Bibliography - Catsfield, Rother District, East Sussex
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Parish of Catsfield, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.541-542) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Catsfield, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.95-96, 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 Catsfield, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Twisley Wood in Catsfield , by Herbert Blackman, published August 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 3, note, pp.91-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans XXX: St. Lawrence, Catsfield, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, article, pp.144-145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sussex ?Bishop's Transcripts? of Baptisms, Marriages & Burials for:-Angmering, Berwick, Catsfield, Chichester, etc, compiled by W. H. Challen, published 1944 accessible at: British Library

Catsfield Furnace: a new discovery, by John Upton, published 1981 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 1, article, pp.16-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

A 'Furnace Field' is mentioned in a Bexhill Manor document of 1567. The site (TQ 732114) lies on the same stream as, and almost halfway between, Potman's and Buckholt Forges.
Subsequent use of the area was the erection of a corn watermill at TQ 734115.
Wm. Gardner's map of Sussex 1795 shows the watermill pond in water, with the pond covering the furnace site. Remnants of a bay are still visible behind and to the side of the watermill building. Budgen's Map of 1724 shows no sign of either a pond or a mill, whilst the Ordnance map of 1813 again shows no sign of a pond. These map references seem to provide evidence of the dates of the watermill.

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Hollington, Bexhill, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Westfield, Sedlescombe and Ewhurst, by June C Barnes, published March 1987 (vol. 6, booklet, 92 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-13: 9781870264051) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503432] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Catsfield to Wagga Wagga, by Valda Hudson, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.76-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Tom Jones, son of John & Phyllis Jones, who emigrated to Australia with wife and children and covers the years 1775 - 1908 in the parish of Cowhurst and Wagga Wagga.

Religious Survey 1851 - Battle district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.18-27, 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

Battle district incl. Hollington, Bexhill, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Westfield, Sedlescombe, Ewhurst, Whatlington, Mountfield, Brightling, Dallington, Penhurst & Ashburnham

Catsfield - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, p.51, 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

"You can go back Two Hundred Years quite simple, can't you?", by Vincent Tickner, published September 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 7, article, pp.273-280) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

"A Sussex Life - The Memories of Gilbert Sargent, Countryman" edited by Dave Arthur is the starting point of this article which traces the ancestry of Gilbert Sargent (1889-1982) of Catsfield back to Solomon Sargent (c.1741-1827).

The Blackmans of Hooe, Ninfield & Catsfield, by John Edward Martin, published 2000 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503980] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

AA Street by Street: Hastings, Battle, Bexhill, Rye, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Fairlight, Guestling Green, Icklesham, Ninfield, Sedlescombe, Westfield, Winchelsea, published 2002 (59 pp., AA Publishing, ISBN-10: 0749531770 & ISBN-13: 9780749531775) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Life in Catsfield, 1800-1910, by Don Phillips, published 2002 (92 pp., History on our Doorstep) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502616] & East Sussex Libraries

Field Notes: A bloomery in Catsfield, 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

A Rich Man in his Castle, by Simon Wright, published 2009 (61 pp., Society of Bexhill Museums Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503950] & East Sussex Libraries

The history of the Brassey family of Normanhurst, Catsfield

Catsfield, St. Laurence - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.67-68, 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

The Blackmans of Hooe, Ninfield & Catsfield - a new supplement, by J. E. Martin, published 2014 (34 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507837][Lib/503979] & British Library

Field Notes: A Late-Iron Age/Romano-British bloomery at Catsfield, East Sussex, published 2015 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 35, report, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509144]   Download PDF

Bronze Age barrows in the High Weald: excavations at Potman's Lane, East Sussex, by Tom Munnery, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.31-42)