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Albourne Village Guide, by W. D. Starley and Margaret Holt, published 1960 (Burnett) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Barn, Main Farm, Upper Beeding, by Margaret Holt, published May 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 7, note, pp.241-242) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
"Gallops", Albourne, by Margaret Holt, published November 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 10, article, pp.335-336) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library
The Hospital of St. Mary and St. Edmund, Wyndham, by Margaret Holt, published May 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 3, note, pp.100-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library
Early Brick-Making in Sussex, by Margaret Holt, published May 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 5, article, pp.164-165) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library
Lime Kilns in Central Sussex, by Margaret Holt, published June 1971 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 2, article, pp.23-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/2] & The Keep [LIB/506524] Download PDF
Abstract:The Downland escarpment from Washington to Glynde contains an almost continuous line of chalk pits; some of them are still worked commercially, some were so worked during the nineteenth century, and many tiny sites were used exclusively by the farmers who owned or leased the adjoining land. Chalk is a form of the mineral calcite, consisting of calcium carbonate which, when burnt in a kiln, parts with its carbon dioxide and becomes quicklime (calcium dioxide); if water is then added it converts to slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), and it is this resultant product which is used in making mortar and cement, and as a fertilizer to restore calcium to the soil. Lime burning was carried on in conjunction with these chalk pits, and the kilns were usually set back into the sides of the Downs in order that the raw material could be easily and economically handled. Unfortunately, a great number of these kilns has been filled in, but there are, nevertheless, some which are still intact, and traces of many others. This short survey of pits and kilns has been undertaken to discover in what way, if any, the Downland kilns differ from those within the Weald, to which chalk was transported for burning. The area surveyed was chosen simply for ease of access, and the sites were initially located from the first edition of the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1875.
Cuckfield Park, Sussex, by Margaret Holt, published 1 April 1976 (16 pp., Derby: English Life Publications Ltd., ISBN-10: 0851011160 & ISBN-13: 9780851011165) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Tanyard, Danehill, by Margaret Holt, published 1983 (Danehill Parish Historical Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
From Danehill Historical Society Parish Magazine Vol. 2 No. 4, April 1983
Ships' Timbers, by Margaret Holt, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, historical note, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library
Barns of the High Weald, by Kay Coutin and Margaret Holt, published 1990 in Wealden buildings: studies in the timber-framed tradition of building in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey: in tribute to R.T. Mason (pp.145-153, Horsham: Coach Publishing, ISBN-10: 0902608061 & ISBN-13: 9780902608061) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Albourne Village Guide, a Walk for the Millennium, by Margaret Holt and Wendy Gunn, published 1999 (Hurstpierpoint Parish Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries