74-542: The Worthing Downland Estate , Worthing Downs or Worthing Downland , is an area of land in the South Downs National Park in West Sussex, England, close to the town of Worthing . It was bought by the public, following threats to the beauty spot of Cissbury Ring and the surrounding farmland, which led to a public campaign purchases in the 1930s. It is currently owned and managed, on behalf of
148-436: A basement with J. M. Barrie and his family during air raids. Galsworthy published three books: Galsworthy spoke excellent French, plus some Italian and German. She began translating the work of Guy de Maupassant into English in the early 1900s. She called on the assistance of her friend Joseph Conrad to help. Of this she wrote "Having great conclaves with J. Conrad recently, he is helping me with some translations from
222-657: A financially and socially suitable husband for her daughter. On one occasion the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, asked for an introduction. Her mother declined the honour. Galsworthy and her mother did not get on; there was "a tragic lack of sympathy" between them. When her mother died in 1918 she did not attend the funeral, even though she was in England at the time. She married Major Arthur Galsworthy (1860–1923) on 30 April 1891 in Kensington, London, having met him
296-448: A flat in nearby Aubrey Walk. It was in her flat that John wrote the first words of what was to become The Forsyte Saga . Upon Arthur's return from Africa in 1901, he did not initiate divorce proceedings, from the same desire to avoid a "possible scandal". Ada and John continued their relationship discreetly for a further three years, often staying at a farmhouse called Wingstone in the village of Manaton , Dartmoor . In 1908 John took
370-574: A footpath known as the Quashetts, which becomes Worthing High Street and finally the Steyne before reaching the sea. It is likely that Worthing's Roman grid system of centuriation would have been based on this ancient track. To the north the track extended to Cissbury Ring and from there continued northwards to Chanctonbury Ring and into the Weald . The track would have been used as a droveway for
444-572: A further course forms part of Hill Barn Golf Club. Plough disturbed sites at Mount Carvey and High Salvington remain a possible sites of neolithic flint mines . The downs north of Worthing held the greatest concentration of flint mines in neolithic Britain. The remains of a trackway that follows the ridge of Tenants Hill can be seen. It was in use from the early Iron Age to Roman periods (between around 800BC to 409AD). The trackway extends south to Charmandean Lane, which in Broadwater turns into
518-423: A generous annual allowance, from the scandal of divorce, they continued their affair discreetly for ten years. During this time they travelled abroad at least once a year, often accompanied by a chaperone. She would regularly make herself two or more years younger on travel documents. While Arthur was away at war, Ada left the marital home and lived alone at Campden House Chambers, Kensington, while John took
592-710: A large part of the existing East Hampshire and Sussex Downs AONBs. This proved highly controversial, leading to calls from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England and others for the inclusion of the so-called western Weald , a region within the two AONBs possessing a geology, ecology and landscape quite different from the chalk hills of the South Downs, within the park boundary to ensure that it remained protected from development. The Secretary of State invited objections and representations on new issues relating to
666-510: A list of "other amenity areas". Sir Arthur Hobhouse 's 1947 Report of the National Parks Committee took a different view, and he included the South Downs in his list of twelve areas recommended for designation as a national park, defined by John Dower as an "extensive area of beautiful and relatively wild country in which, for the nation's benefit...the characteristic landscape beauty is strictly preserved". The South Downs
740-500: A long lease on part of the building, and it became "their little haven" until it was sold in 1923. In 1904 John's father died, meaning he was now financially independent and they were free to marry. They publicly announced a trip to Wingstone in December 1904, thus giving Arthur grounds for divorce. After divorce papers were served, Ada and John travelled around Italy, Germany and Austria from January to August 1905. The decree nisi
814-473: A low class the Conservatorium, working my way up like the rest of the music-students. My mother would not consent to this, her argument being that I played nicely enough for an amateur, and that there was no question of my becoming a professional, ever." In Over The Hills And Far Away she recounts "the most fine-spun, delicate of musical flirtations" whilst staying in a hotel room two doors away from
