Bibliography - East Grinstead, Mid Sussex District, West Sussex
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The History of Tunbridge Wells, by Thomas Benge Burr, published 1766 (317 pp., Tunbridge Wells: E. Baker) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

[Fall of the tower of East Grinstead church], by T. Wakeham, published 1785 in The Gentleman's Magazine (vol. 55, article, pp.913-914)

The Tunbridge Wells Guide or An Account of the ancient and present state of that place to which is added a particular description of the Towns and Villages, Gentlemens Seats, Remains of Antiquity, Founderies, &c.&c. within the circumference of Sixteen Miles, by J. Sprange, published 1797 (Tunbridge Wells: J. Sprange) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales: Sussex, 1818, by Nicholas Carlisle, published 1818 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5345]

Chichester: Oliver Whitby School; Prebendal School.
Cuckfield: Free Grammar School.
East Grinstead: Free Grammar School.
Horsham: Free School.
Midhurst: Grammar School.
Steyning: Free Grammar School

Parliamentary History - East Grinstead, by William Durrant Cooper, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (appendix III, article, pp.40-42) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Parish of East Grinstead, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Pevensey, pp.385-391) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Painting: East Grinstead from the Old Road, West Sussex, by William George Moss, published 1838

Theatricals in Sussex one hundred years ago [at East Grinstead], by E. Risdon, published 1860 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 12, notes & queries, p.266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2097] & The Keep [LIB/500231] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Hospitals in Sussex, by Edward Turner, published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, notes & queries, pp.305-306) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Notes on East Grinstead, by John C. Stenning, published 1868 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 20, article, pp.132-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2105] & The Keep [LIB/507132] & S.A.S. library   View Online

East Grinstead, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.154-160, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

East Grinstead Borough Arms, by The Editor, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

History and Guide to East Grinstead and Its Environs. Together with a Series of Routes for Tourists in the Neighbourhood and a Guide to the New Line of Railway, by W. R. Pepper and Farncombe & Co., published 1884 (126 pp., Farncombe & Company) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503814]

Notes on East Grinstead, a New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, by Alan H. Stenning, published 1885

Brambletye House, by C. H. Compton, published December 1885 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (first series, vol 41, issue 4, article, pp.372-377)   View Online

The Arms of East Grinstead, by J. S. [John Sawyer], published 1888 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 36, notes & queries, p.252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2121] & The Keep [LIB/500254] & S.A.S. library   View Online

East Grinstead, by J. H. Round, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, notes & queries, p.280) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Old Stone House at Homestall, by J. C. Stenning, published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, notes & queries, pp.235-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library

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

Valuation of Stock at Ticaridge, East Grinstead, by J. C. S. [J. C. Stenning], published 1905 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 48, notes & queries, p.159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2133] & The Keep [LIB/500266] & S.A.S. library   View Online

History of East Grinstead, by Wallace Henry Hills, published 1906 (xv + 288 pp., East Grinstead: Farncombe & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2800] & The Keep [LIB/503813] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Memoirs of Sir George Courthop 1616-1685, by Mrs S. C. Lomas, F.R.Hist.S., published 1907 (157 pp., London: Royal Historical Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries   View Online

Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1660

Church Disasters, by Rev. D. Y. Blakiston and Wallace H. Hills, published 1908 (published by the authors at East Ginstead) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

English Homes and Villages, Kent & Sussex also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood, by Lady Elizabeth R. Hope, published 1909 (296 pp., Sevenoaks: J. Salmon) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Pews in Brighton and East Grinstead Churches, by Walter C. Renshaw, published 1911 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 54, notes & queries, pp.271-273) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2139] & The Keep [LIB/500272] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sackville College (Hospitale Sive Collegium), by Frank Hill, published 1913 (vi + 176 pp., East Grinstead: Farncombe & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11218] & The Keep [LIB/506179] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Parish Register, 1558-1662, by R. P. Crawfurd, published 1917 (vol. 24, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2240][Lib 8023]

The East Grinstead Directory, published 1923 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13900]

The Geology of the country around East Grinstead, Sussex: With Report of Excursion to Hartfield, Holtye Common, Forest Row, Ashurstwood and East Grinstead, Saturday, June 16th, 1923, by Henry B. Milner, M.A., D.I.C., F.G.S., published 1923 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 34 issue 4, article, pp.283-300)   View Online

The country to be described covers an area of some thirty-six square miles and is embraced by parts of Sheets IV. and VI. and the whole of Sheet V. of the six-inch Ordnance Survey maps (Sussex). It is a continuation westward of the author's work in the Tunbridge Wells district, some results of which were published in a recent number of these proceedings. The area includes the town of East Grinstead with Felbridge, and extends as far east as Ashurst (Kent); to the north it takes in Cowden (Kent) and a small strip of the Surrey-Sussex border-land; southward it extends to the northern fringe of Ashdown Forest and includes the picturesque country from Kingscote by Forest Row to Hartfield and beyond.
It has been the author's hope that by a combination of six-inchmapping and detailed petrographic investigation of the rocks occurring in the more disturbed area of the Weald, new light would be thrown on some of the still debatable points concerning its tectonics and on the origin of the sediments composing it, anticipations yet further strengthened by the results of the work in this district.

