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The Origin and Description of Bognor or Hothamton, published 1807 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4233]

The origin and description of Bognor or Hothamton; and an account of some adjacent villages, by J. B. Davis, published 1807 (London: Samuel Tipper) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10651] & West Sussex Libraries

Kidd's Picturesque Pocket Companion to Brighton, Worthing, Bognor etc, published 1838 (William Kidd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10652]

Bognor, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.60-61, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

The Geology of the country around Bognor, by Clement Reid, published 1897 (London: H.M.S.O.) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1900 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 600]

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1904 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 604]

Bognor as a Health Resort, by H. C. L. Morris, published 1904 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4229]

The Sussex Coast, illustrated by Edith Brand Hannah, by Ian C. Hannah, M.A., published 1912 (London: T. Fisher Unwin) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12417][Lib 74] & The Keep [LIB/500117] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Bognor and its neighbourhood from Arundel to Bosham, including Chichester and Selsey; With street plan of Bognor and many illustrations, etc, by Arthur Henry Anderson, published 1919 (92 pp., London: Homeland Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6415] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Finds of Celts at Bognor, by the late H. L. F. Guermonprez, A.R.I.B.A., published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, article, pp.225-231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Bognor, by W. Page, published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, notes & queries, p.237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library

A Flint Celt from Middleton, by W. Page, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, notes & queries, pp.276-277) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Sand Yachting in Sussex, by Donald Harmston, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 7, article, pp.299-300) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Palaeolith found at West Bognor, by Reginald A. Smith, published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, notes & queries, pp.196-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Bognor, by W. Page, published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, notes & queries, p.217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library

Bognor, Chichester, Selsey, Littlehampton, published 1930 (Ward Lock and Co Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14446]

Memories of Pre-war Bognor, by J. C. Bristow-Noble, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 4, article, pp.277-281) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

A Sussex Decimalist: Alfred Phillips, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 6, article, p.489) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Notes on the Geology of Felpham, near Bognor Regis, by Edmond M. Venables, published 1931 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 42 issue 4, article, pp.363-369) accessible at: University of Sussex Library   View Online

The area dealt with in this paper is included in Sheet 332 of the Geological Survey, taking in about I½ miles of the Sussex coast at Bognor Regis, Felpham, and Middleton. This area, with the surrounding country, has been described by Mr. Clement Reid. Dixon's account of the district is scanty, although not without interest; but, apart from these papers, little appears to have been written about the area. Topley's map in Dixon's "Geology of Sussex" is of considerable interest in connection with this paper, as will be shown in due course.

When Brighton was at Bognor Regis, by Thos. F. Allen, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 7, article, pp.499-500) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Report of Local Secretary. Bognor, by W. Page, published 1932 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 73, notes & queries, p.204) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2158] & The Keep [LIB/500356] & S.A.S. library

The Bognor Gas and Electricity Company: a short history, by Wallace W. Hammond, published c.1933 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12111]

The Churches of S. John the Baptist and S. Wilfrid, Bognor Regis, published 1937 (18 pp., Gloucester: British Publishing Co.) accessible at: British Library

Flansham: Roman Coins, by S. E. Winbolt, published November 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 8, note, p.245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Southern Railway electrification extension: Arundel, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Chichester and district, published 1938 (x + 19 pp., London Transport Ltd) accessible at: British Library

Sea Defence Work at Bognor in War Time, by Oswald A Bridges, published c.1940 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8874]

The Cottage in the Fields, by Gerard Young, published 1945 (Samuel Walker) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13254] & West Sussex Libraries

The United Arts Circle of Bognor Regis, published 1946 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8872]

Should Bognor Regis Expand ?, published 1948 (leaflet, United Arts Circle of Bognor Regis) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11608]

History of Pagham in Sussex, by Lindsay Fleming, published 1949 (3 volumes , Bognor Regis: F. G. Trowbridge Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6356][Lib 2815][Lib 8253] & West Sussex Libraries

This is an exhaustive study of the Hundred and Manor and Parish of Pagham which includes the modern Bognor Regis. The Author has taken great pains to tap all sources of information which suggest themselves as likely including the Aldwick Court Rolls, the Public Record Office and the Archbishop of Canterbury's Registers and Records at Lambeth Palace (the Archbishop was the Lord until Cranmer 'exchanged' with Henry VIII). The result is an exhaustive record of the landowners and occupants, their Courts and Customs and a clear and intelligible picture of the everyday working of the machinery of the local courts before centralisation substituted the King's Justice for the Lord's. The picture drawn for us is of a happy community living together a really common life, meeting in frequent courts to criticise each other and (when necessary) ordering reparations. Perhaps the most noticeable feature is the suggestion that the Borough English custom of descent to the Youngest Son was carried even further, viz, in default of sons to the youngest daughter and not to all daughters as co-heiresses. It would be interesting to know if this can be substantiated by actual admittances of a daughter with elder sisters.

