The lychgate and Guestling church of St Laurence, East Sussex, UK
Olive Brockwell who was immortalised by AA Milne, as Alice the nanny who took Christopher Robin to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. ('Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace, Christopher Robin went down with Alice') is buried in the churchyard. The name Guestling is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Gestling. Gestlinges is one of the 3 villages mentioned on the Domesday book. The village has no proper centre and its ancient church stands beside a farm down a side road. The church of St Laurence was founded in Saxon times, its towers pierced with tiny round headed windows, must have been built after the Norman Conquest. Between the north aisle and the chapel that leads out of it, is an architectural rarity, an ornate Transitional arch, making the transition from Norman to early English style. From the churchyard there are wide-ranging views south to Fairlight church and east to the restored smock mill at Icklesham. Hand made bricks are made in Fourteen Acre lane. The Guestling bricks are in great demand for restoring churches and other old buildings. Olive Brockwell, the most famous of all nannies, immortalised by AA Milne, as Alice, the nanny, who took Christopher Robin down to the Palace is buried in Guestling.
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Location: Guestling, East Sussex, England, UK
Photo credit: © Carolyn Clarke / Alamy / Afripics
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