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A Millennium of Facts in the History of Horsham and Sussex, 947-1947, by William Albery, published 1947 (667 pp., Horsham Museum Society & printed at The Southern Publishing Co Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5997] & The Keep [LIB/503845] & British Library & Horsham Museum Society

This (as the Author says) does not purport to be a History of Horsham or Sussex; it is a collection of nine articles on different subjects, which must represent the labour of a lifetime devoted to collection of information, and all those interested in Sussex owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Albery for the preservation of the material and its publication in a form available to the general public.
Part I (the Manor and Borough) is a valuable collection of information; but the undated script (p. 28) stated by the Author to be in 14th century style and dated by him as the 16th century, reads more like the flamboyant style of the later 18th century, and the reference to the River as the Arun shows it cannot be earlier than Stuart times. Part II (Horsham Common) is marred by the expression of the Author's views as if they were undoubted facts. Part III (Crime and Punishment) contains little new or peculiar to Sussex. Part IV (the County Goal), Part V (Quaker Persecutions), Part VI (Smuggling), Part VII (Napoleonic Wars) and Part VIII (The 1830 rioting) are interesting collections of materials. Part X (Transport) is only a summary of comparatively recent history; for instance there is no reference to the older roads such as that through Denne Park.

Seven Horsham Houses, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1979 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Includes Park House, Springfield Park House, Hills Place, Manor House, Dene Park, Chesworth, Tanbridge House

The Horsham of Thomas Charles Medwin, 1776-1829: I, Thomas Charles Medwin, John Bury, The Rev. George Marshall, by Susan Cabell Djabri, published 1994 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12226] & Horsham Museum Society

Memories of Horsham, 1900-1980, by Jill Barry, published 1994 (pamphlet, Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12945] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Horsham's Forgotten Son: Thomas Medwin, Friend of Shelley and Byron, by Susan Cabell Djabri and Jeremy Knight, published 1995 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Husbands & Widows, Goods and Chattels of Some Horsham Couples 1614-1740, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1995 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Head to Toe, Goods & Chattels of Some Horsham Tradesmen 1612-1734 , by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1995 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Causeway Houses, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1995 (booklet, Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12991] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Bygone Corn Mills in the Horsham area, by George H. W. Coomber, published 1996 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13337] & Horsham Museum Society

A Horsham Companion: A Ramble Around Horsham Two Hundred Years Ago, edited by Susan Cabell Djabri, published 1997 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Pen, Ink & Scalpel, Goods & Chattels of Some of Horsham's Professionals 1626-1750, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1997 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Pilfold: The life and times of Captain John Pilfold, CB, RN, born at Horsham and baptised there 1769, by Desmond Hawkins, published 1998 (74 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484010 & ISBN-13: 9781902484013) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

North Horsham. Some Historical Perspectives , by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1998 (revised edition, Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Seven Horsham Houses, A brief Account of Some of Horsham's Historic Buildings and the Families Who Lives In Them, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1998 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Chesworth. Horsham, the Story of a Local House, Once the Focus of a Royal Scandal, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1998 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Down at the Old Bull and Bush, Goods & Chattels of Some Horsham Innkeepers 1611-1806, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1998 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

King's Head, Horsham's Best-Known Inn, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1998 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Hammer & Chisel, Goods & Chattels of Some Horsham Tradesmen 1614-1740 , by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1998 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13336] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Hell For Leather, Tanners & Tanning In Horsham 1520-1741, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1998 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Horsham Tithe Map Schedule and Index 1840, edited by Susan C. Djabri from the transcript by George Coomber, plus additional 1841 census information transcribed by Jean Alexander, published December 1998 (86 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484045 & ISBN-13: 9781902484044) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13879][Lib 13880] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Best Foot Forward, Goods & Chattels of Some Horsham Shoemakers 1626-1734, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1999 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Clothyng of Maketh Man, Goods and Chattels of Some Horsham Tradesmen 1626-1734, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1999 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

No More Twist, Goods and Chattels of Some Horsham Tradesmen 1612-1741, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 1999 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Off the Wall: A Catalogue of Horsham Museums Poster Collection, by M. G. Judson, published 1999 (pamphlet, Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14118] & Horsham Museum Society

