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Chichester: A Contemporary View, by Richard Pailthorpe and Iain McGowan, published 10 May 1994 (172 pp., John Wiley & Sons, ISBN-10: 0471950335 & ISBN-13: 9780471950332) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12203] & West Sussex Libraries

The Chichester area is ideally situated in one of the many beautiful parts of England. Historians and archaeologists are still uncovering and exploring new sites in the area which show activity from ancient history and the Roman period. This guide combines three aspects of life in the Chichester area - visitor's Chichester, historical Chichester and contemporary Chichester. Striking photographs combined with expert local commentary provide a memorable, visual record of a living city. Some of the photographs come from existing local sources; the great majority have been commissioned for the book and are the work of Iain McGowan FRPS. Richard Pailthorpe, of The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum at Singleton, compiles the text, providing a detailed knowledge of the area's history and the fabric of people and places which enrich contemporary Chichester life.

Mundham and Runcton: A Portrait of a Sussex Parish, by John Hole and Iain McGowan, published 2000 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14328]

Chichester: A Millennium View, by Richard Pailthorpe and Iain McGowan, published 6 September 2001 (192 pp., John Wiley & Sons, ISBN-10: 047161372X & ISBN-13: 9780471613725) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Following the release of Chichester - A Contemporary View in 1994, Chichester - A Millennium View looks at the following six years of change bringing us to the dawn of the new millennium. Using more than 500 specially commissioned photographs the authors lead the reader through some familiar sites as well as some of the better kept secrets of Chichester.

Mundham, Runcton & Hunston: An Early Photgraphic Record - Photographs of the Reverend Edward Outram, by Iain McGowan and Geoff Girling, published 2002 (The Mundham Golden Jubilee Appeal) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Portrait of Brighton and Hove: City by the sea, by Iain McGowan, published 2004 (144 pp., Tiverton: Halsgrove, ISBN-10: 1841143766 & ISBN-13: 9781841143767) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Spirit of Eastbourne, by Iain McGowan, published 8 March 2010 (64 pp., Pixz Books, ISBN-10: 1906887330 & ISBN-13: 9781906887339) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

As late as 1813, Eastbourne was simply noted as a small fashionable watering place adjacent to the East Sussex South Downs, consisting mainly of the village of Eastbourne itself over a mile inland and the hamlet of Seahouses overlooking the beach. Southbourne and Meades formed two further isolated communities. In 1851 following the example of Brighton along the coast, the principal landowner the Earl of Burlington - later to become the 7th Duke of Devonshire - started development of the entire area on an ambitious scale. Initially in a conservative Regency manner near the sea, this was shortly followed by distinctly recognisable grandVictorian and Italianate fashions. By the turn of the century red brick and tile hanging from the Weald and decorative gabled frontages had become the more desirable style. With its wide avenues, elegant villas, pretentious terraces and the often dazzling white opulent hotels or colourful guest houses lining the seafront, the resort has for many years been affectionately known as the 'Empress of the Watering Places'. The 7 km tiered and flower-lined promenade, backed by landscaped slopes and gardens at its western extremity adjoining the Downs, extends as far as Langney Point close to the Pevensey Levels. It is this juxtaposition of town planning, local facilities, the aspect of the sea and surrounding countryside and an exceptionally sunny climate that has made Eastbourne such a notable resort, considered by many to be one of the finest in Britain. All of this is justly celebrated in renowned photographer Iain McGowan's masterly evocation in more than 60 images of the true spirit of Eastbourne.