Villages along the A24 - Washington, West Sussex

Very lovely little village!!! Love the stone wall that ran through the village!😍 I wanted to know what was behind it!!!😁 That little stone cottage was so charmingly cute - but yes Julia! That green corrigated metal at the end was strange!!!🤔

Btw...on reading about Washington, it was William de Braose's son Phillip that built the church there! He also gave Washington to his Mother as a Dowager Manor upon his father's death.

Might not have noticed it on prior videos, but what's up with power poles in the village? I thought electric power and other utilities were conveyed underground in the UK.

Lovely exploration. You two make a good time.

Thank you for showing us Washington- I’ve driven past it so many times but never driven through - it’s remarkably quiet away from the A24!

Washington is lovely. Although the main Worthing to London road passed through it, it always had a bit of a 'tucked away' feel. I hope someone comes forth to reveal its story to you.

How great to hear the John Ireland lived in Washington, one of my favourite composers. Nice walk.

Great walk 👍🏻

Great video, that is a very nice village, a good village to do more that 1 video on! It's interesting about the preposed railway, that hapend oftern and railways never materialised. Some started getting built, and wearnt ever finished! Great video 👍

Hoping someone will come forward! Frankland Arms built early 1800s

I have visited King Harold's grave in Essex.

I love Joseph's blue toy. You are setting him up to be an explorer in his own right, one day😃

A lovely stroll, interesting to see the old post box.

Very true that "Townies " can take over a village and then it becomes partially just a retreat, slightly like the Welsh in the 60s/70s who detested holiday homes which broke up a community, firing the homes was a bit extreme, maybe

hello again Richard, i see you have now uncovered my secret shooting ground, I shot here with my trusty 12 bore ...or as they call them here 12 gauge ( American ) the main pest i shot , rough shooting it is called ..was rabbit and wood pigeon , both of which were eaten by my family i used a single barrel gun which made me very accurate ...no second chance , I always had to check with the game keeper as the farms there were mainly rented , there were of course many pheasant at times , when I was not supposed to shoot ...the shots drove the pheasant on to the next farm which ruined the highly paid land owner 's shoots for the rich ..I did sometimes mistake a pigeon for another bird which was buried straight away in the hedge , which bordered the road I used to go home!...My first attempt at wood pigeon shooting was a joke , you build a hide , in a ditch , these birds can see you a mile away , you put your rubber birds on the field with sticks under their chins . my first bag was two rubber pigeons filled with no 5 lead shot...i did improve , I would toss a rabbit to the farmer when leaving . I don't really know much about the history here but i will listen to your comments ...Tony ..in Oz

Back in the 1960s when most villages (and towns) had small privately run businesses , residents would have lamented the building of a bypass as it took their passing trade and likely resulted in many of them closing down in the long term . Now , most calls are to demand a bypass , which shows how things have changed .

Very interesting as usual Richard, but a small quibble with terminology. Presumably the post box would date from George V or VI. Doesn't 'Georgian' generally imply George I to III so between 1714 and 1820ish - far too early for the Post Office?

I was idly wondering how many Washingtons there are in England. Apparently just two: this one and the better-known one in Tyneside with the ancestral connection to George W.

Great video you 3 very interesting indeed 👍

Lovely vlog Richard,what a cute village

After living in California for 45 years and planning on returning to Sussex in 2020 I'm enjoying ALL your walks as it is giving me ideas for my local travels when I return. Thank you so much

I have been to the church at Washington Richard. We walked there on Remembrance Sunday in 1962 from Windlesham. I can't believe that we could walk all the way along the grass verge between the school and Washington, but we did! Led by the estimable Mr and Mrs Charles Malden, co-heads at Windlesham.
I remember sitting in the church when the two minutes silence was taken.

I wonder if the U.S. president George Washington or his family came from Washington?

I have been researching about Lily holt woods in Washington bostal road, as we found in the side of the hill is some odd ruins that look like a bakery ovens

Omg I live next to the dual carriageway in Washington in Montpelier gardens

Those stables at the end used to house the village’s tiny post office and shop before they closed down for lack of business. I used to spend my summers in Washington as this is where my grandparents lived, so I have a lot of fond memories of the village. I’m glad to see it’s still as beautiful as I remember it.

i used to live in findon on the main A24 used to get the stagecoach bus to midhurst to get to brinsbury college