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Parish of Easebourne, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Chichester, pp.98-100) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On the Effigy of Sir David Owen in Easeborne Church, near Midhurst, by W. H. Blaauw, M.A., F.S.A., published 1854 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 7, article, pp.22-43) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2092] & The Keep [LIB/500226] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Episcopal Visitations of the Benedictine Nunnery of Easebourne, by W. H. Blaauw, M.A., F.S.A., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, article, pp.1-32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An illustrated guide book to Midhurst and neighbourhood. Giving a full account of the ruins at Cowdray, the priory at Easebourne, Woolbeding, Trotton, the Roman remains at Bignor, and all the points of interest in the neighbourhood, by G. D. Wolferstan, published 1868 (107 pp.)

Easebourne, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.144-148, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Catalogues of Portraits at Compton Place, and at Buxted Park, in Sussex, by Cecil George Saville Foljambe, Lord Hawkesbury, F.S.A., published 1904 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 47, article, pp.82-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2132] & The Keep [LIB/500265] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Houses of Augustinian nuns: Priory of Easebourne, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, pp.84-85, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex, by W. H. St John Hope, published 1919 (xiv + 144 pp., London: Country Life) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2850] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries

History of an old Catholic Mission: Cowdray - Easebourne - Midhurst, by Henry M. Willaert, published 1928 (London: Burns Oates and Washbourne) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2804] & West Sussex Libraries

Historic Houses of Sussex - Compton Place, Easebourne, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 2, article, pp.42-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Easebourne Priory, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 8, article, pp.474-479) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

Easebourne: Its Church and Priory, by Helen Hinkley, published 1948 (pamphlet, Hove: Combridges) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7223] & West Sussex Libraries

The Hundred of Easebourne, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, p.40, 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

Parish of Easebourne, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, pp.47-53, 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

Sussex Church Plans CV: The Parish Church of Easebourne, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published May 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 1, article, pp.18-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Easebourne. Its Church and its Priory, by Margaret Carey Field, published 1977 (pamphlet, Easebourne: Parochial Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15520] & West Sussex Libraries

Easebourne Priory, by Margaret Carey Field, published 1983 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8766]

The Man Who Walked with Kings, by Stanley Excell, published March 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 1, article, pp.33-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sir David Owen, a Welshman in Tudor Sussex lying in Easebourne Church

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

The Tupenny School, by J Morley, published October 1994 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 7 Number 1, article, pp.19-20, Autumn 1994) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]

Recollections of J Morley, a pupil at Easebourne School at the end of the 19th century, in a letter to the West Sussex Gazette in 1972. He paid 2d per week.

The Easebourne Village Club, by James Punch, published December 1994 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 7 Number 2, article, pp.26-28, Winter 1994) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]

The Midhurst Village Club occupies the buildings was formerly a Catholic Chapel. It was established by Anthony Joseph Browne, seventh Viscount Montague, in the 18th century, to serve the then large Catholic population in the district.

Listed Buildings in Easebourne as at 1996. (Grade II and Grade I), published April 1996 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 8 Number 3, article, pp.9-11, Spring 1996) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]

Detailed Listed Buildings in Easebourne as at Spring 1996.

Budgenor Lodge, by F J-D [Mrs D.V.F Johnson-Davies], published December 1997 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 10 Number 2, article, pp.7-14, Winter 1997) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

A concise history of Budgenor Lodge, former Workhouse, which was opened in 1794 and finally closed in 1993. Extracts taken from 'Budgenor Lodge - A Brief History' by Dr Andrew R Guyatt.

The Toll House at Easebourne, by Thea Valentine, published December 1997 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 10 Number 2, article, pp.18-20, Winter 1997) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Short account of the Toll House, formerly at the Easebourne Crossroads, and demolished in the 1930s.

Easebourne - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.104, 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

Francis Montier Mercer, by A E Marshall, published July 1998 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 10 Number 4, article, pp.26-30, Summer 1998) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Brief history of the Mercer family who lived in Midhurst in the 1800s. Francis Montier Mercer was the chairman of the committee responsible for organising the festivities for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in Easebourne and South Amersham. Portrait and festival programme included.

