Publications
Her Story: Life of Phoebe Hessel, by Ruth Moorhouse and Chris Randall, published 1 August 1994 (28 pp., Brighton: Queenspark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733599 & ISBN-13: 9780904733594) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Phoebe Hessel nee Smith (1713-1821), born Stepney, disguised herself as a soldier in the British Army, probably to be with her lover Samuel Golding. She lived in Brighton in old age and is buried in St Nicholas churchyard.