TURNPIKE GATES 



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At Stonepound a road leads on the right to Hurst- 

 pierpoint, which is too big a mouthful for general 

 use, and so is locally " Hurst." The Pierpoints, 

 whose name is embedded in that of the place, like 

 an ammonite in a geological stratum, were long since 

 as extinct as those other Normans, the Monceaux 

 of Hurstmonceaux, and are what Americans would 

 term a " back number." 



Stone Pound Gate 



Clears Patcham Gate 



St. John's and Ansty Gates 



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Patcham Gate 



Clears Stone Pound Gate, 



St. John's and Ansty Gates 



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Stonepound Gate was one of the nine that at one 

 time barred the Brighton Road, and the last but one 

 on the way. It will be seen, by the specimens of turn- 

 pike-tickets reprinted here, that at one time, at least, 

 the burden of the tolls was not quite so heavy as the 

 mere number of the gates would lead a casual observer 



