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A tour of our village, Lindfield - a five minute walk from the Harbeth factory

Lindfield, near Haywards Heath, in West Sussex, south of London, England is a mediaeval village with a unique range of houses dating from about 1300, all lived-in and beautifully preserved. The population is about 3000 and we have a strong community spirit which is intimately bound up with what we do at Harbeth.

Unusually for such a picturesque location, there is a small and discrete industrial estate on the edge of the village, bordering open fields, where you will find Harbeth. One of Lindfield's claims to fame is that in the year 1066, King Harold's archers made use of the yew trees of the village on their way to the Battle of Hastings. Nearly 1000 years later the tree is still thriving in what is now a wonderfully peaceful, calming little village.

As recently as a one hundred years ago there was a small piano factory near the bakers shop, and a long case clockmaker too. [Pictures taken July 2005]
The King Edward hall
The village hall and social center of Lindfield
 
Jubilee mosaic
In celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee
 
The Red Lion
One of the four public houses in the village
The Scotsman
with his much admired bagpipes
 
Looking up the High Street
from the pond towards the church
 
The Common
10 July 2005 - a special day is remembered
Country ways
Elegant and traditional clothes and accessories for country people
 
Overseas friends drop-in
Old friends from China
on a rare and
welcome visit
 
The violin maker
One family making and repairing violins and stringed instruments since the 1678
The Toll House (c.1730)
Site of a toll gate across the road - removed in 1884
 
The 1000 year-old tree
In 1066, King Harold's archers used this yew tree to make their arrows
 
The bakers shop
Opened on this site
in 1796
Harbeth Audio Ltd., 3 Enterprise Park, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, W. Sussex, RH16 2LH, UK
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