Publications
The development of timber-framed buildings in the Sussex Weald: the architectural heritage of the parish of Rudgwick, by Diana Chatwin, published 1996 (vii & 232 pp., Rudgwick Preservation Society, ISBN-10: 0907264999 & ISBN-13: 9780907264996) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13362] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Never Leave Till Tomorrow, by Diana Chatwin, published October 1997 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 60, article, p.11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/60] & The Keep [LIB/500484]
Slinfold Street: The Development of a Village in the Sussex Weald, by Diana Chatwin, published 15 November 2000 (150 pp., The Slinfold Society, ISBN-10: 0953930807 & ISBN-13: 9780953930807) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14349] & West Sussex Libraries
Variation in the survival rate of timber-framed buildings in two Sussex parishes, by Diana Chatwin, published 2003 in Vernacular architecture (vol. 34, article, pp.32-36) accessible at: British Library View Online
Abstract:During the recording of the timber-framed houses in the adjacent parishes of Slinfold and Rudgwick, it became evident that there was a significant difference in the survival rate of houses in the two parishes. There are eighty-nine surviving timber-framed houses of all ages in Rudgwick, but only forty-five in Slinfold. Allowing for the smaller acreage of Slinfold parish, this gives 14.8 houses per 1000 acres in Rudgwick, compared with 10.6 for Slinfold. This article seeks to explain why this may be so, and also places the survival rates for these two parishes within the wider context of those for other West Sussex parishes.
Rethinking the early medieval settlement of woodlands: evidence from the western Sussex Weald, by Diana Chatwin and Mark Gardiner, published 2005 in Landscape History, the journal of the Society for Landscape Studies (vol. 27, issue 1, article, pp.31-49) View Online
Abstract:The assumptions underlying the interpretation of the early medieval settlement of woodland are challenged through a detailed study of the Weald in western Sussex. The patterns of usage of woodland in England were very varied, and each area needs to be looked at individually. Systems of woodland exploitation did not simply develop from extensive to intensive, but may have taken a number of different forms during the early medieval period. In one area of the Weald, near to Horsham, the woodland appears to have been systematically divided up between different estates. This implies that woodland settlement may not always have developed organically, but this type of landscape could have been planned. It is argued that the historical complexity of woodland landscapes has not been recognised because the evidence has been aggregated. Instead, each strand of evidence needs to be evaluated separately.