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Parish of Duncton, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, p.170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Duncton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, p.140, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

A Bronze-Age Burial on Duncton Down, by S. E. Winbolt, published August 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 7, note, p.218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Bronze Age Cinerary Urn from Duncton Hill, by F. M. Patchett, published May 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 2, article, pp.52-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

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

Sutton and Duncton Manors, by Lord Leconfield, published 1956 (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2818] & West Sussex Libraries

This work is a sequel to the Author's Book on Petworth Manor and is a very full account of the holdings and tenants of these two Manors under the South Downs held by the same Lords as Petworth. For this purpose the Court Rolls have been closely examined and abstracted to show the successive tenants of particular holdings and attention has been given to mortgages as throwing light on the financial conditions of the times. It is a valuable book for students of land tenure and cultivation. It seems from "Petworth Manor" that the custom of Borough English (or descent to the youngest son) obtained there and that the widow's freebench was (usually?) a life interest in all her husband's lands and not only in part or until remarriage. That the customs were the same in Sutton and Duncton appears from many scattered references, but perhaps Lord Leconfield would in a further publication throw more light on these customs (which are not very common). The end maps (one for each Manor) by Raphe Treswell (1608) are very interesting, but the sketch map at p. 99 may mislead as it seems to show roads as they now exist - in particular the 1800 turnpike with Coultershaw Bridge (then made) is shown, but not the previous high road past Horsebear and over Rother Bridge which it superseded.

Duncton Church Bell, by Fredk. T. Barrett, published May 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 1, note, pp.27-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

A 1629 Map of Duncton Common, by Miss G. M. A. Beck, published May 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 3, article, pp.83-85) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Burton Park: a centre of recusancy in Sussex, by Thomas Geoffrey Holt, published 1975 in British Catholic History (vol. 13, no. 2, article, pp.106-122)

Catholicism owed its survival, in Sussex as elsewhere, largely to families of wealth and position who could support a chaplain. Burton Park (or Bodexton or Bodecton) [in parish of Duncton] was such a centre, at least from the late seventeenth century and maybe earlier. The house and estate, owned by the Gorings in the sixteenth century, passed in 1724 to the Biddulphs of Staffordshire and in 1835 from them to the Wrights of Essex. On inheriting the property, Anthony George Wright added Biddulph to his name ; after the death of his son, Anthony John Wright-Biddulph, in 1895, the estate was sold. This essay is an account of the owners; of the Jesuit chaplains between 1680 and 1780; and of the mission of which Burton was the centre.

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

Religious Survey 1851 - Chichester district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.161-172, 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

Chichester district incl. Sutton, Greatham, Bury, Fittleworth, Coates, Bignor, Slindon, Egdean, Barlavington, Burton, Duncton, Heyshott, South Bersted & Bognor

Burton Park, Sussex: a further note, by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1994 in Recusant History (vol. 22, no. 1, article, pp.26-28)

Duncton Mill, by Ron Martin, published 2009 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 39, article, pp.28-35, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/39]   Download PDF

Duncton Mill is located at SU 9641 1662 in the parish of Duncton within a complex known as Duncton Mill Farm and owned by the Barlavington Estate. The farm comprises a farmhouse, a barn, a row of pig sties, an apple press and various other buildings as well as the mill. It is currently used as a conference centre and fish farm. Water to operate the mill comes from a small spring at the foot of the Downs, which flows northwards to meet the stream which runs from Lavington Park into Chingford Pond and thence into Burton Mill Pond, eventually to meet the western River Rother.

Duncton Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW175, CD-ROM)

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1550-1904. Indexed Transcription. Includes 9 external photographs. Vol.175.