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#1732781150632888-489: A mother-son relationship: an ailing mother cared for and protected by an utterly devoted son, a situation which their childlessness bolstered." They had a spaniel called Chris to whom they were extremely devoted. When Chris died in the winter of 1911, Ada was "prostrate" with grief. A year later, such was the strength of their feelings about their loss, they moved away from Addison Road where memories of Chris were unavoidable, to Adelphi Terrace. This change also coincided with
962-498: A national park for the South Downs between the rivers Arun and Adur , believing that the eastern downs would be looked after by Brighton and Eastbourne Councils and the western downs were too wooded to be representative of the South Downs. At Findon Valley , Thakeham Rural District Council has approved considerable building of bungalows and this was seen as threatening the integrity of the Iron Age hillfort of Cissbury Ring. With
1036-674: A northward-facing chalk escarpment that rises dramatically above the low-lying vales of the Low Weald. The chalk escarpment reaches the English Channel west of Eastbourne , where it forms the dramatic white cliffs of Beachy Head , the Seven Sisters and Seaford Head. These cliffs were formed after the end of the last ice age , when sea levels rose and the English Channel was formed, resulting in under-cutting of
1110-630: A number of boundary revisions, the park incorporates two areas previously designated as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty , the East Hampshire AONB and Sussex Downs AONB . The park also includes the Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Petersfield. The South Downs National Park's chalk downland sets it apart from other national parks in Britain. However, almost a quarter (23%) of the national park consists of
1184-529: A quite different and strongly contrasting physiographic region, the western Weald , whose densely wooded hills and vales are based on an older Wealden geology of resistant sandstones and softer clays. The highest point in the national park, Blackdown , at 280 m (919 ft) above sea level, is in fact situated in the Weald, on the Greensand Ridge , whereas the highest point on the chalk escarpment of
1258-435: A result of objections and representations received on the proposed Order, a public inquiry was conducted between 10 November 2003 and 23 March 2005, with the aim of recommending to ministers whether a national park should be confirmed and, if so, where its boundaries should be. The results of the inquiry were expected by the end of 2005, but were delayed pending a legal issue arising from a High Court case challenging part of
1332-479: A weekend retreat for Ada and John. The young couple began to accompany them on their regular winter journeys abroad. When John died in 1933, Ada ceased to appear in public. For a short time she was "almost unbalanced" and tried to have his favourite horse killed. She was encouraged to leave London during World War II , and moved to Torquay . When she discovered that Muriel Elliot, a fellow piano student she had met while travelling through Europe with her mother,
1406-522: A young German Prince. They both had pianos installed in their sitting-rooms and spent time sharing musical ideas through the walls, "I would give out a theme, then pause; very soon the young neighbour would start improvising in a masterly manner." She accompanied the well-known bass, Signor Foli , at a concert in Menton on the French Riviera and took the place of a pianist who had become ill in
1480-460: Is England's newest national park , designated on 31 March 2010. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hampshire , West Sussex and East Sussex . The national park covers the chalk hills of the South Downs (which on
1554-471: Is a white sedimentary rock, notably homogeneous and fine-grained, and very permeable. It consists of minute calcite plates ( coccoliths ) shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores . The strata include numerous layers of flint nodules , which have been widely exploited as a material for manufacture of stone tools as well as a building material for dwellings. Similar areas in Britain include
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#17327811506321628-1039: Is thought likely to increase as a result of the creation of the national park. The national park has an area of 1,625 km (627 sq mi), of which 544 km (210 sq mi) is in Hampshire, 807 km (312 sq mi) in West Sussex and 237 km (92 sq mi) in East Sussex. Among the district council areas, Chichester District has the largest area at 544 km (210 sq mi), followed by East Hampshire District with 279 km (108 sq mi), Winchester with 265 km (102 sq mi), Lewes District with 159 km (61 sq mi) and Arun 102 km (39 sq mi). 93 km (36 sq mi) are in Horsham District and 60 km (23 sq mi) in Wealden District. Apart from
