Forest Row

Forest Row is so called from its proximity to the great Forest of Ashdown, and originated in the building of hunting lodges for the use of noblemen and gentlemen who made sport there when "Lancaster Great Park" was in existence. A more desirable spot could scarcely be found; the venison was plentiful, and the scenery and bracing air delightful. The district abounds in picturesque beauty. extract from M.A. Lower's A Compendious History of Sussex published in 1870

Forest Row is a village and parish in the East Grinstead division of Sussex, in the hundred of East Grinstead, rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of East Grinstead, archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. Forest Row was formed as a separate parish from East Grinstead in 1894. It is 3 miles south of East Grinstead and 33 miles south of London The population of Forest Row in 1861 was 1,411; in 1871 was 1,817; in 1891 was 2,137; in 1901 was 2,516; in 1911 was 3,035; in 1921 was 3,303; and in 1931 was 2,989 (the decline being due to boundary changes with East Grinstead).

Forest Row directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period Forest Row historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Forest Row's key events in chronological order

Books and other documents

Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne in 1810 - Page 80

The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. in 1835 - Page 390

New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen in 1840 - Page 287

The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1867

Notes on East Grinstead by J. C. Stenning in 1868 - Page 144

A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. in 1870 - Page 187

The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1874

The Sussex Highlands in 1927 - Page 75

The Manor of Duddleswell by Colin J Hobbs in 2004

People of note	Slight, Rev. Benjamin (1800 - 1889) Nonconformist minister

Forest Row pictures	Brambletye House 1782	The Old House, Brambletye c 1785	Kidbrooke 1809	Brambletye 1809	Moated House at Brambletye 1809	Brambletye House c 1830	Brambletye House, interior c 1830
	Brambletye 1840	House at Forest Row 5th Feb 1892	Brambletye c 1900	High Street c 1900	The Village 1903	Brambletye Hotel 1904	The Weirs 1904

Forest Row Maps	c 1724	c 1795	c 1825	c 1899

Sussex Maps	1750	1st Sept 1787	1808