About this trail
The History Walk Trail
This trail was researched and written by a group of Portslade volunteers, none of whom had any previous experience in history projects. Over the course of five months during 2017 the group met-up regularly to compare notes, discuss their findings and form these into the website you see today.
Therefore, special thanks goes to:
Phil Burton
Gerri Curran
Tracey Hayward
Lucie Howitt
Stephen Mills
Russell Morgan
Stephanie O'Neill
Julie Ryan
The Portslade Timeline
A new group of local volunteers undertook a comprehensive four month course in history research. During 2019 they each researched a separate century, discovering how these events would have impacted on life in Portslade.
Huge thanks to our wonderful researchers:
Charles Allfrey - Pre 1066
Tasha Brown - 12th century
Gerri Curran - 20th century
Tracey Haywood - 18th century
Stuart Jameson - 15th century
Tim Lawrence - 17th century
Pat Liddel - 19th century
Russell Morgan - 13th century
Richard Powell - 14th century
Tracey Surnam - 16th century
Medieval gardening club
Upkeep of the manor grounds and medieval herb garden is undertaken by a group of volunteers. Thanks to them, the manor can be open for school visits, open days and community group visits.
Andy Aylward
Pat Bleasdale
Clare Colbourne
Jane Hobbs
Clare Shepherd
Caroline Staines
David Young
Doreen Young
Donations for the conservation of Portslade Manor and our work with local children can be made via the donate button below. The donation will be made via the Paypal account of our community cafe, which also donates profits to our conservation and community work
And big, big thanks to our funders, The Heritage Lottery Fund, and additional volunteers...........
Many thanks to the inspirational work of local historian,
Judy Middleton. Her core-research provided an excellent springboard for our novice historians. Judy's in-depth research can be found on:
Gary Osbourne, Portslade resident.
Gary kindly supplied many of the old photos of Portslade, from his vast collection of old postcards
Tom Parsons, former PACA student, now studying Ancient History at university. Tom gave a great talk on ancient history research, including the problems of reliable information
Trevor Povey, historian.
Trevor gave guided walks to the both the school groups and the adult volunteers. He also gave sessions on researching history and what facts to look for. He also helped with the fact-checking on the volunteer pieces, and has generally been an inspiration for all local people interested in their local history.
Alan Robins, local Councillor.
Alan gave a talk on local history, but also on his role in leading tourism for the city Council. Alan has been very supportive of this project, along with the general work of Fresh Start Portslade.
Julie Ryan, author. Julie gave a fascinating talk on her book about the Spanish Civil War and social conditions in 20th century London. She highlighted how she researched the book, which included double-checking of sources.
Dexter Shepherd, video production. Dexter, an A-level student at BHASVIC, put together all the videos and soundtracks for this website, including the prototype website design.
Also thanks to Cooper Hall, Trevor Povey, Clare Shepherd
and Julie Ryan
for their editing, proof-reading and testing skills on the website
Map design and creation by Tiggy Kramer
Music and sound effects
Music sourced from Bensound www.bensound.com
Sound effects from Zapsplat www.zapsplat.com
Soundtrack on 'Manor Lodge' composed & performed by D R C Shepherd
