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An Adur Landscape of Long Ago, by T. P. Hudson, published July 1977 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 8, article, p.21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/8] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Muntham Well, Findon, by T. P. Hudson, published 1978 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 8, article, pp.2-4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/8] & The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Arrangements for supplying water to country houses in Sussex before the advent of the mains were often elaborate and ingenious. At Muntham House, Findon, now destroyed, the successive methods used over two hundred years are well documented, and make a complete and interesting story.

Findon Market and Fair in The Middle Ages, by T. P. Hudson, published January 1978 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 9, article, p.6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/9] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

The Origins of Steyning and Bramber, Sussex, by T. P. Hudson, published 1980 in Southern History (vol. 2, article, pp.11-29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7482] & West Sussex Libraries

Burton Mill, Petworth, by Dr. T. P. Hudson, published 1980 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 10, article, pp.2-8) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Burton Mill stands at the north end of a large artificial lake called Mill Pond, at NGR SU 979180, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Chichester - Petworth road and 2½ miles (4 km) south of Petworth. The building, illustrated on the cover, served first for milling grain and later for generating electricity, and was preceded on the same site by an iron forge. Burton House, to the estate of which the mill belonged until the mid 20th century, is ¾ mile (1.2 km) to the south-west. A second lake above Mill Pond, called Chingford, Chilford, or Gilford Pond in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is also artificial, but seems to have been created as a landscape feature, perhaps c. 1740 when landscaping work was apparently being carried out in Burton Park. The present mill building is of four storeys in brick and stone, and seems to date from the late 18th century. It is built into the dam of the lower lake in such a way that its third storey opens onto the road that runs along it; the ground floor is some 13 ft (4 m) below. The mill originally had two overshot wheels, one on each side.

The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1980 (vol. 6, part 1: Southern part of the Rape of Bramber, xix + 307 pp. & 20 pp. of plates, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227538 & ISBN-13: 9780197227534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7542][Lib 14778] & The Keep [LIB/500085] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

This volume describes the southern part of Bramber rape, the easternmost of the three rapes of West Sussex. It tells the history of 19 parishes lying along the coastal strip and over the South Downs. The rape takes its name from the castle at Bramber, which was the centre of the feudal honour and in whose shadow the de Braoses, the lords of the rape, planted a new town. Neighbouring Steyning, once one of the chief towns of the county, was a Saxon foundation with a college of secular canons and a port on the river Adur. The port gradually silted up and was replaced by that at New Shoreham, another Norman town planted in a corner of Old Shoreham parish. New Shoreham, once a major channel port and a centre for shipbuilding, has been much affected by changes in the coastline; the modern harbour lies in Kingston Bowsey and Southwick. The silting and reclamation of the Adur estuary has also changed the face of Lancing, where the college and chapel overlook the new ground. Sompting near by has one of the several noteworthy Romanesque churches is the area. The growth of Worthing was impeded in the 19th century by sanitary problems, but the town is now the second largest in Sussex. It was also formerly renowned for its glasshouse produce. It has swallowed its parent parish of Broadwater and the parishes of Durrington, Heene, and West Tarring, the last named including two fine medieval secular buildings. The urban sprawl takes in part of Findon, scene of the annual sheep fair, which like Clapham and Patching to the west retains extensive downland. Washington, north of the downs is noted for market gardening and sand quarrying, while at Wiston was one of the most important country houses in Sussex. The tally of parishes is completed by the deserted villages of Botolphs and Coombes.

Salt-Making in the Adur Valley, Sussex, by Eric W. Holden and T. P. Hudson, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.117-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Topographical Development of Steyning, by Tim Hudson, published April 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 33, article, pp.224-225, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Findon through two centuries: A Downland Village, 1600-1800, edited by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1982 (booklet, 38 pp., Bognor: T. P. Hudson, ISBN-10: 095083100X & ISBN-13: 9780950831008) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8417] & West Sussex Libraries

The Place-name 'Cissbury', by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1982 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 120, historical note, p.231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8620] & The Keep [LIB/500307] & S.A.S. library

Burton Church, by T. P. Hudson, published January 1982 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 21, article, p.17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/21] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

A History of Worthing, by A. M. Rowland and T. P. Hudson, published 1983 (84 pp., reprinted from The Victoria History of the County of Sussex vol. vi, part 1, Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862600499 & ISBN-13: 9780862600495) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8718] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Horsham in the Past, by T. P. Hudson, published December 1983 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 8, article, pp.250-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Victorian Society, Hampshire Group: North-West Sussex Tour, by T. P. Hudson, published 1984 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9070]

Covers Wispers ('now St Cuthman's School'); King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst; Lavington Park ('now Seaford College'); East Lavington Church; Little Thakeham ('now Little Thakeham Hotel'); West Lavington Church.