Report of Local Secretary. East Grinstead, by W. H. Hills, published 1923 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 64, notes & queries, pp.202-203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2149] & The Keep [LIB/500282] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Rock Garden at Brockhurst, the residence of Mr F. J. Hanbury, by E. H. M. Cox, published 4 August 1923 in Country Life (vol. 54 no. 1387, article, pp.148-154)

Report of Local Secretary. East Grinstead, by W. H. Hills, published 1924 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 65, notes & queries, p.262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2150] & The Keep [LIB/500283] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. East Grinstead, by W. H. Hills, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, notes & queries, p.225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library

The Sussex Highlands: Including Crowborough, East Grinstead, Uckfield, Ashdown Forest and surrounding villages, by George Gibbard Jackson, published 1927 (xxxi + 96 pp., London: Homeland Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The East Grinstead Directory, by H W Cullen, published 1928 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11221] & West Sussex Libraries

Roman Ironworks near East Grinstead, by Ernest Straker, published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, article, pp.183-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

John Mason Neale, D.D., Hymnologist, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 10, article, pp.459-461) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Fairlight, by F. B. S., published May 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 2, reply, p.65) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

"Sinder" and "Cinder", by F. Bentham Stevens, published August 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 3, note, pp.89-90) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. East Grinstead, by W. H. Hills, published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, notes & queries, p.218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library

St Mary's Church, East Grinstead, by W. H. Hills, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 12, article, pp.842-844) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Old Surrey Hall, The Residence of Miss Sibyl Napier, by Country Life contributor(s), published 14 September 1929 in Country Life (article)

An Interesting Fireback [at East Grinstead], by E. W. Swanton, published November 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 8, note, p.241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. East Grinstead, by W. H. Hills, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, notes & queries, p.263) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

Historic Houses of Sussex - The Bower House, Hammerwood, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 12, article, pp.1004-1008) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

East Grinstead in Parliament, 1660-1832, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.300-302) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Gulledge, East Grinstead, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 9, article, pp.575-579) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Estcott's Farm, East Grinstead , by Ian C. Hannah, published February 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 5, article, pp.144-145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Estcote Farm, East Grinstead, by Rev. G. P. Crawfurd, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 2, article, pp.120-121) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Estcot's Farm House, East Grinstead, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 4, article, pp.207-212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Old Surrey Hall, East Grinstead, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 12, article, pp.760-767) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Report of Local Secretary. East Grinstead, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, notes & queries, pp.246-247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library

Historic Houses of Sussex - East Court, East Grinstead, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 10, article, pp.623-627) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Objects found at the Roman Ironworks, Ridge Hill, East Grinstead , by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published May 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 6, article, pp.177-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Some East Grinstead Tavern Bills, by Ernest Straker, published November 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 8, note, pp.249-250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead and its Parish Church, by Rev Golding-Bird, published 1934 (pamphlet, East Grinstead Parish Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9223]

Famous Sussex Inns. II - The Dorset Arms, East Grinstead, by George Tremaine, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 2, article, pp.120-123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Great Surries, East Grinstead, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 3, article, pp.139-143) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

A Brotherhood Hall in East Grinstead , by R. T. Mason, published November 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 8, note, pp.245-246) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead and its Parish Church, published 1938 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17271]

East Grinstead and its Parish Church, by G. Golding-Bird, published 1938 (pamphlet, East Grinstead Parish Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13902][Lib 6529] & West Sussex Libraries

A 14th Century Hall House [at East Grinstead], by R. T. Mason, published August 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 3, note, p.94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Wilmington [house in East Grinstead], published c.1939 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13903]

East Grinstead. Notes on its Architecture. 1. the High Street, by R. T. Mason, published 1939 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 80, article, pp.3-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2165] & The Keep [LIB/500349] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead. Notes on its Architecture. 2. Medieval Farms, by R. T. Mason, published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.3-18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead and its Parish Church, by G. Golding-Bird, published 1946 (pamphlet, East Grinstead Parish Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11219]

Austen or Austin of East Grinstead, by F. V. Austin, published August 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 3, query, pp.67-68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

American Surgical Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead; the most specialised and up to date in the United Kingdom, by W. J. Banham, published October 1946 in Hospital and Health Management (vol. 9, article, pp.393-398)

The Early Development of Tracks and Roads in and near East Grinstead, by Iavn D. Margary, F.S.A., published November 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 4, article, pp.77-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

The Catholic History of East Grinstead, by Rev. Charles P. Dolman, published 1950 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12942] & West Sussex Libraries

Programme for A Pageant of East Grinstead, by Ursula King Ridley, published 1951 (pamphlet, Cullens Printers) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5341] & West Sussex Libraries

An Old Map of Cansiron in East Grinstead and Hartfield, 1724, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published February 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 5, article, pp.100-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The First Railway to East Grinstead, by Jeoffry Spence, published July 1955 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.461-467)   Download PDF

Guide to East Grinstead Parish Church, by Rev. H. C. F. Copsey, published 1956 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9222]