Hills - Horsham's Lost Stately Home and Garden, by A. F. Hughes and J. Knight, published 1999 (67 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484061 & ISBN-13: 9781902484068) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The Dramatic Rise and Fall of a House, a Garden, and an 18th Century Family

Shelley: a life told through books : being the catalogue of the Shelley Library at Horsham Museum, by J. Knight and E. Vaughan, published 1999 (xvi + 146 pp., Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society

Letters from a War Child: Ernest Dieter Ball's Correspondence 1939-1941, by Sandra Ball, published 1 November 1999 (45 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 190248410X & ISBN-13: 9781902484105) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The Shelleys of Field Place, by Susan Cabell Djabri, Annabelle Hughes and Jeremy Knight, published 1 February 2000 (222 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484088 & ISBN-13: 9781902484082) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14076] & The Keep [LIB/503508] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Letters of Bysshe and Timothy Shelley and Other Documents from Horsham Museum & the West Sussex Record Office, by Susan Djabri and Jeremy Knight, published 1 February 2000 (200 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484096 & ISBN-13: 9781902484099) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14077] & The Keep [LIB/503509] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Still smiling through: World War 2 memories collected from among the congregation and Friends of St Mary's Church, Horsham, West Sussex, by Wendy Dodds, published 2001 (70 pp., Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society

"A little news from Horsham" : some 18th century letters from Hills, by Susan C. Djabri, published 2002 (pamphlet, 54 pp., Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14819] & British Library & Horsham Museum Society

Pilfold Medwin: 'The Man of Horsham', a Victorian Gentleman, by Susan Cabell Djabri, published 2002 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Horsham: The Development of a Market Town - Four Studies from the Big Archive Contribution - Horsham in the Year 2000, by Susan C. Djabri and Paul Smith, published 2002 (84 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 190248407X & ISBN-13: 9781902484075) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14818] & British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Drawings of Horsham: 1988-2002, by John Bray, published 1 November 2002 (56 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 0953859215 & ISBN-13: 9780953859214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14808] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The 1844 Tithe Map of Horsham: Parts 3, 4 and 5 of Horsham Parish Covering Southwater and Broadbridge Heath, by Alan J. Siney, published 1 December 2002 (92 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484185 & ISBN-13: 9781902484181) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14816] & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The Horsham Calendar of Crimes and Criminals: Accounts of Some Criminal Cases in Horsham Museum Archives, by Audrey Goffe, Norman Hewell, John Hurd and Sheila Stevens and edited by Susan C. Djarbi, published 7 March 2003 (102 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484215 & ISBN-13: 9781902484211) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The Diaries of Sarah Hurst, 1759-1762: Life and Love in 18th Century Horsham, by Barbara Hurst (transcription) and Susan C. Djarbi (editor), published 10 December 2003 (343 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484223 & ISBN-13: 9781902484228) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The Diaries of Sarah Hurst records the day to day life of a young woman who lived in Horsham, Sussex between 1759 and 1762. Consequently, this book can claim to be one of the most important sources of information on life in the 18th century. The Diaries of Sarah Hurst not only create a vivid portrayal of the local town's people they also provide a fascinating insight into the social history of women, as they contain the intimate thoughts and feelings of a young woman and her relationships with the people around her. Sarah's intimate diaries can't help but touch the reader as she writes about her love for Henry Smith, a man who was thirteen years older than her.

Diaries can tell us much about how a person sees his or her world and when they can be linked with others of the same period or close to, even better - for one person's view of a time, person and place may be very different from another's. Sarah Hurst's diary predates that of John Baker of Horsham but they knew the same people and this Susan Djabri uses well to show how the two writers had very different views of the same people. Sarah's diary is of the same date as Thomas Turner of East Hoathly who, like Sarah, went sea-bathing along our coastline. The difference in their approach to going bathing is a comment on the difference between the lifestyle of the affluent Hurst and the struggling Turner as well as their personalities. Both diarists are from businesses. Sarah expects to help in her family's shop but also writes poetry and has a lively social life as many urban Georgian women did. One would like to know why she was so secretive about her marriage, not telling her family until afterwards. The diary ends before that story unfolds.
Many women like Sarah worked in businesses in Georgian England and a considerable number ran their own. The formidable Mrs Dring of Brighton ran a shop and a lodging house, Isabella Pullen built her own. Their role is understated in most Georgian studies but a start has been made in Hannah Barker's The Business of Women - female enterprise and urban development in Northern England 1760-1830, Oxford University Press, 2006. Diaries such as this with the excellent background research by the editor, street directories, inventories, wills and other sources should help us to understand the role of women in Georgian Sussex.

