My great grandparents William & Hephsibah Edwards lived here. In 1918 one of their sons, my Great uncle Aundry was killed in the First World War and this is the address listed on the Common War Graves Commission records. Aundry is listed on the War Memorial in Patcham. My Grandad survived the war and married and had a family and lived in Rottingdean. My Mother told me that one Sunday her and two of her sisters were told to go to see their grandparents in Patcham so, of course they did, walking from Rottingdean to Patcham. When they got to Mile End Cottages, they were welcomed in and asked did they want to see their Grandfather so they said yes, and were taken upstairs where to their shock he was laid out in a coffin. No one knew that he had died, no telephones in those days for ordinary working class. My mum was about 8 I think and her sisters older by not many years.

No 2 Mile End Cottages was the first house we bought. Lived there from 1996 until 2002. Very solidly built. Ideal for a couple or for a small family (one child). With regret we had to find a bigger place when we had a second child on the way. Our garden was shorter than the other 5 cottages as part of it belonged to No 3. I'd be very interested if anyone knows why!