A Romano-British Cemetery near East Grinstead, by I. D. Margary, published May 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 13 & 14, article, pp.236-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead High Street, by R. T. Mason, published May 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 13 & 14, note, pp.240-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

The influence of John Mason Neale, by A. G. Lough, published 1962 (182 pp., S.P.C.K.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Bluebell Line, by R. C. Riley, published April 1962 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.223-230)   Download PDF

Mill Place [near West Hoathly, but in East Grinstead parish], by R. T. Mason, published May 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 9, article, pp.317-318) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Sources for the History of East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published November 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 10, note, pp.352-353) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Guidebook to the Bluebell Railway, by T. C. Cole, published 1963 (24 pp., The Bluebell Railway Company) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A Cottage Hospital Grows Up - The story of the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, by E. J. Dennison, published 1963 (London: Anthony Blond) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This is the story, written by a member of its General Practitioner staff, of the hundred years' existence of the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. The hospital has three main claims to fame: it was the fifth cottage hospital to be founded in the country; its Working Men's Hospital Fund, founded in 1903, may possibly be the oldest of its kind in the country; and from its selection at the outbreak of war to be a plastic surgery centre under the late Sir Archibald McIndoe it has grown to be a leading centre for plastic surgery, jaw injuries, dental and ophthalmic surgery, and research.
The author has based his narrative on all surviving records, including the case-book for the first forty cases treated, and newspaper reports, and so has produced a full account, judiciously and readably written, of a not very widely known aspect of county history. Inevitably more modern times are treated more fully and here the rather annalistic account of events and people may be of little interest to people outside the hospital's immediate area; but the details of the taking over by the National Health Service and of what is involved in running a large modern hospital should have a compensating general interest.
Physically the book is very well produced. The only noticeable misprint is on page 22 where "Mr. P. J. P. - the Postmaster" should be Mr. T. J. P.-, i.e. Thomas Jackson Palmer.
It is worth pointing out that East Grinstead has another connection with pioneering work in treating the sick: the foundation in 1854 by the Rev. J. M. Neale of the nursing sisterhood of St. Margaret, the first such order founded in the Church of England. The interesting thing here is that the founder of the Hospital, Dr. J. H. Rogers, was Neale's assistant Warden at Sackville College and also one of his bitterest enemies. One cannot help wondering whether perhaps one of his motives in founding a hospital for the poor was to rival the successful work of Neale's sisterhood. Neither Neale's nor Rogers' surviving papers appear to throw any light on the relation between the two undertakings.

Valuations by John and William Turner [at East Grinstead], by P. F. Wood, published May 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 1, note, p.28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Old Lewes Road at East Grinstead, by I. D. Margary, published November 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 2, note, p.62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

A short account of Sackville College at East Grinstead in Sussex, by R. H. Wood, published 1968 (published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2960] & The Keep [LIB/502721] & West Sussex Libraries

The Topography of East Grinstead Borough, by P. D. Wood, published 1968 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 106, article, pp.49-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2191] & The Keep [LIB/500323] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead Assizes, by R. F. Hunnisett, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, reply, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead Assizes, by I. D. Margary, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, reply, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead Assizes, by M. J. Leppard, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, reply, pp.130-131) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead Official Guide 1970, by M. J. Leppard, published 1970 (Ed J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Mesolithic Site in East Sussex [at East Grinstead], by C. F. Tebbutt, published November 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 6, note, p.196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

The Chantry Commission of 1547 and some unpublished Chantry Records for East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published 1971 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 109, article, pp.24-36) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2194] & The Keep [LIB/500320] & S.A.S. library

The Hermitage, by M. J. Leppard, published 1972 in East Grinstead Society Bulletin (vol. 9, article, p.7)

Reminiscences of East Grinstead, 1893-1914, by M. J. Leppard, published 1973 (14 pp., East Grinstead: East Grinstead Society) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Guinea Pig Club: A story of indomitable courage and surgical skill, by Edward Bishop, published 1 January 1973 (125 pp., New English Library, ISBN-10: 0450015440 & ISBN-13: 9780450015441) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Parish Registers 1558-1661: Additions & Corrections, by M. J. Leppard, published September 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.41-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Additions and corrections to the parish register of East Grinstead.  Includes extracts from wills to documents, burial entries that were lost in a fire, as well as baptisms and marriages.

John Mason Neale - Priest Extraordinary, by Rev. Dr. A. G. Lough, published 1975 (152 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950467502 & ISBN-13: 9780950467504) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Guide to East Grinstead Parish Church, by G. M. Smart, published 1975 (pamphlet, Uckfield Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5922] & West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Official Guide 1976, by M. J. Leppard, published 1976 (pamphlet, 2nd edition, 32 pp., London: Burrow) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10306][Lib 13896] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Town Trail, published 1977 (East Grinstead Society)

Was Sherlock Holmes Here, by M. J. Leppard, published 1977 (East Grinstead Society)

John Rowe's Ancestry - The Drewes of East Grinstead, by M. J. B., published September 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 2, article, pp.38-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author proves that the coat of arms of John Rowe is fraudulent. He has traced the family, provided a family tree and covers the years 1400 - 1662 in the parish of East Grinstead

