Walks in England: A Stroll Through Steyning in West Sussex
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2017
- Today, I am taking a stroll through the West Sussex downland town of Steyning. Originally a Saxon settlement, it grew to become an important port town - the River Adur ran closer than it does today. The Norman's built their castle close by at Bramber and the railways linked it to London for a hundred years until Dr Richard Beeching cut the line in the 1960s. But the architecture is stunning and that's what I am here to have a look at.
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Although I now live in Somerset, I was born in 1950 and grew up in Steyning. I went to the Primary School, both the old and the new. Then onto Steyning Secondary Modern, as it was then. Steyning will always remain my home, and proud to have lived there.
Richard; My wife and I, who live in the USA, have dear friends living in Steyning and we visited and stayed them in 2017 and 2018. We fell in love with the eclectic charm of not only the town of Steyning but also with the local folks we had met during both of our stays. We made plans to visit again this year (2020) however with the COVID-19 we had to cancel. Thanks for sharing your video and stirring within us some great memories.
STEYNING, IS STUNNING!!!
My hometown of Steyning. There is so much history there and when I grew up there I would spend so many days just exploring throughout the given day. Richard as I am sure you are aware, The Areas surrounding Steyning have many small lanes and pathways going for example, towards Washington & Storrington and in the other Direction towards Henfield. The main highway, as you know replaced the railway link and one of the South Down's most famous trains - The Steyning Flyer.
The old railway and the main highway probably being built over a series of much older roads and paths. Steyning of course was built around the main church - St Cuthman's. Which sits at a crossroads near the library. An interesting legend surrounds St Cuthman.
It's been a number of years since I was there. So it is good to see it through your video.
Hi Joe, thanks for the comments. A fabulous town and one, as you say, with loads of history and fabulous buildings. I know there was a dog postal service - dogs pulled carts carrying the mail. Just wonderful. I will be back to explore it in more detail. Thanks for watching.
That is very picturesque and they appear to be doing quite well without a train station. My wife enjoyed this video with me!
Robert Reed Oh good show! More towns and villages coming soon.
Thanks so much for another brilliant video tour, Richard. I've learnt a lot about architecture!
Steyning looks like paradise in the making - just a matter of doing away with all the through traffic...
Traffic seems to blight so many villages and small towns.
I love his clips. He is fascinating, passionate about architecture and with a sense of humour.
Thank you
Enjoyed that walk, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, Henry.
Lovely video and great nostalgia for me. I grew up in Steying and a couple of years in Upper Beeding. I was also a Chorister at St Andrews!!
It's a lovely place. I bet you had many adventures in and around the area!
A fascinating walk through a town I regret I’ve never been to. I will have to remedy that at some point. I love the architecture there.
Oh you must - I will take you there.
Yet another fascinating video. Many thanks!
Mark Webb Thanks Mark ... more to come!
Thanks for sharing ! Great show old Bean!
So pleased you enjoyed it.
Thankyou for sharing Richard. I never know where I will find you.
I get about.
Great video Richards. Thank you so much for calling Steyning a town.
My pleasure. It a beautiful town. My video hardly did it justice and I want to come back and explore more in greater detail. Thanks so much for your comment.
Steyning's one of those deceptive places...looks all rustic and rural, yet I believe 10,000 people live in and around...cracking village though, full of great memories
Thanks
Dave
Absolutely Perfect English Village !!! I'm your new subscriber, thanks a lot for sharing this lovely trip on screen.
My pleasure! Thank you so much for subscribing. It is lovely tohave you onboard! :) I am thrilled you enjoyed the video.
St. Cuthman, the lad with a hand cart wherein he pushed his mother and it broke and out tumbled his old Mum so there they stayed at that place which was to become Steyning. In early times the river was navigable as far as Steyning and along with the harbour at Old Shoreham it too held sufficient water to accommodate ships. The River Adur is its name, but its a fairly modern invention. The old name which dates from Anglo-Saxon times was probably Soar (hence Shoreham at its mouth). Dryden invented the "new" name to support his idea that the Roman Portus Adurni was actually at the mouth of the Soar. Well, it wasn't but John Dryden, who was appointed the first Poet Laureate in 1668, fancied he could weave some fanciful tale to 'make it fit' and I suppose if you repeat something enough times it will stick. At school in the 50's we always called it the Shoreham River. As a youngster I would cycle from Shoreham to Steyning to see my cousin who lived in Bramber in her little cottage, the roads then had a fraction of the traffic compared to today. Thanks again Richard for a really interesting video.
