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Parish of Balcombe, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.260-261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Nyland and Hilland in Balcombe - Military Tenures, by John Peter Fearon, published 1860 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 12, article, pp.140-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2097] & The Keep [LIB/500231] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Balcombe, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.24-25, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

The find of Edwardian Coins at Balcombe, by Rev. Canon J. H. Cooper, Vicar of Cuckfield, published 1899 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 42, article, pp.209-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2127] & The Keep [LIB/500260] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ditton Place at Balcombe, by Country Life contributor(s), published 1 July 1911 in Country Life (article)

Roman-British Head [at Balcombe], by S.N.Q. Contributor, published February 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 5, note, p.160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Relics of Balcombe Church at West Hoathly, by Ian C. Hannah, published May 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 2, note, p.56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Mesolithic Finds [at Balcombe], by Michael Holland, published May 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 6, note, pp.185-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Balcombe, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.132-136, 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

Alterations to the Horley - Balcombe Road in the Coaching Era, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, article, pp.105-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Balcombe Quarry, Glynde: First Season's Report - August 1961, by G. P. Burstow ans N. E. S. Norris, published May 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 9, article, pp.307-309) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Pleistocene superficial deposits, Balcombe area, central Weald, by D. J. W. Piper, published November 1971 in Geological Magazine (vol. 108, issue 6, article, pp.517-523)   View Online

Pleistocene silty mudflow deposits mantle much of the valley sides and floors of the Balcombe area of the central Weald. Boulder deposits at the foot of cliffs formed of resistant bedrock sandstones are also of Pleistocene age. One well sorted sand from a gentle valley side shows surface grain textures under the scanning electron microscope indicative of wind action. The superficial deposits formed under periglacial conditions, and their distribution indicates most of the landforms are relict Pleistocene features.

Monumental Inscriptions: Parish Church of St. Mary's, Balcombe, by Jean M. Shelley, published 1979 (Crawley History Group) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Balcombe: The story of a Sussex village, by Leslie Fairweather, published 1981 (pamphlet, 112 pp., Balcombe Parish Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7773] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

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

Balcombe - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.8-9, 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

The Murals, Victory Hall, Balcombe, by Joan Dutton, published 1995 (leaflet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15590]

Neville Lytton, the Balcombe Frescoes and the experience of war, 1908-1923, by Keith Grieves, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, article, pp.197-212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

William and James Feldwick of Balcombe, by Roger Fieldwick, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, pp.46-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

"A true acct. taken from Ancient People of ye Church Marks in Balcombe to wt. farm they belong & ye names of ye present occupiers Beginning at ye utree and so on to ye Oakes" dated 1750

Building of the Balcombe Tunnel, 1838-1841, by Pat Millward, published 2000 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 30, article, pp.2-19, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/30] & The Keep [LIB/506528]   Download PDF

In 1825 John Rennie, son of a Scottish engineer who had worked on a projected canal from Croydon to Portsmouth, was employed by the Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts and Somerset Railway company to search for a line between London and Brighton as the first section of a circuitous way to Portsmouth, Salisbury and the Bristol coalfields. He was to describe the development of his ideas before the House of Commons enquiry on 14 April 1836, saying that having examined a large area he had selected two possible routes. The first, surveyed for him by Charles Vignoles, was to traverse the North Downs by the Dorking Valley, go south by Horsham, use the Adur Valley to Shoreham and then run along the coast to Brighton. For the second he and Thomas Jago investigated lines south from London which, instead of avoiding the rugged land of the High Weald, would cross it to provide a shorter route but one with massive earthworks. From surveys over a wide area he proposed his Direct Line which, with amendments would eventually be built, but the then Sir John Rennie was to be sidelined in favour of John Urpeth Rastrick. Called Chief Engineers, it was Rastrick who was to build the line while Rennie acted only as consultant.

My Life Story, by Granville Richard Drayton, published 2007 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Memoirs of Granville Richard Drayton from his birth in Yorkshire, his service in the merchant navy during WWII when he was torpedoed in 1941 (his actions lead to the award of an M.B.E.), and his postwar life in the management of the Paddockhurst Estate at Balcombe.

Balcombe, St. Peter - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.21-22, 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

Hoops & Signals: The Story of a Sussex Great Grandfather, by John Ireland, published 11 January 2013 (70 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1906789797 & ISBN-13: 9781906789794) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Thomas Ireland lived in the village of Balcombe all his life. From the age of 11 he was a barrel hoop maker before joining the LBSCR in 1852 as a tunnelman, subsequently being made a signalman. Largely self-taught he kept journals or diaries from the 1860s to the 1890s and it is these that provide the source of much of the information for this book. Subject matters cover his two jobs, current affairs, recipes, gardening, remedies and strong views on religion (anti-popery). Also included are photos and local postcards together with a family tree to 1747 and notes on the origins of the surname. A worthwhile contributions to the county's rich historical heritage.

Balcombe Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW159, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1540-1903, Marriages 1540-1901, Burials 1539-1900. Indexed Transcription. Vol.159. Includes 24 photographs