More Peculiar Places, by Michael Leppard, published December 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 3, article, pp.85-87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

East Grinstead Town Trail, published 1978 (pamphlet, East Grinstead Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11337]

East Grinstead Settlement Acknowledgements, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 4, article, pp.105-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

McIndoe's Army: the injured airmen who faced the world, by Dr. Peter Williams and Ted Harrison, published 1 September 1979 (160 pp., Pelham Books, ISBN-10: 0720711916 & ISBN-13: 9780720711912) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bluebell Line Historical Album, 1879-1965, by Klaus Marx, published 1 December 1979 (64 pp., Uckfield: Bluebell Railway Ltd., ISBN-10: 0903899027 & ISBN-13: 9780903899024) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part I The Payne Endowment, by Deidre Neville, published December 1979 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.60-63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Doing the Impossible: A Short Historical Sketch of St Margaret's Convent, East Grinstead 1855-1980, published 1980 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7530]

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 2 The Zion Chapel, by Deidre Neville, published March 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.89-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 3 The School at Sackville College, by Deidre Neville, published June 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.125-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 4 The Hiatus, by Deidre Neville, published September 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 5, article, pp.158-161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 5 Nevill v Blomfield, by Deidre Neville, published December 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 6, article, pp.195-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Methodism in East Grinstead, by W. H. Irvine, published 1981 (pamphlet, East Grinstead Methodist Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7749] & West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Official Guide 1981, by M. J. Leppard, published 1981 (pamphlet, Ed J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7740] & West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead's Earliest Parish Register, by M. J. Leppard, published March 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 7, article, p.223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 6 Mainly Concerning Mr. Duplex, by Deidre Neville, published March 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 7, article, pp.224-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

East Grinstead Clockmakers, by Michael Leppard, published June 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 1, article, pp.23-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Ashurst Wood: A Village History, by Ashurst Wood Historians, published 1983 (64 pp.)

East Grinstead Town Trail no.2, published 1983 (pamphlet, East Grinstead Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11338]

East Grinstead Town Trail No. 2, by M. J. Leppard, published 1983 (East Grinstead Society)

The Village School: Two hundred years of history at Felbridge School, by George Wilkinson, published 1983 (80 pp. & illus., published by the author)

South Coast Railways: Branch Lines to East Grinstead, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 10 March 1984 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 090652007X & ISBN-13: 9780906520079) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Recording the Alfreys of Gulledge, East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published March 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, pp.22-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Oxford Movement and East Grinstead, by Michael Leppard, published March 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 4, article, pp.149-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Bow Bells at East Grinstead, by Michael Leppard, published June 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, p.34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A Rock Shelter at Stone Rocks, East Grinstead, by da Luz Oliveira and C. F. Tebbutt, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, archaeological note, pp.246-250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

East Grinstead - Then and Now, by Ron Michell and David Gould, published 1 April 1985 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520177 & ISBN-13: 9780906520178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9347] & West Sussex Libraries

The Revival of England's White House, by Tony Aldous, published October 1986 in History Today (vol. 36, issue 10, article)   View Online

A look into a building designed by an early American architect situated in Hammerwood Park near East Grinstead in Sussex.
Four Years ago England's only major building designed by Revolutionary America's first architect was derelict and on the verge of complete collapse. Today it hosts dinner parties and musical evenings ? but thanks to a court ruling the public may not be able to visit it at all in 1987.
The victim of this 'Mad Hatter' situation is Hammerwood Park near East Grinstead in Sussex, built in the Greek Revival style in 1792, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, who three years later emigrated to America. There he became architectural adviser to Thomas Jefferson and the designer of much of the new Capitol in Washington as well as the porticos of the White House. Hammerwood was built originally as a hunting- lodge for John Sparling and throughout the nineteenth century was a family home. But with the Second World War it fell on hard times ? requisitioned for troops, it was subsequently left empty, then turned into flats. The rock group, Led Zeppelin, bought Hammerwood in 1973 intending to use it as a home- cum-recording-studio, but nothing came of restoration plans; after that massive vandalisation and the removal of tons of lead from the roof allowed the house to become saturated with water and a haven for fungus, wet and dry.

East Grinstead Official Guide 1988, by M. J. Leppard, published 1988 (Forward Publicity) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Parish Church of St Swithun, East Grinstead, by M.J. Leppard and David Gadsby, published 1988 (pamphlet, St Swithun's Parochial Church Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10376] & West Sussex Libraries

The Bluebell Railway, by Klaus Marx, Peter Thomas and John Potter, published 1988 (56 pp., Ian Allen Publishing)

The Evolution of Warlege, by Jeremy S. Hodgkinson and Michael J. Leppard, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, historical note, p.248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library

Field Notes: Ridge Hill Romano-British Bloomery, East Grinstead, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1988 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 8, article, pp.2-11, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506560]   Download PDF

The felling of Ashdown Forest [re Birch Grove, East Grinstead], by Michael Hanson, published 23 June 1988 in Country Life (vol. 182 no. 25, article, p.184) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Discusses, amongst other things, the proposed sale of Harold Macmillan's home, Birch Grove near East Grinstead. According to the author the house was built 1923-6 and designed by Macmillan's mother; according to 'Brick Builder', no. 23, 1931 Sept., p. 30-31, the architect was Herbert W Cash.

