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Reports from the Archaeology Officer, West Sussex County Council, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, note, pp.327-333) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Medieval Potteries at East Lavington, by F. G. Aldsworth and Alec Down, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, note, p.333) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Historic towns in Sussex, an archaeological survey, by Frederick G. Aldsworth and David Freke, published December 1976 (72 pp., London: Institute of Archaeologists, University of London, ISBN-10: 0905853008 & ISBN-13: 9780905853000) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6814] & The Keep [LIB/500074] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Archaeology in West Sussex: A Field Guide, by F. G. Aldsworth, published 1977 (pamphlet, Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6350] & West Sussex Libraries

Archaeological Conservation in West Sussex 1976-77, by F. G. Aldsworth, published December 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 23, article, p.126, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Shoreham Fort, Its History and Restoration, by Frederick Aldsworth and John Goodwin, published 1978 (published by the authors) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Shoreham Fort Restoration Scheme, by F. G. Aldsworth, published August 1978 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 25, article, p.158, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Chalk Pits Museum, Amberley, West Sussex, A Working Centre where the Industrial History of the South-East can be Studied and Preserved, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1979 (Southern Industrial History Centre Trust) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10501] & West Sussex Libraries

'The Mound' at Church Norton, Selsey, and the Site of St Wilfrid's Church, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.103-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Three Medieval Sites in West Dean Parish, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.109-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Madehurst Wood Water Pipe Trench, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Two unusual Ditched Enclosures in West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

A possible Neolithic oval barrow on Nore Down, West Marden, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Durford Abbey, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Wephurst Glassworks, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

An Iron Age Gold Coin from Pulborough, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.251-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Sixteenth Century House Foundations at West Heath, Harting, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Roman villa at Hooksway, Treyford, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

A probable Iron Age farmstead site at Lordington, Stoughton, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.252-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Lime burning and the Amberley Chalk Pits: A history, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1 January 1979 (pamphlet, 40 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 090080033X & ISBN-13: 9780900800337) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7264] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Chichester Excavations: The Roman Villas at Chilgrove and Upmarden, by Alec Down and Fred Aldsworth, published 1 August 1979 (vol. 4, 320 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 085033344X & ISBN-13: 9780850333442) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Full Account of the Excavations of Three Roman Villas at Chilgrove and Upmarden. Volume Dedicated to Edward James of West Dean

Shoreham Fort, A leaflet, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1980 (leaflet, Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7428] & West Sussex Libraries

Petworth House and the Formal Gardens, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, shorter notice, pp.373-377) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

A Description of the Mid Nineteenth-Century Forts at Littlehampton and Shoreham, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.181-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at the Trundle, 1980, by Owen Bedwin and F. G. Aldsworth, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.208-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on 'The Mound', at Church Norton, Selsey, in 1911 and 1965, by F. G. Aldsworth and E. D. Garnett, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.217-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Memorial Inscriptions in the Vault of the General Baptist Chapel, Chichester, by F. Aldsworth and T. McCann, published May 1981 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 19, article, p.4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/19] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Archæology in West Sussex: The County Council's involvement in 1980, by Fred Aldsworth, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, pp.240-241, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Caryll Family House at Compton, West Sussex, by F. G. Aldsworth, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, p.246, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Bronze Age Founder's Hoard, Bramber, by F. G. Aldsworth, published December 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 35, article, p.251, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Anglo-Saxon Finds, Compton, West Sussex, by F. G. Aldsworth, published December 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 35, article, p.253, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Hardham Church, near Pulborough, by F. G. Aldsworth, published December 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 35, article, pp.253-254, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Investigations at Hardham Church 1978 and 1981, by F. G. Aldsworth and James Hadfield, published 1982 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 120, archaeological note, pp.222-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8620] & The Keep [LIB/500307] & S.A.S. library

The May Family Vault and the Lady May Monument in the Church of St Nicholas, Mid Lavant, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1982 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 120, historical note, pp.231-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8620] & The Keep [LIB/500307] & S.A.S. library