Coming in? : 50 years of swimming in Horsham1930-1980, by Neil Chapman, published 2005 (142 pp., Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society

1844 Tithe Map of Horsham. Parts 1 and 2 of Horsham Parish (Northern Part) featuring Roffey, Littlehaven, North Heath and Holbrook, by Alan J. Siney, Annabelle F. Hughes and Susan C. Djarbi, published 2005 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

1844 Tithe Map of Horsham. Parts 3,4 and 5 of Horsham Parish (Southern Part - excluding town centre) Covering Southwater and Broadbridge Heath, by Alan J. Siney, Annabelle F. Hughes and Susan C. Djarbi, published 2005 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Horsham's History: Vol 1 Prehistory to 1790 AD, by Jeremy Knight, published 2006 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Horsham's History: Vol 2 1790-1880, by Jeremy Knight, published 2006 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Schooldays remembered 1914 - 2006 : Oxford Road Senior Boys School : Oxford Road Senior Girls School and St. Leonard's Infant School : the story of the three schools which occupied the building in Oxford Road between the years 1914 and 2006, by the pupils and teachers, published 26 September 2006 (100 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484274 & ISBN-13: 9781902484273) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

1813 Map of the Enclosure of Horsham Common: Depicting the Manors of Horsham, Roughey, Hawkesbourne and Marlpost, by Alan J. Siney from the original by J. S. Hemingway, surveyor, published 1 June 2007 (44 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484339 & ISBN-13: 9781902484334) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14005][Lib 14007] & British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The Boundaries of Horsham Common - Where are They Now?: A Photographic Survey, by Alan J. Siney, published 1 June 2007 (54 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484363 & ISBN-13: 9781902484365) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14008] & British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Schedule of Property on the 1813 Enclosure Map, by Alan J. Siney and Susan C. Djarbi, published 1 June 2007 (50 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484347 & ISBN-13: 9781902484341) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The enclosure of Horsham Common : with a calendar of documents relating to the enclosure of Horsham Museum : 1797 draft survey of the Duke of Norfolk's estates on Horsham Common : 1809 survey of the Borough of Horsham, edited by E. J. Bowen and Susan C. Djarbi, published 1 June 2007 (iv + 76 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484371 & ISBN-13: 9781902484372) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14011] & British Library & Horsham Museum Society

Horsham's History: Vol 3 1880-1913, by Jeremy Knight, published 2008 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Journey Through Horsham's Changes, by John Buchanan and Annabelle F. Hughes, published 2008 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

We'll Keep the Home Fires Burning: Horsham in World War One: An Anthology from the West Sussex County Times and Horsham Museum Poster Collection, edited by Julie Mitchell and Elizabeth Vaughan, published 14 March 2008 (ii + 205 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 190248438X & ISBN-13: 9781902484389) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Horsham's Dinosaur Hunter: George Bax Holmes (1803-1887), by John A. Cooper, published 7 November 2008 (91 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484401 & ISBN-13: 9781902484402) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Armchair Walks in Sussex: Horsham - with 35 original watercolour paintings, by Patricia Hall, published 2009 (44 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 0956330800 & ISBN-13: 9780956330802) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Horsham's Heroes of the Great War 1914-1919: "That His Name be Not Forgotten", by Gary T. Cooper, published 10 November 2009 (862 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484398 & ISBN-13: 9781902484396) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This book will unfold year by year from 1914 to 1919 the lives and conditions of Horsham families as they were forced to accept and adjust to the hardships and sacrifices of the Great War. In its 862 pages and many photographs it is a fascinating and informative reference book and research tool for anyone with ancestors from Horsham who fought in the Great War, as it is indexed so that the reader can look up specific names with ease and read personal profiles of the military careers of those who were called upon to make the supreme sacrifice, the battles they fought, as well as the family history.
Also listed are the many major battles with vivid detailed descriptions and photographs of individuals, regiments, battle scenes where Horsham servicemen fought and died, many personal letters from the Front, some war-related poetry and extracts from numerous unit daily war diaries, as well as a variety of maps giving the location of battles.
Alongside this there is a section on decorations, campaign medals and memorial entitlements to Horsham casualties with a photograph of each medal, for example The Military Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Allied Victory Medal, etc together with a detailed description of why they would be awarded.
The selected index covers the various Regiments on both sides, as well as casualties named on Horsham's War Memorial. The author has also researched those casualties who are not included on the War Memorial. I found it easy to find two of my ancestors and read all about their families, the hardships they endured and details of the battles they fought.