A history of the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, by J. P. Bennett, published July 1988 in British Journal of Plastic Surgery (vol. 41, issue 4, article, pp.422-449)   View Online

The Wisdom of John Mason Neale, From His Sermons , by Arthur Geoffrey Lough, published 1989 (52 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950467529 & ISBN-13: 9780950467528) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sackville College, by P. B. Evershed, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.338-339) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

East Grinstead Official Guide 1990, by M. J. Leppard, published 1990 (Home Publishing Co.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead: an urban study, by Patrick Wood and Peter Gray, published 1990 in Wealden buildings: studies in the timber-framed tradition of building in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey: in tribute to R.T. Mason (pp.171-187, Horsham: Coach Publishing, ISBN-10: 0902608061 & ISBN-13: 9780902608061) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Richard Evershed and Sackville College, by M. J. Leppard, published March 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 1, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Religious Survey 1851 - East Grinstead district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.59-65, 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

East Grinstead district incl. Withyham, Hartfield, Forest Row, Worth, Crawley & West Hoathly

A History of Ashdown House, by Christopher Richmond, published 1991 (72 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502722] & West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.89-94, 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 Grinstead before the Town, by M. J. Leppard, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.29-32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: East Grinstead, Worth, Crawley & West Hoathly, by June C. Barnes, published 1 April 1991 (vol. 18, booklet, 104 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264177 & ISBN-13: 9781870264174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11108][Lib 11246] & The Keep [LIB/503434] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The story of the Guinea Pig Club, by T. Kean, published 1992 (Lisek Publications, ISBN-10: 095180992X & ISBN-13: 9780951809921) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Official Guide 1992, by M. J. Leppard, published 1992 (pamphlet, Local Authority Publishing) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13897] & West Sussex Libraries

Hammerwood Park, East Grinstead, Sussex, 1792, first house of Benjamin Henry Latrobe , by Anne-Noëlle, David and Ellen Pinnegar, published 1992 (East Grinstead: Hammerwood Park) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502778] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Official Guide 1994, by M. J. Leppard, published 1994 (pamphlet, Local Authority Publishing) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13898] & West Sussex Libraries

W. H. Coleman's Flora of East Grinstead (1836), by W. H. Coleman and edited by T. C. G. Rich, published 1 March 1994 (28 pp., Sussex Botanical Recording Society, ISBN-10: 0952298708 & ISBN-13: 9780952298700) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502718] & West Sussex Libraries

The Guinea Pig Club, by D. R. Andrew, published May 1994 in Aviation Space Environmental Medicine (vol. 65, no. 5, article, pp.428-433)

The "Guinea Pig Club" was formed in 1941 by a group of airmen who had sustained grievous injuries - mostly serious burns of the hands and face - and been treated by a team of plastic surgeons led by a remarkable New Zealander, Archibald McIndoe, at the Queen Victoria Hospital at East Grinstead in England. The most senior "Guinea Pig" was Tom Gleave, a fighter pilot who had been shot down during the Battle of Britain, and who carried out his duties as "Chief Guinea Pig" until his death in June 1993. This paper describes Tom Gleave's arrival at the Queen Victoria Hospital, and the formation and development of The Guinea Pig Club

Harman or should they be Harmer?, by David L. N. Harman, published December 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 4, article, pp.139-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

An account of the descendants of Richard and Clemencia Harman of East Grinstead. Richard was a mercer and he lived at Middle Row, East Grinstead, where his house still stands. In 1530 he was a part owner in Parrock's Iron Forge at Hartfield with others who were Flemings.

East Grinstead Bank of Messrs. G.& G. S. Head, 1892 (Country Bank Failures), by Peter R. Jenkins, published 1 June 1995 (20 pp., Pulborough: Dragonwheel Books, ISBN-10: 1870177061 & ISBN-13: 9781870177061) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Life and Work of John Mason Neale: 1818-1866 , by Michael Chandler, published July 1995 (241 pp., Fowler Wright Books ltd., ISBN-10: 0852443056 & ISBN-13: 9780852443057) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead: Britain in Old Photographs, by David Gould, published September 1995 (126 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0750910763 & ISBN-13: 9780750910767) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13111] & West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead, by Steven Griffiths, Martin Hayes and Timothy J. McCann, published November 1995 (Local History Mini-Guide to Sources, No. 3, pamphlet, Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862603374 & ISBN-13: 9780862603373) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13116][Lib 13189] & West Sussex Libraries

A Cottage Hospital Grows Up - The story of the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, by E. J. Dennison, published 30 June 1996 (2nd revised edition, 304 pp., Baxendale Press, ISBN-10: 0952093391 & ISBN-13: 9780952093398) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Last Enemy, by Richard Hillary, published 1997 (192 pp., Pimlico) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [RSR/Library/5/560] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This is the true story of Second World War fighter pilot, Richard Hillary.
After being shot down in September 1940, Hillary spent several months in hospital, undergoing numerous operations; a member of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club'. Originally published in 1942, just months before he died in a second crash, The Last Enemy recounts the struggles and successes of a young man in the Royal Air Force.
Told through Hillary's eyes, this incredible story shows that even in our darkest moments there is a glimmer of enduring hope.

