Publications
Violin-Making as it Was and Is, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1884 (Ward Lock) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Manuel of Cheirosophy, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1885
The Science of the Hand, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1886
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1898
Lament of Baba Tahir, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1901 (Bernard Quaritch) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Recent and Fossil Foraminifera of the Shore-sands at Selsey Bill, Sussex, by Edward Heron-Allen and John E. Whittaker, published 1908 (William Clowes & Sons) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
On some Roman Imperial Coins recently found at Selsey Bill, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1910 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 53, notes & queries, pp.272-273) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2138] & The Keep [LIB/500271] & S.A.S. library View Online
Nature and History at Selsey Bill, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1911 (2nd edition, Selsey: Elizabeth Gardner) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Selsey Bill Historic and Prehistoric, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1911 (Duckworth) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2843][Lib 4538] & West Sussex Libraries
The Recent and Fossil Foraminifera of the Shore-sands at Selsey Bill, Sussex, by Edward Heron-Allen and Arthur Earland, published 1911 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8919] & British Library
The Visitor's Map and Guide to Selsey and to the Geology and Natural History of the Sea Shore, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1912 (booklet, Selsey: Elizabeth Gardner) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4287] & West Sussex Libraries
Archaeological Discoveries in Selsey in 1912, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, notes & queries, pp.315-318) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Bosham Head of Germanicus (?), by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1915 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 57, notes & queries, p.217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2142] & The Keep [LIB/500275] & S.A.S. library View Online
Selsey - Report for 1914, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1915 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 57, notes & queries, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2142] & The Keep [LIB/500275] & S.A.S. library View Online
Roman Remains at Selsey, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1916 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 58, notes & queries, p.196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2143] & The Keep [LIB/500276] & S.A.S. library View Online
British Silver Coin found at Selsey, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1918 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 59, notes & queries, pp.129-130) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2144] & The Keep [LIB/500277] & S.A.S. library View Online
Recent "Finds" at Selsey, by Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S., published 1919 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 60, notes & queries, p.144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2145] & The Keep [LIB/500278] & S.A.S. library View Online
Neolithic Celt found at Selsey, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, notes & queries, p.232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library
An Early British Armlet, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, pp.218-219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library
Roman Coins found at Selsey, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, p.219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library
A Map of Selsey 1672, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, pp.220-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library
Report of Local Secretary. Selsey, by Heron-Allen, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, pp.228-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library
An Anglo-Saxon (?) Ring found at Selsey, by Edward Heron-Allen, published November 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 8, article, p.248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library
The Selsey Volunteers , by Edward Heron-Allen, published November 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 8, article, pp.232-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library
A Hoard of Roman Coins from a Villa-Site at Selsey, by Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S., published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, article, pp.140-163) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library
Roman Coins , by Edward Heron-Allen, published May 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 6, note, p.186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library
The 1672 Map of Selsey Bill, by Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S., published 1934 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 75, article, pp.200-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2160] & The Keep [LIB/500354] & S.A.S. library
The Parish Church of St Peter on Selsey Bill, Sussex, by Edward Heron-Allen, published 1935 (42 pp., Selsey) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Fuller Lib 146] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries
The Sussex 'Martlets', by Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S. and Harriet K. James, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 3, article, pp.178-180; no. 7, pp.457-460) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]
A Beachcomber in Sussex: with first aid for collectors, by Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S., published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 12, article, pp.787-794) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]
Treasure Trove at Selsey , by Edward Heron-Allen, published May 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 6, note, pp.180-181) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library
Ecclesioclasm in West Sussex, by Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S. and Harriet K. James, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 12, article, pp.822-830) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]
Journal of the Great War. From Sussex Shore to Flanders Fields, by Edward Heron-Allen and edited by Brian W. Harvey and Carol Fitzgerald, published 2002 (vol. 86, xxii + 282 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-10: 085445053X & ISBN-13: 9780854450534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15043] & The Keep [LIB/500463][Lib/507867] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Abstract:Edward Heron-Allen was a polymath; one of the most remarkable of his era. By profession a solicitor, he was also a distinguished zoologist (F.R.S.), historian, Persian scholar and translator, author of a classic book on violin-making studied worldwide, cheirosopher and writer of early science-fiction novels and stories, some of these being published pseudonymously and now much sought after. He left many beautifully bound unpublished manuscript volumes (carefully preserved by a grandson) and it was amongst these that the editors came across this fascinating Journal of the Great War, previously unknown outside the family.
