Publications
Memories of childhood days, by Trevor Hill, published March 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 4, article, pp.154-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Preview:These memories of the early twentieth century were tape recorded in 1969 by the late James Rowland Hill (1904-1975). This story is an edited version of that tape by his eldest son
Family stories: how accurate are they?, by Trevor Hill, published March 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 5, article, pp.219-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508846] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Back in 1963 my 90-year-old grandmother lived in Hailsham with her son and his family and so I visited them and collected what family information they could remember. I remember my grandfather James Thomas HILL, and know that he had been a gardener in Upper Dicker, but he died of cancer in 1942 so I could not tap into his memory. From the family I learnt that he was born on the 20 December 1871 in Westminster and that when he was ten he had moved to Crawley in Sussex where he was a choirboy in the Parish Church. By 1903, when he married Sarah Jane CHILTON, he had joined the congregation of the Strict and Particular Baptist chapel at Lower Dicker. We all have our own particular view of the world and for Sarah Jane morality was seen through the eyes of a Strict and Particular Baptist. It is not surprising therefore to discover that some of the information from my father about some of his cousins being on the stage in Brighton was carefully swept under the carpet. Among my Calvinist ancestors theatres, cinemas, dance halls and public houses were all regarded as 'dens of sin'.
The Jarvis Family of Crowborough and East Sussex, by T. G. Hill, published 2013 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507836]
The Taylor Family (18th Century) of Rotherfield; The Jarvis Family (18/19th century) of Rotherfield; The King Family (19th century) of Frant & Tunbridge Wells, by Trevor Hill, published c.2015 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504135]