750th Anniversary of Easebourne Priory 1248-1998, by F J-D [Mrs D.V.F Johnson-Davies], published April 1999 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 11 Number 3, article, pp.14-18, Spring 1999) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Extracts from a booklet reprinted from the Sussex Archaeological Collections, which relates to the Episcopal Visitations to the nunnery in the 1400s and 1500s. It seems these revealed scandalous behaviour.

A Flavour of Life at Easebourne School, by Linda Pugh, published June 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 6, article, pp.191-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508821] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from the Log book from 1890 to 1891

The Toll House at Easebourne, by Thea Valentine, published June 2002 in Midhurst Society Newsletter (Issue No 4, article, pp.4-4, June 2002, Midhurst Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16356]

Brief account of the history of Toll Houses in Midhurst and the surrounding area.

The Missing People of Doomsday, by Brian Lawrence, published October 2004 in Midhurst Heritage (No 2, article, pp.4-5, Autumn 2004, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16354]

The background to the Doomsday Book 1086, explaining how figures for the Hundred of Easebourne were calculated.

Get to know our outlying villages - Easebourne, by Elizabeth Hamilton, published January 2006 in Midhurst Society Newsletter (Issue No 13, article, pp.4-4, January 2006, Midhurst Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16356]

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

Easebourne at the Time of Doomsday, published April 2006 in Midhurst Heritage (No 5, article, pp.13-13, Spring 2006, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16354]

Article examining the reasons why Easebourne and other parishes are not included in the Doomsday Book of 1086.

Cowdray and Easebourne, by Andrew Guyatt and Vic Mitchell, published 1 February 2007 (144 pp. + 80 photos, Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1904474969 & ISBN-13: 9781904474968) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Not part of Midhurst, Easebourne is more than six times its area and is the location of Cowdray House, Cowdray Park, Cowdray Ruins and Cowdray Polo Grounds. This is the first ever book on this fascinating parish and the topics range from the much-loved King Edward VII Hospital to the Budgenor Lodge Workhouse and from community activities to the modern television mast. Often mentioned is the Es Bourne, which gave rise to a district mentioned in the Domesday Book and which still flows beside The Street.

A nuns' priests' tale: the foundation of Easebourne Priory, 1216-1240, by Nicholas Vincent, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, article, pp.111-123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A charter recently brought to light in the British Library sheds light upon the foundation of Easebourne Priory, established first, c. 1216, as a college of priests rather than as a nunnery, only later, c. 1230, transformed into a community of nuns, as a dependency of Benedictine Rusper. The charter assists in the reconstruction of the history of the Bohon family of Midhurst. The circumstances of its preservation also shed light upon the provenance of the copy of Magna Carta today displayed in the Australian Parliament at Canberra.

Budgenor Lodge: A Georgian Enterprise, by Guyatt, Andrew R, published 2012 (Midhurst: Middleton Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18316] & West Sussex Libraries

Tracing the history of the Easebourne House of Industry, later Midhurst Union Workhouse, now a residential complex.

The copyhold of Broad Stone and Perry Garden in Easebourne, by Sue Coward, published 2012 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 80, article, p.31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/80] & The Keep [LIB/500504]

A Wealth of Small Buildings, by Graham Tite, published April 2012 in Midhurst Magazine (No 15, article, pp.3-12, Spring 2012, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16355]

Detailed article about the many small buildings in Midhurst and the surrounding area, including coaches houses, stables and other buildings for housing animals. Includes photographs.

Budgenor Lodge, A Georgian Enterprise, by Graham Tite, published September 2012 in Midhurst Magazine (No 16, article, pp.12-13, Autumn 2012, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16355]

Review of new book by Andrew Guyatt, relating the history of Budgenor Lodge, Midhurst, one of the oldest workhouses in England

The Young Evacuee from London, by Dr Peter Sydenham, published April 2014 in Midhurst Magazine (No 19, article, pp.9-15, Spring 2014, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16355]

Vivid recollections of Dr Sydenham's life as a wartime evacuee to Midhurst. Includes a number of photos.

Easebourne Street Barns: Large-scale storage use, by Sue Edwards, published September 2016 in Midhurst Magazine (No 24, article, pp.10-11, Autumn 2016, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16355]

Personal memories of the history and uses of barns in the 20th century by Robert Bridger of Easebourne.

Easebourne Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW183, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1538-1901, Marriages 1539-1900, Burials 1539-1900. Indexed Transcription. Includes seven external photographs.Vol.183.