Milne Purchases Cotchford Farm in Sussex
Poet involved
What happened
A. A. Milne purchased Cotchford Farm, a country house near Hartfield in the East Sussex Weald, as a rural retreat for his family. The farm's surrounding woodland, Ashdown Forest, became the physical model for the 'Hundred Acre Wood' of the Pooh stories. Milne and his family spent extended periods there throughout the rest of his life, and it remained a beloved property.
Literary impact
Ashdown Forest around Cotchford Farm supplied the specific landscape — the pine trees, the stream, the open heathland — that Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard translated into the geography of the Pooh books. The pastoral tranquillity of Sussex directly shaped the gentle, timeless quality of the Hundred Acre Wood.
Source: Wikipedia