Bognor Regis Housing Estates Tenants' Handbook, published 1950 (booklet, 35 pp., Bognor Regis U. D. C.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8869] & British Library

Down Hoe Lane, Account of Life in the Country Hamlet of Flansham near Bognor Regis, by Gerard Young, published 1950 (Bognor: Arundel Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

ABC of Littlehampton with Bognor Regis and Worthing, by George King, published 1951 (Brighton) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Parish of Bognor Regis, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, pp.226-227, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 071290588X & ISBN-13: 9780712905886) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Fish otoliths from the London Clay of Bognor Regis, Sussex, by F. C. Stinton, published 1956 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 67 issue 1-2, article, pp.15-31)   View Online

The paper consists of systematic descriptions of otoliths from the London Clay of Bognor Regis. Seven new species are recorded and certain earlier inaccurate determinations corrected.

List of Sussex birds in the Bognor Regis Museum collection, by E. M. Venables, published 1957 (pamphlet, 18 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4498] & British Library

The Seaside Resort Towns of England and Wales, by J. A. Barrett, 1958 at University of London (Ph.D. thesis)

Beetles from the London Clay, Eocene, of BognorRegis, Sussex, by Everard Baldwin Britton, published 1960 in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology (vol. 4, no. 2, article) accessible at: British Library

Flora of Pagham Harbour. A study in plant ecology, with plates, including maps, by Dorothy French, published 1962 (16 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society) accessible at: British Library

The London Clay of Bognor Regis, by Edmond M. Venables, published 1962 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 73 issue 3, article, pp.245-271)   View Online

Bognor Regis has long been noted for fossils of the London Clay, yet the literature devoted to it is scanty. Its geographical position gives it importance in the regional study of this deposit, and it is one of the few localities where the whole thickness of London Clay strata can be studied in sequence. A low angle of dip, and a strike oblique to the coastline, produce a wide field of research in the foreshore outcrop. A number of palaeontological horizons have been established, and the sequence of micro-faunas has been investigated for the first time. A distinct group of horizons, characterised by a largely terrestrial assemblage, has been recognised. This group has yielded a large new flora and a new vertebrate fauna. The first known fossil insect fauna of the London Clay, discovered in 1936, is now recorded.

Historical Review of Bognor Regis Congregational Church, by Clifford Spencer Davies, published 1963 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4854]

James Guthrie and the Pear Tree Press, by Robert P. Eckert (jnr), published 1963 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5496] & West Sussex Libraries

Records of wells in the area of new series one-inch (geological) Bognor (332) Worthing (333) and Eastbourne (334) sheets, published 1964 (Well Catalogue Series)

The Report of the Bognor Regis inquiry, by J. Ramsay Willis, Q.C., published 1965 (iv + 84 pp., Her Majesty's Stationery Office) accessible at: British Library   View Online

An inquiry with the following terms of reference: "To examine the circumstances leading up to the termination of the appointment of Mr. Paul Smith as Clerk of the Council; to review the conduct of the Council's affairs in this matter; and to report, commenting on any matter disclosed in the course of the inquiry which seems to him to require consideration in the interests of good local government"

A Methodist tapestry. Waterloo Square Methodist Church, Bognor Regis, 1810-1967, published 1967 (36 pp.) accessible at: British Library

A Methodist Tapestry, Waterloo Square Methodist Church, Bognor Regis, 1810-1967, by Miss G. M. Muddle, published 1967 (pamphlet, Methodist Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4836] & West Sussex Libraries

Building Stones of Old Bognor, by E. M. Venables and A . F. Outen, published December 1969 (pamphlet, 24 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society, ISBN-10: 095006520X & ISBN-13: 9780950065205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9798] & British Library & R.I.B.A. Library

Bognor Regis guidebook, published 1970 (pamphlet, Bognor Regis) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6196]

A Sandstone Roundel and Mesolithic Flints from Bognor Common, Fittleworth, by Eric W. Holden, published 1971 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 109, article, pp.4-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2194] & The Keep [LIB/500320] & S.A.S. library

Salute to the Royal Norfolk [Hotel, Bognor], by James Wentworth Day, published 1973 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10131] & West Sussex Libraries

List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bognor Area, published c.1975 (Department of Environment) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6087]

List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bognor UD, published c.1975 (Department of Environment) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7571]

Gettin' Verse an' Verse: verse in Bognor style, by Eric Huntingdon, published 1975 (pamphlet, Arun News Service) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6966] & West Sussex Libraries

