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A Field Book containing the Admeasurement of certain Estates in the Parishes of Twineham & Ardingley in Sussex - Wherein is more immediately distinguished the Freehold from Copy-hold Land belonging to Gibbs Crawford Esqr and Mrs. Payne : Survey'd in 1776 by Yeakell and Gardner. [With terriers and notes. On the fly-leaf are notes written and signed by C. P. Crawford in 1797], by Willam Gardner, published 1776 (20 maps) accessible at: British Library

Parish of Ardingly, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.258-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ardingly, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.10-11, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Ardingley, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Ardingly Parish Register, 1558-1812, by Gerald W. E. Loder, published 1913 (vol. 17, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8016][Lib 2233] & The Keep [LIB/507133] & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Anne Forster Grave-Slab, by Mary S. Holgate, published 1918 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 59, notes & queries, pp.130-131) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2144] & The Keep [LIB/500277] & S.A.S. library   View Online

From Generation to Generation. Notes for the history of Ardingly, by Mary Scarlett Holgate, published 1925 (76 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Articles reprinted from the Parish Magazine of St. Peter's Church, Ardingly, with a general titlepage.

Rivers in Ardingly , by Mary S. Holgate, published February 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 1, note, pp.19-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

The roman Road to Portslade. From the Valley South of Ardingly to Selsfield Common, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published February 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 1, article, pp.1-5) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Historic Houses of Sussex - Upper Lodge Cottage, Ardingly, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 12, article, pp.817-823) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Brooch found at Ardingly, by S.N.Q. Contributor, published February 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 1, note, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Racks in Sussex, by S.N.Q. Editor, published November 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 4, article, pp.118-119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

The Name of Holgrove in Ardingly, by Ed. [M. S. Holgate], published May 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 6, article, p.194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Genealogies, Vol 2, Ardingly Centre, compiled by John Comber, published 1932 (vi + 362 pp., Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8289][Lib 10585] & The Keep [LIB/503529] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Will of a Parish Priest, 1545 [at Ardingly], by John E. Ray, published May 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 6, article, pp.178-180) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Find at Ardingly, by M. S. H. [Mary S. Holgate], published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, note, pp.155-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Lead Discs [at Ardingly], by M. S. H. [Mary S. Holgate], published May 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 6, note, pp.187-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Lead Discs fond at Ardingly, by Arthur Hill, published August 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 7, reply, pp.223-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

The Will of the Rev. James Shawe, Rector of Ardingly, 1550-1558, by Unknown, published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, article, pp.9-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Wooden Hood Moulds in Ardingly Church, by Editor, published November 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 8, query, p.247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Ardingly, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.127-132, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905898 & ISBN-13: 9780712905893) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Sussex Church Plans LXIX: St Peter, Ardingly , by W. H. G. [Walter H. Godfrey], published February 1945 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 5, article, p.102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1975: Ardingly, by O. Bedwin, published October 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 17, article, p.74) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Excavation of Ardingly Fulling Mill and Forge 1975-6, by Owen Bedwin, published 1976 in The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (vol. 10, article, pp.34-64)   View Online

The remains of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century forge, and an eighteenth-century fulling mill were excavated. The fulling and forging processes were both water-powered. Two water-channels were found, running approximately parallel, about 9 m. apart. The area between the two channels had been the centre of industrial activity on the site. The forge, of which little survived apart from the anvil base and some wooden foundations, had used wheels in both channels, driving the power-hammer and bellows for the hearths, respectively. Fulling, carried out in a simple T-shaped shed, required one wheel only. The site went out of use c.1750.

