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Account of a fresco Painting discovered at Preston, Sussex, by Rev. Charles Townshend, published 1831 in Archaeologia; or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity (vol. 23, article, pp.309-316)   View Online

The Church of Preston, near Brighton, appears from various indications to have been built towards the end of the reign of Henry III. On the east wall of the nave, on both sides of the arch opening to the Chancel, the Commandments had been painted, which, becoming greatly decayed from damp and age, I endeavoured to scrape away; after removing many thick coats of whitewash and plaster, I gradually made out on the wall, northward of the arch, the painting of the murder of Becket, &c. (No. 1), and on that southward of the arch the various paintings (No. 2).

Parish of Preston or East Preston, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, pp.135-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Preston, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, p.162, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

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

The Parish Registers of Hove and Preston, 1538-1812, edited by E. F. Salmon, published 1912 (Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8264] & West Sussex Libraries

Preston Court Rolls, by Charles Thomas-Stanford, published 1921 (vol. 27, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2243] & The Keep [LIB/500400] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex and the U.S.A., 2nd series. 3 - Sussex and William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts, by David McLean, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.199-205; no. 4, pp.268-272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Story of Preston Manor, by Isabel E. J. Haddan, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 1, article, pp.38-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Willowhayne School, East Preston, by Dorothy Gardner, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 2, article, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

In Preston Manor Garden, by Margery C. Roberts, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 8, article, pp.514-516) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

Preston Manor in Brighton (The Thomas Stanford Museum), by Country Life contributor(s), published 6 July 1935 in Country Life (article)

Old Brighton - Old Preston - Old Hove, by Frederick Harrison, F.S.A. and James Sharp North, published 1937 (Brighton: J. S. North) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504891] & West Sussex Libraries

Brighton has engaged the attention of more than one writer of late. To Mr. Sitwell, for example, appealed the baroque Rococo of the Pavilion, so completely in tune with its Royal Inhabitant and his followers, and an excellent book he made of it.
But though several accounts have been written from time to time of the town, all are surpassed, as historical records, by the book under review with its fascinating and comprehensive description and its 80 clear and interesting drawings and photographs.
In other country towns of note, the main feature is often their Cathedral or Castle. Brighton has no such majestic buildings, but there are many picturesque houses and inns, often linked with lives of those "worthies" to whose quiet or eccentric lives we turn with pleasure in these days of hustle and worry.
The extracts from ordinances and deeds of early days make good reading. For instance, few towns, we imagine, can show more variations in spelling than Brighton. They run to several dozen in this case, but Colonel Popham's attempt, as late as 1649, seems the furthest fetched of all. On page 35, we are told that he sent an order to Captain Wheatley of the Warspite as follows: "Hearing from some members of the House serving for Sussex and from the governor of Rye that the coast has been infested with pirates and picaroons since the surprise of the Robert frigate, appointed for that service, you are to repair with your vessel to Rye and Bredhempson (Brighton) and other ports and creeks of Sussex and acquaint the people that you are ordered to attend there and convoy vessels bound to London with corn, etc."
In 1301, Shoreham, Bryghthelmston and Portsmouth were summoned to send one ship to the King (Edward I) at Berwick. In 1324, William Vivian was appointed 'to select mariners from the town of Shorham, Howe, Bryghneston (Brighton) . . . for the equipment of ships of the town of Shorham, ordered for the King's service.'
In spite of no harbour, mackerel fishing flourished off Brighton during most of the 18th century, and at one time it is told that some 6o boats and about 1,000 men and women were connected with the industry. One regrets, by the way, to read that the last of the 'Hog Boats' was burnt in a Fifth of November bonfire on its accustomed beach.
The drawings and photographs in this book are of high quality, as to selection and reproduction.
From an artistic point of view we would draw the attention of the reader to "The Lanes, from Popular Row," p.8o, as one among several delightful drawings, supported by many most interesting photographs.
Lovers of Sussex should buy this book, to keep.

