Hassocks
Hassocks is a huge town and also civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. Its name is thought to derive from the tufts of grass discovered in the bordering areas. Located approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Brighton, with a population of 7,667, the area now inhabited by Hassocks was just a collection of small houses and also a training house till the 19th century, when job started on the London to Brighton train. Hassocks until 2000 was simply a postal district and prior to that the name of the train station. The Parishes were named Clayton and also Keymer and also it is thought that when the train was available in 1841 the Parish Councils were given the chance of calling the terminal. However they could not agree and also ultimately the supervisors of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway quit waiting as well as named the station Hassocks Gate themselves. Hassocks has a combination of shops. The village likewise gains from having a well-used community centre called Adastra Hall which is used for a wide range of community as well as exclusive events. The former council structures housing the roadway upkeep department on London Road have actually been destroyed and also have actually become a number of homes, whilst the land given to the people of Hassocks (through East Sussex County Council) by a benefactor, formerly made use of by a children's charity, was built upon in 2014/15 the charity having claimed possession.
