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Parish of Felpham, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, pp.106-111) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Felpham, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.174-175, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

A Find at Felpham, by The Editor, 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

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1900 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 600]

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1901 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 601]

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1902 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 602]

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1903 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 603]

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1904 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 604]

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1905 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 605]

The Bognor, Aldwick, Felpham and South Bersted Almanack, published 1907 (pamphlet, Webster & Webb) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 606]

Notes on the Geology of Felpham, near Bognor Regis, by Edmond M. Venables, published 1931 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 42 issue 4, article, pp.363-369) accessible at: University of Sussex Library   View Online

The area dealt with in this paper is included in Sheet 332 of the Geological Survey, taking in about I½ miles of the Sussex coast at Bognor Regis, Felpham, and Middleton. This area, with the surrounding country, has been described by Mr. Clement Reid. Dixon's account of the district is scanty, although not without interest; but, apart from these papers, little appears to have been written about the area. Topley's map in Dixon's "Geology of Sussex" is of considerable interest in connection with this paper, as will be shown in due course.

Chalk zones in the foreshore between Worthing and Felpham, Sussex, by E. C. Martin, B.Sc., A.I.C., published 1932 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 43 issue 3, article, pp.201-211)   View Online

This paper deals with a stretch of about 14 miles of the Sussex coast, betwe en East Worthing and Felpham. A modern shingle bank, backed in places by a low cliff of brickearth, extends along the whole length of this coast and slopes down to a foreshore varying in width, at low-water spring tides, from about 300 yards to nearly half a mile. The upper part of the foreshore consists generally of sand, but in the lower part beds of broken Chalk are seen at frequent intervals and, in places, extend almost up to the shingle bank.
Nearly a century ago Sir Woodbine Parish recorded that "in front of the village of Felpham, chalk is exposed for a considerable distance cropping out of the sands between high and low water mark, and at low water it may be traced for upwards of a mile in the direction of Middleton. It abounds in its characteristic fossils." (Some of these he recorded, but the list unfortunately was not published.) Parish also noted that "chalk marl has long been dug out of the beach near Middleton at low tides for manuring the neighbouring beds."
Later geologists appear to have given little attention to these foreshore exposures, and no attempt to zone them seems to ha ve been made. They are briefly referred to by Dixon, H. B. Woodward, and by Clement Reid, who wrote "it is difficult to say to what zones this Chalk belongs, or whether zones older than the Upper Chalk may not be exposed on the foreshore towards Worthing." Mr. R. M. Brydone, however, in one of his papers on the zone of Offaster pilula, suggested that this zone "is probably exposed on the coast in West Sussex in the foreshore near Bognar."

Note on the Chalk of Felpham, by Edmond M. Venables, published 1932 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 43 issue 3, article, pp.223-224)   View Online

Church of St Mary, Felpham, by William Page, published c.1933 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9220][Lib 6526]

A late Bronze-Age hoard from Flansham, by S. E. Winbolt, published August 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 3, article, pp.78-80) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Guide to the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Felpham, Sussex, by W. B. & A. M., published 1958 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4952]

Guide to the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Felpham, Sussex, published 1977 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6952]

A Fatal Ferrying at Felpham [Dudman drownings], published July 1977 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 8, article, p.14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/8] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Inn, Taverns & Hotels Past & Present of Bognor Regis including Pagham & Felpham, by Charles Butler, published 1983 (36 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society) accessible at: British Library

William Blake and Felpham (1800-1803), by Norah Owens, published 1986 (booklet, Bognor Regis Local History Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9560]

The Stratigraphy of the Reading Beds (Palaeocene), at Felpham, West Sussex, by David A. Bone, published November 1986 in Tertiary research (vol. 8, part 1, article)

A Burnt Mound at Church Field, Felpham. West Sussex, by Robin Holgate, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, archaeological note, pp.228-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

Felpham by the Sea. Aspects of History in a Sussex Parish, edited by Tim and Ann Hudson, published November 1988 (pamphlet, 62 pp., Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop, ISBN-10: 0950831026 & ISBN-13: 9780950831022) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10129] & Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop & West Sussex Libraries

Felpham and Middleton Census Returns 1841-1881, edited by Barry Fletcher, published 1990 (Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11331] & Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop

Religious Survey 1851 - Westhampnett district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.147-160, 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