Waking the Dead: A Pocket Guide to Denne Road Cemetery, by Susan C. Djabri, published February 2010 (86 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484428 & ISBN-13: 9781902484426) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Part of the research undertaken by people looking for ancestors is to visit graveyards - we wonder what did our ancestors look like and what did they do during their lives?
This attractively produced booklet takes us on a journey through Denne Road cemetery in Horsham, now declared a site of nature conservation interest, a quiet and beautiful place today and a green oasis near the heart of a busy town. It opened in 1852 after St Mary's churchyard became full and in 1856 was the only permitted town graveyard when other, non-conformist, graveyards were closed. There is a very interesting history of the cemetery from its beginnings up to date and the information on its development gives the reader a social history of Horsham and highlights the lives of individual past inhabitants, some of whom are buried there. There are excellent photographs of people, gravestones and life in Horsham over the 19th and 20th centuries. A comprehensive index of people mentioned in the book, as well as those whose gravestones are shown, will be of great help to anyone researching their family history.
An excellent publication invaluable to anyone interested in Horsham burials.

Horsham's History: Vol 4 1914-1918, by Jeremy Knight, published 2011 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Keeping House in Horsham in 1760 - The Diary and Account Book of Elizabeth Smart of North Chapel & the Dog and Bacon, edited by Susan C. Djabri, published 2012 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Charles Dalmon: The Forgotten Poet Laureate of Sussex, by George Cockman, published 1 June 2012 (88 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484444 & ISBN-13: 9781902484440) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

A Celebration of Flowers from the Horsham Museum Garden, by Heather Glenny, published 25 October 2012 (2 volumes, Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Back to the Wall, compiled by Julie Mitchell and edited by Veronica and Chris Petford, published 4 July 2013 (132 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484487 & ISBN-13: 9781902484488) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

a selection of posters from the Horsham Museum Collection, together with the stories behind them retrieved from the West Sussex County Times archives

Tales from the Sundial, by Jeremy Knight, published 4 November 2013 (100 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484525 & ISBN-13: 9781902484525) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

A Biography of West Street, by Jeremy Knight, published 16 November 2013 (172 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484533 & ISBN-13: 9781902484532) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Horsham's History: Vol 5 1919-1939, by Jeremy Knight, published 2014 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Bygone Corn Mills in the Horsham area, by George Coomber, published 1 June 2014 (revised edition, 144 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 190248455X & ISBN-13: 9781902484556) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

A stroll round Old Horsham with Cecil Cramp, by Sue Checkland and Audrey Coventry, published 1 August 2014 (54 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484592 & ISBN-13: 9781902484594) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society

inspired by Cecil's slide shows : a selection of images from the Cecil Cramp Archive and the Albery Poster Collection, given to Horsham Museum

Bishopric: A Biography, by Jeremy Knight, published 2015 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Reminiscences of Horsham: Recollections of Henry Burstow, edited by Helen Poole, published 21 March 2016 (Horsham Museum Society) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society

Published in 1911 it transformed our idea of Horsham and became a classic of working men's autobiographical writing. Written with quill pen or steal nib, dipped in ink and printed by hand set type on thick rough paper Henry Burstow's Reminiscences of Horsham was a child of the Edwardian era. Now friends of Horsham Museum using the latest digital technology and laser printing have created a new version of the masterpiece for sale. Henry Burstow's Reminiscences of Horsham has been re-imagined for today's readers, to re-awaken our understanding of Horsham in the age of Queen Victoria.

Horsham Houses Revisited, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 9 September 2016 (Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484630 & ISBN-13: 9781902484631) accessible at: Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries