A Brief History
At the time of the second world war, the East Court Estate was owned by Alfred Wagg, a London based Merchant Banker.
In 1944 he approached the local Council with an offer to make a gift of the Estate to provide offices for the Council and as a war and as a war memorial
In 1949, after much planning and negotiation, the forerunner of the East Grinstead Memorial Estate Ltd was established as a charity to oversee the running of the Estate
The Estate is now operated under a 125 year lease granted to Mid Sussex District Council in 2015.
For a longer history of the Estate, follow this link.
Snapshot of Old
Opening of the new Pavillion at East Court on 11th September 1973
The first cricket match was played at Lords in 1814, so we were inspired to share this photograph of the Sunnyside Cricket Team.
They played a team of Town Councillors and War Memorial Estate people (some of the people kneeling down) as part of the celebration for the opening of their new pavillion at East Court on 11th September 1973. Photo credit East Grinstead Museum Facebook page.