Bibliography - Ditchling, Lewes District, East Sussex
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Parish of Dithcheling, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.237-239) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ditchling, by Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, M.A., vicar of Ditchling, published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, article, pp.240-261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ditchling, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.136-139, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Monumental Inscriptions in Ditchling Church and Churchyard, by F. W. T. Attree, published 1878 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 28, article, pp.132-147) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2113] & The Keep [LIB/500246] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Errors in the Sussex Archaeological Collections: Vol 19 Otehall, Vol 21 Parochial History of Hollington, Vol 25 Pedigree of Turner and Vol 28 Monumental Inscriptions, Ditchling, by F. W. T. Attree, Lieut., R.E., published 1882 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 32, notes & queries, pp.213-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2117] & The Keep [LIB/500250] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Discovery at Ditchling, by Rev. Canon Carey H. Borrer, published 1888 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 36, notes & queries, p.242) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2121] & The Keep [LIB/500254] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Discovery in Ditchling Churchyard, by Rev. Canon Carey H. Borrer, published 1888 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 36, notes & queries, pp.242-243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2121] & The Keep [LIB/500254] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Some extracts from the Journal and Correspondence of Mr John Burgess of Ditchling, Sussex, 1785-1815, by John Sawyer, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, article, pp.131-161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The History of Ditchling in the county of Sussex, by H. Cheal and Arthur B. Packham, published 1901 (xii + 172 pp., Lewes: Lewes & South Counties Press Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503803] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ditchling, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XXI, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142]   View Online

A popular guide to Ditchling and neighbourhood for visitors, by H. Cheal, published 1907 (24 pp.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508008] & British Library

Catalogue of Books published by Douglas Pepler, Ditchling, Sussex, by H. D. C. Pepler, published 1918 (Ditchling: Douglas Pepler) accessible at: British Library

Round About a Sussex Village, by Frederick F. Wood, published 1921 (Hove: Combridges) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Valley Entrenchments West of Ditchling Road, by H. S. Toms, published 1924 in Brighton and Hove Archaeologist (article, pp.43-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6066]

Guide book of Ditchling. Illustrated with wood-cuts, published 1926 (16 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Village Drama in Sussex and the Ditchling Players, by Arthur Beckett, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 3, article, pp.114-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

General Baptists in Surrey and Sussex: 1, Lewes-Ditchling, published 1928 in Baptist Quarterly (4(2), article, pp.66-73)

Art in a Sussex Village, by J. C. Wright, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 8, article, pp.360-361) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Two Sussex Hand Presses, by Joan Firmin, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 10, article, pp.470-471) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

A Sussex lay preacher seeing camp meetings in America, published 1929 in Baptist Quarterly (4(7), article, pp.317-326)

Excavations at Ditchling Beacon, by D. A. Crow, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, notes & queries, pp.259-261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

Sussex from the Air. 9 - Some Hill Forts, by E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., F.S.A., published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 2, article, pp.130-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Sussex Church Plans XIV: St. Margaret, Ditchling, 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

The Poole Memorial in Ditchling Church , by Fane Lambarde, published August 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 7, article, pp.204-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

The Lady Anne of Cleves, by Frederick Harrison, F.S.A., published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 6, article, pp.375-378) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Fred Wood: The Ditchling Naturalist and his Museum, by Marcus Woodward, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 8, article, pp.491-496) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

A Wheelwright's Bill, by S.N.Q. contributor, published May 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 2, note, p.59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Ditchling, by M. E. Christie, F.R.Hist.S., Arthur Hill, M.A.,LL.B., Bridget Johnston, B.A. and H. D. C. Pepler, published 1937 (v + 114 pp., Ditchling: St Domonic's Press) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503804] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

John Burgess of Ditchling and America, by David McLean, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 10, article, pp.657-662; no. 11, pp.694-699) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

John Burgess of Ditchling: Extracts from his 'Jernel', by Walter H. Burgess, M.A., published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 9, article, pp.590-594; no. 10, pp.681-684) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

An Ancient Road near Ditchling Beacon, by H. S. Toms, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 12, article, pp.804-806) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Parish of Ditchling, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.102-109, 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

The Story of Ditchling, by Ditchling Church and Countryside Associationn, published 1946 accessible at: British Library

Ditchling Official Guide, published 1948 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508004]

Fragment of a Bronze Cauldron from Ditchling, by E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., M.B., F.S.A., published February 1948 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 1, article, pp.11-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