East Grinstead Official Guide 1997, by M. J. Leppard, published 1997 (pamphlet, Forward Publicity) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13898] & West Sussex Libraries

Around East Grinstead, by David Gould, published 12 June 1997 (128 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0750913568 & ISBN-13: 9780750913560) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed. Every photograph is captioned, providing names and dates where possible, revealing historical and anecdotal detail and giving life to the scenes and personalities captured through the camera lens. Bringing together all aspects of daily life - celebrations and disasters, work and leisure, people and buildings - the collection should inspire memories, as well as serve as an introduction to visitors.

Pattenden/Prevett Connections, by Karen Tayler, published September 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 7, article, p.250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508814] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edward Pattenden born 1822, married Elizabeth Jane Prevett, b 1834, in 1853 and settled in East Grinstead where they raised their family.

East Grinstead - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.109-112, 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

St Swithun, East Grinstead, published 1998 in The Organ (vol. 77, no 305, article, pp.137-140)

The Bluebell Railway: A Nostalgic Trip Along the Whole Route from East Grinstead to Lewes, by Terry Gough, published 16 May 1998 (96 pp., Past & Present Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1858951291 & ISBN-13: 9781858951294) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Town Trail, published 1999 (leaflet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14004]

An Illustrated History of the Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, by Klaus Marx, published 2000 (256 pp., Shepperton: Oxford Publishing Co., ISBN-13: 9780860935476) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

After years of research, Klaus Marx presents this detailed history of the Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, known to most railway enthusiasts as the Bluebell Line. The current Bluebell Line is being gradually rebuilt since its demise in the 1960s.

A History of East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published 2001 (224 pp., The History Press Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860771645 & ISBN-13: 9781860771644) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14483] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Place-name Saint Hill, by M. J. Leppard, published 2001 in East Grinstead Society Bulletin (vol. 70, article, p.7)

East Grinstead, West Sussex Dendrochronology Project, by D. H. Miles and M. J. Worthington, published 2001 in Vernacular Architecture (vol. 32, article, pp.84-86)   View Online

Field Notes: Mill Place furnace, East Grinstead, West Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2001 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 21, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506568]   Download PDF

St. Mary's, East Grinstead, by Janet Wilkins, published September 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 3, article, p.114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

St. Mary the Virgin, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead is a brick built church started in the 1840s on land donated by the Stenning family

St Swithun, East Grinstead: some notes on the organs, by Michael F. Poffley, published 2003 (booklet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14949] & West Sussex Libraries

The Croydon, Oxted and East Grinstead Railway, by David Gould, published 18 March 2003 (208 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853615985 & ISBN-13: 9780853615989) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead (Photographic Memories), by David Gould, published 16 April 2003 (96 pp., Frith Book Company Ltd., ISBN-10: 1859371388 & ISBN-13: 9781859371381) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead: A History and Celebration of the Town, by Dorothy Hatswell, published 2004 (119 pp., Frith Book Company Ltd., ISBN-10: 190493823X & ISBN-13: 9781904938231) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald Mcindoe, the Royal Air Force and the Guinea Pig Club, by E. R. Mayhew, published 2004 (239 pp. + 16 pp. of plates, London: Greenhill Books, ISBN-10: 1853676101 & ISBN-13: 9781853676109) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The history of the Guinea Pig Club, the band of airmen who were seriously burned in aeroplane fires, is a truly inspiring, spine-tingling tale. Plastic surgery was in its infancy before the Second World War. The most rudimentary techniques were only known to a few surgeons worldwide. The Allies were tremendously fortunate in having the maverick surgeon Archibald McIndoe nicknamed the Boss or the Maestro operating at a small hospital in East Grinstead in the south of England. McIndoe constructed a medical infrastructure from scratch. After arguing with his superiors, he set up a revolutionary new treatment regime. Uniquely concerned with the social environment, or holistic care , McIndoe also enlisted the help of the local civilian population. He rightly secured his group of patients dubbed the Guinea Pig Club an honoured place in society as heroes of Britain s war. For the first time official records have been used to explain fully how and why this remarkable relationship developed between the Guinea Pig Club, the RAF and the Home Front. First-person recollections bring to life the heroism of the airmen with incredible clarity.

Church origins at East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, shorter article, pp.148-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Streets of Sussex, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 2005 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711031355 & ISBN-13: 9780711031357) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The latest title in the very successful 'Streets of' series. The book is an excellent pictorial record to the changing streetscape of Sussex over the years and covers the entire county of Sussex with particular emphasis on the major centres of population such as Brighton, Hastings, Eastbourne, Uckfield, East Grinstead, Lewes and Bognor Regis.

