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Open Day
OPEN DAY - April 25th 2024 - from 2pm to 5pm
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We will be fully open for bookings from May 1st - please get in touch if you would like to discuss hiring the hall from that date, or come along to the Open Day.
We are trying out Hall Master for our bookings. Please go to the booking page for more details.
Open Day
OPEN DAY - April 25th 2024 - from 2pm to 5pm
Scroll down for details
We will be fully open for bookings from May 1st - please get in touch if you would like to discuss hiring the hall from that date, or come along to the Open Day.
We are trying out Hall Master for our bookings. Please go to the booking page for more details.
Jevington Village Hall
FULL HALL AND KITCHEN OPEN FOR BOOKINGS FROM MAY 1st 2024.
The new extension is built and the fully accessible toilet is installed. The redecorating and installation of the final parts of the kitchen are completed.
The hall now has WiFi installed.
Your kind donations to our Crowdfunding campaign, a major donation from Willingdon and Jevington Parish Council, contributions from the Queen’s Jubilee Fund, East Sussex County Council, Awards for All and the Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust have helped us get to this point.
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Weekly Well-Being Classes:
Wild Yogis: www.wildyogis.co.uk
Every Tuesday: 6pm-7pm
Every Thursday: 9.15am-10.15am and 10.30am-11.30am
Energy Works Tai Chi: www.energyworks-uk.com/tai-chi-jevington
Every Tuesday: 9am
Jevington Village Hall
FULL HALL AND KITCHEN OPEN FOR BOOKINGS FROM MAY 1st 2024.
The new extension is built and the fully accessible toilet is installed. The redecorating and installation of the final parts of the kitchen are completed.
The hall now has WiFi installed.
Your kind donations to our Crowdfunding campaign, a major donation from Willingdon and Jevington Parish Council, contributions from the Queen’s Jubilee Fund, East Sussex County Council, Awards for All and the Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust have helped us get to this point.
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Weekly Well-Being Classes:
Wild Yogis: www.wildyogis.co.uk
Every Tuesday: 6pm-7pm
Every Thursday: 9.15am-10.15am and 10.30am-11.30am
Energy Works Tai Chi: www.energyworks-uk.com/tai-chi-jevington
Every Tuesday: 9am
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HISTORY
On 31st December 1846 William Cavendish Earl of Burlington and heir to the Duke of Devonshire conveyed land in Jevington to the village for a site for a school and schoolhouse. Before this the parish clerk held a small school in the Saxon tower of the parish church. After raising the funds, a school was built high on a bank beside the main street and opened 6th June 1847.
In 1872 it was enlarged to accommodate 80 children from the parish including from Filching and Wannock. By 1926 there were too few children attending and the Minister for Education closed the school on 7th January 1927. The building was later used as a Post Office and is now the Village Hall.
Today the Village Hall is at the center of the village, high on the downs in the South Downs National Park. It is positioned close to the South Downs Way above Eastbourne in East Sussex.
The Hall offers a large open room, kitchen, fully accessible toilet, flexible modern lighting, infra red heating and garden. It is regularly booked as a refreshment stop for organised events on the South Downs Way as well as for dinners, parties, classes, exhibitions and social events.
Story
Rooted in the
South Downs
Jevington village, high on the South Downs above Eastbourne, sits within the South Downs National Park and on the South Downs Way. An ancient settlement, the village school is now the Village Hall, and Jevington also offers a 300 year old pub, The Eight Bells, along with the flint built St Andrews Church, dating from around 1300.
School May Day Celebrations at the Village School - 1923.
Each year the children at the school celebrated May Day with a ceremony crowning the May Queen and dancing round the Maypole. They picked flowers from the surrounding downs to make garlands.
Here the whole school is pictured on May Day 1923, three years before the small village school closed and became the VillageHall. Christobel Cuthbert is the May Queen and sitting in front of her is Robert Newson, the three year old son of the school mistress Florence Newson. Florence, a widow, was the last school teacher at Jevington School and emigrated to Australia with her son a few years later.
Story
Rooted in the
South Downs
Jevington village, high on the South Downs above Eastbourne, sits within the South Downs National Park and on the South Downs Way. An ancient settlement, the village school is now the Village Hall, and Jevington also offers a 300 year old pub, The Eight Bells, along with the flint built St Andrews Church, dating from around 1300.
School May Day Celebrations at the Village School - 1923.
Each year the children at the school celebrated May Day with a ceremony crowning the May Queen and dancing round the Maypole. They picked flowers from the surrounding downs to make garlands.
Here the whole school is pictured on May Day 1923, three years before the small village school closed and became the VillageHall. Christobel Cuthbert is the May Queen and sitting in front of her is Robert Newson, the three year old son of the school mistress Florence Newson. Florence, a widow, was the last school teacher at Jevington School and emigrated to Australia with her son a few years later.
The Hall
The Hall
The Hall is an attractive and versatile venue ideal for any social or business occasion, accommodating up to 100 people standing or 50 people seated.
The Hall is now open for bookings from May 1st 2024.
Tapsell Gate
Tapsell Gate
Situated on the path between the church and the village hall, these gates are unique to Sussex churches and only six still remain - three in the neighbouring downland parishes of Jevington, East Dean and Friston. It was adopted as the official logo of Willingdon & Jevington Parish Council in 2000.
Tapsell Gate
Tapsell Gate
Situated on the path between the church and the village hall, these gates are unique to Sussex churches and only six still remain - three in the neighbouring downland parishes of Jevington, East Dean and Friston. It was adopted as the official logo of Willingdon & Jevington Parish Council in 2000.
St Andrews Church
St Andrews Church A listed Saxon Church and popular wedding venue.
The Church originally had four bells in the Saxon tower, now there are two (one dates back to around 1470 - and is still held in its original medieval frame). The fate of the two missing bells in unknown, but they were sold by the village, as the rhyme says:
"Jevington folk are very proud people. They sold their bells to mend their steeple. And before they are left in the lurch, they would sell their steeple to mend their church".
St Andrews Church
St Andrews Church A listed Saxon Church and popular wedding venue.
The Church originally had four bells in the Saxon tower, now there are two (one dates back to around 1470 - and is still held in its original medieval frame). The fate of the two missing bells in unknown, but they were sold by the village, as the rhyme says:
"Jevington folk are very proud people. They sold their bells to mend their steeple. And before they are left in the lurch, they would sell their steeple to mend their church".
Eight Bells
The Eight BellsA 300 year old pub at the centre of the village.
Eight Bells
The Eight BellsA 300 year old pub at the centre of the village.
VE day
VE day
The children of the village celebrating VE Day in 1945. Jevington Village Hall has been part of the history of the village for nearly 200 years and, we hope, for many centuries to come.
Jevington School Band
Jevington School Band
Thomas Dimmer Schoolmaster 1873-1882 formed a Fife and Drum Band in 1877. He is pictured here with the boys in their smart scarlet and black uniforms. They wore red sashes and peaked caps with a red rosette and button on the top. Twice a week Mr Dimmer marched them four a breast up the main street village. They were successful in winning several local competitions.
Jevington School Band
Jevington School Band
Thomas Dimmer Schoolmaster 1873-1882 formed a Fife and Drum Band in 1877. He is pictured here with the boys in their smart scarlet and black uniforms. They wore red sashes and peaked caps with a red rosette and button on the top. Twice a week Mr Dimmer marched them four a breast up the main street village. They were successful in winning several local competitions.