Bibliography - Mrs. Rose Chitty
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A Good Innings, by Rose Chitty, published December 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 7, article, pp.286-287) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of cricketer Dick Humphrey who settled in Rusper

William, Where Art Thou?, by Rose Chitty, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, p.66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of William Chitty of Horsham

What's in a Name?, by Rose Chitty, published March 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 1, article, pp.11-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Unusual names in the Sussex Marriage Index

The Primrose League, by Mrs. Rose Chitty, published March 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 1, article, pp.8-9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508816] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Crawley Branch in 1900

Oakwood: The House and its People [Crawley], by Rose Chitty, published c.1999 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14064]

Parish Chest Papers, by Mrs. Rose Chitty, published September 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 3, article, pp.91-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Family Legends, by Rose Chitty, published December 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 8, article, pp.375-376) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509026]

Separating Fact From Fiction, the editorial in the June edition of the Sussex Family Historian prompted me to send in these stories from my own family history.
The oddest legend was in my husband's family. His grandfather was a rather strict man who believed children should be seen and not heard. It was unthinkable to ask him for any details of his family. All that was known was that about 1887 "he walked all the way from Wales with the horses".