Arun District: Sun, Sea and Sussex Countryside - Bognor Regis, Arundel, Littlehampton, published 1976 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7076]

Brief history of Hotham Park House, Bognor Regis, by David Allam and Ronald Iden, published 1976 (12 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095054650X & ISBN-13: 9780950546506) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6230] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries

A Picture of Bognor Regis, by H. R. H. Harmer, published December 1976 (pamphlet, 32 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0905139011 & ISBN-13: 9780905139012) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10195] & West Sussex Libraries

Olby's of Bognor Regis, 1878-1978, published 1978 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7101][Lib 12841][Lib 12844]

The Excavation of an Iron Age Settlement at North Bersted, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, by Owen Bedwin and M. W. Pitts, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.293-346) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

New horizons in the London Clay of Bognor Regis, Sussex, by D. A. Bone, published July 1978 in Tertiary research (vol. 2, part 1, article)

Butlin's in Bognor, published 1979 (pamphlet, Butlins Holiday Camp) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7187]

À La Tene Brooch from Bognor Regis, by Mike W. Pitts, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.258) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Bygone Bognor, by James Cartland, published 1 January 1979 (112 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850333520 & ISBN-13: 9780850333527) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7681][Lib 12347] & West Sussex Libraries

Olby's of Bognor Regis, published 1980 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8607]

The story of the Congregational Church now the United Reformed Church in Bognor Regis from 1813 to 1980, by Frances Hodgess Roper, published 1980 (12 pp., United Reform Church, Bognor Regis) accessible at: British Library

A chilly chamber: restored ice house, from around 1792, in Bognor Regis, by F. L. Jackson, published 20 March 1980 in Country Life (vol. 167 no. 4315, article, p.848) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

The Aptian Lower Greensand fuller's earth beds of Bognor Common, West Sussex, by B. Young and D. J. Morgan, published 1981 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 92 issue 1, article, pp.33-37)   View Online

Exposures of fuller's earth may be contemporaneous with the deposits at Redhill, Maidstone, Woburn, Baulking, Fernham and Clophill. The fuller's earths are considered to be the product of redistribution of wind-borne ash in a shallow marine environment.

Bognor Regis Carnival Programme, published 1982 (pamphlet, Bognor Regis & District Round Table) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8425]

Bognor: Hothampton: Flimflamton, Part 1, by J. Fines, published May 1982 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 22, article, p.1) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/22] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Bognor: Hothampton: Flimflamton, Part 2, by John Fines, published September 1982 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 23, article, p.16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/23] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Bognor of the Past: Bygone Series, by Neville Nisse, published 1983 (pamphlet, 64 pp., Rochester Press, ISBN-10: 0946379068 & ISBN-13: 9780946379064) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8910] & West Sussex Libraries

A History of Bognor Regis, by Gerard Young, published 1983 (296 pp. & 101 plates, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 085033487X & ISBN-13: 9780850334876) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8768] & West Sussex Libraries

Inn, Taverns & Hotels Past & Present of Bognor Regis including Pagham & Felpham, by Charles Butler, published 1983 (36 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society) accessible at: British Library

Private Schools in Bognor Regis 1860-1960, by J. M. Lee, published 1983 (Bognor Regis Local History Society)

The Bognor Estate of Sir Richard Hotham MP, by Charles Butler, published 1984 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9111]

Trouble in the Groynes: The Hazards of Sea Bathing in Victorian Bognor, by Ron Iden, published December 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 3, article, pp.84-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Glimpses of Bognor Regis: A Seaside Resort, by Sylvia Endacott, published 1985 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9703] & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Gas, Light & Coke Company Ltd. 1865-1939, by William Gage, published 1987 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 17, article, pp.2-13, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/17] & The Keep [LIB/506526]   Download PDF

The use of gas as an illuminant was adopted by many towns during the first half of the nineteenth century and in the majority of cases the supply of gas especially during those early years was in the hands of private statutory companies. In most places the local authorities of the day were quite incapable of organising a utility of this kind.
The first evidence of a gas supply for Bognor exists with a contract dated 4th March 1851 between Messrs Snooke & Others of Chichester and the Commissioners of the Local Board for the erection of a gas works on land now known as Argyle Circus and for the supply of public lamps with gas. However, it was not until 1865 that the Bognor Gas Light and Coke Company Ltd was formed for the purpose of making supplying gas, coke and other by products to Bognor and adjoining parishes.
On 7th March of that year fifteen gentlemen subscribed to a Memorandum of Association drawn up by a local solicitor; a Frederick Elkins, who was further instructed to draw up Articles of Association. Both the Memorandum & Articles according to Mr Elkins' bill of costs, were duly registered at the Joint Stock Registry on 19th April 1865. The original capital was &Pound;3000 divided into 600 shares each of &Pound;5 and the Memorandum stated that the qualification to become a director was the possession of at least five shares.