History of the East Preston Cricket Club, 1860-1960, by C. R. H. Hurle-Hobbs, published c.1960 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6300]

East Preston, including Angmering-on-Sea. Official guide, etc, published 1968 (28 pp., Home Publishing Co., Carshalton) accessible at: British Library

East Preston: official guide, published c.1973 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6757]

East Preston and Kingston, by R. W. Standing, published 1973 (East Preston and Kingston Preservation Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Old Brighton - Old Preston - Old Hove, by Frederick Harrison, F.S.A. and James Sharp North, published 11 October 1974 (new edition, originally published 1937, ix + 204 pp. & 3 leaves of plates, Hassocks: Flare Books, ISBN-10: 0901759481 & ISBN-13: 9780901759481) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Man of Many Talents: An Informal Biography of James Douglas, 1753-1819, by Ronald Jessup, published 1 January 1975 (xiv + 310 pp. = 32 pp. of plates, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850331994 & ISBN-13: 9780850331998) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Preston in the 17th & 18th Centuries, by John Howard Farrant and Sue Farrant, published June 1975 (Occasional papers, No. 3, 25 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242021 & ISBN-13: 9780904242027) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502983] & West Sussex Libraries

Old East Preston: some historical notes, 1, by R. W. Standing, published 1980 (booklet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7705] & West Sussex Libraries

Probate Inventories: East Preston and Kingston, by R. W. Standing, published September 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 17, article, p.1) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/17] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

A Short History of East Preston Parish Council, 1894-1925, by Richard W. Standing, published 1983 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8773] & West Sussex Libraries

Field-Names of Angmering, Ferring, Rustington, East Preston and Kingston, by R. W. Standing, published 1984 (Nottingham: English Place-Name Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Old East Preston: Some Historical notes 2, by R. W. Standing, published 1985 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Changes in Brighton and Hove's Suburbs: Preston and Patcham, 1841-1871, by Sue Farrant, published January 1985 (84 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0951022504 & ISBN-13: 9780951022504) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502586]

Church and Parish, The Church of St. Mary the Virgin and the Parishes of East Preston and Kingston, by R. W. Standing, published 1986 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Edmund Busby: Agricultural Labourer & Martyr, by Mrs. E. B. Newbold, published March 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 4, article, pp.150-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edmund Busby was the sixth of eleven children born to William Busby and Mary Jones. He was executed for setting a fire, though he was innocent. Article covers the years 1804 - 1831 in the parish of East Preston

Old East Preston: Some Historical notes 3, by R. W. Standing, published 1988 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Old East Preston 2. 1988 Ed, by R. W. Standing, published 1988 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston Schools, 1840-1902, by R. W. Standing, published 1989 (booklet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10486] & West Sussex Libraries

Captain Swing, East Preston, Edmund Bushby and East Preston in 1830, by R. W. Standing, published 1989 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Worthing district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.135-146, 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

Worthing district incl. Broadwater, Lancing, Littlehampton, Clapham, Patching, Goring, Ferring, East Preston, Angmering, Poling, Rustington, Climping, Ford, Arundel, Tortington, South Stoke, Burpham, North Stoke, Houghton, Amberley & Wiggonholt

Age of the Squire, East Preston and Kingston in the 19th Century, by R. W. Standing, published 1991 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston Church, The Old Churchyard and its Memorials, by R. W. Standing, published 1991 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston, Its Houses and Families 1801 to 1881, From the Census Returns and Rates and other Records, by R. W. Standing, published 1991 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Old-fashioned garden revival [at Preston Manor], by David Beevers, published 6 August 1992 in Country Life (vol. 186 no. 32, article, pp.56-57)

Churches and Parishes of East Preston and Kingston, by R. W. Standing, published 1994 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12240] & West Sussex Libraries

A 7th-century gilt-bronze mount from East Preston, West Sussex, by Sally White, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, shorter article, p.195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Downland Portraits - Life in Patcham, Preston, Hangleton and West Blatchington as seen through probate and other records 1650-1750, by Graham Kean and Tony Ketteman, published 1995 (218 pp., published by the authors) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500000] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Preston and Kingston in the 20th Century, by R. W. Standing, published 1997 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Reading, Writing and Riot: Bushby and the East Preston and Kingston Schools, by R. W. Standing, published 1998 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13883] & West Sussex Libraries