1702-630: The North Downs and the Chilterns . In its western section, the national park extends north beyond the chalk escarpment of the South Downs into a quite different and strongly contrasting physiographic region, the western Weald , taking in the valley of the western River Rother , incised into Lower Greensand bedrock, and the densely wooded hills and valleys of the Greensand Ridge and Weald Clay south of Haslemere . Ada Galsworthy Ada Nemesis Galsworthy (20 November 1864 – 29 May 1956)
1776-515: The 1920s, when public concern was mounting about increasing threats to the beautiful downland environment, particularly the impact of indiscriminate speculative housing development on the eastern Sussex Downs ( Peacehaven was an example of this). In 1929, the Council for the Preservation of Rural England , led by campaigners including the geographer Vaughan Cornish , submitted a memorandum to
1850-417: The English Channel coast form the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head ) and a substantial part of a separate physiographic region, the western Weald , with its heavily wooded sandstone and clay hills and vales. The South Downs Way spans the entire length of the park and is the only National Trail that lies wholly within a national park. The idea of a South Downs National Park originated in
1924-528: The French: he being Polish, French is quite second nature to him. I hate taking up his time, yet… it seems quite a relaxation to him, and he can't do his own original writing all day long." She published three volumes of translations: In late 1931 and early 1932, she and John translated the libretto of Bizet's Carmen into English. John often said that his wife's influence was a major factor in turning his career from law to literature. In her 1937 book Over
1998-511: The Hills and Far Away , she recalls telling him, "Why don't you write? You are just the person." Galsworthy's previous unhappy marriage inspired John's novel The Man of Property (1906), which began the series of books that became known as The Forsyte Saga . The character Irene is a portrait of Ada. A framed letter from John stood next to Galsworthy's bed until her death. It read "I super-dedicate in its entirety The Forsyte Saga whose first word
2072-540: The Managing Editor of the periodical Animals , asking for financial support for the cat artist Louis Wain so that he could afford better accommodation than the lunatic asylum for paupers to which he had been committed. In the 1930s she donated money to the Worthing Corporation (the forerunner to present-day Worthing Borough Council ) to support the purchase of land at High Salvington . In
2146-945: The North-east Worthing downs Biodiversity Opportunity Area. Tenants Hill forms part of the Tenants Hill and Reservoirs Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI). Further SNCIs are located adjacent to the Worthing Downland Estate at the Cissbury Ring SNCI and the Worthing and Hill Barn Golf Courses SNCI. The land is lowland calcareous grassland. Species present include slow-worm ( anguis fragilis ), tree pipit ( anthus trivialis ), dusky brocade ( apamea remissa ), common toad ( bufo bufo ) and adder ( vipera berus ). South Downs National Park The South Downs National Park
2220-736: The Order designating the New Forest National Park . Following an appeal on the High Court case and new legislation included in the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, the South Downs Inquiry report was published on 31 March 2006. It recommended a 23% reduction in the size of the originally proposed national park, focussing it more narrowly on the chalk downland and excluding from it
2294-472: The Prime Minister urging the case for national parks, including a national park on part of the South Downs. When however, towards the end of World War II , John Dower was asked to report on how a system of national parks in England and Wales might be established, his 1945 report, National Parks in England and Wales , did not identify the South Downs for national park status, but rather included it in
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2368-594: The South Downs, Butser Hill , has an elevation of 271 m (889 ft) above sea level. Within the national park there are two chalk hill figures , the Litlington White Horse and the Long Man of Wilmington . Most of the national park consists of chalk downland , although a significant part consists of the sandstones and clays of the western Weald , a strongly contrasting and distinctive landscape of densely wooded hills and vales. The chalk
