Publications
Amberley Parish Church, St. Michael's, by E. Noel Staines, published 1961 (Amberley Parish Church) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Dear Amberley: A Guide to Amberley and History of the Parish, by Rev E. Noel Staines, published 1968 (pamphlet, iii + 56 pp., Amberley: Amberley Parochial Church Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4211][Lib 12425] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
A Lost Brass at Amberley, by Rev. E. N. Staines, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, article, pp.123-126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library
Dear Amberley: A Guide to Amberley and History of the Parish, by Edward Noel Staines, published 1977 (booklet, Amberley: Amberley Parochial Church Council, ISBN-10: 0850332834 & ISBN-13: 9780850332834) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15409] & West Sussex Libraries
Review by L.F. S. [L. F. Salzman] in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1969:This Guide compiled for the Parochial Church Council by the Vicar, the Rev. E. Noel Staines, is refreshingly unlike the run of parish guides which tend to imply that a village consists of a church and possibly a manor-house. The Vicar states: "The History of a Village is made by the people." Accordingly he devotes most of his space to a very readable account of the people and their homes with well-chosen pictures - rather poorly reproduced. The section on the Church would have benefitted by the inclusion of the plan printed in S.N.Q. viii, 103. If the booklet goes into a well deserved second edition, the paragraph on Domesday should be revised by an expert and the odd description of the emblazoned surcoat of the Wantele Brass as "crested" should be corrected. Between 1746 and 1897 three Vicars held office for some 20 years apiece. One may wish Mr. Staines an equally long tenure - unless ended by transference to a higher dignity.
A modern stained-glass window [at St Augustine's Church, Bexhill-on-Sea]; Designer: Marguerite Douglas-Thompson, by E. N. Staines, published 3 January 1980 in Country Life (vol. 167 no. 4304, article, pp.26-27)