27-634: The Baybridge Canal was a short canal built entirely within the parish of West Grinstead in the English county of Sussex . It opened in 1826, and closed in 1875. The River Adur is formed when the Western Adur and the Eastern Adur join near Henfield. The Western branch starts near Slinfold , and flows through Shipley and West Grinstead. The Eastern branch rises on Ditchling Common, and flows through Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill . Below
54-413: A book about wicked people whose lives are changed as they discover religion. She attempted to give a detailed description of the evil characters, but, because of her lack of experience, she was unable to describe their wickedness except to say that they "Indulged in nameless vices". The story was found unfinished by officials at her Catholic school and she was then expelled from the school without being given
81-507: A canal, it was essentially a river navigation, as it followed the course of the river to West Grinstead, to terminate at a wharf near the Worthing to Horsham turnpike road, now the A24. The canal ran for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Bines Bridge to the wharf at Baybridge. There were two locks , designed for boats which were 75 by 12.5 feet (22.9 by 3.8 m), each with a 7-foot rise. All of
108-562: A second novel, but a failed marriage and mental illness hindered its completion. Fifteen years later, she completed her second novel The Lost Traveller , which was published in 1950. In the subsequent five years, after undergoing treatment for mental illness and reconverting to Catholicism, she completed the Clara Batchelor trilogy, which includes The Lost Traveller , about her relationship with her mother and father, The Sugar House , about her first unconsummated marriage, and Beyond
135-639: A three-act comedy, as well as many short stories, poems and juvenile fiction. Her career as a writer seems to have been driven by the desire to cope with a sense of failure, resulting initially from her first attempt at writing, and with mental illness. She is quoted as saying, The old terrors always return and often, with them, a feeling of such paralyzing lack of self-confidence that I have to take earlier books of mine off their shelf just to prove to myself that I actually wrote them and they were actually printed, bound, and read. I find that numbers of writers experience these same miseries over their work and do not, as
162-521: A translator. Antonia White's translations of Colette 's Claudine novels were recognised for their elegance and erudition and remain the standard texts today. In 1921, she was married to the first of her three husbands. The marriage was annulled only two years later, and reportedly was never consummated. She immediately fell in love again with a man named Robert, who was an officer in the Scots Guards . They never married, and their relationship
189-497: Is both reminiscent of 19th century realism and indicative of modernist tendencies. Frost in May was reissued in 1978 by Virago Press as the first book in its Modern Classics series of new editions of out-of-print books by neglected women authors. In light of the quartet’s recurring focus on theatre, theatrical performance and acting, Frances Babbage has discussed Frost in May through the lens of theatre-fiction : "close attention to
216-588: Is so often supposed, enjoy the process. "Creative joy" is something I haven't felt since I was fourteen and don't expect to feel again. With regard to the content of her writing, White remarked, "My novels and short stories are mainly about ordinary people who become involved in rather extraordinary situations. I do not mean in sensational adventures but in rather odd and difficult personal relationships largely due to their family background and their incomplete understanding of their own natures. I use both Catholic and non-Catholic characters and am particularly interested in
243-484: Is the Church of England parish church. Its mission is shared with St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green . Knepp Castle is located to the west of the village near the A24. It was a motte castle and founded in the 12th century by William de Braose . Some remains of the keep still stand. The modern Knepp Castle nearby is a castellated mansion by John Nash . The Downs Link long-distance path runs through
270-663: The 2011 Census the population was 3,054 The village should not be confused with the much larger town of East Grinstead which lies 17.5 miles (28 km) to the north-east. The Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation dates from 1876 and is the Roman Catholic parish church. It is an important centre of Catholic pilgrimage in England. Two notable figures are buried in its grounds: Anglo-French writer and poet Hilaire Belloc (friend of fellow Catholic, G. K. Chesterton ) and English writer Antonia White . St George's Church
297-564: The B2135 road four miles (6.3 km) northwest from Henfield . It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber . The western River Adur flows through the village. The parish of West Grinstead covers an area of 2584 hectares (6382 acres) and consists of the villages of West Grinstead, Littleworth , Partridge Green and Dial Post . In the 2001 census 2934 people lived in 1099 households, of whom 1547 were economically active. At
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#1732780831656324-647: The Environment Agency maintain a gauging station at the Hatterell Farm bridge, which measures flows in the river. The average flow up to 2005 was 22.43 million gallons (101.9 Megalitres) per day. Download coordinates as: [REDACTED] Media related to Baybridge Canal at Wikimedia Commons West Grinstead West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex , England. It lies just off
351-586: The Glass , about an intense love-affair followed by a breakdown, which is vividly described. As with her previous work, the trilogy was fictional, but mainly autobiographical. The four novels together narrate her life from ages 9 to 23. In 1966, she published a collection of letters entitled The Hound and the Falcon: The Story of a Reconversion to the Catholic Faith . She wrote Three in a Room ,