2442-428: The Worthing Corporation purchased 72 acres (29 ha) acres of land at High Salvington. This land adjoined another 59 acres (24 ha) acres that were purchased around the same time. When land at High Salvington had been threatened with development, Worthing resident, the actress Nancy Price , wrote to The Times newspaper which raised money by public subscription which allowed the Worthing Corporation to purchase
2516-632: The basis of the South Downs National Park. In September 1999 the government, following a review of national parks policy, declared support for a South Downs National Park, and announced a consultation on its creation. In January 2003 the then Countryside Agency (now Natural England ) made an Order to designate the proposed park in 2003 which was submitted to the Secretary of State for the Environment on 27 January 2003. As
2590-567: The chalk by the sea. The South Downs run linearly west-north-westwards from the Eastbourne area through southern Sussex to the Hampshire downs, separating the south coastal plain from the clays and sandstones of the Weald . Behind the escarpment, on the dip slope, are the characteristic high, smooth, rolling downland hills interrupted by dry valleys and wind gaps, and the major river gaps of the Cuckmere , Ouse , Adur and Arun . The chalk
2664-486: The continuous encroachment of bricks and mortar on all parts of the south coast.” Following the death of a tenant farmer in 2009, Worthing Borough Council proposed to sell-off the public land. On 14 November 2009 hundreds of people gathered on the downland to the north of Worthing to protest against the proposed sale of the land. Following the protests, the decision was taken on 3 December 2009 to be withdrawn from sale. On 29 November 2015 Worthing Borough Council dedicated
2738-486: The fifteen local authorities covering the park area with Adur and Worthing opting to share a place; and six parish council representatives, two for each county. As at June 2024, the chair of SDNPA is Vanessa Rowlands, and the chief executive (interim) is Tim Slaney. The South Downs National Park stretches for 140 km (87 mi) across southern England from St Catherine's Hill near Winchester in Hampshire in
2812-403: The first few years of their marriage, they rarely travelled outside England. In 1910 the couple encouraged 19-year old dancer, Margaret Morris to establish her own dance school. The following year, John had a one-year affair with her, but ended it out of loyalty to his wife. After the early years of their marriage, they slept in separate rooms. Ada and John's marriage developed into "almost
2886-513: The help of Worthing residents, the National Trust bought land at Cissbury Ring in 1925 to protect it from development. Worthing Corporation (the forerunner to present-day Worthing Borough Council) continued this trend around Worthing in the 1930s. Between 1933 and 1939, the Worthing Corporation purchased 1,000 acres (405 ha) acres of open downland north of Worthing, mostly in the parish of Broadwater and at High Salvington . In 1939
2960-459: The inquiry was published. The Secretary of State , Hilary Benn , announced that the South Downs would be designated a national park, and on 12 November 2009 he signed the order confirming the designation. He confirmed that a number of hotly disputed areas – including the western Weald, the town of Lewes and the village of Ditchling – would be included within the national park. The new national park came into full operation on 1 April 2011 when
3034-612: The interests of the people who live and work within it. The statutory purposes of the SDNPA, as a national park authority, are specified by the Environment Act 1995 ; these are: It must also fulfil the following duty: The SDNPA is a public body, funded by central government, and run by a board of twenty seven members. The board consists of seven national members, appointed by the environment secretary by means of an open recruitment process; fourteen local authority nominees drawn from
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3108-693: The land at Mount Carvey and Tenants Hill as open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to be used in perpetuity for public access and enjoyment. The decision followed a six-year public campaign led a group called the Worthing Downlanders (formerly the Stop the Cissbury Sell Off group). Worthing Council agreed to long-term leases rather than selling freeholds on farm buildings and land. The site forms part of
3182-487: The land. Nancy Price raised almost £7,000, included donations from Caroline Kipling and Ada Galsworthy , the wives of Sussex-based novelists Rudyard Kipling and John Galsworthy . At the time of the transaction the Town Clerk of the Worthing Corporation stated, “Most of it is land over which the public is free to roam at will and which will remain undeveloped for ever. It is a tremendous and valuable lung in view of
