Bibliography - Cocking, Chichester District, West Sussex
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Parish of Cocking, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Chichester, p.96) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Cocking, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.118-119, 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 Cocking, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Cocking and its Church, by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., published 1921 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 78, article, pp.174-204)   View Online

The Parish Register of Cocking, Sussex, 1558-1837, edited by W. H. Challen, published 1927 (147 pp., London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8246] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Cocking Feet of Fines, 1509-1759, by W. H. Challen, published August 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 3, note, pp.87-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

West Dean to Chilgrove and Cocking, by Raymond C. Chandler, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.518-521) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Historic Houses of Sussex - The Manor Farm, Cocking, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 9, article, pp.552-556) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Crypt Farm, Cocking, by W. D. P. [W. D. Peckham], published November 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 4, note, pp.91-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Cocking, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, pp.43-47, 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

Ancient Church Bells at Cocking, Heyshott, Graffham and Duncton, by Frederick T. Barrett, published 1956 (pamphlet, 11 pp., Brighton: Dolphin Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4624] & East Sussex Libraries

Crypt Farm, Cocking, by W. H. Challen, published November 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 2, article, pp.49-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Field Notes: Cocking Foundry, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1989 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 9, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

Religious Survey 1851 - Midhurst district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.173-182, 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

Midhurst district incl. Woolavington, Tillington, Lodsworth, Selham, Cocking, Woolbeding, Easebourne, Fernhurst, Lurgashall, North Chapel, Linchmere, Linch, Harting, Stedham, Iping, Chithurst, Terwick & Rogate

Cocking Church, West Sussex: A Short Guide and History, by Peter Leicester, published 1998 (pamphlet, Cocking Parochial Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13719] & West Sussex Libraries

Cocking - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.97-98, 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

Cocking Lime Works, by Ron Martin, published 2003 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 33, article, pp.23-31, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506531]   Download PDF

This survey was stimulated by the article by George Cloke published in Sussex Industrial History 30 (2000) on the history of the Midhurst Whites Brickworks. Cocking was the source of lime which was one of the constituent materials for the manufacture of sand lime bricks.

A Short History of Cocking, by Cocking History Group, published 31 March 2005 (146 pp., Studio Gallery Publications, ISBN-10: 0954235711 & ISBN-13: 9780954235710) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15357] & West Sussex Libraries

Get to know our outlying villages - Cocking, by Naomi Barnett, published December 2005 in Midhurst Society Newsletter (Issue No 12, article, pp.5-5, September 2005, Midhurst Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16356]

A short history of Cocking, plus an update on facililities and life in the village at the beginning of the 21st century.

Farming Then and Now, by Aubrey Marks, published October 2006 in Midhurst Heritage (No 6, article, pp.10-10, Autumn 2006, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16354]

Eighty years of changes in farming, as remembered by Aubrey Marks, born 1926, and a retired Cowdray tenant.

Cocking War Memorial, by David Earley, published April 2014 in Midhurst Magazine (No 19, article, pp.5-6, Spring 2014, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16355]

Cocking War Memorial: WW1 and WW2. Includes a number of local family names, but not a list of inscriptions.

Lives Behind the Names., published September 2018 in Midhurst Magazine (No 28, article, pp.11-17, Autumn 2018, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16355]

Research on a number of local Midhurst (and surrounding areas) people killed in WWI and WWII who are commemorated on local war memorials.

Cocking Church, by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4880]

Cocking Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW146, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1559-1901, Banns 1796-1812 1825-1882, Marriages 1558-1900 & Burials 1558-1903. Indexed Transcription. Vol.146