Bognor - The First Resort: A Bicentennial Anthology, by Andrew Foster, John Hawkins and Ron Iden, published August 1988 (134 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745529 & ISBN-13: 9780950745527) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12387] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis - Now and Then, edited by Terry G. Baber, published 1 December 1988 (96 pp., Bognor Regis: Off-the-Shelf, ISBN-10: 0951417401 & ISBN-13: 9780951417409) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Just a Line from Bognor Regis, compiled by Sylvia Olliver, published 1 May 1989 (40 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0951476203 & ISBN-13: 9780951476208) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Bognor Branch Line, by S. Jordan, published 25 September 1989 (96 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853613931 & ISBN-13: 9780853613930) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10786] & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis in Old Photographs, compiled by Rob Harmer, published 1 October 1989 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0862996716 & ISBN-13: 9780862996710) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10587] & West Sussex Libraries

The Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Bognor Regis, by Servite Friars, published 1990 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10783]

Religious Survey 1851 - Chichester district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.161-172, 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

Chichester district incl. Sutton, Greatham, Bury, Fittleworth, Coates, Bignor, Slindon, Egdean, Barlavington, Burton, Duncton, Heyshott, South Bersted & Bognor

Recollections of Bognor, by Daphne Byrne and Lisa Bridge, published 20 March 1991 (Stylus Press Publications, ISBN-10: 1856201104 & ISBN-13: 9781856201100) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A fossil palm at the back door of Hastings Museum, Sussex, England, by W. Alan Charlton, Joan Watson and David J. Batten, published 10 October 1991 in Tertiary research (vol. 13, no. 1, article)

Victorian Bognor, by George Hothersall, published Spring 1991 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 47, article, p.6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/47] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

Bognor Regis Golf Club 1892-1992 A Centenary History, by Gordon Beale, published 1992 (Bognor Regis Golf Club) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11712] & West Sussex Libraries

The Poor of Bognor, 1790-1870, by Michael A. H. Gowler, published 1994 (pamphlet, 66 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745537 & ISBN-13: 9780950745534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12655] & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis Bus Station, by Ron Martin, published 1995 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 25, article, pp.34-36, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The bus station in High Street, Bognor was built in the 1930s to the designs of Clayton and Black, the Brighton architects for the Southdown Bus Company. It was the last remaining Southdown Bus Station dating from the 1930s and was demolished in June 1993 after a number of years being used as a market.

Bognor Regis: A Pictorial History, by Vanessa Mills, published 1 January 1995 (128 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850339758 & ISBN-13: 9780850339758) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13831] & West Sussex Libraries

Gone to Blazes: a history of the Bognor Volunteer Fire Brigade, by S. Jordan, published 1 June 1995 (booklet, 72 pp., G. E. H. Peck, ISBN-10: 0952607409 & ISBN-13: 9780952607403) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12931] & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor at War. Bognor Regis from 1939 to 1945, by Andy Saunders, published 18 November 1995 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1873793596 & ISBN-13: 9781873793596) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sir Richard Hotham's Chapel at Bognor, by Ron Iden, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, article, pp.179-184) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Ninety Years of Cinema in Bognor Regis, Filey, Skegness, by Brian Hornsey, published 1 May 1996 (pamphlet, 21 pp., Fuchsiaprint, ISBN-10: 187396978 & ISBN-13: 9781873969786) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13183] & West Sussex Libraries

Hotham Park [Bognor]: History and Survey. Final Report, by Chris Blandford Associates, published 1997 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13671]

Bognor Regis: the Archive Photographs Series, by Tony Wales, published 1997 (128 pp., NPI Media Group, ISBN-10: 0752410350 & ISBN-13: 9780752410357) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Brief Guide to the Geology and Fossils of Bognor Regis, by David Bone, published 1998 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13837]

Bognor's Early Trades and Traders, 1839-1871, by Michael A. H. Gowler, published 1998 (pamphlet, 96 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745545 & ISBN-13: 9780950745541) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13718] & West Sussex Libraries

Littlehampton and Bognor Regis Wastewater Treatment Works & Sludge Recycling Centre, by R. Piper and B. Regis, published 1999 in Water & sewerage journal (issue 31, article, pp.41-44) accessible at: British Library

Bognor Early Professionals and Property Holders, 1839-1871, by Michael A. H. Gowler, published May 1999 (booklet, 68 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745553 & ISBN-13: 9780950745558) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14033] & West Sussex Libraries

