On my last trip to Sussex, I visited the ancient village of Ditchling with my sister and her husband.
We started off with the historic church dating back to the 1100s.
My eye was drawn to this old cross in the graveyard.
(You can see my sister in the background patiently waiting for us to finish taking photos.)
The graveyard had a magnificent magnolia tree
With fuzzy buds about to burst into bloom.
From the church, you get a good view of the timbered old manor house
That Henry VIII gave to Anne of Cleves.
No village is complete
Without its bright red letter box …
And no English spring complete
Without its gardens full of daffodils.
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Lady Fi 
The weight of history truly hangs over Ditchling – goes way back to Saxon times and King Alfred apparently!
Superb captures as always!
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It looks as if you had a beautiful day to visit this historic village. I really like the old manor house, and your first photo is beautiful.
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i love visiting old cemeteries …
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Love the photos from the village…it looks like a lovely place to visit. I think I would have had to have photographed the cross as well.
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Wonderful captures as always and the next best thing to being there myself! I do love the old cemetery and house!! So much history!! Thanks for sharing and have a great week!!
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Brilliant!!! 🙂
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Love the olde England.
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All the photos capture the old history and nature blossoming together. Lovely!
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Nicely caught. They don’t make em like that anymore. 🙂
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A lovely combination of nature and history:)
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Fiona, thank you for this trip down history lane and seeing it now in the present. Wonderful photos here!
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I like that cross, too, and you can clone out all the stuff, like your sister to keep the focus on the cross. Love the photos.
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so beautifully crafted.
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Now that is history! Beautiful shots!
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the red letter box made me grin. pretty area!
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That’s a really old church. Sorry, can’t spot your sister. I need to see my eye doctor. 😦
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Oh Lady Fi, your photos are a hit.
Wonderful pictures.
Greetings.
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Beautiful series, stunning photos, big fave the third photo with the old houses.
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Wonderful photos, I love these macros Wonderful! Exquisite detail and colors!
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Great shots. I like the mix you captured so well.
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Those are all beautiful photos but for me the daffodils are just perfect!
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Gorgeous images. It is lovely to have such beautiful images connected to a bit of history.
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Gorgeous photography as always for OWT ~ xoxo
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
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What a glorious place. My eye was drawn time and time again to the cross – oh to weather that well. But all of this post spoke to my heart. Thank you.
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Beautiful and interesting photos!
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Great series of photos from the village.. I love the cross, letter box and the pretty flowers.. Gorgeous post..
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Hi Fiona, What a beautiful church/home… But—I LOVED that celtic cross… I used to have one (necklace) –and loved it… Great set of photos.
Hugs,
Betsy
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You capture such beauty.
Wonderful photos 🙂
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Oh to be in England …. when the daffodils are in bloom! Lovely colorful wonderful post with some history thrown in for good measure (and a Queen’s home we didn’t visit!)
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what a cool little village…i would have been drawn to that cross
i like the rather celtic skrim on on it….
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It looks like you had a beautiful day, and what a wonderful village this is!
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A great post for owt, Wonderful shots, I love the old house.
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Fantastic place and you have eyes for beauty! And the details on the cross is just fantastic!
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Gorgeous photos! I love the old cross too but each photo is a work of art.
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Wonderful place! I like so much the macros and the sensitive details about the whole sceneray. Beautiful!…
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Great photos, I love the cross decorated with the Celtic knots. I tried to get back to my heritage and made some Celtic knot ornaments one year, it was challenging but fun. The old buildings make my country seem new by comparison, I wish people designed buildings to last that long now.
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Beautiful look at history. I love the red letterbox.
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Dearest Lady-fi;
I LOVED to see your gorgeous pictures of your trip. I was attracted by the cross as well and had a sweet morning smile about your sister’s part:-)
Thank you very much for hosting. Have a LOVELY week!!!
Sending you Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*
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Fiona! I missed so much being here! Been away from blogging for sometime but I am back now 🙂
As always, very lovely photos! Thanks always for showing me how it looks like in your side of the world. I really appreciate it.
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Enjoyed all the pics. The cross is beautiful, as are the buds and the daffodils…and that manor house. Wow!