378-511: The conflicts that arise between them and in the influences they have on each other." Two of the main themes in White's novels are her relationship with her father and her Catholic faith. White passed away at St Raphael's Care Home in Danehill, East Sussex near Haywards Heath . In the introduction to Frost in May , Elizabeth Bowen describes the novel as a school story. She comments that
405-546: The junction, the combined stream flows for 10.8 miles (17.4 km) to reach the English Channel at the port of Shoreham-by-Sea . Under the River Adur Navigation and Drainage Act 1807 ( 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2 . c. cxvii), the river was improved, to aid both navigation and drainage, and barges could reach Bines Bridge on the Western Adur. In 1824, the civil engineer May Upton produced a plan for extending
432-591: The navigation northwards to West Grinstead, at a cost of just under £6,000. This formed the basis for another act of Parliament, the Baybridge Canal Act 1825 ( 6 Geo. 4 . c. clxiv), and created the Baybridge Canal Company. Seven men were named as proprietors, including Lord Selsey and Sir Charles Merrick Burrell, and they were empowered to raise £6,000 by issuing shares, and an additional £3,000 by mortgages if required. Although called
459-409: The novel is written for adult readers, but that the language is comprehensible to an intelligent child of twelve. She writes, "We have Nanda’s arrival at Lippington, first impressions, subsequent adaptations, apparent success and, finally, head-on crash." This plot deviates from what Bowen refers to as the normal school story only in that it does not have a happy ending. Frost in May was written during
486-532: The opportunity to explain her book. She describes this incident as being her most vivid and tragic memory. "My superb gift to my father was absolutely my undoing" she remarked in an interview. She did not begin writing novels again until 20 years later, when her father died. After she was expelled from the convent at Roehampton, she attended St Paul's Girls' School (the sister school to St Paul's School where her father taught), but did not fit in there either. When she left school she attempted to become an actress, but
513-571: The other girls at her school, many of whom were from upper-class Catholic families. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton (later Woldingham School , Surrey ). Although she is remembered as a modernist writer, she developed a terrible fear of writing after a misunderstanding when she was 15. She had been working on what was going to be her first novel, which was to be a present for her father. She wanted to surprise him with
540-438: The parish and can be used for walking or cycling. Antonia White Antonia White (born Eirene Adeline Botting ; 31 March 1899 – 10 April 1980) was a British writer and translator, known primarily for Frost in May , a semi-autobiographical novel set in a convent school. It was the first book reissued by Virago Press in 1978, as part of their Modern Classics series of books by previously neglected women authors. White
567-571: The rise of anti-school school stories after World War I . Regarding White's writing style, Bowen wrote: "Antonia White’s style as a story-teller is as precise, clear and unweighty as Jane Austen 's. Without a lapse from this style Antonia White traverses passages of which the only analogy is to be found in James Joyce 's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ." This comparison, which can be considered high praise, also suggests that White's writing
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#1732780831656594-472: The route was within the parish of West Grinstead , and the construction work was completed in 1826. The main trade was manure, coal and chalk. The canal closed on 1 September 1875 due to competition from the railways, having been little used after the opening of the railway from Shoreham to West Grinstead in 1861. The waterway was crossed by a swing bridge just above the lower lock, and a lift bridge at Hatterell Farm. Both have been replaced by fixed bridges, and
621-540: Was born on Perham Road in West Kensington , London to parents Cecil and Christine Botting. She later took her mother's maiden name, White. Her father taught Greek and Latin at St. Paul's School . She was baptized in the Protestant Church of England but converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of 9 when her father converted. She struggled with religion and did not feel that she fitted in with
648-479: Was brief but intense, which led to her experiencing a severe mental breakdown. She was committed to Bethlem, a public asylum, where she spent the next year of her life. She described her breakdown as a period of "mania". After she left the hospital, she spent four years participating in Freudian studies. She struggled the rest of her life with mental illness which she referred to as "The Beast". Her second marriage
675-421: Was married to Tom Hopkinson and was friends with novelist Djuna Barnes , and she was with Barnes when the latter wrote her now famous novel depicting a lesbian affair gone bad, Nightwood . This novel was based on Barnes's relationship with Thelma Wood. In 1933, White completed her first novel, Frost in May , which fictionalised her experiences at Catholic boarding school and her expulsion. She also began writing
702-636: Was to a man named Eric Earnshaw Smith, but this marriage ended in divorce. By the age of 30, she had been married three times. During her second marriage, she had fallen in love with two men. One was Rudolph 'Silas' Glossop , described as "a tall handsome young man with a slightly melancholy charm". The other was Tom Hopkinson , then a copywriter. She had trouble deciding whom she should marry following her divorce, and she married Hopkinson in 1930. She had two daughters, Lyndall Hopkinson and Susan Chitty , who have both written autobiographical books about their difficult relationship with their mother. By 1931, White
729-507: Was unsuccessful. She wrote for magazines and then in advertising, where she earned £250 a year promoting Mercolized wax. She spent nine years working as a copywriter in London. She worked for W.S.Crawfords where she took exception to Florence Sangster who was one of the directors. She wrote a short story, Julian Tye , featuring her as a barely concealed character. White also worked for the BBC as
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