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Parish of Clayton, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.239-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Clayton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.115-117, 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 Clayton, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode) View Online
Description of the Mural Paintings at the Churches of Clayton and Rotherfield, Sussex, by Charles E. Keyser, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, article, pp.211-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Roman Road to Portslade. Selsfield Place to Clayton, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published August 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 3, article, pp.69-72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library
Hoard of Celts from Clayton Hill, by Dr. Eliot Curwen, published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, notes & queries, pp.204-206, , reprinted from The Antiquaries Journal) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library
Hoard of celts from Sussex, by Eliot Curwen, published January 1929 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 9 issue 1, note, pp.42-43) View Online
Clayton Hill hoard of Celts, by Unknown, published April 1929 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 9 issue 2, note, p.152) View Online
Sussex Church Plans XIII: St. John the Baptist, Clayton, by P. M. Johnston, published May 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 6, article, p.186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library
Historic Houses of Sussex - Hammonds Place, Clayton, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 11, article, pp.693-698) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]
Parish of Clayton, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.140-144, 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
Matsfield Arms Inn, Clayton, by S.N.Q. Contributor, published February 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 1, query, p.28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library
Clayton Wall Paintings, by Unknown, published February 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 1, reply, p.20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library
A Sussex Highway (Lewes to Clayton), by Ruth Cobb, published 1946 (59 pp., London: Epworth Press) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Twelfth century paintings at Hardham and Clayton, by Clive Bell and photographed by Hemut Gernsheim, published 1947 (20 pp. & 40 leaves of plates, Lewes: Miller's Press) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries
The Wall Paintings in the Church of St John the Baptist, Clayton, by Audrey M. Baker, published 1970 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 108, article, pp.58-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2193] & The Keep [LIB/500321] & S.A.S. library
From the Grave to the Cradle: Centenarian Reminiscences Inspired by a Clayton MI, by F. M. Avery, published September 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 6, article, pp.200-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Burgess Hill Brickworks and Potteries, by Frederic M. Avery, published September 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.40-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Includes a genealogical table showing the connections between the Avery, Gravett and Norman families who were engaged in pottery and brickmaking in the area and in Clayton, Keymer, Ditchling, Chailey from 1812
Clayton Windmills (Jack and Jill). I - History, by M. Brunnarius, published 1980 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 10, article, pp.8-18) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:Three windmills are known to have stood on the rising down above Clayton Village: the original Duncton post mill, Jill post mill and the tower mill known as Jack. (Members will know that Jill is the subject of restoration work involving the combined efforts of an SIAS group, the Mid Sussex District Council and E. Hole and Son of Burgess Hill).
In September 1765 an indenture was made between Viscount Montague and Edward Oram of Clayton which read: "Lease all that part of ground near to Duncton Gate on which a windmill has been lately erected by the son of the said Viscount and contained in the whole by five rods every way for a term of 99 years." Mr. Oram's mill came to be known as Dungate or Duncton mill and is first shown on Yeakell and Gardner's map of 1780. A sale notice in 1816 described this as "a substantial built post mill carrying 2 pairs of stones." She was brought into the wind by hand using a tailpole and talthur as is Nutley post mill today.
In September 1765 an indenture was made between Viscount Montague and Edward Oram of Clayton which read: "Lease all that part of ground near to Duncton Gate on which a windmill has been lately erected by the son of the said Viscount and contained in the whole by five rods every way for a term of 99 years." Mr. Oram's mill came to be known as Dungate or Duncton mill and is first shown on Yeakell and Gardner's map of 1780. A sale notice in 1816 described this as "a substantial built post mill carrying 2 pairs of stones." She was brought into the wind by hand using a tailpole and talthur as is Nutley post mill today.
Clayton Windmills (Jack and Jill). II - Restoration, by J. S. F. Blackwell, published 1980 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 10, article, pp.18-23) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:The following is a personal view of the formation and first year's activities of the Jack and Jill Preservation Society of which the author is the Vice Chairman.
In 1958 Mr. Henry Longhurst, owner of Jack and Jill windmills, entered into an agreement with the then Cuckfield Rural District Council, whereby he conveyed the ownership of Jill Mill and a circle of ground, 36 ft in diameter, upon which it stood. In 1966 a similar agreement was reached concerning Jack Mill. The council then became responsible for the maintenance of both Mills.