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Whoa now that is seriously bright red. Lovely, photos LadyFi–I always enjoy your take on history.
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Beautiful shots… really like the macro shot of the daffodils!
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That is such a bright red one. Great captures!
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Gorgeous! The daffodils are so pretty!! Cheers, Danette
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the cross is eye-catching, is it irish or something?
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It looks very Celtic, doesn’t it?
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Beautiful! The cross, the flowers and the red letter box. My mind travels back to England…. *sigh*
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I’m glad your sis is patient. These photos are worth the wait!
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Beautiful historical place, amazing shots!
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So beautiful out there!
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tolle Bilder
bei dem Kreuz musste ich gleich an die schönen Zopfmuster dieser Gegend denken
LG vom katerchen
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A lovely set of pictures. I know the feeling of family members waiting for you to get over with it and move on. Many a times people leave me to my photography rather than wait!! 😀
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Wonderful images of great variety.
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Beautiful Pictures! Nice to see old places
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What wonderfully crisp carving on the cross, even after all those years out in the weather!
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Such beautiful pictures !
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Truly charming!
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I got in love with the timbered old manor house. I spotted your sister out through one of the holes of the cross.
Yoko
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Thanks for walking with us in those ancient places and showing the Celtic cross and the house of Anne of Cleves. The only good deed of Henry the VIII was giving her this house.
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Lovely 🙂
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Amazing images!!! I can’t decide which I like best!
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I wonder how many layers of red paint there are on that letter box?
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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Wonderful place to visit. I like the details on the cross and the red box 🙂
Have a nice day!
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I love the Celtic cross in the first photo.
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What a beautiful day –
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Thanks for drawing my eye. I want to see a red letter box like that like I want to see the aurora borealis.
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Beautiful! I love the old medieval towns!
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Dear LadyFi, I do so love to learn and to go back into historical times and discover homes and graveyards and arts and crafts. Thank you for sharing Ditchling with us. If ever I get back to England, there’s so much more I want to see than I saw when I was there in 1976. Peace.
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Love the intricate details of the cross and also the history that emanates through the pictures. The flower is gorgeous too. 🙂
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The old cross is wonderful! I love walking in old graveyards.
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great shots – love the red letter box especially 🙂
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Oh I just love that first shot with your sister in the background. All are amazing and I so enjoyed the variety of colors, structures, and nature. Great post!
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The cross is really something but I loved all the shots.
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Another enjoyable post, Fi. History and beauty in spades!
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Oh Fi what a wondrous pleasure to see your photos and that you’ve shared the love up-close with I Heart Macro this week… hooray!
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so much history and so much beauty in an English country village. Lovely images of the cross and the blooms.
Have a wonderful week and thankyou for stopping by my blog.
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I bet you had a wonderful time exploring this village that has so much history!
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Beautiful shots! English is just so wonderfully quaint.
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Delightful! How wonderful to get a little glimpse of your sister through the cross.
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Great shots – there’s some serious history there!
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loved the Magnolia bud. 🙂
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Oh wow Ditchling looks like a place I should add to my bucket list. So beautiful. I love places with history and personality like this 🙂
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I love those photos. The red one the most. Great.
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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Oh, what a beautiful post! You had good weather! I definitely think I need to explore Sussex more – we were there in October during a beautiful Indian summer but then we returned in December and it was definitely hot cocoa and socks indoor weather.
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Here in Virginia if something is 300 years old, it’s REALLY old. When I lived in Florida any building built before about 1950 was considered ancient.
How wonderful to be in a place with buildings nearly 1,000 years old.
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How awesome to visit a place with so much history! AND flowers blooming:)
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lovely and an awesome pic of the cross !
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Just pure simplicity can make one smile!..:)JP
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Absolutely amazing shots!
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Excellent photographs from this historic place! Love the daffodil still and the cross… the red letter box is always my favorite
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Sublime photos. Sussex is one of those counties I’ve driven through but I have never stopped in. You just whetted my appetite. 🙂
Greetings from London.
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Sublime.
xxx
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I love the UK! History at every turn. I’d love to return for another holiday in the future but I doubt that will be possible.
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