The History of the Old Meeting House, Ditchling. A Unitarian and Free Christian church of General Baptist foundation, by Florence Annabella Macrae, published 1950 (17 pp., Hurstpierpoint Press) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Guide to the Church of St. Margaret, Ditchling, by Walter H. Godfrey, C.B.E., F.S.A., published 1958 (pamphlet, Ditchling: Ditchling Parochial Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5963] & East Sussex Libraries

This is No. 21 in the Society's series of Church Guides and (as would be expected from the Editor's name) fully up to the very high standard of the previous Guides. In addition to the historical introduction and architectural description, there is a list of the "Fittings" (including a Communion Cup of 1567); and of the Monuments and Memorials (the oldest being to Thomas Turner 1671 with an illegible slab which may be to Constance Mawse 1598 and the fine wall monument to Henry Poole 1580) and of Rectors and Vicars (the earliest being in 1090) which indicates absentees and pluralists.

Saxon Burial near Ditchling Beacon, by W. M. and D. A. Peters, published May 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 1, note, pp.26-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Portrait of Ditchling, by Rosemary Pepler, published 1965 (8 pp., Ditchling: Ditchling Preservation Society Publications) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Continuing Slaughter, published March 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 8, article, p.250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Places, marriages, deaths, and burials are given for those mentioned earlier.  Article covers the years 1759 - 1840 in the parish of Ditchling

A Mesolithic Site at Lodge Hill, Ditchling, by Simon Garrett, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, note, p.326) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Romano-British Finds from Ditchling, by Simon Garrett, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, note, p.333) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

The Pardon Family of Street, Ditchling, Hailsham and Dallington, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 7, article, pp.228-233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A check-list of books, pamphlets, broadsheets, catalogues, posters, etc. printed by H. D. C. Pepler at Saint Dominic's Press, Ditchling, Sussex between the years A. 1916 and 1936, compiled by Brocard Sewell, published c.1979 (43 pp., Ditchling Press) accessible at: British Library

Three Private Presses: St.Dominic's Press, the Press of Edward Walters, St.Albert's Press, by Brocard Sewell, published 1 July 1979 (54 pp., Christopher Skelton, ISBN-10: 0950322628 & ISBN-13: 9780950322629) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

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.

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

A Sussex Prep School in the First World War, by John H. Bishop, published September 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 5, article, pp.150-153) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author's reminiscences of his time at Eastfield House, Ditchling

Ditchling Scout Group: An Illustrated History of Scouting in Ditchling 1912-1981, by Joe Mott, published 1981 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501578] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Eric Gill: man of flesh and spirit, by Malcolm Yorke, published 1981 (275 pp., London: Constable, ISBN-10: 0094637407 & ISBN-13: 9780094637405) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ditchling Workhouse, 1851, by Elizabeth Doff, published September 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.63-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Changing Scene in Ditchling c.1840-1910, by Elizabeth Doff, published September 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 2, article, pp.44-50) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Growing up in Ditchling, by Doris Hall, published 1985 (88 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733122 & ISBN-13: 9780904733129) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Trial Excavations at Ditchling Beacon, East Sussex, 1983, by David R. Rudling, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, pp.251-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

The Aylwins of Treyford with Ditchling, by R. A. Lever, published March 1985 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 5, article, pp.176-177) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Variant spellings of Aylwin include Aylewin, Allwyn, and Aylwine.  Article covers the years 1636 - 1815 in the parishes of Duncton and Stedham

A Stroll around Ditchling: Dawn to Dawn, by Doris M. Hall, published 1987 (69 pp., Lewes: Temple House, ISBN-13: 9780863322594) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10623] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An Iron Age Gold Coin Found at Ditchling, by David R. Rudling, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, archaeological note, p.238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

The Old Meeting House, Ditchling, by P. B. Evershed, published March 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 4, article, pp.130-131) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

An Iron Age Silver Coin found at Ditchling, by David R. Rudling, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, archaeological note, p.229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library

Working from both ends, by DonBurgess, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.39-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author uses Land Tax Assessment records to learn occupations and dwellings of his ancestor, John Burgess. Article covers the years 1785 - 1839 in the parish of Ditchling.

Fortunate Survivors, by Don Burgess, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, p.72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The diary of John Burgess of Ditchling

Bourn of Keymer, by P. B. Evershed, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, p.99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 21 May 1753 John Bourn was ordained a deacon at the General Baptist Meeting House in Ditchling. He died 3 August 1785 aged 80 leaving bequests to his wife Mary, their children and grandchildren. Article covers the years 1705 - 1840 in the parish of Keymer.