Francis Frith's Around Bognor Regis, by Martin Andrew, published 18 November 1999 (96 pp., Frith Book Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1859370551 & ISBN-13: 9781859370551) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

History of Craigweil House [Bognor], by Gwen F. Stabler, published c.2000 (Bognor Regis: Fepham Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14806] & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor's Early Labourers and Domestics, 1841-1871, by Michael A. H. Gowler, published 4 May 2000 (booklet, 68 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745561 & ISBN-13: 9780950745565) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14158] & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis: Photographic Memories, by Martin Andrew, published 2001 (96 pp., Frith Book Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 185937431X & ISBN-13: 9781859374313)

Site Study of the T4 Bognor Regis tornado of 28 October 2000 - a day in the life of a tornado investigator, by G. T. Meaden, published January 2001 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 26, no. 255, article, pp.3-13)   Download PDF

This report summarises the tornado damage to properties at Bognor Regis on the West Sussex coast that occurred between 5.10 and 5.15 p.m. clocktime (1610-1615 UTC) on 28 October 2000. The damage trail through the town was 3 km long and chiefly 70 to 80 metres wide. The tornado strength probably reached T4 on the Intenational Tornadoa Scale, setting the tornado in the TLW category.

The Paradise Rocks: A 1930s Childhood in Bognor and a Little Local History, by Michael Alford, published 1 January 2002 (352 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 186077234X & ISBN-13: 9781860772344) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

AA Street by Street: Chichester, Bognor Regis, Arundel, Littlehampton, Middleton-On-Sea, Angmering, Barnham, Bosham, East Wittering, Fontwell, Mid Lavant, North Mundham, Rustington, Selsey, Yapton , published 30 September 2002 (59 pp., AA Publishing, ISBN-10: 074953169X & ISBN-13: 9780749531690) accessible at: British Library

Geology of the Chichester and Bognor district : a brief explanation of the geological map sheet 317/332 Chichester and Bognor, by D. T. Aldiss abridged from the sheet description by A. A. Jackson, published December 2002 (ii + 30 pp., British Geological Survey, ISBN-10: 085272425X & ISBN-13: 9780852724255) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis Festival of Local History, by Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis, published 2003 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15383] & West Sussex Libraries

Martina Thomas 1925-1995 Painter, edited by Paul Foster, published 2003 (pamphlet, 96 pp., Chichester: University College, ISBN-10: 0948765933 & ISBN-13: 9780948765933) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15068] & West Sussex Libraries

Crime and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Bognor, by Michael A. H. Gowler, published 2003 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14914]

The Gentility of Glamis Street, Bognor: The First Fifty Five Years 1866-1922, by Margaret G. Gowler, published 1 March 2003 (ii + 132 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0953171116 & ISBN-13: 9780953171118) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

A haven for the blind: The Russell Hotel in Bognor Regis, West Sussex is a specially adapted hotel for blind and partially-sighted, by A. Don, published May 2003 in Hotel & restaurant magazine (article, pp.25-28)

Bognor Regis Local History Society. Celebrating 25 Years 1979-2004, A Selection of Newsletter Articles, by Ron Iden, published 2004 (Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745588 & ISBN-13: 9780950745589) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Portraits and Persia: Bookplates and Bognor, by Timothy J. McCann, published 2004 in Opusculum; Edward Heron-Allen Symposium; London (article, Heron Allen Society)

Tree trunks, Bronze Age remains and an ancient channel exposed on the foreshore at Bognor Regis, West Sussex, by Michael J. Allen, David A. Bone, Charlotte Matthews & Roger G. Scaife, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, article, pp.7-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Exceptionally violent storms in January 1998 exposed numerous scattered tree trunks and the snaking course of an ancient channel on the foreshore at Bognor Regis. Records of previous antiquarian and archaeological studies, particularly the discovery of a 'submerged forest', had already highlighted the foreshore as an area of importance. The remains of waterlogged trees and prehistoric finds have been found since the mid-19th century along the edge of the former course of the Aldingbourne Rife, now a small river which divides Bognor Regis from Felpham. These remains and the fills of the ancient channel have only occasionally been exposed on the beach at low tides, following the removal of beach sand and gravels by storms. The tree trunks and branches were radiocarbon dated to the Early Bronze Age. Bronze Age activity in the form of pottery, worked flints and a fence line were found along the western side of the ancient channel. Pollen evidence and dendrochronological analysis suggest that there had been a wood in the area, its demise being due to rising relative sea levels.