Barnham & Eastergate: Past & Present, edited by T. P. Hudson & Others, published 1984 (62 pp. & illus., Bognor: T. P. Hudson, ISBN-10: 0950831018 & ISBN-13: 9780950831015) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Worthing, Hove and Lancing, by T P Hudson, published 1986 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9633]

The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1986 (vol. 6, part 2: North-western part of the Rape of Bramber including Horsham, 277 pp., London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227678 & ISBN-13: 9780197227671) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9669][Lib 9670] & The Keep [LIB/500086] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The volume gives the history of the ten parishes that form the north-western part of Bramber rape, from Sullington in the south to Warnharn in the north, lying mostly in the Weald. Horsham is the focus of the area, and its history occupies more than a third of the volume. It was a borough by 1235 and developed later as one of the chief towns of the county, hav-ing the county gaol from the 16th to the 19th century and being from 1889 to 1916 joint county town of West Sussex with Chichester. Horsham parish also contained an extensive rural area, and West Grin-stead and Shipley were other unusually large parishes. The land was heavily wooded in the Middle Ages and settlement was scattered; many settlements originated as outlying holdings of manors centred in the south end of the rape. Later, some settlements grew as ribbons along main roads, others around the edges of commons. From the mid 19th century there was an influx of wealthy residents: among the new- comers was Hilaire Belloc, and the large houses built or rebuilt included Warnham Court, seat of the Lucases, and Little Thakeham, designed by Lutyens. Humbler houses in considerable numbers were built at Ashington, Barns Green, Partridge Green, Sullington, and Thakeham, and Horsham more than trebled in size between 1891 and 1971. Agriculture was limited by the extensive woodland; open fields were few and small, and there were many parks and commons. To provide for London and the coastal towns stock raising and dairying came to predominate over arable from c.1850, and was accompanied by poultry farming and market gardening. The main industrial activities have been ironworking and brickmaking.

A New Site for Steyning's Port?, by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, historical note, p.252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1987 (vol. 6, part 3: North-eastern part of the Rape of Bramber including Crawley New Town, 258 pp., London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227686 & ISBN-13: 9780197227688) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9945][Lib 9946] & The Keep [LIB/500077] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The volume gives the history of the eleven parishes that form the north-eastern part of Bramber rape, from Upper Beeding in the south to Ifield in the north, together with that of Crawley new town, founded in 1947. The area lies mostly on Wealden sands and clays, where settlement was chiefly scattered. Many settlements originated as outlying holdings of manors centred in the south end of the rape; the parish of Beeding lay in two parts, Upper Beeding astride the scarp of the South Downs, and Lower Beeding eleven miles to the north. St. Leonard's Forest in Lower Beeding was roughly divided in the Middle Ages between woodland and heath; its present appearance is the result of 19th- and 20th -century afforestation and reclamation for agriculture, and settlement was later there than elsewhere. The 19th century saw a great influx of wealthy new residents, some of whom built large houses or laid out parks or gardens like those at Sedgewick Park or Leonardslee. In the mid 20th century the villages or hamlets of Upper Beeding, Hen-field, and Mannings Heath in Nuthurst have been much expanded. Crawley, part of whose built-up area lay in Ifield parish, was already a town by the later 19th century; of other places, only Henfield was larger than the average, offering some urban functions. There is little evidence of open-field agriculture except in the south; St. Leonard's Forest was largely used as rabbit warrens in the 17th and 18th centuries; and market gardening and fruit and flower growing were prominent, for instance around Albourne, in the 20th. Industrial activities before the foundation of Crawley new town included medieval saltworking in the Adur valley, ironworking, quarrying, and fishing, together with varied woodland industries, and cement manufacture at Upper Beeding.

A History of Horsham, by T. P. Hudson, published 1988 (Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862601584 & ISBN-13: 9780862601584) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14776] & West Sussex Libraries

Being an Abstract from the Victoria County History of the County of Sussex Volume VI,Part 2

Felpham by the Sea. Aspects of History in a Sussex Parish, edited by Tim and Ann Hudson, published November 1988 (pamphlet, 62 pp., Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop, ISBN-10: 0950831026 & ISBN-13: 9780950831022) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10129] & Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex and the Victoria County History, by T. P. Hudson, published 1989 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10363]

Sussex and the Victoria County History, by T.P. Hudson, published September 1989 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 44, article, p.31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/44] & The Keep [LIB/500482]

Finding the Friary [Arundel], by T. P. Hudson, published 1990 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10673]

Finding the friary [Arundel's Dominican Priory], by Timothy Hudon, published 12 July 1990 in Country Life (vol. 184 no. 28, article, pp.94-94)

Arundel's Blackfriars located, by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.114-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

Burton Park, Sussex: a further note, by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1994 in Recusant History (vol. 22, no. 1, article, pp.26-28)

Burton Park, Sussex: A Further Note, by T. P. Hudson, published 1994 in Recusant History (vol. 22, no. 1, article, pp.26-28) accessible at: British Library

The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, by A. P. Baggs and H. M Warne and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1997 (vol. 5, part 1: South-western part of the Rape of Arundel, 320 pp., London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227813 & ISBN-13: 9780197227817) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13609][Lib 13610][Lib 14779] & The Keep [LIB/500083] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

This volume describes the history of the borough of Arundel, with its noted castle, religious houses, and Roman Catholic cathedral, and 11 rural and suburban parishes in the adjoining coastal region of Sussex, including Felpham and Middleton.

The Demolition of Yapton House, by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, shorter article, p.190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Obituary: Alan Stevens, 1934-2012, by Tim Hudson, published December 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 128, obituary, p.7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Obituary: Monica Maloney, by Tim Hudson, published December 2017 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 143, obituary, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library