Bibliography - Dr. Keith D. Foord
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Hounsells, Foords and Boys, by Keith Foord, published September 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 7, article, pp.320-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508848] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

For the last two years Rosalie Raftis of Perth, Australia and the author have been extensively researching our families by email collaboration. We had found that we had common ancestors named HOUNSELL. HOUNSELL is a rare name (except in Dorset - with a large website: www.hounsell.org.uk), but there is a separate focus originating from Rye. From this two distinct HOUNSELL lines exist in New Zealand. There are also many descendants in Australia related to a single Sussex HOUNSELL, Anne Eleanor of Battle. Descendants in both Australia and New Zealand considerably outnumber Sussex HOUNSELLs. It was noted that only one Sussex HOUNSELL immigrated to North America and he returned a year later, but that the emigration pattern of the Dorset HOUNSELLs was mainly to North America, particularly to Newfoundland, Canada.
HOUNSELLs have several ancestral links with the BOYS via marriages, in the author's case a double link via the FOORD family.

Battle Abbey and Battle Churches Since 1066, by Keith D. Foord, published 1 November 2011 (164 pp. + 73 illus. & 36 plates, Battle Methodist church, ISBN-10: 0956959709 & ISBN-13: 9780956959706) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Although published by the Battle Methodist Church to raise funds for its new building project this work is, as the author states in his introductory chapter, 'an ecumenical book'. Dr Foord draws upon a rich variety of sources, from Searle's classic 'Lordship and Community' to unpublished papers belonging to the respective churches of Battle and documents located in the East Sussex Record Office. Included with the bibliography is an interesting list of web-sites, and the 164 pages of narrative benefit from a comprehensive index. The book is profusely illustrated with 73 black and white illustrations and 36 colour plates.

This book contains varied and sometimes extraordinary stories of the Churches of Battle and their founders, people and benefactors, from the Battle of Hastings through the foundation of the Abbey Church until 2011. Included are the changes to the various churches over the years and a well-illustrated chapter on the Timeline from 1070 to the future.

The Methodist Road to Battle: some early history of Methodism in Rye and East Sussex leading to the tale of Battle Methodist Church, 1756-2013, by Keith D. Foord, published 2 June 2013 (96 pp., Battle Methodist church, ISBN-10: 0956959717 & ISBN-13: 9780956959713) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/505827] & British Library & Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Winchelsea Historic Methodist Chapel: Including Some Early History of Winchelsea and Wesleyan Methodism in South-East Sussex, by Keith D. Foord, published 8 November 2013 (64 pp., Battle Methodist church, ISBN-10: 0956959725 & ISBN-13: 9780956959720) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507819] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

1066 and the Battle of Hastings: Preludes, Events & Postscripts: Essays from the Battlefield, by Keith Foord and Neil Clephane-Cameron, published 30 September 2015 (208 pp., Battle & District Historical Society, ISBN-10: 1903099021 & ISBN-13: 9781903099025) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex historians Keith Foord and Neil Clephane Cameron analyse afresh the political factors which brought Harold and William to their epic encounter on 14 October 1066. Packed with facts, interpretation and illustration, the work contains many original new maps and diagrams of the medieval Sussex coastline.