Parish Boundaries on records, by Fred G. Aldsworth, published February 1982 in The Local Historian (vol. 15, no. 1, article, pp.34-40)   View Online

The Ordnance Survey's Boundary Remark Books date from the Ordnance Survey Act of 1841, which made the marking of boundaries on OS maps a statutory duty. The result was the extremely detailed mapping which was incorporated in the 6-inch series, and in order to achieve the levels of accuracy required the surveyors kept Boundary Remark Books for every parish and township. These give strip maps of the boundaries themselves, annotated with landmarks, boundary markers and other features, and accompanied by notes which identify a wide range of ancillary detail, description and comment. About 12,700 such books survive and they are indexed in regional groups, for Scotland; Northern England; Mid and South-West England; East England and Wales. The article discusses the specific example of West Dean near Chichester, West Sussex, with illustrations from the original Boundary Remark Book to show the types of information which are included. It also discusses the associated Boundary Sketch Maps, which were produced using the Remark Book evidence and were exhibited for inspection in public places.

A Prefabricated Cast-Iron Building at Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, article, pp.173-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Prehistoric Flint Mines on Nore Down, West Marden, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.187-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

A Bronze Age Cremation Urn from East Harting, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.195-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

A Late Bronze Age Founders' Hoard from Madehurst, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, p.198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

A Circular Enclosure within Cissbury Ring, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, p.198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

A Bronze Age Hoard and Settlement at Yapton, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, p.198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bignor Roman Villa 1975 - 1976, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.203-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

The 'Druid Altars' at Rudgwick, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, p.212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

An Eighteenth Century Gothic Folly at Uppark, Harting, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, historical note, pp.215-219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

An Eighteenth Century Brick Kiln on Ebernoe Common, Kirdford, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, historical note, pp.219-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

An Iron Age Coin from 'Beedings', Pulborough, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, p.217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Romano-British Quern Fragment from Alfoldean, Slinfold, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, p.221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Recent Discoveries in Bosham Church, by F. G. Aldsworth and Alison McCann, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Archaeology in West Sussex, 1973-1985, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1985 in Proceedings of the Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at Chichester 1985 (article, pp.1-6)

Sompting Church Tower, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1985 in S.A.S. Newsletter (vol. 46, article, p.443) accessible at: S.A.S. library

Bignor Roman Villa Rediscovered , by Fred Aldsworth, published 1986 in Popular Archaeology (vol. 7, no. 4, article, pp.2-13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9817]

Bignor Roman Villa Guide Book, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1987 (Beric Tempest & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9874] & West Sussex Libraries

Prehistoric and Roman Selsey, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, article, pp.41-50) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

A 19th-Century Dame School from West Wittering, by F. G. Aldsworth and Caroline Hallam, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, historical note, pp.262-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

The Tower and 'Rhenish Helm' Spire of St. Mary's Church, Sompting, by Frederick G. Aldsworth and R. Harris, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, article, pp.105-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library

Recent Observations on the Tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Singleton, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.61-69) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

Singleton Church Tower. A Response, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, note, p.71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

A Romano-British Villa at Little Oldwick Copse, Lavant, by F. G. Aldsworth and Ernest Black, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, archaeological note, pp.243-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

A 19th-Century Brickyard Pug Mill from Barlavington, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, historical note, pp.263-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

Recent Observations on the Tower of Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.55-72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Medieval and Post-Medieval Pottery at Graffham, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth and Alec Down, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.117-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Observations on the Church of St Nicholas, Worth, 1987-1988, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.39-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Bignor Roman Villa, West Sussex 1985-1990, by Frederick G. Aldsworth and David Rudling, published 1995 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 133, article, pp.103-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13209] & The Keep [LIB/500288] & S.A.S. library