An Early Vernacular Hammer-Beam Structure: Imberhorne Farm Cottages, East Grinstead, West Sussex, by J. Clarke, published 2005 in Vernacular architecture (vol. 36, article, pp.32-40) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501316] & British Library   View Online

Imberhorne Farm Cottages 1-3 (TQ 373384) are, from the exterior, Victorian farm-workers' cottages. The outward appearance, however, hides the impressive remains of Imberhorne Manor House, containing an early archbraced false hammer-beam roof, tree-ring dated to 1428. The structure is compared to other surviving arch-braced examples and shows strongest similarities to the design of Westminster Hall, but lacking its elaborate mouldings and sculpture. The lack of adornment enables the detail of the design to be determined, showing considerable strengthening of the braces and retention of the hammer beam and post as single elements undivided by the arch. The construction of such a building within thirty years of the completion of Westminster Hall makes this property particularly important within the milieu of the developing structure of the arch-braced hammer beam, and demonstrates the influence of Westminster Hall in a vernacular context.

East Grinstead, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published September 2005 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 40 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries   Download PDF

One Hundred Buildings of East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published 2006 (128 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860773818 & ISBN-13: 9781860773815) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sackville College, East Grinstead: Records of the College, by East Grinstead Decorative and Fine Arts Society, published 2007 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502012]

East Grinstead Official Guide and Map 2007, by M. J. Leppard, published 2007 (Local Authority Publishing) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald Mcindoe, the Royal Air Force and the Guinea Pig Club, by E. R. Mayhew, published 2010 (256 pp, Barnsley: Frontline, ISBN-10: 1848325843 & ISBN-13: 9781848325845) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The 'Guinea Pig Club' were a small band of Allied air heroes who had survived mid-air fires but had been left with horrific burns and injuries. This book chronicles the efforts of plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe to treat these men and rehabilitate them into society as recognized war heroes.

East Grinstead Through a Lens, by David Gould, published 8 April 2010 (128 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1848687788 & ISBN-13: 9781848687783) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

This new compilation of photographs of East Grinstead, its locality and people, comprises 180 unpublished images, mostly dating from c. 1902-3 onwards, and all but ten from the collection at East Grinstead Museum. Nearly all were taken by local professional photographers, and it is by individual photographer that the images are arranged in chronological order: William Page, Arthur Harding, Edgar Kinsey, Ernest Watts, Harold Connold and Malcolm Powell.

Millfield, Croft, The Conifers and Spinnaker, Windmill Lane, East Grinstead (NGR: TQ38623902) - evaluation and excavation reports, by Andy Taylor, published April 2010 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

The Bluebell Railway: Five Decades of Achievement, by Michael Welch, published 31 May 2010 (96 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854143360 & ISBN-13: 9781854143365) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Fonthill: The Story of a School, by Ann Hacke and Jane Griffiths, published 2011 (64 pp., Pardoe Blacker Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1897739567 & ISBN-13: 9781897739563) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead, St. Swithun - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.100-108, 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

"The Maestro": a pioneering plastic surgeon - Sir Archibald McIndoe and his innovating work on patients with burn injury during World War II., by Menedimos Geomelas, Mojtaba Ghods, Andrej Ring and Christian Ottoman, published May 2011 in Journal of Burn Care & Research (vol. 32, issue. 3, article, pp.363-368)   View Online

This article describes McIndoe's revolutionary methods of burn treatment and rehabilitation of patients with burn injury and outlines his personality traits that made him one of the most important plastic surgeons of the twentieth century. As a consultant plastic surgeon to the Royal Air Force, he set up a plastic surgery unit in the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead. By using biographical data and photography, McIndoe's work on burns treatment and the challenges he faced are presented. Before World War II, little was known about the treatment of severe burns and their complications, and even less was done about the rehabilitation and social reintegration of patients with burn injury. McIndoe changed all that by developing new techniques for the management and reconstruction of burn injuries. He helped his patients become and get accepted as a normal part of society again. The patients with burn injury treated by him formed the Guinea Pig Club. Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe, a charismatic plastic surgeon with an uncanny instinctive knowledge of psychology, recognized early that the rehabilitation of a burned patient was as important as the reconstruction of his physical body. His therapeutic approach to patients with burn injury was mental and physical.

Cinemas of the past : a compilation of the cinema histories of East Grinstead, Sussex; Eastwood, Notts.; High Wycombe, Bucks.; Leatherhead, Surrey; St. Albans, Herts.; and Staveley, Derbyshire, by Brian Hornsey, published November 2011 (25 pp., Fuchsiaprint, ISBN-13: 9781907788413) accessible at: British Library

Stuck in East Grinstead, by Stan Turner, published December 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 4, article, pp.168-169) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508975] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Until I broke with the tradition, all my researched TURNERs, as our name describes us, had earned their living in the wood trade. At school, woodwork for me was easy. I did all the required exercises to the master's satisfaction and was rewarded with an introduction to the lathe. During one session in the woodwork shop, a Maths master called in to talk to his Woodwork colleague and as he passed me working at the lathe, said "Ah, Turner, practicing your ancestral craft, I see." - and that was many years before I became an addicted family historian

Archaeological investigations at the former East Grinstead Pottery works, Garland Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex , by Dylan Hopkkinson, published 2013 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18616] & The Keep [LIB/507730] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Archaeological investigations at the former site of Rentokil House, Garland Road, East Grinstead revealed surviving structural elements of the East Grinstead Pottery works which was established in 1855 and demolished in 1971. The structures identified represent the foundations of the Pottery workshop, including the foundations of the bottle kiln and an extensive yard area with discrete brick-laid flooring around a circular brick-built clay-processing feature. An associated assemblage, including red earthenware products of the Pottery, consisted of flowerpots, large jars, bowls and dishes, which evidence the utilitarian vessels produced during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The excavated assemblage was compared to the collection of vessels previously collected from the Pottery works and housed at East Grinstead Museum, which has helped to refine the product range, especially towards the end of production.