Memories of Bognor Regis and Chichester: Personal Recollections - 1930s to 1960s - Illustrated with Vintage Photographs, Postcards and Memorabilia: A Personal History, by Sylvia Olliver, published 1 December 2004 (120 pp., Woodfield Publishing, ISBN-10: 1903953499 & ISBN-13: 9781903953495) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

It Started With A Map: The story of a forgotten World War Two advanced landing ground in Bognor Regis, long since returned to agriculture., by Sylvia Endacott, published 2005 (published by the author, ISBN-10: 1933570997 & ISBN-13: 9781933570990) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15471] & West Sussex Libraries

Lyon Street and William Street, Bognor, by Margaret G. Gowler, published 2005 (booklet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15382] & West Sussex Libraries

Streets of Sussex, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 2005 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711031355 & ISBN-13: 9780711031357) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The latest title in the very successful 'Streets of' series. The book is an excellent pictorial record to the changing streetscape of Sussex over the years and covers the entire county of Sussex with particular emphasis on the major centres of population such as Brighton, Hastings, Eastbourne, Uckfield, East Grinstead, Lewes and Bognor Regis.

Some notable Bognor families, by Vincent Ticker, published June 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 6, article, pp.268-276) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508839] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thompsons, Stracheys, Harvie, and Travers were prominent families in Bognor in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Restoration of Bersted Crossing footbridge, BognorRegis, by A. Macfarlane, published 2006 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Bridge engineering (vol. 159, issue 3, article, pp.93-96)

Excavation of a Mesolithic occupation site and a Saxon building to the rear of Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex , by Greg Priestley-Bell, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.51-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A small-scale excavation was undertaken in November 2001, following evaluation of the site in July of the same year. Mesolithic features and flintwork were identified, including evidence for a possible structure. Neolithic/Bronze Age and Roman activity was also represented within the finds assemblages and a single Roman feature identified. A Saxon building associated with late sixth- to early/mid seventh-century pottery provides important evidence for the Early-Mid Saxon period.

Excavations at the former site of Tribe's Yard, Bersted Street, Bognor Regis, West Sussex , by Simon Stevens, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.115-127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A small-scale excavation was undertaken at the site during March and early April 2002, following an evaluation in December of the previous year. Despite heavy modern truncation, a group of features ranging in date from the Middle Saxon (AD 650 - 750) to later medieval periods were excavated and recorded. The finds assemblages from all represented periods were small and the recovered environmental evidence was limited. However, the discovery of rare Middle Saxon remains was of particular significance.

Reflections of Bognor Regis, by Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis, published 30 April 2007 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752442996 & ISBN-13: 9780752442990) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis is today a thriving but relaxing seaside resort. Illustrated with over 200 images this fascinating book depicts the growth and changes to the town and its surrounding villages from its earliest origins up to the 1970s. Bognor was founded in 1787 by Sir Richard Hotham who was looking for an area for his retirement. His legacy lives on in the town where he was instrumental in the development of splendid Georgian buildings. King George V bestowed the name Regis to the town when he convalesced there in 1929 as recognition of the ambience, facilities and general well-being he enjoyed in and around the area. As well as having one of the oldest piers in Britain the town is known for Billy Butlin and the impact he made to bring bucket-lads of holiday makers to the resort. Visitors and residents old and new will take equal pleasure in reading this book at leisure, looking at the people and the buildings over the centuries that have made Bognor Regis what it is today.

Royal Norfolk Hotel: A Jewel in Bognor's Crown, by Susan Kidd, published 2008 (x + 97 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0956060102 & ISBN-13: 9780956060105) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Aldwick End, 262 Hawthorne Road, Bognor Regis (NGR: SZ92029933) - evaluation report, by Steve Ford, published July 2008 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Bognor Regis Warrior Burial, published December 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 116, article, pp.7-8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations conducted by Thames Valley Archaeology Services at North Bersted, near Bognor Regis, West Sussex, in June 2008 revealed an accompanied adult male inhumation burial of Late Iron Age date.

Bedford Street and John Street : history of these two streets, by Margaret G. Gowler, published 2009 (v + 119 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published May 2009 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 43 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage)   Download PDF

Bognor Regis: buildings of interest: three walks to introduce both visitors and residents to some of the buildings and features of principal interest in Bognor Regis, by Ron Iden, published 29 August 2010 (revised edition, ii + 50 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745502 & ISBN-13: 9780950745503) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

An Elegant Watering Place: Royal and Aristocratic Visitors to, and Residents of Bognor Regis and Aldwick from 1790 to 1980s, by Sheila Smith, published 1 February 2011 (24 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0956647014 & ISBN-13: 9780956647016) accessible at: British Library

