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Parish of Edburton, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, p.224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Edburton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.166-167, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Discovery at Edburton, by C. H. Wilkie, published 1882 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 32, notes & queries, p.230) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2117] & The Keep [LIB/500250] & S.A.S. library   View Online

S. Andrew's, Edburton, Sussex: copy of parish register book, 1558-1673, published 1884 (68 pp., Brighton: J.G. Bishop) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Discovery at Edburton, by John Sawyer, published 1886 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 34, notes & queries, pp.261-262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2119] & The Keep [LIB/500252] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Index to registers of Edburton, Sussex, 1558-1673, published 1887 (15 pp., Frederick Arthur Crisp) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Discovery at Edburton, by John Sawyer, published 1887 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 35, notes & queries, p.196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2120] & The Keep [LIB/500253] & S.A.S. library   View Online

St Andrew's, Edburton, Sussex: second parish register book, 1656-1812, compiled by Christopher Hales Wilkie, published 1900 (112 pp., Brighton: J.G. Bishop) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

St Andrew's Church, Edburton, by Hugh B. Simeon, published 1931 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14811][Lib 4874][Lib 4875]

Sussex from the Air. 9 - Some Hill Forts, by E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., F.S.A., published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 2, article, pp.130-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Camps round Vetus Pons. III - Edburton & IV - Thundersbarrow, by F. Edwin Hodder, F.S.A., published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.496-498) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Sussex Church Plans XVIII: St Andrew, Edburton , by Walter H. Godfrey, published August 1932 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 3, article, pp.53-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

The Mass-Clocks on Edburton Church, by Hugh B. Simeon, published c.1935 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4349]

George Keith, 1638-1716, by Ethyn Williams Kirby, published 1942 (177 pp., New York: American Historical Assocation) accessible at: British Library

George Keith served as rector of St Andrews, Edburton from 1705 until his death on 27 March 1716

Rectors of Edburton, by F. A. Howe, published November 1953 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 15 & 16, note, pp.324-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

George Keith - Priest, Missionary, Rector of Edburton, by F. A. H., published 1956 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13596]

Hippisley Memorial, St Andrew's, Edburton, by Lindsay Fleming, published 1958 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5134]

A Chronicle of Edburton and Fulking in the County of Sussex, by F. A. Howe, B.Sc., published 1958 (113 pp., Crawley: Hubners Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503815] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Author has collected from original sources and previous writers a mass of useful information in a very readable form, interesting not only to local inhabitants but also to all interested in Sussex. Perhaps because of the nature of the method of assembly of the Notes, there are gaps in the continuity of the history behind the facts recorded, especially in the matter of local government. Originally a single parish of Edburton for all purposes, it remains one ecclesistical parish, but Fulking was made into a separate civil parish at the end of Victoria's reign and more recently (presumably under the 1930 Act) Edburton became part of the civil parish of Upper Beeding. Edburton and Fulking were in different Rapes but the Author does not deal with the curious origin and nature of Bramber Rape (see S.A.C. lv and lxxii) which cuts through Hundreds and Parishes. The boundary of the Administrative Counties of East and West Sussex followed the Rape boundary when they were formed in 1888 but Sussex is still an Entire County (See S.N.Q. xiii. 14). Hundreds and parishes were not coincident in many cases (Wisborough Green is in three Hundreds and Lamberhurst parish was in two counties) and these areas were formed independently. The Author might in a future edition give a clearer explanation of the local authorities at different times in chronological order with dates of changes. The Map (p. 104) is on a very small scale and would be improved by showing the adjoining areas. There are some passages which might be revised; the Hundred was financed by rates on occupiers, not on copyholders as such; the Poor Rate was levied by the parish and latterly included the County and Hundred Rates, previously levied independently; the origin of parish registers was under Henry VIII, Elizabeth I merely tightened up the procedure; the duties of Statute Labour on roads was elaborately dealt with in the original Act of 1555 and was only revised under George III. The Court Baron and the Customonary Court of a Manor are distinct and Briefs issued out of the Chancery (NOT the Court of Chancery) which was the place whence all Royal Writs issued.

St Andrew's Church, Edburton, published 1963 (pamphlet, St Andrew's Church Edburton) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4876]

Parish of Edburton, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1987 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 6, part 3: North-eastern part of the Rape of Bramber including Crawley New Town, pp.45-52, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227686 & ISBN-13: 9780197227688) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9945][Lib 9946] & The Keep [LIB/500077] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Religious Survey 1851 - Steyning district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.107-117, 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

Steyning district incl. Shoreham, Hove, Preston, Patcham, West Blatchington, Hangleton, Portslade, Southwick, Kingston-by-Sea, Sompting, Coombs, Buttolphs, Upper Beeding, Edburton, Poynings, Woodmancote, Henfield, Ashurst & Shermanbury

Edburton - 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

The People of Beeding and Bramber in the Great War, by Pat Nightingale and Ken Wilson-Wheeler, published 9 September 2016 (179 pp. + 110 illus., Beeding and Bamber Local History Society) accessible at: Henfield Museum & Steyning Museum

Covers the stories of soldiers who were killed in WW1, and those that survived, from the villages of Upper Beeding, Bramber, Botolphs, Small Dole, Edburton and Fulking.

Edburton Parish Register 1558-1911, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW66, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1558-1891, Marriages 1562-1911, Burials 1558-1911. Indexed Transcription. Includes 18 photographs. Vol. 66.

Adur Valley and Brighton & Hove - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C008, CD-ROM)

Aldrington, Botolphs, Brighton (9), Coombes, Edburton, Kingston Buci, Lancing, Hangleton (2), Hove (2), Newtimber, Patcham, Poynings, Pycombe, Old Shoreham, Southwick (5), Steyning (4),West Blatchington, and Wiston,