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Ninfield Memorial Hall
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The Hall was purchased by the village in 1921 from the Normanhurst Estate for the Memory of those in the village who fell in WW1. There are Named Memorials for both Wars in St Mary the Virgin, so the Hall simply added a Commemorative plaque for WW1 without Names (and then again for WW2). Recent research has revealed that the Memorial Hall actually began life as a Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers Drill Shed and dates back as far as 1865, making it the oldest surviving Artillery Drill Shed in Southern England, if not the entire Country. The Drill Shed was built on land donated by Thomas Brassey, the Victorian railway contractor, on part of one of the farms in the extensive Normanhurst Estate, formed by the Brassey family. This background has led to the suggestion that a War Memorial to the Brassey family and relatives that also gave their lives and have not been acknowledged previously by the village should be considered.
