The Crowborough & District Historical Society

Opened in 1868, our station was originally called 'Rotherfield'. In 1881 it was re-named 'Crowborough Station', and later still, 'Crowborough & Jarvis Brook'. In 1974 the name reverted to 'Crowborough'

Compared with 1900:

and 1987:


Crowbrough Chapel and School 1744	Walshes Manor c 1785	Crowborough Chapel 1803	Crowborough Hill 1838	Crowborough Chapel c 1840	Choir of All Saints Church c 1890	Aubin's Forge c 1890

Fermor School Class 1894	The Welcome Stranger, Jarvis Brook 1896	The Crowborough Bonfire Society, Bricklayers Arms 1897	Red Cross Hotel 1900	Ambrose Stickells' Caravan c 1900	St John's Road c 1900	The Brooker & Filtness shop, Crowborough c 1900

Whitehill c 1900	The Cross c 1900	Crowborough Railway Station c 1900	The Locks at the Warren c 1900	The Locks at the Warren c 1900	The New Mill c 1900	The Warren Mill c 1900

The Warren Mill c 1900	The Aqueduct that feeds water onto the wheel c 1900	The Mill Wheel c 1900	The Warren weir c 1900	Fermor School - Attendance medalists 1902	Pratt's Windmill 1905	High Street c 1905

Jarvis Brook Football Team 1905/6	Fermor School - Attendance medalists 1908	All Saints Church, Crowborough 1910	Crow and Gate Inn c 1910	The Mill, Crowborough Warren c 1910	Ambrose Henry Stickells c 1910	A.H. Stickells' shop in Croft Road c 1910

St. Richard De Wych Church, Ashdown Forest c 1910	Aubin's Smithy c 1910	Vigor's Store at Chapel Green 1910/11	The Bricklayer's Arms c 1920	Members of Crowborough W.I. 1923	St John's School Pupils 1927	The Beacon Motor Coach Services 18th Jan 1929

Crowborough and Jarvis Brook Station c 1930	Luxford Farm House c 1930	Fermor School pupils 1933	The Beacon Hotel c 1935	The Beacon Hotel c 1935	The Beacon Hotel c 1935	The Beacon Hotel c 1935

The Beacon Hotel c 1935	The Kitchens, The Beacon Hotel c 1935	The Kitchens, The Beacon Hotel c 1935	The Kitchens, The Beacon Hotel c 1935	Jarvis Brook 1938	Fermor School Class 1938	Whitehill School pupils c 1940

Whitehill School pupils 1948	Whitehill School pupils 1950	Whitehill School pupils 1950	Whitehill School - final touches 1950	Whitehill School - final touches 1950	Crowborough Carnival at Chapel Green 1952	Whitehill School pupils 1954

The Engine Room at Kings Standing 1955	Postern Cottage c 1970

Crowborough and Jarvis Brook Station c 1930
provided by Peter Macleod
	Opened in 1868, our station was originally called 'Rotherfield'. In 1881 it was re-named 'Crowborough Station', and later still, 'Crowborough & Jarvis Brook'. In 1974 the name reverted to 'Crowborough' Compared with 1900: and 1987: