Publications
Some Sussex Inn Signs, by H. C. P. Smail and P. S. Benham, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 9, article, pp.614-620; no. 10, pp.680-686) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]
A Survey of Sussex Roads in 1719, by H. C. P. Smail and P. S. Benham, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 5, article, pp.330-339) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]
The Worthing Road and its Coaches, by Henfrey Smail, published 1943 (Worthing: Aldridge Bros.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11756] & West Sussex Libraries
Worthing Pageant: Glimpses of Old Worthing, by Edward Snewin and Henfrey Smail, published 1945 (Worthing: Aldridge Bros.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11225] & West Sussex Libraries
Coaching Times and After: Including Some Old Coaching Celebrities, the Coaching Revival, Etc, by Henfrey Smail, published 1948 (231 pp., Worthing: Aldridge Bros.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12523] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Worthing Map Story, by Henfrey Smail, published 1949 (Worthing: Aldridge Bros.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6036] & West Sussex Libraries
Review by G. D. Johnston in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1950:This is a most interesting Book tracing the history of the area now comprised in the Borough of Worthing by successive Maps (most of which form full-page reproductions) and many photographs of roads and buildings now gone or altered beyond recognition. The reproductions at p. 16 of Yeakell & Gardner's Map of 1780 and at p. 154 of Smith's Map (about 1880) are unfortunately indistinct (perhaps unavoidably so) but the letter press is well-informed and very readable and the Book is admirably edited (not a single misprint was noticed). The evolution of Worthing from either a small Manor or a collection of fishermen's cottages in the parish of Broadwater by stages to a Municipal Borough comprising not only the Mother Parish but also several adjoining parishes renders it impossible to attach any fixed meaning to the name. The History revealed by this Book is not that of the development of a Unit, but that of the word "Worthing" changing its meaning; and to identify the Borough with the fishing hamlet or with the small "Town" formed in 1803, of with the original area of the Borough formed in 1890, or with the present extended Borough (which has encroached on the Rape of Arundel) is not true History. The Book gives the impression of a truculent youngster swallowing not only its mother (Broadwater) but also its neighbours. The parishes of Heene (whose original Church is under the Sea) West Tarring and Durrington are names to be honoured and the true view of the present Worthing is that of a happy combination of areas which have selected as their collective name that formerly born by one of the most insignificant of them.
Notable Houses of Worthing: Offington, Broadwater Manor, Charmandean, volume 2, by Henfrey Smail, published 1950 (Worthing: Aldridge Bros.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Review by L. F. Salzman in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1951:It is satisfactory to find a town so essentially modern as Worthing taking a keen interest in the history and fabric of its older houses. The story of these three estates is traced in detail and copiously illustrated. The great Tudor house of the Warrs, Lords de la Warr, at Offington has vanished, being replaced about 1770 by the present building; at Broadwater Manor some traces of medieval masonry are incorporated in the mainly eighteenth-century building; and at Charmandean a Regency house blossomed out in Victorian times into pleasant frivolities of verandahs and balconies.
Notable Houses of Worthing: Warwick House, volume 5, by Henfrey Smail, published 1952 (Worthing: Aldridge Bros.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Notable Houses of Worthing: Courtlands, volume 6, by Henfrey Smail, published 1952 (Worthing: Aldridge Bros.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Railway Development at Worthing, by H. C. P. Smail, published July 1954 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.494-500) Download PDF
The Genesis of the South Coast Lines, by H. C. P. Smail, published October 1955 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.665-672) Download PDF
Last of the Brighton "D3" Tanks, by H. C. P. Smail, published March 1956 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.157-161) Download PDF
An Excavation on Cissbury in 1868, by H. C. P. Smail, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, note, p.132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
Coast Erosion and the Port of Pende, by H. C. P. Smail, published May 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 3, article, pp.93-99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library
The History of Woods Mill, by Henfrey Smail, published 1970 (pamphlet, 22 pp., The Sussex Naturalists Trust) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10793] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
William Borrer of Henfield, Botanist and Horticultualist 1781-1862, by Henfrey Smail, published 1974 accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Article in Watsonia
History of Broadwater Manor House and School, Golden Jubilee 1930-1980, by Henfrey Smail, published 1981 (Broadwater Manor School) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Broadwater Manor School 1930-2005, 75th Anniversary Booklet, by Henfrey Smail, published 2005 (Gadds) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries