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Really? thats great.
To be honest,I didn't even think of asking them because most libraries seem to require a visit in person.I'll get right on to it.
Thanks
Barbara

Thinking about the above information-it now puzzles me that the house is not a listed building if it is that old ???though I suppose it may not be the original.

Thanks Kerry & Claire.I hadn't thought of either of these possibilities,so will get on to it straight away.
Appreciate your help.
Barbara

Thanks again Andrea.I have looked at Genuki as you suggested & found a site with photos of listed buildings in the UK.Believe it or not, there are 136 buildings in Buwash/Burwash common, but not "Buckles" :(I found the garden directory-something called the yellow book?private gardens open once or twice a year.Also went back to Sussex Weald & found Hollyhurst mentioned in a book written around 1830,so am amazed it is not listed if still there.I also found out all about the previous residents :the Misses Trower,who were instrumental in getting the church built.on the 1881 census they employed 4 servants & there were 3 cottages on the property as well.Sooooo -you could say I'm getting to be quite an expert on this blooming place-just need a picture.Do you think it would be rude of me to write to these people?

My first time on this board,so apologies if my request is not appropriate.
I am wondering if anyone with local knowledge of Burwash Weald/Common can advise me where I can get information or a picture of a place called either Hollyhurst or Buckles in this area?
My Grandmother was in service there in the early 1900's,working for a family named Kerr.I have tried various searches on the internet, but haven't been able to come up with more than the church & the pub!.I did have a look on A2A ,but am not certain that the information I found there would include photographs.Does anyone have any ideas of where else to try?Obviously it in not imperative because the property was not in the family,but even a photo of Burwash Common would be nice :)Assuming she started work at around 14,she would have been working there round about 1912-18,her name was Elsie Seale,born in Dartford in 1898.She said the name of the place was Hollyhurst,though I think it changed to Buckles in the 1930's.It was somewhere between Burwash & Ticehurst,I was told.