East Preston Photographs, by R. W. Standing, published 1998 (2 volumes, published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.113, 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

East Preston Gilbert Union Workhouse, by R.W. Standing, published April 1998 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 61, article, p.11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/61] & The Keep [LIB/500485]

Preston Manor, by David Beevers, published 1999 (48 pp., Brighton: Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, ISBN-10: 0948723203 & ISBN-13: 9780948723209)

East Preston Gilbert Union Workhouse, 1791-1869, Part 1, by R.W. Standing, published April 1999 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 63, article, p.13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/63] & The Keep [LIB/500487]

East Preston Gilbert Union Workhouse 1791-1869, Part 2, by R.W. Standing, published October 1999 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 64, article, p.7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/64] & The Keep [LIB/500488]

East Preston Gilbert Union Workhouse 1791-1869, part 3, by R. W. Standing, published Autumn 2000 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 66, article, p.12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/66] & The Keep [LIB/500490]

Great Tithe of 1836, Angmering, Ferring, Kingston, East Preston, Rustington. Farms and Land Usage, by R. W. Standing, published 2001 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston in Old Picture Postcards, by Dorothy P. Lee, published 2003 (European Library) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15105] & West Sussex Libraries

A Short History of East Preston and Kingston, by R. W. Standing, published 2004 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15205] & West Sussex Libraries

100 Years - East Preston and Kingston Census 1801-1901, Houses and Families, by R. W. Standing, published 2004 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Preston: Downland Village to Brighton Suburb, by Preston Village Millennium Project, published 23 July 2004 (120 pp., Brighton Books (Publishing), ISBN-10: 190145407X & ISBN-13: 9781901454079) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Early History of East Preston and Kingston, East Preston Rentals and Surveys Related 1602-1841, by R. W. Standing, published 2005 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston & Kingston: An Illustrated History, by R. W. Standing, published 6 September 2008 (192 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860773842 & ISBN-13: 9781860773846) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Takes the reader through more than a thousand years of history in two closely related Sussex villages. Beginning in Norman times, this illustrated book relates how the feudal system ruled the village. It contains histories of the church, farmsteads and houses, and discovers the origins of the sports and social clubs.

Land at Manor Farm, East Preston, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ07250195) - evaluation report, by Sean Wallis, published December 2008 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

East Preston and Kingston Farms 1600 to 1900, by R. W. Standing, published 2009 (3 volumes, published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston and Kingston, Coast Erosion, Kingston Chapel, Population, Lords of the Manor, Olliver and Warren, 1321 Survey, Subsidies, 1602 Rental, 1635 Glebe Terriers, etc, by R. W. Standing, published 2009 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston and Kingston Village Ways along Ancient and Modern Streets and Footpaths, by R. W. Standing, published 2009 (loose-leaf folder, published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston and Kingston Farms as Surveyed 1602 to 1841, by R. W. Standing, published 2010 (2 volumes, published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston and Kingston Village History to 1800, by R. W. Standing, published 2010 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston and Kingston. Palmer Family, History, Estates, 1671 Survey, by R. W. Standing, published 2010 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Fletchers Arms, Station Road, East Preston, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ06450294) - watching brief report, by James McNicholl-Norbury, published October 2010 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

East Preston Official Guide and Map, published 2011 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17808]

1911 Census East Preston and Kingston, a Transcription, by R. W. Standing, published 2012 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston & Kingston: 1938 to 1948 WW2, by R. W. Standing, published 2015 (East Preston Parish Council)

East Preston and Kingston, Domesday 1910, IR 19 and the 1911 Census, Houses, Owners and Occupiers, Transcription, by R. W. Standing, published 2015 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East Preston: official guide, by L. Elgar Pike, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7839]

East Preston and Kingston Gorse Parish Registers, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW61, CD-ROM)

East Preston Baptisms and Burials 1573-1901; Marriages 1575-1753 1764-1901 and many Monumental Inscriptions. Kingston Gorse Baptisms 1570-1671, Marriages 1571-1658 and Burials 1570-1672. Indexed Transcription. Includes 10 external photographs of East Preston. Vol.61.