In this personal Journal Heron-Allen chronicles the impact of the War on the lives of himself, his family in Selsey, West Sussex and on a wide range of friends, acquaintances and organisations nationally. With the observant and penetrating eye of an experienced author, lawyer and scientist, he describes in unsurpassed detail the day-to-day experiences of life under the increasingly stringent conditions of wartime Britain. He depicts the effects of conscription, spy scares and Zeppelin raids on the population, both in Sussex and in London, where he retained a town house.
Although well over age, he was determined to contribute actively to the war effort and the Journal recounts his military training with the Sussex Volunteer Regiment - a somewhat 'Dad's Army' process depicted with a touch of humour - then officer training in Tunbridge Wells. However, the final stages of the War find him making use of his linguistic abilities in the propaganda department of the War Office, working with colleagues who included the uncongenial H.G. Wells. As part of this work he visited the Western Front and saw for himself the terrible destruction of places he had known before the conflict. All of this is interwoven with his vivid account of the privations and near social breakdown of the local Sussex community.
In his unusually lively and controversial text, Heron-Allen does not disguise his criticism of a good many of the well-known characters he encounters - such as the novelist Ford Madox Ford, his tenant at Selsey. The importance of this previously unpublished Chronicle is, though, that it casts an exceptionally civilised and perceptive eye on the Home Front - and especially the Sussex Home Front, illuminating one of the defining moments of the 20th century and the irrevocable changes that the Great War inflicted on the structure of English life.
In this personal Journal Heron-Allen chronicles the impact of the War on the lives of himself, his family in Selsey, West Sussex and on a wide range of friends, acquaintances and organisations nationally. With the observant and penetrating eye of an experienced author, lawyer and scientist, he describes in unsurpassed detail the day-to-day experiences of life under the increasingly stringent conditions of wartime Britain. He depicts the effects of conscription, spy scares and Zeppelin raids on the population, both in Sussex and in London, where he retained a town house.
Although well over age, he was determined to contribute actively to the war effort and the Journal recounts his military training with the Sussex Volunteer Regiment - a somewhat 'Dad's Army' process depicted with a touch of humour - then officer training in Tunbridge Wells. However, the final stages of the War find him making use of his linguistic abilities in the propaganda department of the War Office, working with colleagues who included the uncongenial H.G. Wells. As part of this work he visited the Western Front and saw for himself the terrible destruction of places he had known before the conflict. All of this is interwoven with his vivid account of the privations and near social breakdown of the local Sussex community.
In his unusually lively and controversial text, Heron-Allen does not disguise his criticism of a good many of the well-known characters he encounters - such as the novelist Ford Madox Ford, his tenant at Selsey. The importance of this previously unpublished Chronicle is, though, that it casts an exceptionally civilised and perceptive eye on the Home Front - and especially the Sussex Home Front, illuminating one of the defining moments of the 20th century and the irrevocable changes that the Great War inflicted on the structure of English life.
Journal of the Great War. From Sussex Shore to Flanders Fields, by Edward Heron-Allen and edited by Brian W. Harvey and Carol Fitzgerald, published 2 October 2002 (304 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860772005 & ISBN-13: 9781860772009) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Edward Heron-Allen was a solicitor by profession but he was also a distinguished zoologist (F.R.S.), historian, Persian scholar and translator. This is his chronicle of the impact of the First World War on the lives of himself, his family and friends in Selsey and London, his military training with the Sussex Volunteer Regiment and officer training in Tunbridge Wells, and his experiences in the propaganda department of the War Office. He vividly recounts the privations suffered by the local Sussex community and his experiences of the destruction at the Western Front.