The spire of Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, West Sussex, by F. G. Aldsworth, published 2000 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 138, article, pp.115-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14509] & The Keep [LIB/500298] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The spire of Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, was the subject of study in 1998 whilst the structure was undergoing routine repair and maintenance. It can be demonstrated that, whilst the mast and cross-trees were replaced in 1841 and some other alterations have been made, much of the surviving structure, including most of the rafters, was built in a single phase of construction from timbers felled in the winter of 1405/06 and the summer of 1406. The Romanesque corbel-table at the top of the tower, which supports the spire, is discussed in greater detail than previously but it continues to be ascribed on comparative and stylistic grounds to the period c. 1080-1110.

An early fifteenth-century barn at Charlton Court, Steyning, West Sussex, by Fred Aldsworth, published 2007 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 145, article, pp.153-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15980] & The Keep [LIB/500363] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A programme of archaeological recording, historical research, and dendrochronological dating, undertaken during a programme of major repairs in 1993-94, demonstrated that the barn at Charlton Court, Steyning, was erected from trees that had mostly been felled in the winter of AD 1404-05, shortly after the manor had passed into private hands in 1403, and it is likely that the barn was prefabricated from green timbers during the summer of 1405 through to the spring of 1406.
Originally designed as a three-bay unaisled barn, with canopied porches to the central bay, it has a surviving roof frame comprising kingposts carrying a ridge plate, supported by heavy downswing braces which carry side purlins trenched into their upper edges.
It was never completed and used in its intended form, though the frame appears to have been erected and the rafters added, and it was altered and extended at either end, using timber from the original stock felled in the winter of AD 1404-05. The original roof design was maintained, but aisles were added in a form entirely typical of later medieval barns of south-east England, with large shoring braces passing between the arcade posts and soleplates, halved into spurs which tie the side wall plates into the main posts.
A number of subsequent alterations and repairs are discernible and at a date probably in the eighteenth century, masonry walls were inserted at the south end.
A series of dendrochronological samples, mostly with at least 150 growth rings and complete sapwood, provide a very accurate basis for dating, and these are fully discussed.

Uppark revealed: A reinterpretation of the history of the house and gardens in the light of evidence revealed during restoration in 1989-94 following damage by fire, by Fred Aldsworth, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.113-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The fire which swept through Uppark in Harting, West Sussex, in August 1989 and the subsequent five-year restoration exposed much of the fabric of the house previously hidden by decorative plasterwork, panelling, and floor and wall coverings. The fabric and the debris provided much new evidence for the house's original form and decoration, and for changes made to it during its life. Minor ground disturbances around the house, for example for temporary buildings and services, led to the discovery of evidence for the development of the gardens.
This new archaeological evidence is presented here along with recently identified documentary evidence. Together they offer a revised and more detailed account of the history of the house and its gardens than has previously been available.
Although the house and gardens were first built in c. 1690 (Period 1), the precise dates for their construction and the name of the architect responsible are not known. The property was described as 'new built' by Celia Fiennes visiting in the second half of 1695, but dates as early as 1685 have been suggested for its construction for Ford Grey, Baron Grey of Warke, created Earl of Tankerville in June 1695. Although the house is often attributed to William Talman (1650-1720), with George London (c. 1640-1714) perhaps employed to design the gardens, the distinguished architect Hugh May (1621-84), who lived locally at Lavant, may have had a hand in its design.
The house was refurbished and the gardens were redesigned just a few years later, c. 1700-30 (Period 1a), with new outbuildings by the London builder John Jenner in 1723-5. They were extended and altered again on two further occasions, after purchase by Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, between 1747 and 1774 probably to designs by Daniel Garrett (d. 1753) and Henry Keene (1726-76) (Period 2), and then by Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh in 1811-17, to designs by Humphry Repton (1752-1818) (Period 3).
The picture that emerges is one of continuing change to meet the aspirations of successive owners or to accommodate visits by fashionable visitors, not least George, Prince of Wales between 1784 and 1804.