3256-650: The lead-up to World War II she worked to get Jewish writers and musicians out of central Europe and over to England. During the First World War the Galsworthys contributed saddlery, binoculars, an ambulance and a Motor Launch (called the John and Ada ) together with all royalties from John's literary work sold in the US, to the war effort. Galsworthy also knitted a large quantity of socks, blankets and scarves for
3330-494: The level of " the 'Flu ", incapacitating her for weeks. Once she and John were married, some noted that she had "turned into a shrewish hypochondriac". John acted as her devoted nurse. She was described as "clinically depressed", "ill" with " psychosomatic illnesses ". By the end of her life she was nearly blind. Galsworthy spent her adolescence and early adult years travelling through Europe with her mother. They were in Nice at
3404-686: The locals. When work was finished for the day, she would accompany the poilus in their "light-hearted Petits Chansons." They returned to England the following March. She was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal as a member of the British Committee, French Red Cross in Company WO 329 between 1914 and 1920. They spent the rest of the war at Wingstone, making occasional trips to London, sometimes sharing
3478-578: The measure not only of every woman's devotion to principle, but the measure of her gratitude to the hundreds of brave women who have taken the brunt of the fighting and have suffered violence and imprisonment for her sake." Galsworthy donated £1 and 1 shilling. In 1914 she signed an open letter from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in support of the Importation of Plumage Prohibition Bill . In 1925 she signed an appeal, written by
3552-400: The mufflement of circumstance and made me a writer – such as I am." (1921) She regularly edited his writing and was solely responsible for his public and private correspondence, as well as creating the first three typescripts from his handwritten manuscripts. John directed in his will that no biography of him should be published without the consent of his wife. After he died she oversaw
3626-430: The national park is approximately 108,000. Of these 42,000 live in Hampshire, 40,000 in West Sussex and 25,000 in East Sussex. East Hampshire District Council area and Chichester District each have around 30,000 residents in the area and Lewes District 22,000. Winchester has 11,500 residents in the park, with much smaller numbers for the other districts and boroughs. The area receives about 39 million visits each year, which
3700-429: The new South Downs National Park Authority assumed statutory responsibility for it. The occasion was marked by an opening ceremony which took place in the market square of Petersfield , a town situated in the western Weald just 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the chalk escarpment of the South Downs. In 2016 the national park was granted International Dark Sky Reserve status, to restrict artificial light pollution above
3774-671: The parish of Nuthurst in 1877. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s large the Brighton and Eastbourne Corporations bought up large tracts of downland to protect them from development. It was at this period that concern about development also saw the formation of groups such as the Society of Sussex Downsmen (later the South Downs Society and now the Friends of the South Downs ). In the 1930s geographer Vaughan Cornish advocated
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#17327811506323848-494: The park. It was the second such area in England and the 11th in the world. The national park is administered by the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA). The SDNPA was established on 1 April 2010, and became fully functioning, including becoming the planning authority for the national park, on 1 April 2011. It is responsible for promoting the statutory purposes of the national park and
3922-488: The pen name J. Marjoram. She was a talented pianist and could read at sight very well. She was described as being of "professional, or nearly professional calibre by those who heard her play." Between 1883 and 1888, she spent considerable time in Dresden as a private piano student of Jean Louis Nicodé . Of this she wrote, "I do not think he was greatly interested, for he knew only too well I should rightly have been in
