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Parish of Beckley, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.509-510) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Beckley, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, p.40, 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 Beckley, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode) View Online
Historic Houses of Sussex - Hay's Farm, Beckley, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.243-248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]
Historic Houses of Sussex - Church House, Beckley, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 9, article, pp.536-540) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]
Sickle Flint [at Beckley], by E. Cecil Curwen, F.S.A., published November 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 4, note, p.122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library
Sussex Church Plans LXXIV: All Saints, Beckley, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published May 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 2, article, pp.32-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library
Sir Stephen Glynne's Notes on Churches, by the late V. J. Torr, published May 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 5, article, pp.162-166) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library
Romano-British site at Ludley Farm, Beckley, by W. J. Botting, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, p.111) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library
East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Peasmarsh, Beckley, Northiam, Brede, Udimore, Icklesham, Winchelsea., by June C Barnes, published March 1987 (vol. 2, booklet, 96 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264010 & ISBN-13: 9781870264013) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11231] & The Keep [LIB/503431] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
What Got Me Hooked?, by Olive Isabel Thompson née Parsons, published June 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 5, article, pp.169-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:James Parsons (1779-1845) and Mary Vincett (1782 - 1863) had ten children. Article covers the years 1696 - 1845 in the parishes of Northiam and Beckley
My great-grandfather's Quiverful, by Olive Isabel Thompson née Parsons, published September 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 6, article, pp.234-238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:A narrative history of the family of James Parsons and Mary Vincett who married in 1802 and had ten children. Article covers the years 1802 - 1904 in the parishes of Beckley and Rye.
Religious Survey 1851 - Rye district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.4-6, 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
District:Rye district incl. Playden, Iden, Peasmarsh, Beckley, Northiam, Brede, Udimore, Winchelsea & Icklesham
Beckley - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.16-18, 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
Field Notes: A bloomery at Beckley, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1993 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 13, report, pp.2-3, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560] Download PDF
Desperately seeking Barnes & Selmes, by Mrs. Glenda Manwaring, published December 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 8, article, p.290) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:William Barnes born about 1820, the son James Barnes and Mary Brett, married Caroline Selmes in 1841 at Beckley before they emigrated to Australia where they had five children.
Beckley - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.44-45, 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
Beckley: Names and Places, by Dennis Ward, published 1999 (published by the author, ISBN-10: 0953719308 & ISBN-13: 9780953719303) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503754] & East Sussex Libraries
Field Notes: A bloomery in Beckley, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2002 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 22, report, pp.2-5, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506569] Download PDF
Field Notes: A Romano-British ore-roasting pit in Beckley, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2002 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 22, report, pp.2-5, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506569] Download PDF
Field Notes: A bloomery in Beckley, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2008 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 28, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506575] Download PDF
Field Notes: Two bloomeries in Beckley, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2010 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 30, report, pp.3-9, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506577] Download PDF
An unusual survival, by Don Burgess, published June 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 2, article, p.70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508843] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Whilst transcribing an early register from Beckley (PAR 237/1/1/1),I came to he point where it met some data we already had in our Burials Index from 1721 on. As I had the register out, I decided to continue for a few entries to compare them with what we already had, the latter coming from a shelf transcript at the record office. I soon noticed that there were a number of anomalies, which caused me to suspect that the shelf transcript was faulty. I thought 'this chap was rather careless in his transcribing'. However, when I checked the master data on parish registers on the shelf, I found that there was another original register available, PAR 237/1/1/2. So, ordering it up I found myself looking at an unusual survival - what was probably the incumbent's draft register book, written in the same hand in a soft-cover book (registers are usually hardback). It was from this book that the shelf transcript had been made. It contained a number of different, variant spellings of surnames, additional information regarding the deceased's parish of origin, and sometimes omitted entries that were in the 'proper' register.
Beckley, All Saints - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.29-31, 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