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Obituary: Harold Norman Ballard, by Martyn Webster, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The History of Beachwood, by Martyn Webster, published September 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 7, article, pp.282-284) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The detached Victorian residence, known as 'Beechwood', on the London Road at Withdean formerly belonged until its sale in 1956 to W. H. Vokins, Esq., founder of the family store 'Vokins' of Brighton.

Obituary: Frank Knowles, by Martyn Webster, published September 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 3, article, p.93) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508810] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Mr. Gear Remembered (Member No 61), by Martyn Webster, published June 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 2, article, p.46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508817] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Obituary: Barbara Mottershead, by Martyn Webster, published June 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 2, article, p.59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508969] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Bicknells of Barcombe Part 1, by Martyn Webster, published September 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 7, article, pp.301-305) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508953]

The following obituary was published in "The Times" on 31st October 1911: "By the death last Friday of Mr. Algernon Sidney BICKNELL, of Barcombe House, near Lewes, probably the last intimate friend of J. M. W. TURNER, the artist, has passed away. Mr. BICKNELL was the son of Elhanan BICKNELL, whose 'renowned collection' of pictures was dispersed at Christie's in 1862, whose Turner pictures are frequently referred to by Ruskin, whose residence at Herne Hill was a well-known resort of men famous in artistic and other circles, including Burton the traveller. Mr. A. S. BICKNELL, who was born in 1832, was a soldier, author, scientist, and traveller. . . .

The Bicknells of Barcombe Part 2, by Martyn Webster, published December 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 8, article, pp.379-382) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509026]

Barcombe House passed on the death of Rosa Louisa BICKNELL, widow of Algernon, in 1913 to her eldest son Maldion Byron BICKNELL, Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Artillery in India for many years who retired from the army at this point at the age of 50 to take over the family estate which had been theirs since 1898.

The Bicknell's of Barcombe Part 3, by Martyn Webster, published March 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 1, article, p.40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509161]

The truly remarkable memoirs of Algernon Sidney BICKNELL deposited at The Keep which have been evaluated in parts 1 & 2 of this account are of such a scale and minute detail of description that it would take many a long day for anyone to properly absorb them all in one reading, or indeed more than one reading.
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The last words must therefore rest probably with the best evaluator there ever will be in the person of A.S.BICKNELL's eldest son and heir Maldion, taking the form of copious manuscript notes at the end of the memoir upon the death of the subject. It is very clear that he wanted to get a lot off his chest and what is reproduced here is but an expurgated version. Father and son despite their many differences nonetheless lie buried beside each other in Barcombe churchyard.