3996-605: The posthumous completion of several volumes for which she wrote the forewords, recounted memories or simply gathered and inscribed extracts. She edited and/or compiled the following: She tore out her diary entries spanning 1895 until 1905, the duration of her affair, until the year she became "respectable" again. After John died she destroyed all of his letters to her and most of her letters to him. Galsworthy had an intellectual relationship with Polish-British writer, Joseph Conrad . He encouraged Galsworthy's translation work and supported her work on Yvette and Other Stories , writing
4070-457: The preface. He also shared drafts of his own writing with her, including The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes , seeking her opinion. The first of Joseph Conrad's theatrical adaptations One Day More was written in Galworthy's flat on Campden Hill in 1904. She encouraged Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971), son of the trustee of her marriage settlement to Arthur, to write poetry, under
4144-486: The previous winter, probably in Biarritz , France. He was six years older than Ada, with no current profession or occupation, relying on an annual allowance from his father. Soon after marrying Major Galsworthy, Ada met and became friends with Lilian and Mabel Galsworthy, her husband's cousins and sisters of the man who was to become her second husband, Arthur's cousin, John Galsworthy (1867–1933). She let them know she
4218-461: The proposed national park in a consultation that ran from 2 July to 13 August 2007. In the light of the responses received, the Secretary of State decided that it was appropriate to re-open the 2003–05 public inquiry. The inquiry re-opened on 12 February 2008 and was closed on 4 July 2008 after 27 sitting days. The Inspector's report was submitted on 28 November 2008. On 31 March 2009 the result of
4292-534: The public, by Worthing Borough Council . The land lies in the north of the borough of Worthing in West Sussex. To the north lies Cissbury Ring , which is owned by the National Trust ; to the west lies the Worthing suburb of Findon Valley and to the south lies Charmandean Lane in the Worthing suburb of Broadwater. Three golf courses lie to the south and were formerly part of the Worthing Downland Estate. Two golf courses are part of Worthing Golf Club and
4366-432: The seasonal movement of livestock or transhumance in the summer months into the forest of the Weald. One of the track's northern destinations would have been 'Little Broadwater', 17 miles (27 km) to the north of Broadwater and about 19 miles (31 km) north of Worthing seafront. This area, which includes the remains of Sedgwick Castle, remained an outlying part of the parish of Broadwater until its amalgamation with
4440-470: The start of regular overseas travels, mostly by train or car, as Ada was a "disastrously bad sailor". In 1918 they moved to Grove Lodge, Hampstead. In 1924, John's sister, Lilian, died. Her only child, the artist Rudolf Helmut Sauter , and his wife Viola moved in with them at Grove Lodge. In 1926 they bought Bury House in Sussex as their country home, serving as a permanent home for the younger couple, and
4514-858: The time of the 1887 Liguria earthquake . They were in Dresden for the unveiling of the Niederwald monument to commemorate the unification of Germany . In 1869, she stayed at the same hotel in Munich as Franz Liszt who was in the city for the world premiere of Wagner's Das Rheingold , which she also attended. Once married, she and John travelled extensively, visiting Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic (the former Czechoslovakia), Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, USA, Canada, Brazil, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and South Africa. Their travel served several purposes. John's position as President of P.E.N. meant he
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#17327811506324588-712: The troops. In autumn 1914, they arranged for the placement of a number of Belgian refugees in Devon. In November 1916, wanting to do more, they travelled to France to join an Hôpital Benevole, the Establissement de L'Assistance Aux Convalescents Militaires Français, at Matouret in Die, Drôme , owned by their friend Dorothy Allhusen. John worked as a masseur, Galsworthy as a lingère, or 'keeper of house linen' as well as overseeing correspondence and other departments. Her considerable knowledge of French stood her in good stead with
4662-478: The urban areas of Worthing , Brighton and Hove , Newhaven , Seaford and Eastbourne , which had all made substantial encroachments onto the Downs during the 19th and 20th centuries. By contrast, the park includes a number of towns situated in the western Weald , including Petersfield , Liss , Midhurst and Petworth , and the two historic Sussex towns of Arundel and Lewes . The total population living within
