Shepherds of the Sussex Downs – their lives and times.

Worthing Meeting Centre

Shepherds of the Sussex Downs – their lives and times.

Ian Everest

Central to Sussex farming in past centuries, and to the economy of the area, were the thousands of sheep that grazed on the Downs. The shepherds, who spent their solitary lives caring for their flocks, were a familiar part of the local countryside. Ian tells their story.