In 1973 the Mid-Sussex Water Co. gave notice of a plan, later approved, to flood the Shell Brook valley at the site of Ardingly Fulling Mill and Forge, and a rescue excavation was carried out by Dr Owen Bedwin of the Sussex Archaeological Field Unit in advance of the destruction of the site.
Documentary evidence in parish records first refers to the baptism of a child of Robert Potter 'fynar of the hammer' in 1571, and thereafter references go on until 1660. The 1574 list includes Ardingly Forge, as does that of 1664, but it seems to have ceased working by 1717. It seems likely that its source of pig iron was the nearby Strudgate Furnace.
The excavation was not a straightforward one as the fulling mill had been established on the same site, probably in the early 18th century, and was itself likely to have ceased working in the next century. It was clear however that for the forge there were two parallel water channels supplying power, one to the two hearths and one to the hammer, for which the timber (tree-trunk) anvil-base was found. The fulling mill required one channel only, and this had been partly reconstructed during its occupation of the site. Useful comparisons are made with the only other excavated wealden forge site, that at Chingley. (D. W. Crossley, The Bewl Valley Ironworks Kent, Royal Archaeological Institute Monograph (1975) ).
At Chingley one channel supplied power via different wheels for both hammer and chafery hearth, and the other for the finery. At Ardingly both hearths were operated from one channel and the hammer from the other. As at Chingley there was evidence of secondary working, and it appeared that artifacts such as scissors and knives were made at the forge.
The finds were surprisingly numerous, the waterlogged state of much of the site making it favourable for the preservation of leather, and many shoes and parts of shoes were recovered. Clay pipes were also abundant. These are now proving an important dating item in post-Medieval excavations.

An hydrological study of the rainfall-runoff relationship in the Ardingly-Goldbridge catchment, Sussex, by H. A. Ghayoor, 1976 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

Excavations 1975: Ardingly, by O. Bedwin, published April 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 18, article, p.80, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Ardingly: A Brief History, by R. S. Harper, published 1980 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9574] & West Sussex Libraries

Field Group Report: Knole Park; Ardingly Furnace, compiled by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1981 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 1, report, pp.20-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Field Notes: Two forays in the West Hoathly/Ardingly area, published 1983 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 3, report, pp.2-5) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Religious Survey 1851 - Cuckfield district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.66-73, ISBN-10: 085445036X & ISBN-13: 9780854450367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10578][Lib 13824] & The Keep [LIB/500452][LIB/507827] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Cuckfield district incl. Horsted Keynes, Lindfield, Ardingly, Balcombe, Slaugham, Bolney, Cowfold, Albourne, Hurstpierpoint & Keymer

Ardingly - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.4-5, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Horsted Keynes, Lindfield, Ardingly, Balcombe and Cuckfield, by June C. Barnes, published 1 June 1991 (vol. 19, booklet, 104 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264185 & ISBN-13: 9781870264181) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503434] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

St Peter's C E School, Ardingly, Then and Now, 1848-1998, by Peter Simpson, published 1998 (pamphlet, St Peter's C.E. School, ISBN-10: 0953266400 & ISBN-13: 9780953266401) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13732] & West Sussex Libraries

Ardingly - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.38-39, ISBN-10: 0854450424 & ISBN-13: 9780854450428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13825][Lib 13828] & The Keep [LIB/500458][Lib/507864] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Archaeological finds from Bursteye Farm, Ardingly, West Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1998 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 136, shorter article, p.198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13921] & The Keep [LIB/500297] & S.A.S. library

Ardingly, Sussex at War 1939-45 and the Evacuee Experience, by Alex Maclean, published 1999 (76 pp., Ardingly Evacuee Experience Committee) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The timber framed houses of Ardingly, compiled by Jean Shelley, published 1999 (40 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501784] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries

From Ardingly to Arromanches - and Beyond, by P. A. Francis, R.N. (Retired), published 1 July 2005 (122 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: UPSO (Universal Publishing Solutions Online) Ltd., ISBN-10: 1843751704 & ISBN-13: 9781843751700) accessible at: British Library

A Thousand Years of Village Christianity: A History of St. Peter's Church Ardingly, Sussex, by Peter Simpson, published June 2008 (130 pp., Ardingly Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0955930502 & ISBN-13: 9780955930508) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ardingly, St. Peter - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.15-17, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

A new ornithischian dinosaur and the terrestrial vertebrate fauna from a bone bed in the Wealden of Ardingly, West Sussex, by Susannah Maidment, published 2017 in Proceedings of the Geologists' Association  (article)

Ardingly Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW134, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1558-1901, Banns 1754-1812, 1824-1905, Marriages 1558-1900, Burials 1558-1885. Indexed Transcription. Vol.134.