Westhampnett district incl. Manhood, Birdham, West Itchenor, West Wittering, East Wittering, Earnley, Sidlesham, Selsey, Pagham, Hunston, North Mundham, Donnington, Appledram, New Fishbourne, Rumboldswyke, Merston, Yapton, Barnham, Felpham, Middleton, Binsted, Madehurst, Walberton, Eastergate, Boxgrove, Aldingbourne, Eartham, Oving, Tangmere, East Lavant, Singleton, West Stoke, Mid-Lavant, East Dean, Up-Waltham & Graffham

The Felpham and Middleton Country Dance Club: the first sixty years, published 1992 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13669]

1st Felpham Sea Scout Group Historical Review, 1922-1992, by Vicky Hennessy, published 1992 (booklet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11869] & West Sussex Libraries

The Society Purchases a 1791 Map of Felpham, by T.J. McCann, published April 1992 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 49, article, p.6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/49] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

Rex v Blake: Sussex Attitudes toward the Military and Blake's Trial for Sedition 1804, by G. E. Bentley, jnr, published 1993 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12116]

Joint Coastal Defence Study Felpham West Sussex, published 1994 (pamphlet, Arun District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12827]

Fepham Matters. The Growth of a Sussex Coastal Village from 1800-1914, by Sheila C. Gould and dedicated to Hazel Gibbs, published 1 November 1996 (booklet, 70 pp., Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop, ISBN-10: 0952976102 & ISBN-13: 9780952976103) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13330][Lib 14020] & Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop

Parish of Felpham, by A. P. Baggs and H. M. Warne and edited by T. P. Hudson, published 1997 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 5, part 1: South-western part of the Rape of Arundel, pp.160-182, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227813 & ISBN-13: 9780197227817) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13609][Lib 14779] & The Keep [LIB/500083] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Have you ever seen a fairy funeral? , by E V Lucas, published April 1997 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 9 Number 3, article, pp.37-38, Spring 1997) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Extract from Highways and Byways of Sussex by E V Lucas. Short article about the life of William Blake, who lived in Felpham from 1800-1803. Blake was interested in all things spiritual and supernatural. He was tried and acquitted of sedition at Chichester in 1803.

Felpham - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.114, 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

Flansham 2000: a snapshot in time of the ancient hamlet of Flansham, by David French, published 2000 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14369]

Rectory Garden Residents Society Ltd, 1964-2004 [Felpham], by J. F. Pratt, published 2004 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15225]

20th Century War Memorials in Felpham and Middleton; Studies in the history of Felpham and Middleton no. 1, by Sheila Gould, published 16 September 2008 (40 pp., Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop, ISBN-10: 0951648233 & ISBN-13: 9780951648230) accessible at: Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop & West Sussex Libraries

Swallowed by the Sea; Artists, antiquaries and Middleton's lost church; Studies in the history of Felpham and Middleton no. 2, by Winifred D. Abbott, published July 2010 (48 pp., Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop, ISBN-10: 0951648241 & ISBN-13: 9780951648247) accessible at: Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop & West Sussex Libraries

William Blake and Felpham (1800-1803), by Norah Owens, published 1 February 2012 (2nd revised edition, 40 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0956647030 & ISBN-13: 9780956647030)

Fishermen of Bognor, Felpham and Pagham, by Sheila Smith, published 1 February 2012 (48 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0956647049 & ISBN-13: 9780956647047) accessible at: British Library

Sea, Ships and Smugglers; Extracts from 19th Century newspapers; Studies in the history of Felpham and Middleton no. 3, published 1 November 2012 (52 pp., Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop, ISBN-10: 095164825X & ISBN-13: 9780951648254) accessible at: Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop & West Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis Defended: The Anti Invasion Defences at Bognor Regis in World War Two, Pagnam -Bognor - Felpham - Middleton , by John F. Wells, published 1 January 2016 (92 pp., J.F.W. Publications, ISBN-10: 0993504108 & ISBN-13: 9780993504105) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Felpham Parish Register and Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW70, CD-ROM)

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1557-1901 with gaps, banns 1823-1901. Indexed Transcription. 15 external photographs. Vol.70. Includes Monumental Inscriptions 1679-2008 from SFHG CD C030 with further photos and plans.

Felpham Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C030, CD-ROM)