Early Victorian Ditchling, by Richard Morley, published 1989 (16 pp., Ditchling Museum) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502644] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Red roughs and copper kettles : a history of the Ditchling Horticultural Society, by Richard Morley, published 1990 (92 pp., Ditchling Horticultural Society, ISBN-10: 0951622307 & ISBN-13: 9780951622308) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502642] & University of Sussex Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Antiquarian Exploration and a Possible Ritual Pit near Ditchling, by Oliver J. Gilkes, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, archaeological note, pp.245-246) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Eric Gill and the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, edited by Timothy Wilcox, published 1 January 1990 (95 pp., Hove Museum and Art Gallery, ISBN-10: 0951597418 & ISBN-13: 9780951597415) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Lewes district , edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.74-95, 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

Lewes district incl. Ditchling, Wivelsfield, Westmeston, East Chiltington, Streat, Plumpton, Hamsey, Chailey, Newick, Barcombe, Ringmer, Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, Newhaven, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, Tarring Neville, Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease, Iford, Kingston-near-Lewes, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean & Ovingdean

Ditchling's hay days, by Doris M. Hall, published 1991 (23 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ditchling - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.67-70, 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

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Wivelsfield, Ditchling, Westmeston, East Chiltington, Streat, Plumpton, Hamsey, Chailey, Newick, Barcombe & Ringmer, by June C. Barnes, published 1 March 1992 (vol. 21, booklet, 108 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264207 & ISBN-13: 9781870264204) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503435] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ditchling Museum : catalogue of the permanent collection of works by Edward Johnston, Eric Gill, The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic and the other famous artists working in Ditchling in the 1920s, published 1993 (24 pp., Ditchling Museum) accessible at: British Library

A Ditchling Childhood 1916-1936, by Susan Falkner, published 1 June 1994 (108 pp., Suffolk: Iceni Publications, Bures, ISBN-10: 0906108012 & ISBN-13: 9780906108017) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502639] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Exploring Ditchling: Ten Circular Walks , by Janet Cragg and David Cragg, published 1 May 1995 (revised edition, 36 pp., originally published in 1987 by the Ditchling, Westmeston and Streat Footpaths Society, Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857700724 & ISBN-13: 9781857700725) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Bronze Age enclosure near Ditchling Beacon, East Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, shorter article, pp.224-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Ditchling - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.102-103, 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

Full Life in Ditchling, Hassocks and Burgess Hill, 1919-1997, by John Stenning, published 1 February 1998 (128 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1898941106 & ISBN-13: 9781898941101) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Eric Gill and the Ditchling Common Workshops, by Peter Longstaff-Tyrrell, published 2000 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 30, article, pp.20-23, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/30] & The Keep [LIB/506528]   Download PDF

Of all the illustrious sons of Sussex this century few could have made a more lasting daily visual impact, worldwide, than Eric Gill. It was in Sussex that Gill embarked on his international career - yet few people outside the world of the arts and publishing may have heard of his full name and controversial lifestyle. This article concentrates on Eric Gill's work on the former workshop premises on Ditchling Common and provides an illustrated record of this site.

A countryman's further reminiscences of mid Sussex, by John Stenning, published 30 June 2000 (276 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1898941424 & ISBN-13: 9781898941422) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Jointure, Ditchling, East Sussex, by Diana Baskervyle-Glegg, published 29 June 2000 in Country Life (vol. 194 no. 26, article, pp.102-107)

Albourne to Ditchling: Along the Greensand Ridge, by Mark Dudeney and Eileen Hallett, published 30 September 2000 (128 pp., Burgess Hill: Mid-Sussex Books, ISBN-10: 0953062597 & ISBN-13: 9780953062591) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Eric Gill in Ditchling : four essays, edited by Peter Holliday, published 1 January 2002 (vii + 82 pp., Oak Knoll Press, ISBN-10: 1584560754 & ISBN-13: 9781584560753) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

St Margaret's Church Ditchling: Rectors and Vicars 1253-2004, by Richard Allen, published 2004 (pamphlet) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502650]

Back to the land : from Ditchling to Parbold, by John Davies, published 2004 (14 pp., Wigan: North West Catholic History Society) accessible at: British Library

Ditchling, East Sussex, Timber-Framed Buildings and Some Parish History. a Tribute to the Two Margarets, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published 2005 (Wealden Buildings Study Group) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Ditchling, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published June 2005 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 32 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   Download PDF

Lamp Posts of Ditchling, by John Blackwell, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.38-43, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534]   Download PDF

A year after the opening of the Keymer & Ditchling Gas Works in 1867 (situated in the goods yard of Hassocks station) a public meeting of Ditchling ratepayers was called at the "Bull Inn". At this meeting it was agreed to light the village under provision made in The Lighting and Watching Act of 1833, whereby a parish could chose to elect gas lighting inspectors to oversee and administer the installation and operation. It was laid down in the Act that the inspectors (of whom there were to be no more than twelve and no less than three) must be resident ratepayers assessed on a rateable property valuation of not less than £15 per annum and they must by law meet on the first Monday of the month at noon.
At this first meeting, held on the 19 October 1868, seven inspectors were elected - to be known as the Inspectors of the Ditchling District for Lighting, and it was also agreed that they should have the power to call for and raise an annual rate in the sum of £45. It was subsequently discovered that four were ineligible, being shareholders in the Gas Company, and a further meeting was held on the 14 December 1868 where the remaining three were re-elected, namely Wm Kensett, John Attree (who was appointed treasurer) and Stephen Andrews. Mr Thomas Sinnock Jnr was appointed to collect the rate (set at 6d (2.5p) in the pound) at a salary of 5% of the rate collected. Sinnock was also the Secretary to the Gas Company.

Eric Gill and Ditchling : The Workshop Tradition, by Ruth and Joe Cribb, published 2007 (91 pp., Ditchling Museum, ISBN-10: 0951622498 & ISBN-13: 9780951622490) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Edward Johnston : master calligrapher, by Peter Holliday, published 2007 (xx + 389 pp., The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, ISBN-10: 0712349278 & ISBN-13: 9780712349277) accessible at: British Library

A Village W.I.: Ditchling - the first 90 years, by Jean Morley, published 2007 (35 pp., Ditchling Society, ISBN-10: 0951622307 & ISBN-13: 9780951622308) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509233] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Chatfields of Ditchling, by John Howes, published March 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 1, article, pp.3-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508842] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The CHATFIELDs of Sussex are a large family and many SFHG members can probably count a CHATFIELD in their family tree. Like many Sussex families, over the centuries the CHATFIELDs were at every level of society from the lowest agricultural labourer to gentlemen as well as a baronetcy. While most of the family branches were members of the established church, some preferred to adopt the Baptist faith. This leads to problems for the family historian. Baptists were suppressed by the established church especially its the 17th and 18th centuries and so vital records, especially births, christenings and burials were either not recorded in formal registers or inconsistently at best. A greater number of marriages were recorded. presumably to assure their legality but even here records are not consistent. To develop family trees it is therefore necessary to turn to other documents. Frequently adherence to a non-conformist religion was not stated specifically but certain patterns emerge that may suggest that a family was non-conformist. Such was the case with my own CHATFIELD ancestors and particularly my seven-times great-grandfather John CHATFIELD and his children, one of whom, Jane is also my ancestor.

Ditchling, St. Margaret - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.96-98, 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

A Beacon Collection: A gentle and light-hearted journey through the centuries in Ditchling, by Richard Allen, published 2012

This book, by Richard Allen, contains 12 amusing and interesting stories of life in St Margaret's church from the middle ages to the early 20th Century. They include early priests who were mostly absent from Ditchling, a squabble over who should sit in the Vicarage pew; a war of words between the Vicars of Ditchling and Westmeston; a busy Georgian vicar; a forged five pound note and the restoration of St Margaret's Church by the Victorians.

George Washington and the Ditchling connection, by Adrian Gault, published March 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 1, article, pp.9-13) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508850] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

"There are also WASHINGTONs buried in the churchyard of the ancient church of Ditchling, in Sussex, but whether these were connected with the family of George WASHINGTON the writer has been unable to discover." (David McLean, Sussex County Magazine, 1930)
My mother, née Sylvia WASHINGTON, was a long standing member of the SFHG. When she began tracing her WASHINGTON family history in Sussex she rapidly established a line to the Ditchling WASHINGTONs. She was aware that an ancestral line of George WASHINGTON, first President of the United States, had been traced to Petworth. Unsurprisingly, she was keen to see if she could trace her family to Petworth, and thence back to the ancestors of George WASHINGTON. She never quite got there. But armed with her research and the benefits of the material now more easily accessible via the SFHG website, it may be that the link can be reasonably established.

