Fernhill, West Sussex

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Borough Council's argument that Fernhill sat most appropriately within Crawley for the purposes of planning and services, and the fact that none of the residents who would be moved made any comment about the plans, overrode the objections, and the boundary was accordingly moved eastwards beyond the motorway to take in the whole area.

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and the county of Surrey; all objected to the proposal, and West Sussex County Council offered no opinion. The Commission agreed with Crawley Borough Council's view that Fernhill's isolation from Surrey meant that "effective and convenient local government" would be better achieved by transferring it

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to represent it, as Crawley had none; the policing of part of the motorway might be affected; residents were said to wish to remain in Surrey; a transfer to Crawley could encourage expansion of the hamlet; and "close ties" to Burstow and Horley would be affected. The Commission decided that Crawley

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stonework, brick, timber framing and a tiled roof. On Donkey Lane, which leads north from Fernhill Road and becomes a footpath, Lilac Cottage and Old Cottage are listed. Lilac Cottage is partly tile-hung and retains its original (18th-century) chimneys, inglenook fireplace and

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by Crawley Borough Council. Just west of the Balcombe Road, and now within the boundary of Gatwick Airport, are two surviving medieval buildings: Edgeworth House and Wing House. They are attached to each other at right-angles but are of different dates: Edgeworth House (a

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Fernhill is in the far northeast corner of the borough of Crawley and the far north of the county of West Sussex. The borough and county boundaries run along the M23 motorway, which lies to the north and east. To the west, Balcombe Road (part of the B2036

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in West Sussex, England. Its fields and farmhouses formerly straddled the county boundary between Surrey and West Sussex, but since 1990 (when there were about 60 households) the whole area has been part of the county of West Sussex and the

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to West Sussex. When the proposal was formalised, further objections were raised. Several roads led eastwards beyond the motorway, so isolation was said not be a significant factor; Fernhill would no longer have a

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styles; Poplars is a slightly altered three-bay house of the mid-19th century; Number 1 Pullcotts Farm Cottages has ground-floor brickwork in various colours, tile-hanging above and old

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Of the locally listed buildings, Burstow Hall is a mid-19th-century mansion of stone and brick (including some multicoloured glazed brickwork); Gatwick House is a large block of

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Civil Aircraft Accident Report No. EW/C/303: Report on the Accident to Boeing 727-112C YA-FAR 1.5 miles east of London (Gatwick) Airport on 5th January 1969

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in Afghanistan. There were 48 fatalities on the aircraft, and two Fernhill residents were killed when it crashed into and destroyed their house,

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routes 526 and 527 run hourly in each direction on weekdays and every 90 minutes on Saturdays, providing a service to Tinsley Green,

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crashed in Fernhill, killing 50 people. It came down in heavy, freezing fog on its approach to Gatwick Airport on a flight from

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villa of the 1880s; and Touchwood Chapel is the hamlet's former Baptist chapel, built in 1885 and now in residential use.

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Bird, Philip; Moore, Joe; Mulcock, John (6 January 1969). "How horror came from the sky at 2.35 am".

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Erection of new hotel, including meeting & catering facilities, 218 bedrooms and 148 parking spaces

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undertook a review of the boundaries of Surrey and West Sussex as part of a study of the boundaries of

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Planning application CR/2006/0717/FUL (Edgeworth Site, Buckingham Gate, Gatwick Airport, Crawley)

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