Publications
The murder of Billie-Jo, by Siôn Jenkins and Bob Woffinden, published 2008 (462 pp., London: John Blake, ISBN-10: 1844546292 & ISBN-13: 9781844546299) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Co-author Jenkins was the foster father of Billie-Jo Jenkins, and had just been appointed headmaster of a local secondary school when she was murdered at her home in Hastings on the 15 February 1997. He was convicted of the crime in 1998 and sent to jail for life, but was acquitted in 2006.
Consists of transcripts of the trial at Lewes in 1924. Patrick Herbert Mahon was accused of the murder of his lover, the pregnant Emily Beilby Kaye, on the 15 April 1924 at The Crumbles, in the parish of Westham, between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay. He was executed.
Consists of transcripts of the trial at Lewes in 1949. He was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
Haigh was accused of the murder of six persons including Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife Rose on the 13 February 1948 at Crawley and Mrs Olive Durand-Deacon, widow of a solicitor, on the 18 February 1949, also at Crawley. He was executed.
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old Bailey in 1957 but was found guilty at Lewes of forgery on prescription forms and making false statements on cremation forms, and was fined. The Scotland Yard archives on his case were released in 2003.
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983) lived in Eastbourne. He was a general practitioner, convicted fraudster and suspected serial killer. Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. He was acquitted of murder at the Old
George Keith was born a Presbyterian in Scotland, became a Quaker, and then became an Anglican, and ended as the Rector of Edburton. He was a prolific author.
Gives the results of a research project searching for evidence of courtship in Brighton Museum's holdings of mainly topographical early twentieth-century postcards.
On the Baptists.
Forgeries perpetuated by Lewes Priory.
Discusses Winchelsea, Chester and Southampton.
Report on the antiquities lately found at Lewes
Using correspondence, it is shown that Rye merchant Samuel Jeake (1652?1699) and his wife, Elizabeth (1667?1736) were involved with the with the London fashion trade at a time when fashion styles spread mainly by word of mouth.
Reviews an exhibition on Eric Ravilious and his circle at the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (May 27-September 17, 2017).
Baptist chapels in small communities.
Baptist preacher John Burgess of Ditchling, whose diary for 1785-90 was at the time of writing with the family at Lewes.
Reviews the historical sources for the location of the Battle of Hastings and and concludes that there is strong evidence that Battle Abbey was founded on the actual battlefield.
Remains of two ships were found in 1963 while excavating for a new sewage system.
In the late 15th century, a monumental brass was laid in the church at Etchingham to the memory of two spinsters, Elizabeth Etchingham, who died in 1452, and Agnes Oxenbridge, who died in 1480. Investigates the possible social meanings of their brass, with reference to Alan Bray's recent interpretations of other funeral monuments dedicated to same-sex couples.
Archaeological evidence is used to examine how urban life changed in the later medieval towns of Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire, in light of debates about the existence of a fifteenth-century urban ?decline'.
An old lantern nicknamed the ?Moon'.
Thought to be left by Freemasons during its construction.
Found at Bow Hill.
Suggests that Harold was suffering from depression at the time of the battle.
Fanny Cornforth (1835-1909), born Steyning, died Chichester, was both model and mistress of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet.
Surtees is a pathologist who is an expert on suicides at Beachy Head.