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Parish of Crowhurst, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.432-434) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
On the Remains of the Ancient Manor House at Crowhurst, by Alexander Nesbit, published 1854 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 7, article, pp.44-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2092] & The Keep [LIB/500226] & S.A.S. library View Online
Early History of the Manor of Crowhurst, by W. S. Walford, published 1854 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 7, article, pp.49-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2092] & The Keep [LIB/500226] & S.A.S. library View Online
Crowhurst, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.125-127, 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 Crowhurst, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode) View Online
A Sussex Yew Tree, by Rev. J. P. Bacon-Phillips, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.216-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Geology of the country around Crowhurst, Sussex. Weald Research Committee Report No. 4, by G. S. Sweeting, F.G.S., published 1925 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 36 issue 4, article, pp.406-418) View Online
Abstract:This paper embodies the results of a geological survey of the country around Crowhurst, Sussex. The area examined is approximately 12 square miles in extent, forming part of I-inch sheet 5 (O.S.), and constituting roughly the eastern half of the 6-inch Ordnance sheet, 57 Sussex. It extends from Battle on the north to Crowhurst on the south, and from Crowhurst Park on the east to Catsfield on the west, Crowhurst being about 4½ miles from the coast towns of Bexhill and Hastings.
Apart from the structural problems germane to the study of any portion of the Central Weald, the chief interest of this area lies in the marked lithological variation characteristic of each member of the Hastings Sands here exposed, so much so that - for the Wadhurst Clay at least - the area constitutes a type locality for the South Weald. Accordingly the trend of this paper is mainly stratigraphical and petrological, structural details being left over for the time being until the wider area has been surveyed and continuity with the coastal structures to the south established.
The names of Tapley, Fitton and Mantell may be recalled as some of the earlier contributors to the investigation of the stratigraphy of this part of the Weald, chiefly by reason of their discoveries of some of the first fossil remains of the huge reptiles which formerly lived in the area.
The country is undulating in character, with parallel ridges usually striking W.N.W. - E.S.E., broken by transverse troughlike depressions, thus presenting a series of picturesque and often unexpected features over comparatively short distances. This type of scenery - which is so characteristic of the central and southern portions of the Weald - owes its origin to no small extent to the varying degrees of hardness of the Wealden rocks, particularly the Wadhurst Clay, and to their folding and faulting.
Apart from the structural problems germane to the study of any portion of the Central Weald, the chief interest of this area lies in the marked lithological variation characteristic of each member of the Hastings Sands here exposed, so much so that - for the Wadhurst Clay at least - the area constitutes a type locality for the South Weald. Accordingly the trend of this paper is mainly stratigraphical and petrological, structural details being left over for the time being until the wider area has been surveyed and continuity with the coastal structures to the south established.
The names of Tapley, Fitton and Mantell may be recalled as some of the earlier contributors to the investigation of the stratigraphy of this part of the Weald, chiefly by reason of their discoveries of some of the first fossil remains of the huge reptiles which formerly lived in the area.
The country is undulating in character, with parallel ridges usually striking W.N.W. - E.S.E., broken by transverse troughlike depressions, thus presenting a series of picturesque and often unexpected features over comparatively short distances. This type of scenery - which is so characteristic of the central and southern portions of the Weald - owes its origin to no small extent to the varying degrees of hardness of the Wealden rocks, particularly the Wadhurst Clay, and to their folding and faulting.
Halley's Comet, by J. P. Bacon Phillips, published November 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 4, note, p.125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library
Twenty-five Years a Master of Otter Hounds, by J. C. Bristow-Noble, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 8, article, pp.347-349) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]
The geological structure of the Ashburnham, Battle and Crowhurst districts (Sussex): With notes on the Wealden iron ore. Weald Research Committee Report, No. 10, by G. S. Sweeting, D.I.C., F.G.S., published 1930 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 41 issue 1, article, pp.44-52) View Online
Abstract:In 1925 the author published a paper on "The Geology of the Country around Crowhurst (Sussex) "; in this, attention was given to the stratigraphy and petrology of the main rock-types of that district, and the structural details were purposely excluded until a larger area (Ord. Surv. Sheet 57, Sussex), of which Crowhurst forms the eastern part, was surveyed. This has now been done and the final results are presented in this paper.
An African Culture in Sussex [at Crowhurst Park, Battle], by Ernest Straker, F.S.A., published August 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 7, article, pp.205-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library
East Belgic Pottery from Sussex [at Crowhurst Park], by C. M. Piggott, published November 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.231-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library
Sir Stephen Glynne's Notes on Churches, by the late V. J. Torr, published May 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 5, article, pp.162-166) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library
A Journey Remembered. An illustrated colour journey on the Bexhill-Sidley-Crowhurst branch line, by Paul Clark, published c.1980 (pamphlet) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Field Notes: Rackwell Gill, Crowhurst, Sussex, published 1985 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 5, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559] Download PDF
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.
Preview: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
District:Battle district incl. Hollington, Bexhill, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Westfield, Sedlescombe, Ewhurst, Whatlington, Mountfield, Brightling, Dallington, Penhurst & Ashburnham
Crowhurst - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.58-59, 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
Field Notes: Fore Wood bloomery, Crowhurst, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1993 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 13, report, pp.2-3, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560] Download PDF
Between the Lines: the follow up a Journey Remembered, by Paul Clark, published c.2000 (pamphlet)
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
Crowhurst, St. George - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.80-81, 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
Field Notes: Forewood, Crowhurst, East Sussex, published 2014 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 34, report, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509143] Download PDF