Bibliography - East Lavington [formerly Woolavington], Chichester District, West Sussex
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Parish of Woolavington, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, pp.170-171) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Woolavington, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.271-272, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of East Lavant, published 1877 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

The Lavingtons. Bar-Lavington, Woollavington, and West Lavington, by Rev. Thomas Debary, M.A., published 1879 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 29, article, pp.46-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2114] & The Keep [LIB/500247] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Lavingtons, by Thomas Debary, published 1880 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 30, notes & queries, p.235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2115] & The Keep [LIB/500248] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Presentment of the Churchwardens of Woollavington, 1681, by R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., published 1901 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 44, notes & queries, pp.209-210) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2129] & The Keep [LIB/500262] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Lavington Park, the seat of Lord Woolavington, by Christopher Hussey, published 25 July 1925 in Country Life (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5535]

The Stud of Lavington Park, by Meriel St Olaves, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 11, article, pp.766-767) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Beechwood, The Home of Commander and Mrs. Herbert Agar. Rehabilitated by Mr. Robert Lutyens, by Country Life contributor(s), published 19 August 1949 in Country Life (article)

Beechwood, Lavington, Sussex, by C. Hussey, published 19 August 1949 in Country Life (article, pp.538-541)

Graffham through a Thousand Years (with note on Woolavington and Selham), by Frederick T. Barrett, published 1953 (booklet, revised edition in 1962, Alfred Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4255] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This booklet of 32 (unnumbered) pages is a careful and readable account of an obscure West Sussex parish, whose chief claim to fame is in its having had as squire a bishop, Samuel Wilberforce, and as rector a future cardinal, Henry Manning. Portraits of these two celebrities are among the excellent illustrations. The author sets the details of parish history against the background of national history and treats of the old houses as well as of the church. Brief notes on Woollavington and Selham form an appendix. Copies, if any still remain unsold, can be obtained only from The Postmaster, Graffham (price 2s. 9d., post free).

Some Woolavington and Wonworth Leases, by Eric E. Barker, published 1956 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 94, article, pp.43-69) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2179] & The Keep [LIB/500335] & S.A.S. library

Alversham, a lost Manor, by E. M. Yates, published November 1956 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 11 & 12, note, pp.205-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

The Lavington Estate Archives: A Catalogue, by Francis W. Steer, published 1964 (Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12688][Lib 5601] & West Sussex Libraries

The collection is very weak in family papers, but rich in title-deeds for the small parishes of Graffham and Woolavington and, to a lesser extent, for Billingshurst. These deeds are also valuable to the genealogist who, wishing to trace the descent of minor families, but finding himself bogged down by the absence of relationships in parish register entries, may get his information from title-deeds.

Medieval Potteries at East Lavington, by F. G. Aldsworth and Alec Down, 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 Victorian Society, Hampshire Group: North-West Sussex Tour, by T. P. Hudson, published 1984 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9070]

Covers Wispers ('now St Cuthman's School'); King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst; Lavington Park ('now Seaford College'); East Lavington Church; Little Thakeham ('now Little Thakeham Hotel'); West Lavington 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

My Sussex Ancestors, by J. A. Beaden, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.31-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of John Smith gent of Northamptonshire born c.1700 and his descendants at Graffham and Woolavington. Article covers the years 1700 - 1889.

Cardinal Manning: Staunch Catholic and Social Reformer, by Michael Townsend, published October 2006 in Midhurst Heritage (No 6, article, pp.13-14, Autumn 2006, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16354]

Brief biography of Henry Edward Manning, Archbishop of Westminster and appointed Cardinal in 1875. Ordained into the Anglican movment, he was Rector of Woolavington with Graffham, and later Archdeacon of Chichester, but converted to Rome in 1845.

Lavington Park (Seaford College) - Pump House, by Ron Martin, published 2007 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 37, article, pp.7-15, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506535]   Download PDF

Lavington Park is situated to the west of the A285 Petworth to Chichester road immediately to the south-west of Duncton village. It is located entirely within the parish of East Lavington. The house was originally built in 1589 by Giles Garton but it was rebuilt in 1790-94. The estate had various owners and in 1936 was owned by the Wallace family, Mrs, Wallace being the daughter of Sir Edwin Lutyens. During WWII it served as a commando HQ and in 1946 was bought by Rev. C. E. Johnson for the present owners, Seaford College.

Graffham and Woolavington potters, tile-makers and brickmakers, c.1590-1740, by Danae Tankard, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.175-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The medieval and early modern pottery industry of the Graffham area has been discussed in articles published in Sussex Archaeological Collections by Anthony Streeten (1980) and by Fred Aldsworth and Alec Down (1990). These focused primarily on the archaeology of the industry, although Aldsworth also surveyed some of the documentary sources. Brick and tile-making in the Graffham area has received less attention. A more extensive examination of documentary sources, including property deeds, manorial records, wills and probate inventories, provides new information about the potters, brick and tile-makers and enables the archaeological evidence to be placed in a stronger historic context.

Woolavington Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW107, CD-ROM)

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1571-1895, Banns 1764-1907 with some gaps. Bishops Transcripts where registers are missing. Indexed Transcription. Includes 25 photographs. Vol.107.