Butlin's: 75 Years of Fun!, by Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis, published 1 March 2011 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752458639 & ISBN-13: 9780752458632) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

After successfully developing a series of funfairs, Billy Butlin progressed to opening holiday centres and hotels across the UK to provide families with an inexpensive but entertaining holiday. Over the years these centres first expanded and then declined in number due to changes in our preferences for types of holiday. Now boasting spa hotels, the resorts are very different from the chalets of yesteryear. However, the original slogan 'Our True Intent is all for Your Delight' is fondly remembered by all of the original holidaymakers, whether they enjoyed one trip to a holiday centre or still make an annual pilgrimage with their families.
This nostalgic selection of images, many published here for the first time, illustrates the history of the various camps and hotels, including all of the things we associate with this most British of establishments. From Redcoats to water worlds, and from the Glamorous Grandmothers competitions to National Talent contests, this book provides an enjoyable and nostalgic trip down memory lane for all who know and love Butlin's, allowing us a glimpse into the social history of this quintessential British holiday.

The Cinemas of Bognor Regis Revisited, by Brian Hornsey, published 10 May 2011 (14 pp., Fuchsiaprint, ISBN-10: 1905855869 & ISBN-13: 9781905855865) accessible at: British Library

Bognor Regis, a Brief History, published 1 July 2011 (reprint of 2008 edition, 20 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0956647022 & ISBN-13: 9780956647023) accessible at: British Library

Fishermen of Bognor, Felpham and Pagham, by Sheila Smith, published 1 February 2012 (48 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0956647049 & ISBN-13: 9780956647047) accessible at: British Library

Bognor Regis: Then & Now, by Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis, published 1 October 2012 (96 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 075248284X & ISBN-13: 9780752482842) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Transformed by Sir Richard Hotham to a seaside resort in the 18th century, Bognor Regis is one of the most well known seaside towns in the entire British Isles. This new title from renowned local authors Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis delves deep into the town's past, comparing rare archive photographs of Bognor's most famous locations over the last 200 years to the same scenes of today, showing how much or how little has changed. From Hotham Park House and The Ship Inn to the Esplanade Theatre and Waterloo Square, Bognor Regis Then & Now captures the essence of the town and its people, detailing the evolution of the town over the years in a comprehensive and unique new way. With detailed and informative captions accompanying each pairing of photographs, this evocative new volume will awaken nostalgic memories for all who know and love this iconic seaside resort.

An interesting selection of old postcards and photographs, old and new, form the backbone of this book. The two authors both worked at Butlins and are longstanding members of the Local History Society. Sylvia Endacott has also written a separate book about Butlins. Subject matters include shopping streets and squares, prominent buildings such as Hotham Park House, inns, churches, bus and rail stations and the Pier. The outlying areas of Aldwick, Pagham, Felpham, Elmer and Bersted also get a mention. The street scenes depicted on the old postcards and sepia photos are real period pieces and help to show how the town has changed over the last 150 years-not necessarily for the better! A worthwhile addition to the large number of local history books about Bognor Regis.

On the track of Bognor's lost medieval chapel, by Ron Iden, published 2013 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 81, article, p.9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/81] & The Keep [LIB/507838]

Resort 1: Butlin's Bognor Regis, by Anna Fox, published 1 November 2013 (104 pp., Schilt Publishing, ISBN-10: 9053308032 & ISBN-13: 9789053308035) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

For two years British photographer Anna Fox documented holiday culture at the iconic Butlin's resort in the seaside town of Bognor Regis, West Sussex. The work marked the 75th anniversary of this leisure brand, and provided a unique insight into contemporary British holiday culture. Butlin's is a British institution and an established cultural phenomenon, with a very particular character, history and identity. Having attracted tens-of-millions of holidaymakers since its creation in 1936, the popularity of Butlin's peaked in the 1970s, but today it remains a thriving centre for family holidays and themed leisure breaks.

Bognor's rocks: a geological guide, by David Bone, published 2014 (25 pp., Chichester: Limanda Publishing, ISBN-10: 0956201822 & ISBN-13: 9780956201829) accessible at: British Library

Edward Bryant Primary School, London Road, Bognor Regis (NGR: SZ93709955) - watching brief report, by Andy Taylor, published January 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

