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Putting the Record Straight, by R. C. Grant, published March 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 1, article, pp.15-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of the 23 or 24 year old James Rook, highwayman, hanged and gibbeted near Brighton in 1793.

Brighton's Ragged Schools, by R. C. Grant, published March 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 5, article, pp.187-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Victorian press reports of 1850 about education in Brighton

Cottage Life in Sussex, by R. C. Grant, published June 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 6, article, pp.242-243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

E. Carleton Tufnell's description of life in a rural cottage in 1841

Admission registers to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School 1891 - 1938, by R. C. Grant, published December 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 8, article, p.313) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of pupils who attended St. Joseph's R.C. School, Milton Road, Brighton, and later emigrated. Each entry has the name of the pupil, date of birth, where came from, date left school, and destination.

The World's Deepest Hand-Dug Well, by R. C. Grant, published June 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 2, article, pp.43-46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of digging the well at Warrren Farm, Woodingdean

The Clayton Tunnel Disaster, by R. C. Grant, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.171-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of the disaster when three trains all reached the Clayton Tunnel at the same time around 8:30 am on 25 August 1861

Unusual and Notorious Brightonians - 1, by Roy Grant, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, p.52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Jeremy Botting who lived at the back of Westfield Lodge in the Cannon Street area of West Brighton and died in Brighton on the 1st October 1837 was the official executioner in London's Newgate Gaol and occasionally commuted from Brighton to do his unsavoury duty in the city.

Blatchington Barracks, by R. C. Grant, published September 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 3, article, p.95) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508810] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Regimental mutiny in 1795

Unusual and Notorious Brightonians - 2, by Roy Grant, published September 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 3, article, p.112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508810] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy was lead by Arthur Thislewood and his lieutenant James Ings, a Brighton Butcher

Brighton Fishermen in 1864, by R. C. Grant, published December 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 4, article, p.137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508811] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of 43 local seafaring men listed under the title: A Group of Tee-total Seamen, Fishermen & Boatmen of Brighton and its Vicinity, Members of the Philanthropic Society

Unusual and Notorious Brightonians - 3, by Roy Grant, published December 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 4, article, pp.149-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508811] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Henry Fauntleroy (1785-1824) was a wealthy banker who lived at the west end of Codrington Place, Western Road, Brighton. He misappropriated over £17,000 of other peoples' securities and investments, imprisoned in Newgate Gaol and executed on 30 November 1824 in front of a crowd estimated as over 100,000.

The Brighton Garrison 1793-1900, by Roy Christopher Grant, published March 1997 (pamphlet, published by the author, ISBN-10: 0953033201 & ISBN-13: 9780953033201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13702] & The Keep [LIB/503452] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Dress Uniforms of Regiments Stationed in Brighton Barracks in the 19th Century, by Roy Grant, published September 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 7, article, pp.259-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508814] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Lists year, regiment, coat and facings

Steine House - the Manor House of Brighton and the Royal York Hotel, by Roy Grant and Susan C. Djarbi, published December 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 8, article, pp.283-288) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508815] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Face That Launched Countless Smokers, by Roy Grant, published September 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 3, article, p.88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508818] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In his old age Thomas Huntley Wood used to sit smoking his pipe and telling his grandchildren that it was his likeness that decorated the cigarette packets of 'Player's Navy Cut'.

Swing rioters 'down under', by R. C. Grant, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, p.357) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Swing rioters were transported to Australia in 1831, 1832 and 1833. A list is given of those transported who had Sussex connections - name, year of birth, residence, whether married, whether children, death, destination and name of ship.