Very interesting town with old timber frame building nice place visit town village date back 1700 centres
You missed cobblestone walk where the clock tower is - brilliant collection of independent shops. Great view of roof tiles from in there.
Oh a shame I missed that.
Steyning was absolutely fascinating! Just some absolute fabulous old architecture. With Steyning being so close to Bramber Castle, it made me wonder if my De Braose ancestors musta but had to frequented this town!!!
I must go back to Steyning and do a better study of the place.
@@RichardVobes I'd watch a part 2 of Stenying. Like I said great old architecture!
A fine tour. I came upon this video after reading that Sir Laurence Olivier died in Stenying. Presumably, Olivier and Baroness Joan Plowright lived in the village? Regardless of how I got here, I am so pleased to have done so. As I missed my chance to travel to the UK, I am very grateful to have had this virtual ramble.
I am so very pleased you visited. More videos available.
Great vid, love Steyning..........
Thanks James - a great place steeped in history.
Never heard of Steyning before, looks lovely.
It's a lovely town with rather nice independant shops.
I Live here and half in Horsham :) only just moved (in with my dad!) So this is actually my first look around the village! haha
Belle Compton You live in two rather lovely places. I guess you are vlogging around your town too.
Yep, I'm a daily vlogger. Was just trying to find local people and stumbled across your video. Love them! Keep going with these! :)
Belle Compton Thank you. I am doing my best. It is a fabulous medium. Good luck with yours!
I don't remember watching this before, though l did click like. Great the see after your reading today.
Great stuff.
Really good thank you:)
Hi Richard I went to school in sytenning
Thankyou Richard.lush
It's a wonderful village with significant history. I must do more there.
What camera do you use Richard ? Lovely clear images.
Steve Woodman I use a Gopro 5 on a gimbal mostly.
Lovely place Stenying. The church has a bricked up door to the rear. The story goes, that the devil was chased out of the church and the door, then bricked up so he couldn't return. There are also some interesting gargoyles around the roof, including one of a local woman - a gossip, with her had over her mouth.
I do love a good gargoyle!
Hi Richard, do you use software to sync the Audio from your Zoom, to the Video on your Camera? Great short films, and thank you :-)
Paul Watts I sync in video editing software. I match it up on timeline.
Thank you Sir
Good walk about Richard. I was going to say just that; if the railway hadn't closed there would have been some pretty poor design choices as a result of the sprawl. All the best. Mark
Wye Explorer Too true. Many towns have been ruined because of railway connections.
Indeed, and motorway...
So true!
wow the traffic there is crazy
TXTbone .com Oh yes ... welcome to England!
Very beautiful United Kingdom.
"Brick fascinates me". You've been hanging out with Martin Snow too long.
Kenneth Macalpin Hahaha - but it does!
Traffic seems to be a problem in Steyning.
Yes, it is a shame.
Not a school now private flats
too busy
Sadly busy with much traffic - but it probably always was, due to the fact it was a port.
Disappointing......lack of historic detail, dates etc. Poorly researched, and too much vision of narrator..!!! Room for improvement in all aspects.
Who asked you?
No offense, but I’d rather look at the architecture ahead of you, than stare at your talking head! Can’t understand why you turn the camera around onto yourself.
Watch someone else then :)
@@RichardVobes: My comment was not rude; in fact it was reasonable, as well as good-natured. My point was a valid one, and deserved an explanation: Why DID you keep turning the camera around, thus filling the frame with your visage, while walking past the architecture YOU found so interesting, but WE couldn’t see?!
Your reply was that of an insecure, peevish adolescent, not an aging grown-up. (An aging grown-up who gallumphed through earlier videos, like a huge ham who THINKS he’s being funny).
I’ve definitely watched enough of your videos to decide that you’re kind of creepy: Licking your chops over a much younger mother of a toddler; using a camping stove in your black van, refusing to open a window, saying, “I can do whatever I want”, as I wondered what, exactly, that foreshadowed...I’ve seen enough of your sketchy vibe to know that I’m not buying what you’re trying to sell!