A 1950s Holiday in Bognor Regis, by Sylvia Endacott and Shirley Lewis, published 1 April 2014 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752499122 & ISBN-13: 9780752499123) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis is situated on the south coast of Britain, overlooking the English Channel. On 18 January 1787 the resort's founder, Sir Richard Hotham, laid the first stone marking the town as a 'public bathing place', a description that Bognor Regis has enjoyed ever since. The lure of the sea and the town's regular appearance at the top of the national sunshine league continues to draw people from towns and cities. Throughout the decades, seaside holidays have changed to reflect current fashions. Bognor Regis has been no different; rather like the ebb and flow of the tide, visitor numbers have risen, fallen and risen again according to the various fashions of the day. Accessibility by train from London was a major contributor to the number of visitors in the resort's early years. Coaches and Sunday school outings then came into prominence, followed eventually by the arrival of the car. As leisure time and money became more plentiful, a Sunday outing was replaced by a week at the seaside, then a fortnight's break. Recalling Macari's delicious ice cream, the divers leaping off the pier, and children building sandcastles as their parents sat in deckchairs in suits and summer dresses, this book relives the glory days of 1950s Bognor Regis. With many pictures published here for the first time, this book is sure to bring back happy memories for both visitors and residents of this popular seaside town.

Bognor in the Great War, by Clifford Mewett, published 3 September 2014 (176 pp., Pen & Sword Military, ISBN-10: 1783462825 & ISBN-13: 9781783462827) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Bognor at the time of the Great War was a small seaside town, quiet in winter but full of visitors in the summer. At that time it was barely one hundred and thirty years old, developed from a hamlet by Sir Richard Hotham, a hatter, who wanted to create his own purpose built bathing resort, to attract the nobility to take the sea air and as a rival to other towns along the Sussex coast. rnrnIn 1911 the population of Bognor had grown to a little over eight thousand, of whom around eleven hundred men answered the call in 1914, around a third of whom never returned. The book tells their stories, not in alphabetical Roll of Honour order, but in real time as it happened. It also takes a close look at those who fought and returned to Bognor, albeit with some badly injured, facing the future carrying the scars of four years fighting. Also included are the local villages of Aldwick, North and South Bersted and Felpham.rnrnWartime life in Bognor has also been included, how the town coped from the influx of Belgian refugees in 1914, a look at the various voluntary organisations, recruitment, invasion fears, conscientious objectors, tribunals, lighting restrictions, Zeppelins, food shortages and the victory celebrations. rnrnQueen Victoria, who stayed at Bognor as a child, once referred to it in later life as 'dear little Bognor'. Some eighty years later 'dear little Bognor' flexed her muscles as her young men marched to war.

This is a good example of what can emerge from newspapers, in this case The Bognor Observer and the West Sussex Gazette. The opening includes the way in which horses were requisitioned in large numbers, their owners sad to see them go and in some instances struggling to make a living. Bognor's summer season struggled along and as in Brighton and Eastbourne the visitors and the resort's role as a centre for the injured were both accommodated. Illustrated with over thirty contemporary black and white photographs.

Doors of Opportunity: Bognor Regis Emergency Teacher Training College (1946-50) and on into the Future, by Barbara J. Smith, published 1 November 2014 (170 pp., University of Chichester, ISBN-10: 1907852301 & ISBN-13: 9781907852305) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

St. Wilfrid's church and its predecessors back to St. Wilfrid's time in Sussex: a brief history, by Peter Green and John Hawkins, published 2015 (56 pp., St. Wilfrid's Church, Bognor) accessible at: British Library

Greater Bognor before Hotham, 6000BC to 1779, by Roger Wardale, published 2015 (Bognor Museum) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Resort 2: Butlin's Bognor Regis, by Anna Fox, published 15 April 2015 (104 pp., Schilt Publishing, ISBN-10: 9053308407 & ISBN-13: 9789053308400) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Resort 2 observes a very different kind of holiday, the themed adult breaks, taking place about once every six weeks inside this very British setting.

Bognor Regis Defended: The Anti Invasion Defences at Bognor Regis in World War Two, Pagnam -Bognor - Felpham - Middleton , by John F. Wells, published 1 January 2016 (92 pp., J.F.W. Publications, ISBN-10: 0993504108 & ISBN-13: 9780993504105) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Bognor and the GPO, by Tom Gillespie and Cliff Mewett, published 31 May 2016 (124 pp., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN-10: 1530834511 & ISBN-13: 9781530834518) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Post Office in Bognor has had a long and colourful history; from the days a postman walked from Chichester to deliver the mail to the 1960s and more modern times. Also included are the histories of the many Sub-Post Offices which served the town, many now long gone. Carefully researched by the authors and accompanied by many photographs, this publication will be of interest to those who enjoy local history as well as postal historians.

The Street Names of Bognor Regis, Bersted and Aldwick: An Historical Gazetteer , by Ron Iden, published 1 August 2016 (168 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0953089312 & ISBN-13: 9780953089314) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Wartime in Bognor Regis, 1939-1945, A Personal View, by Eric Huntingdon, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12453]