Bibliography - Coombes, Adur District, West Sussex
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Parish of Coombes, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, p.230) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Coombe (or Coombes), by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.120-121, 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 Coombes, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Notes on a Medieval Crucifix discovered at Coombes., by F. Haverfield, M.A., published 1890 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 37, notes & queries, pp.188-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2122] & The Keep [LIB/500255] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Wall Paintings at Coombes, Sussex, by E. Clive Rouse, F.S.A., published May 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 6 & 7, article, pp.121-123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans XCIII: Parish Church of Coombes, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published May 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 6, article, pp.126-127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Guide to the Church of Coombes, by Francis W. Steer, published 1966 (Sussex Churches no. 36, pamphlet, Sussex Historic Churches Trust) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6304] & West Sussex Libraries

The Early Wall Paintings in Coombes Church, Sussex, and their Iconography, by Clive Rouse and Audrey Baker, published 1979 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 136, article, pp.218-228)   View Online

The West End of Coombes Church, by W. D. Park, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, archaeological note, pp.382-383) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Coombes, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1980 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 6, part 1: Southern part of the Rape of Bramber, pp.215-219, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227538 & ISBN-13: 9780197227534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7542][Lib 7543] & The Keep [LIB/500085] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Things Unseen and Forgotten, Farming Life in Two Sussex Downland Hamlets: Botolphs and Coombes, 1614-1757, by Janet Pennington, published 1983 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Written for the Diploma in English Local History 1982-1983 at Portsmouth Polytechnic, Department of Historical and Literary Studies

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

Botolphs and Coombes in the Adur Valley, by Janet Pennington, published January 1984 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 27, article, pp.8-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/27] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Botolphs and Coombes in the Adur Valley: an incomplete history, by Janet Pennington, published 1988 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10055]

Religious Survey 1851 - Steyning district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.107-117, 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

Steyning district incl. Shoreham, Hove, Preston, Patcham, West Blatchington, Hangleton, Portslade, Southwick, Kingston-by-Sea, Sompting, Coombs, Buttolphs, Upper Beeding, Edburton, Poynings, Woodmancote, Henfield, Ashurst & Shermanbury

Census transcriptions and master surname index for Coombes, West Sussex for the years 1841-1891, by Marion Woolgar, published c.1994 (4 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Coombes - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.99, 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

Coombes parish register transcript, 1538-1918, published 2009 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17131]

Parish church treasures. Groaning under the load [Parish Church, Coombes, West Sussex], by John Goodall, published 28 October 2015 in Country Life (vol. 209 no. 44, article, p.36)

The Peacock Family of Coombes, by Rosemary Cook, published December 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 8, article, p.366) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509026]

Did One Daughter Die On The Lusitania?
My great-grandparents Peter PEACOCK and Elizabeth Ann STREETER married on 2nd November 1874 in Shipley Parish Church. They had ten children: Mary Jane b. 1877, Fanny b.1878, Ellen b. 1881, Stephen b. 1882, Alice b. 1885, twins Bertha & Mabel b. 1888, Annie b. 1891, Elizabeth b. 1893 and my grandfather Harry b. 1896.

Coombes Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW104, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1538-1907, Banns 1756-1810, Marriages 1542-1652, 1673-1905 and Burials 1538-1918. Indexed Transcription. Includes 31 photographs. Vol.104.

Adur Valley and Brighton & Hove - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C008, CD-ROM)

Aldrington, Botolphs, Brighton (9), Coombes, Edburton, Kingston Buci, Lancing, Hangleton (2), Hove (2), Newtimber, Patcham, Poynings, Pycombe, Old Shoreham, Southwick (5), Steyning (4),West Blatchington, and Wiston,