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Trades People of Westbourne 1845-1938, by Peter Ellacott, published 1981 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 1, 36 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

The Village Schools 1819-1984, by Nigel Peake, published 1983 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 2, 40 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749613 & ISBN-13: 9780950749617) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The poor of the parish and the work of the Westbourne select vestries, 1819-1835, by Peter Ellacott, published 1986 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 3, 32 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749621 & ISBN-13: 9780950749624) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9555] & West Sussex Libraries

Westbourne then and now: Westbourne in pictures between 1900 and 1990, compiled by Stephen Johns, published 1990 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 4, 36 pp, Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 095074963X) accessible at: British Library

The Westbourne Union life in and out of the new workhouse, by Ian Watson, published 1991 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 5, 60 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749648) accessible at: British Library

Westbourne Church Guide, by Lindsay Fleming, published 1993 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 6, reprint, Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

Westbourne and D-Day, published 1994 (pamphlet, Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12204]

Cleaning up Westbourne, by David Hogg, published 1994 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 7, Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

Westbourne Worthies, by David Hogg, published 1996 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 8, 47 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749672 & ISBN-13: 9780950749679) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

Bastards of Westbourne: a study of illegitimacy between 1720 and 1840, by Peter Ellacott, published 1996 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 9, 56 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749680 & ISBN-13: 9780950749686) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13223] & Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

Westbourne's War, 1939-1945, by Thomas Edwards, published July 1998 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 10, 47 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749699 & ISBN-13: 9780950749693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13791] & Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

A Millennium in Tandem: Westbourne and Stansted, by David Hogg, published 1 December 2000 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 11, 58 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655008 & ISBN-13: 9780953655007) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17378] & Westbourne Local History Group

Sindles Farm: a story of a farm and its farmers, by John Veltom, published 2004 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 12, 96 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655016 & ISBN-13: 9780953655014) accessible at: British Library & Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

Westbourne memorials : church and churchyard, by Jill Storer and Keith Linder, published 2004 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 13, 66 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655024 & ISBN-13: 9780953655021) accessible at: British Library & Westbourne Local History Group

Cottage Economy: A Study of Rural Life, by Augusta Ann Pitney, published 2007 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 14, 59 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655032 & ISBN-13: 9780953655038) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

Original title and first published in 1855: Cottage economy: by a cottager, in three lectures, addressed to the girls of the Westbourne National School by Augusta Ann Pitney; with a preface and notes by the Rev. Henry Newland

The Village Schools 1819-1984, by Nigel Peake, published 1 December 2011 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 15, 2nd edition, 40 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655040 & ISBN-13: 9780953655045) accessible at: British Library & Westbourne Local History Group

Westbourne and the Great War, by Nigel Peake, published 1 September 2014 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 16, 120 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655059 & ISBN-13: 9780953655052) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

This book identifies the impact the war had on a small community. Over three hundred men from the village served and the names of fifty-five men who died are listed on the war memorial. It explores how the village coped and includes information about where some of the men who served fought abroad. It is sad to learn how many young men died so soon once on active service. Well written and researched it is particularly good on the men's campaign experience.

Trades People of Westbourne 1845-1938, by Peter Ellacott and updated by Peter Wilkinson and Peter Barge, published September 2015 (Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

Tradespeople of Westbourne 1845-1938 shows how businesses have come and gone during that time. They range from specialists such as wheelwrights and watch repairers to "all-in-one" shops such as Comber's. In 1895, this latter advertised itself as family grocer, baker, pork butcher, corn and provision merchant, and also offered British wines, patent medicines, Crosse and Blackwell's specialities, tinned meats and fruits, as well as brooms and brushes.
Everyday life in Westbourne over almost a century is cleverly illustrated by the latest publication from the village's local history group.
The book was originally compiled by Peter Ellacott in 1981, with a series of tables showing which traders were operating at any given date. It has now been updated by Peter Wilkinson and Peter Barge, with new indexes of individual trades and more than 300 surnames of those who followed them. There are also new illustrations and photos.