Publications
Frant Church and Living, by Hy. Melville Scott Malden, published 1929 (32 pp., Tunbridge Wells: Courier Co. Ltd.) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Review in Sussex Notes and Queries, November 1929:This little booklet of 32 pages, comprises a concise account of the ecclesiastical history of Frant, with notes on the Incumbents down to the present time and transcripts of inscriptions in the Church. The Church was rebuilt between 1819 and 1822, so there are no ancient architectural features to describe, but a useful record is given of all the changes in, and additions to, the building and its fittings. The use of the old-fashioned term "Living" in the title is perhaps explained by the fact that the benefice, which was formerly a Vicarage, about 1869 became a Rectory, but the circumstances of the change are not known. A slight misunderstanding by the author of that puzzling record, the Inquests of Ninths, is referred to in a Note on that Record on another page.