of the area. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: Hangleton Church. jgc_37_022
2018: The church of St Helen’s at Hangleton. Until the 1950s the church stood isolated on top of a hill with its only neighbour being Church Farm and a couple of cottages occupied by the farm foreman and a stockman to the north.
James Gray: Another view. jgc_37_015
2019: The pond in front of the church and the ivy have gone. The church is no longer isolated and is surrounded by housing on three sides. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: Hangleton Church and farm buildings – January 1952. jgc_37_034
James Gray: Hangleton Church, cottages and duck pond. jgc_37_036
James Gray: Hangleton Church and the entrance to the old village street, from near the pond. Autumn 1937. jgc_37_046
James Gray: One of the many photographs of Hangleton Church taken when it stood far remote from the built up area of Portslade. This must have been one of the most favoured subjects for photographers during the first half of the present century. The period of this one is about 1914. jgc_37_100