4736-474: The value of the South Downs as a potential national park had been reduced by cultivation. It did however recognise the "great natural beauty" of the area, and proposed it be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . In due course two AONBs were designated, split along the county boundary, namely the East Hampshire AONB in 1962 and the Sussex Downs AONB in 1966. These were later to form
4810-507: The west to Beachy Head , near Eastbourne in East Sussex in the east. In its western half, the southern boundary of the park lies up to 10 km (6.2 mi) inland from the south coast; it thus excludes the major coastal towns and cities of Southampton , Portsmouth , Chichester , Bognor Regis and Littlehampton . Further east, where the park's southern boundary lies much closer to the coast, it has been carefully drawn to exclude
4884-437: Was Dr. Emanuel Cooper (1802–1878). Both parents were of " Quaker persuasion". Galsworthy had an older brother, Arthur Charles. When Dr. Cooper died, Galsworthy moved to Nottingham with her brother and mother, using the surname Cooper. She and her mother were "well provided for" under the terms of Dr. Cooper's will. Between 1881 and 1891, they made frequent, extended trips to Europe, her mother's principal purpose being to find
4958-466: Was already unhappy in her marriage. The reason for her unhappiness was never made explicit, but the implication was that Arthur could be violent. While Arthur was away fighting in the Boer War Ada met John at a dinner party. They began an affair on 6 September 1896. In order to protect John's father, who held deeply entrenched Victorian views about the sanctity of marriage, and provided John
5032-414: Was an English editor, translator, writer and composer. She was married to Nobel Laureate for Literature John Galsworthy . Ada Nemesis Pearson was born on 20 November 1864; the location is unknown. She was baptised at St Clement's Church, Norwich on 24 November 1867. Born illegitimately, her parent was recorded as Anne Julia Pearson (c.1841–1913) from the Parish of Lakenham, Norwich. Her adoptive father
5106-422: Was formed in the Late Cretaceous epoch , between 100 million and 66 million years ago, when the area was under the sea. During the Cenozoic era the chalk was uplifted as part of the Weald uplift which created the great Weald-Artois Anticline , caused by the same orogenic movements that created the Alps. The relatively resistant chalk rock has, through weathering , resulted in a classic cuesta landform, with
5180-441: Was granted on 24 February 1905 and £400 was awarded to Arthur in damages. The divorce was finalised on 22 September 1905 and they married the following day at St George's, Hanover Square . Following their wedding, Ada's mother refused to see her for years and her solicitor, who had managed her affairs for 25 years, resigned his position. She and John moved into a house on Addison Road, Kensington, where they lived until 1913. In
5254-501: Was homeless following a London bombing raid, Galsworthy offered her a home. They lived together until Elliott died 10 years later. Galsworthy died at home in Newton Abbot , Devon aged 92 on 29 May 1956. Her funeral was sparsely attended, with fewer than a dozen mourners. Her ashes were scattered on Bury Hill. Galsworthy's health was not robust throughout her adult life. She regularly suffered from bronchitis , asthma , rheumatism and head colds, which she and John often elevated to
5328-540: Was regularly required at overseas conferences. They would travel to watch the first night performances of John's plays, or in search of "more permanent health" of Ada, who had a "tendency to bronchial delicacy in the winter." The majority of their time abroad was spent walking and writing. In 1907 she pledged a donation to the Votes For Women campaign's Week of Self-Denial , which asked women to "practice real self-denial". It stated: "the funds raised will be
5402-514: Was the last of the original twelve recommended national parks to be designated. Extensive damage to the chalk downland from 1940 onwards through arable farming, and a resulting decline in sheep grazing, militated at an early stage against further work on designation. When in 1956 the National Parks Commission came to consider the case for the South Downs as a national park, it found designation no longer appropriate, noting that
5476-446: Was written on Campden Hill , London of a May morning in 1903 and whose last word was written at Hampstead on 15 August 1920. Of all my work I have most enjoyed the making of this chronicle, and on the whole set more store by it than anything else I have written up to now. This is why I super-dedicate the whole of it to one without whose instigation, sympathy, interest and criticism, my obscure inner necessity might never have pushed through
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