In the winter of 1977/8 a thorough inspection and report on the fabric of the mills was made by Mr. A. D. Chamberlain, C. Eng., M.I.C.E., the District Engineer of the Mid-Sussex District Council, successor to the old Cuckfield R. D. C. He realised that major repairs were urgently required and that neither the District Council nor the County Council, from whom a small annual maintenance grant was received, would have the necessary finance to undertake such a project. During the course of the next few months he evolved the idea of a Preservation Society which would raise Money to enable the work to be undertaken professionally and conceived the plan that the best way of preservation was by complete restoration to working order of Jill Mill. A meeting was called in May 1978 between officers of the Mid-Sussex D. C., County Coucillors, Parish councillors from Hassocks and Keymer and representatives of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society. Representatives of the latter were Frank Gregory, a man of very extensive windmill knowledge and a collaborator in many restoration projects, Phillip Spells, an architectural Assistant, and writer, and subsequently another member, Martin Brunnarius, Sussex windmill historian and engineer. At this meeting it was agreed to produce a survey report to see if it was possible to restore Jill, using a mixture of volunteer and professional labour, so that she would grind again.
In 1958 Mr. Henry Longhurst, owner of Jack and Jill windmills, entered into an agreement with the then Cuckfield Rural District Council, whereby he conveyed the ownership of Jill Mill and a circle of ground, 36 ft in diameter, upon which it stood. In 1966 a similar agreement was reached concerning Jack Mill. The council then became responsible for the maintenance of both Mills.
In the winter of 1977/8 a thorough inspection and report on the fabric of the mills was made by Mr. A. D. Chamberlain, C. Eng., M.I.C.E., the District Engineer of the Mid-Sussex District Council, successor to the old Cuckfield R. D. C. He realised that major repairs were urgently required and that neither the District Council nor the County Council, from whom a small annual maintenance grant was received, would have the necessary finance to undertake such a project. During the course of the next few months he evolved the idea of a Preservation Society which would raise Money to enable the work to be undertaken professionally and conceived the plan that the best way of preservation was by complete restoration to working order of Jill Mill. A meeting was called in May 1978 between officers of the Mid-Sussex D. C., County Coucillors, Parish councillors from Hassocks and Keymer and representatives of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society. Representatives of the latter were Frank Gregory, a man of very extensive windmill knowledge and a collaborator in many restoration projects, Phillip Spells, an architectural Assistant, and writer, and subsequently another member, Martin Brunnarius, Sussex windmill historian and engineer. At this meeting it was agreed to produce a survey report to see if it was possible to restore Jill, using a mixture of volunteer and professional labour, so that she would grind again.
Late Bronze Age Hoard found near Clayton Windmills, by Caroline Dudley, published April 1980 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 30, article, p.201, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
The Lewes Group of Wall Paintings in Sussex, by David Park, published 1984 (offprint) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9093]
Clayton, Coombes, Hardham, Plumpton and Westmeston
Hexagonal Heavenly Cities at Clayton and Plumpton, by John Edwards, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, historical note, pp.263-265) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library
East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Slaugham, Bolney, Cowfold, Albourne, Newtimber, Pyecombe, Twineham, Hurstpierpoint, Clayton & Keymer, by June C. Barnes, published 1991 (vol. 20, booklet, 112 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264193 & ISBN-13: 9781870264198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11189] & The Keep [LIB/503434] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Clayton Tunnel Disaster, by R. C. Grant, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.171-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The story of the disaster when three trains all reached the Clayton Tunnel at the same time around 8:30 am on 25 August 1861
A Fieldwalking survey at Mill Lane, Clayton, West Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, shorter article, pp.175-181) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library View Online
Clayton, St. John the Baptist - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.78-79, 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
Parish church treasures. Painted splendour [at St John the Baptist, Clayton], by John Goodall, published 30 September 2015 in Country Life (vol. 209 no. 40, article, p.62)
The Wall Paintings of Clayton Church, Sussex, by H. C. Loasby, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9217]
Clayton Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW58, CD-ROM)
Abstract:Baptisms 1601-1888, Banns 1823-1901, Marriages 1601-1902 and Burials 1601-1902. Indexed Transcription. Includes 36 photographs - some photos of the wall paintings. Vol.58.
1841 Census vol.21 - Slaugham area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCW, CD-ROM)