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Webword Brain Tickler

All the answers can be found somewhere on the Steyning Museum web site.
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ACROSS 1. Mined at Cissbury Ring in Neolithic times. 5. A Bronze Age burial mound, excavated at Steyning Round Hill in 1952 but destroyed by modern deep ploughing. 6. A Roman place of worship on top of Chanctonbury Ring. 7. History books, Museum mugs and Viking warriors available here. 10. His name is Chris Tod. 11. How much direct public funding does Steyning Museum receive? 12. Join the Friends of Steyning Museum and it will be delivered to you regularly. 15. Traditional farmers' shirt, worn with a half-high hat. 20. Built at Bramber before 1073 by the Norman baron William de Braose. 22. The taxidermist of Bramber who stuffed his pet canary and went on to open a curious museum. 24. The Saxon king buried at Steyning in the year 858. 27. Irish MP who nearly won home rule but married divorcee Kitty O'Shea in Steyning and disgraced his cause. 28. A Cretaceous shellfish fossil found in the chalk around Steyning and on display at the Museum. 29. Traditional pudding made from a creature caught in the River Adur. 30. Steyning's street celebration of local life held every late May Bank Holiday Monday. DOWN 1. Entry to Steyning Museum - no charge. 2. Eccentric Victorian residence in Upper Beeding, now a convent school.

3. Estate of Sir Peter de Braose, who was knighted by Edward III after the battle of Crécy. 4. Choose a Roman serpent or Celtic design in the Museum shop. 5. This village grew alongside the Norman priory of Sele. 6. Moustaches were the fashion in these pre-Norman times. 8. This gallant Sir John has lions at his head and feet. 9. Volunteers, members, supporters - you've got to have them! 10. Schools teach it nationally. The Museum supports it locally. 13. Saxon ships sailed up the River Adur to this long lost Steyning feature. 14. William Cowerson of Steyning was shot in 1832 committing this crime and became a local hero. 16. Beeding and Bramber Local History Society produced this for the Millennium. 17. Steyning's own Saxon saint, whose shrine attracted pilgrims and kings to the town. 18. Victorian day trippers flocked to its tea gardens on steam train excursions. 19. Woven sticks smothered with daub, still found in the walls of local medieval houses. 21. A public amenity next to Steyning Museum. 23. Trees planted by Charles Goring in 1760 to form the "ring" on Chanctonbury Hill. 25. An ancient track, such as the South Downs route from Winchester to Eastbourne via Steyning. 26. Children love it and in the Museum Visitors' Book some said it was their favourite exhibit.