The Turnpike through East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published 2013 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 43, article, pp.29-30, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/43] & The Keep [LIB/507840]   Download PDF

East Grinstead: Photographic Memories, by Francis Frith, published 16 April 2013 (96 pp., Frith Book Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1859371388 & ISBN-13: 9781859371381) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead Through Time, by Dorothy Hatswell and Simon Kerr, published 18 July 2013 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445618362 & ISBN-13: 9781445618364) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Grinstead is a West Sussex town with a rich and fascinating history. Founded in the twelfth century by Gilbert D'Aquila, the town flourished with the opening of a bustling market in Cantelupe Road in 1884. Well-known for its many points of interest, including the historic High Street and St Swithun's church, East Grinstead has become a vibrant community and tourist destination. Its popularity continues to increase with the recent arrival of the Bluebell Railway. East Grinstead Through Time contains some of the collection of over 16,000 photographs owned by the East Grinstead Museum (seen to the right). The town's first museum opened in 1925, and moved to its current premises in 2006. Depicting buildings that are either long-gone or substantially altered, authors Dorothy Hatswell and Simon Kerr hope to evoke fond memories for longstanding residents and spark an interest in the town's history for its many visitors.

Secret East Grinstead, by Dorothy Hatswell and Simon Kerr, published 15 September 2014 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445639408 & ISBN-13: 9781445639406) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

There is a history of East Grinstead that is hidden from view, lost under the modern town's bustling surface. The town's High Street is dominated by one of the longest continuous runs of fourteenth-century timber-framed houses in England, houses that have witnessed many of the secrets contained in this book. Many famous faces have resided in the town over the years, from Patrick Moore to Neil Gaiman, and many surprising individuals have had brief encounters with the town, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh and John F. Kennedy. St Swithun resided in the town, and his story, which has become English lore, can all be traced back to events within the town.
Featuring photographs, anecdotes and places to visit, Secret East Grinstead goes behind the façades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known artefacts of East Grinstead's fascinating history. Its markets, buildings and churches each have a tale to tell, and its proximity to London has meant the town has received a whole host of interesting events. Join authors Dorothy Hatswell and Simon Kerr on a journey off the beaten track, and discover the real East Grinstead.

Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe (1900-1960) and the Guinea Pig Club: The development of reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation in the Second World War (1939-1945) , by Alexandra F. Macnamara and Neil H. Metcalfe, published November 2014 in The Journal of Medical Biography (vol. 22, no. 4, article, pp.224-228)   View Online

This article discusses the work of pioneering surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe and particularly his reconstructive surgery and patient-centred approach during the Second World War. It also covers how this affected the lives of his patients and the subsequent formation of the Guinea Pig Club.

A Brief History of Sackville College East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published 1 July 2016 (28 pp., Trustees of Sackville College, ISBN-10: 1526204894 & ISBN-13: 9781526204899) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The unregarded Sussex of J. M. Neale, by M. J. Leppard, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.165-179)

The Parentage of Dr John Henry Rogers of East Grinstead, by M. J. Leppard, published December 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 8, article, pp.355-356) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]

East Grinstead and its Parish Church, published (no date) (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4249]

1625 - 1800 Sussex Assizes, published (no date) by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXXASZ, CD-ROM)

Abstracts of 2718 cases tried between 1625 and 1800 at the higher Assize Courts held in Lent and Summer at Horsham (which had the county gaol from 1541), East Grinstead (a popular venue for Justices before turnpike roads) and Lewes. The CD complements the classic Millennium of Facts of The History of Horsham and Sussex 947-1947 compiled by William Albery. It also includes a list of Burials of prisoners from Horsham Gaol, and the old and new references to Assize Indictment Files in The National Archives with Dates and Places held, as well as a Surname Index.

East Grinstead Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW129, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1558-1900, Marriages 1560-1900 and Burials 1575 -1899. Indexed Transcription. Includes 56 photographs. Vol.129.

1811, 1821 and 1831 Censuses of East Grinstead, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C031, CD-ROM)

A full transcription of all the Name lists of householders in all three of these early censuses, including Ages, Professions and other information from original files at West Sussex Record Office. Not all the data has survived but it gives a fascinating insight into this community. East Grinstead is the only place in West Sussex where householders' Names have been preserved in three pre-1841 censuses

1841 Census vol.11 - East Grinstead area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCL, CD-ROM)