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Parish of Findon, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, pp.202-204) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Muntham, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.56-57, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Findon, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.177-178, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Cavity at Findon Manor House, by The Editor, published 1873 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 25, notes & queries, pp.233-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2110] & The Keep [LIB/500243] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Findon, by Charles Francis Trower, M.A., published 1875 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 26, article, pp.219-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2111] & The Keep [LIB/500244] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Findon, continued, by The Editor, published 1877 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 27, article, pp.3-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2112] & The Keep [LIB/500245] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Fragments of Findon, by H. R. P. Wyatt, published 1926 (79 pp., Worthing: Longs) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2787] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rambles in Sussex, No 4. Steyning, Chanctonbury, Findon, Cissbury and Park Brow, by C. Beckwith, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 9, article, pp.392-393) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Probable Flint Mines near Tolmere Pond, Findon , by Eliot Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.S.A. and E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., published May 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 6, article, pp.168-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Flint Mines on Church Hill, Findon , by William Law, published August 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 7, note, pp.222-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

The Early Iron Age Site at Findon Park, Findon, Sussex, by Cyril Fox and Garnet R. Wolseley, published October 1928 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 8 issue 4, article, pp.449-460)   View Online

The generosity of an anonymous benefactor to the Research Fund of the Society enabled further work to be carried out in 1927 on the Findon Park Iron Age village site, which is situated just above the 500-ft. contour on a broad flat southward-sloping ridge one mile to the north of Cissbury. We wished to obtain information as to the range of date of the occupation, and the culture of the inhabitants, additional to that reported in Archaeologia, Ixxvi.

Some Old-Time Fairs, by Maude Robinson, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 8, article, pp.558-559) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Sussex from the Air. 10 - The Water Supply of Hill-Forts, by E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., F.S.A., published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.212-219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Some Discoveries at Findon. I - The Prehistoric Antiquities of Church Hill, by J. H. Pull, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 7, article, pp.470-472) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Some Discoveries at Findon. II - The Fire Mound, by J. H. Pull, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 8, article, pp.506-508) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Some Discoveries at Findon. III - The Burial Mounds, by J. H. Pull, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 9, article, pp.597-600) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Some Discoveries at Findon. IV - The Flint Industries, by J. H. Pull, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 10, article, pp.653-655) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Some Discoveries at Findon. V - The Flint Implements, by J. H. Pull, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 11, article, pp.727-730) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Some Discoveries at Findon. VI - The Flint Mines, by J. H. Pull, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 12, article, pp.810-814) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Findon Church, by S.N.Q. contributor, published May 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 2, note, pp.56-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans XXVII: St. John the Baptist, Findon, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.84-85) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Findon Church, by Editor, published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, reply, p.95) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

The 'Old Findon Country', by G. Sparrow, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 2, article, pp.110-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

The Stone Age Villages of Downland. II - High Salvington, by J. H. Pull, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 8, article, pp.498-500) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

Findon Church, by Canon G. M. Livett, published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, reply, p.159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

The Church of St John the Baptist, Findon, by H. R. P. Wyatt, published 1938 (pamphlet, St John the Baptist Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4877] & West Sussex Libraries

A Romano-British Site in Canada Bottom, Findon, near Cissbury, by N. E. S. Norris and G. P. Burstow, published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, article, pp.103-104) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

A New Prehistoric Site at Bost Hill, Findon Valley, Worthing, by J. P. H. Clark, published May 1955 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 5 & 6, article, pp.98-99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Muntham Court, Findon: Interim Report, 1954-5, by G. P. Burstow, F.S.A. and G. A. Holleyman, F.S.A., published November 1956 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.196-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Muntham Court, Findon, by G. P. Burstow, F.S.A. and G. A. Holleyman, F.S.A., published May 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 13 & 14, article, pp.232-233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Church Music in Findon, by C. E. Welch, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, note, pp.135-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Findon: a downland village, by H. L. Reeves, published 1968 (Findon: Sheepdown Publishers) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4250] & West Sussex Libraries

Roman Site at Findon, by H. B. A. & M. M. Ratcliffe-Densham, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, shorter notice, p.126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

A Short History of St John Baptist, Findon, published 1976 (pamphlet, St John Baptist Findon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11890]

Muntham Well, Findon, by T. P. Hudson, published 1978 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 8, article, pp.2-4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/8] & The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Arrangements for supplying water to country houses in Sussex before the advent of the mains were often elaborate and ingenious. At Muntham House, Findon, now destroyed, the successive methods used over two hundred years are well documented, and make a complete and interesting story.

Findon Market and Fair in The Middle Ages, by T. P. Hudson, published January 1978 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 9, article, p.6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/9] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Bronze Age Pottery from Cross Lane, Findon, West S, by Owen Bedwin, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, p.254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Findon, 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 1980 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 6, part 1: Southern part of the Rape of Bramber, pp.20-34, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227538 & ISBN-13: 9780197227534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7542][Lib 7543] & The Keep [LIB/500085] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Findon through two centuries: A Downland Village, 1600-1800, edited by Timothy P. Hudson, published 1982 (booklet, 38 pp., Bognor: T. P. Hudson, ISBN-10: 095083100X & ISBN-13: 9780950831008) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8417] & West Sussex Libraries

William [Frankland] of Muntham: A Nabob of Sussex, by D. R. Banting, published 1984 (56 pp. & illus., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950985007 & ISBN-13: 9780950985008) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9059] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries

A Saxon Church at Findon, by John Holmes, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, historical note, pp.256-257) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

Religious Survey 1851 - Thakeham district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.129-134, 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

Thakeham district incl. Pulborough, Stopham, Coldwaltham, Hardham, West Chiltington, Washington, Parham, Storrington, Sullington, Thakeham, Warminghurst, Ashington, Wiston & Findon

A Testimony of Her Times: Based on Penelope Hind's Diaries and Correspondence, 1787-1838, by Sarah Markham, published 28 January 1991 (256 pp., Michael Russell Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0859551741 & ISBN-13: 9780859551748) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11336] & West Sussex Libraries

A Short History of the Church of St John Baptist, Findon, by David Richards, published 1992 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12118] & West Sussex Libraries

Some Flintwork from Church Hill, Findon and Cissbury, by Christopher Butler, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, archaeological note) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

The Gun Inn at Findon, by Ian H. Mallender, published 1996 (leaflet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13660]

The Gunn Inn, Findon, West Sussex, by Janet Pennington, published October 1997 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 60, article, pp.25-29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/60] & The Keep [LIB/500484]

Findon - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.115, 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 Morris Reredoses at St John the Baptist Church, Findon, and the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Clapham, West Sussex, by Tessa Kelly, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, shorter article, pp.187-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Gun Inn at Findon, Cissbury Solstice and Other Short Pieces , by Ian H. Mallender, published 2000 (Imprint)

St John The Baptist Church, Findon, published (no date) (pamphlet, St John The Baptist Church, Findon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4878]

Findon Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW184, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1558-1901, Marriages 1557-1901, Burials 1556-1909. Indexed Transcription. .pdf reader required. Vol.184.

Arun Valley and Worthing Out - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C007, CD-ROM)

Amberley, Binstead, Buncton, Burpham, Clapham, Eartham, Ferring, Findon, Goring, Greatham, Houghton (CE and RC), Lyminster, Madehurst, Parham, Patching, Poling, Rustington, Slindon (CE and RC), Sompting, Thakeham, Tortington, Walberton and Washington