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Kidbrooke over two hundred years, by Eric C. Byford, published 1984 in Forest Row: Historical Aspects and Recollections (vol. 1, no. 4, article, pp.2-15)

Kidbrooke over two hundred years, by Eric C. Byford, published 1984 in Forest Row: Historical Aspects and Recollections (vol. 1, no. 3, article, pp.4-16)

Forest Row: historical aspects and recollections, by Eric C. Byford, published 1985 (pamphlets, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9249] & The Keep [LIB/503274][Lib/503275] & East Sussex Libraries

Ashdown Park, by Eric C. Byford, published 29 June 1994 (published by the author, ISBN-10: 0952483408 & ISBN-13: 9780952483403) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501662] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Kidbrooke Home Farm, Forest Row, by Eric C. Byford and Ron Martin, published 1995 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 25, article, pp.37-40, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

Originally Kidbrooke Home Farm was situated in the grounds of Kidbrooke Park estate, on the east side of Priory Road and immediately north of the former farm entrance to the estate. The still existing eighteenth century barn and reconstructed milking parlour, beside the road, indicate the location of the complex as it was before 1927. (TQ 418345)

A Forest Row Blacksmith, by Eric Byford, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.8-9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edward Edwards was born 3 January 1868 at Holtye to Richard and Elizabeth Edwards.  He married Esther Friend in 1892, lived in Portslade where they had three children, and moved to Forest Row in 1898 where he took over the wheelwright's business run by the Mitchell family. They had three more children at Forest Row.

The Hudson Family of Hartfield, by Eric C. Byford, published September 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 7, article, pp.247-248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508814] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from the biography of Alfred James, known as Jim, Hudson (1901-1987), who grew up in Hartfield, and his wife Elsie Cripps.

The Cripps and Butcher Families of Hartfield, by Eric C. Byford, published June 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 2, article, pp.65-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508817] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Elsie, daughter of Ernest Cripps was born 12 July 1902 at Black Cottage, Parrock Lane, Hartfield and her mother's parents were John and Mary Butcher in whose cottage Elsie was born. Elsie married Jim Hudson on 13 April 1925 at Sevenoaks and they had one child, Oliver. Jim died 1987 and Elsie in 1989.