Ladylane, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling (NGR: TQ32371596) - evaluation report, by Sean Wallis, published July 2012 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

From Dordogne to Ditchling, by Leslie Fuller, published September 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 3, article, pp.116-118) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508852] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On a lazy hot summers day last June here in our home in France, finally relaxing after our daughter's wedding in our local village of Vendoire, a pause for thought. This was a time indeed to reflect on our family. What shall we do now my wife asked, as we both felt rather flat and empty after such a wonderful event?
Where is that old box that came from your cousin on the Isle of Wight containing your Uncle Frank Fuller's stuff, asked my wife Jacqueline?
I started a search of the garage and old packing boxes and eventually carne across a tatty cardboard box, sent to me almost 15 years ago, which I dusted down and brought it into the salon. On opening the box, it revealed photographs and this ignited and generated the first spark of discovery.

Adam Richards Architects' Ditchling Museum, published 2013 in Architects' Journal (vol. 238, no. 14, article, pp.30-39)

Adam Richards Architects' carefully crafted refurbishment and extension of the Museum of Art & Craft in Ditchling, East Sussex, embodies the values of the Catholic artists and artisans centred around Eric Gill, whose work it contains, by P. Newby, published 2013 in Architecture today (no. 242, article, pp.48-59)

Andrew Lambirth The revamped Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, published 2013 in The Spectator (no. 9665, article, pp.66-67)

Cult fictions: Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft, Sussex; Architects: Adam Richards Architects, by Jay Merrick, published 18 October 2013 in Architects' journal (vol. 238, no. 14, article, pp.30-39) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

A finely-crafted museum celebrating Eric Gill and his creative cohort. Set in former school buildings, the enlarged and renovated museum includes a converted 18th century cart lodge, linked to a new-build introductory gallery and store; the former school buildings have been renovated and remodelled, with one end becoming an education centre. Includes working detail: window in zinc-clad envelope, by Adam Richards, p. 38-39

Crafts in context, by Michael Hall, published 16 October 2013 in Country Life (vol. 207 no. 42, article, pp.116-117) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

On two museums that have recently reopened after renovations: The Wilson, Cheltenham (original architect, 1889-1907: Knight & Chatters; extended in 1987-89 by David Ross and Hugh Casson; architects for present extension: Berman Guedes Stretton) [modern extension to the original late 19th neo-Jacobean library]; and the Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft, Ditchling, East Sussex (architects for extension: Adam Richards Architects).

Any Sawyer of Ditchling: Artist, Eccentric and Lady of Letters, by Anne Parfitt-King, published 1 November 2013 (189 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1906789886 & ISBN-13: 9781906789886) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rural idyll; Architects: Adam Richards Architects, by Hugh Pearman, published November 2013 in RIBA journal (vol. 120, no. 11, article, pp.26-33) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

A perfect mix of rebuild, refurbishment and reconstruction captures the country village spirit of the artists and artisans whose work Ditchling Museum celebrates. Set in former school buildings, the enlarged and renovated Museum includes a converted 18th century cart lodge, linked to a new-build introductory gallery and store; the former school buildings have been renovated and remodelled, with one end becoming an education centre.

Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, East Sussex; Architects: Adam Richards Architects, by Penny Ritchie Calder, published November 2013 in Museums journal (vol. 113, no. 11, article, pp.52-57) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Ditchling was home to an influential group of artists and designers. The local museum provides a worthy home for their work - it is praised for its clear vision and respect for its collections.

Designing for Ditchling, by Hilary Williams, Adam Richards and Phil Baines, published 1 May 2015 (64 pp., Petworth: Orthostat, ISBN-10: 0993286801 & ISBN-13: 9780993286803) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Otherworldly vision, by Matthew Dennison, published 25 November 2015 in Country Life (vol. 209 no. 48, article, pp.126-127) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

On the artist and illustrator David Jones (1895-1974), subject of two exhibitions. One at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (October 24, 2015-February 21, 2016) and the other at Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft, East Sussex (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016)

The art of a good letter, by Alan Powers, published 20 April 2016 in Country Life (vol. 210 no. 16, article, pp.118-119) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Looks at the work of Edward Johnston (1872-1944), creator of the typeface used by London Underground and London Transport, who taught lettering to Eric Gill at the Central School and with whom he worked at Ditchling in East Sussex, amongst a small community of artists and designers. Johnston's work is the subject of an exhibition at Ditchling (March 12-September 11, 2016)

Ditchling Walks: in Eric Gill's Footsteps, by Lorraine Harrison, published 20 February 2017 (Snake River Press, ISBN-10: 1906022208 & ISBN-13: 9781906022204) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Third Time Lucky! The restoration of Oldland Windmill, by Fred Maillardet, published April 2017 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 141, article, pp.10-11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

1841 Census vol.08 - Wivelsfield area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCH, CD-ROM)