East Dean was a charming little place. Not a sould stirred whilst the Gorse Fox explored.
All Saints Church was built in the 12th Century. Unlike some villages, the church does not dominate the landscape, but rather snuggles quietly on a small rise on the edge of the town. The Corpus tells us that East Dean is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey. It formed part of the prebend of the collegiate church of Arundel, which was given to Chichester Cathedral in 1150.
The Gorse Fox stopped for lunch. Perched on a bench overlooking this old farm building he sat and munched through a pasty, and swigged from some bottled water. What he hadn't realised was that just round the corner was The Star and Garter gastropub. The trouble was that the local ales weren't calling loud enough.
Finishing lunch, GF strolled east for a few hundred yards before turning south across the fields and up into the woods.
this cottage was called "Becketts"
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