Bibliography - Dr. Arthur Gerald Norcott Brodribb (1915 - 1999)
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Hastings and Men of Letters, by Gerald Brodribb, published 1954 (Hastings Public Library) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502748] & East Sussex Libraries

This is a notice in chronological order of the various men of letters who have lived in or written about Hastings, with copious extracts from their writings and a list of novels in which Hastings or its district is featured. The eight plates are a delight; six reproduce prints of the early 19th century and the other two are modern photographs.

Stamped Tiles of the 'Classis Britannica', by George Brodribb, published 1969 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 107, article, pp.102-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2192] & The Keep [LIB/500322] & S.A.S. library

Excavations: Beauport Park, by A. G. Brodribb, published Spring 1969 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 1, article, p.9) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Since a first visit was paid two years ago, much of the limited time spent at Beauport Park has been used in surveying and mapping the whole considerable area of the site. The only visible sign of any working was the remains of the slag heap. Though much of this was removed in the 1870s for roadmaking, the heap is still so big (about 130 yards long) that much of it remains to be excavated. Test trenches have helped to define the whole area, the nearest mine pit, and (with the help of divining rods) the track running to it.

A note on the Beauport Park Roman Ironworks, by A. G. Brodribb, published Spring 1972 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 3, article, pp.4-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

In September 1966 1 first began my search for the remains of the Roman ironworks at Beauport Park. After some five years of persistent and intensive jungle warfare, I at last found what some readers will have now seen, and it may be of interest to give here some history of the references to the site before I began to tackle it.

Excavation Report: Beauport Park, Battle - Roman Bath-House, by Gerald Brodribb, published April 1979 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 27, article, p.178, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

A Survey of Tile from the Roman Bath House at Beauport Park, Battle, E. Sussex, by Gerald Brodribb, published November 1979 in Britannia (vol. 10, article, pp.139-156)   View Online

One of the reasons for the Roman invasion of Britain was the hope of exploiting the natural resources of the country. It was not long before there was considerable iron-working in the Weald, especially in the area round Battle, East Sussex. Iron slag is to be seen at several sites, but little excavation of these has taken place. The best evidence for iron-working comes from Beauport Park, where a vast slag heap was discovered in 1862: much of this was removed during the 1870s for road-making, and there was no excavation of the site until the writer began work in 1967, and after three years' search found a building that proved to be a bath-house.

A further Survey of Stamped Tiles of the Classis Britannica, by George Brodribb, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.183-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

The Classis Britannica Bath-house at Beauport Park, East Sussex, by Gerald Brodribb and Henry Cleere, published November 1988 in Britannia (vol. 19, article, pp.217-274)   View Online

In 1849 Mark Anthony Lower published a pioneer paper on the ironworks of East Sussex, but this contained no mention of any ironworking at Beauport Park, near Battle. Ten years later, however, the Rev. S. Arnott, rector of the nearby parish of Hollington, wrote that, although there were no remains of early ironmaking in his parish, 'there is a large cinder-bank in Beauport Park on which grow firs with oak and ash, all planted by the owner, Sir Charles Lamb'.

Cricket at Hastings: The Story of a Ground, by Gerald Brodribb, published June 1989 (Spellmount Publishers Ltd., ISBN-10: 0946771936 & ISBN-13: 9780946771936) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Roman bath house at Beauport Park, by Gerald Brodribb, published c.1995 (24 pp., Robertsbridge: Friends of Roman East Sussex) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries