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Parish of Beddingham, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Pevensey, pp.339-340) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Supposed Monastery at Beddingham, by Rev. William de St. Croix, M.A., vicar of Glynde, published 1869 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 21, article, pp.24-32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2016] & The Keep [LIB/500239] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Anglo-Saxon Coins found in Sussex, by J. C. Lucas, published 1869 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 21, notes & queries, pp.219-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2016] & The Keep [LIB/500239] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Beddingham, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, p.41, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

On the Supposed Monastery at Beddingham, by E. B. Ellman, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, p.226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Beddingham, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Registers and Papers of St Andrew's, Beddingham, compiled by F. Bentham Stevens, published 1911 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 54, article, pp.263-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2139] & The Keep [LIB/500272] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Date Stone at Itford , by W. H. Godfrey, F.S.A., published May 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 2, note, p.55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans IV: Church of St. Andrew, Beddingham, by W. H. G. [Walter H. Godfrey], published February 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 5, article, pp.140-141) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Wall-Paintings at Beddingham, by C. E. Ponsonby, published August 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 7, note, pp.220-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

A Flint Sickle from Beddingham Hill, by E. Cecil Curwen, published August 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 7, article, p.189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

A Late Bronze Age Settlement on Itford Hill: A short account of excavations there in 1949 and 50, by G. P. Burstow, F.S.A. and G. A. Holleyman, F.S.A., published November 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 8, article, pp.175-177) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The Late Bronze Age Settlement on Itford Hill, by G. P. Burstow, published May 1955 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 5 & 6, note, pp.101-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Two Domesday Identifications. I "Estchingham" & II Eight Hides in Totnore Hundred, by J. S. Moore, published November 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 8, article, pp.263-265) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

A Bronze Age Cemetery-Barrow on Itford Hill, Beddingham, by Eric W. Holden and Others, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, article, pp.70-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Itford Hill flint artefacts, by Eric W. Holden, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, shorter notice, p.187) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

Glynde & Beddingham Cricket Club 1885-1985, published 1985 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502704]

Religious Survey 1851 - Lewes district , edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.74-95, 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

Lewes district incl. Ditchling, Wivelsfield, Westmeston, East Chiltington, Streat, Plumpton, Hamsey, Chailey, Newick, Barcombe, Ringmer, Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, Newhaven, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, Tarring Neville, Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease, Iford, Kingston-near-Lewes, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean & Ovingdean

Beddingham - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.18-19, 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

Experimental Cement Shaft Kiln at Beddingham, by Ron Martin, published 1992 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 22, article, pp.21-35, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506526]   Download PDF

The Society was invited in Summer 1989 by Blue Circle Industries Plc. To survey the kiln situated at their landfill site at Beddingham in East Sussex.

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Newhaven Area - Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, South Heighton, Tarring Neville, Newhaven, Piddinghoe, Southease, Telscombe, Rodmell, Iford, Kingston, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean, and Ovendean, by June C. Barnes, published 1 March 1994 (vol. 23, booklet, 108 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264223 & ISBN-13: 9781870264228) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503435] & East Sussex Libraries

Beddingham - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.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

Sexing of Romano-British baby burials from the Beddingham and Bignor Villas, by Tony Waldron, G. Michael Taylor and David Rudling, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, article, pp.71-80) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A simple method is described for measuring the depth of the sciatic notch in foetal ilia. In the pilot study presented, both morphological and molecular analyses were undertaken separately to determine the sexes of six Romano-British infant burials from the Roman villa at Beddingham, East Sussex and one from the villa at Bignor, West Sussex. We have attempted to establish a discriminant criterion by relating morphological findings to the sex as determined by amelogenin PCR. Simple geometrical analysis of the sciatic notch indicated that of the six infant burials at Beddingham, three were female and three were male. Using the same criteria, the sex of the Bignor baby was determined as female. Amelogenin PCR was in agreement in four cases from Beddingham (three males and one female), but owing to poor quality of DNA, comparison was excluded in two remaining burials judged as female on morphological criteria. Similarly, owing to poor DNA preservation, PCR was negative with bone extracts prepared from the Bignor baby. If the burials at Beddingham were the result of infanticide, its victims were not exclusively female.

The excavation of a Saxon grubenhaus at Itford Farm, Beddingham, East Sussex, by Richard James, published 2002 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 140, article, pp.41-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15109] & The Keep [LIB/500299] & S.A.S. library   View Online

During the summer and autumn of 1998, a watching brief was maintained by Archaeology South-East (a division of University College London Field Archaeology Unit) during the construction of a wastewater pipeline between Lewes and Newhaven. Visual inspection of the pipeline easement to the north of Itford Farm, Beddingham revealed a number of cut features in the chalk bedrock. Excavation of the features revealed one to be an Early Saxon sunken floored building (grubenhaus) of 5th- to 6th-century date, from which a small but interesting assemblage of pottery was recovered. A boundary ditch of probable Saxon-Norman date was also investigated. Further features proved to be natural solution hollows in the chalk. No other structures were observed within the easement, but the discovery indicates the longevity of settlement at Itford Farm, and provides an interesting, albeit small-scale, example of shifting settlement patterns within the Ouse Valley.

The design and construction of Itford Farm Bridleway Bridge, by Alistair Oliver, published 2007 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers -- Bridge Engineering (vol. 160, no. 1, article)

Until recently, users of the South Downs Way National Trail had been finding it increasingly difficult and dangerous to cross the busy A26 trunk road and the provision of a segregated crossing had become increasingly necessary. On behalf of the Highways Agency, InterRoute embarked on the design and construction of a suitable crossing. A structural timber beam or truss bridge was initially investigated but this was later rejected in favour of a structural steel solution with timber cladding. A steel truss superstructure was used for ease, speed and convenience of construction, and timber was used for its aesthetic qualities on most of the visible parts of the bridge. Effort was made, within the constraints of the budget, to design a bridge in harmony with its rural setting, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The chosen configuration, a three-span arrangement with curves in both vertical and horizontal axes, was selected to harmonise with the rolling hills of the Sussex Downland. Until recently, users of the South Downs Way National Trail had been finding it increasingly difficult and dangerous to cross the busy A26 trunk road and the provision of a segregated crossing had become increasingly necessary. On behalf of the Highways Agency, InterRoute embarked on the design and construction of a suitable crossing. A structural timber beam or truss bridge was initially investigated but this was later rejected in favour of a structural steel solution with timber cladding. A steel truss superstructure was used for ease, speed and convenience of construction, and timber was used for its aesthetic qualities on most of the visible parts of the bridge. Effort was made, within the constraints of the budget, to design a bridge in harmony with its rural setting, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The chosen configuration, a three-span arrangement with curves in both vertical and horizontal axes, was selected to harmonise with the rolling hills of the Sussex Downland.

Beddingham, East Sussex: investigative conservation of material from three Anglo-Saxon graves, by Elizabeth Beesley, published 2009 (27 pp., English Heritage Research Department) accessible at: British Library

Results of archaeological and built heritage investigations along the A27 Southerham to Beddingham and Glynde junction improvements, by Adam Brossler, Matthew Pope and Jamie Preston, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, short article, pp.211-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Beddingham, St. Andrews - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, p.32, 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

Barcombe and Beddingham: Roman Villas from Wealden Iron?, by Ann Best, published 2015 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 153, article, pp.63-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18934] & The Keep [LIB/509033] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This paper puts forward the archaeological evidence to suggest that Barcombe and Beddingham Roman villas, and the Romano-British settlement at Upper Wellingham, were not only part of the immediate agricultural landscape, but also linked to the wider industrial landscape which had iron production at its core. It also explores how the economic results of an expanding iron industry could have provided the necessary wealth to support these Romanised houses and a substantial trading settlement in this rural location.