Bibliography - Fishbourne, Chichester District, West Sussex
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Parish of New Fishbourne, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Chichester, p.52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Fishbourne (New), by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.181-182, 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 New Fishbourne, published 1877 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Parish of New Fishbourne, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, pp.154-156, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 071290588X & ISBN-13: 9780712905886) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Manor of New Fishbourne, by F. Bentham Stevens, published November 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 8, article, pp.264-267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Mills at Fishbourne, by R. Blakeney, published December 1978 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 26, article, pp.162-166, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Fishbourne: a Village History, by Rita Blakeney, published 1984 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12840] & West Sussex Libraries

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

Chichester Harbour: Past & Present, by Angela Martin-Bromley, published 1991 (96 pp., Hughenden Publications, ISBN-10: 0951753312 & ISBN-13: 9780951753316) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Collection of Photographs Old and new of the Harbour Villages of Nutbourne, Chidham, Bosham, Fishbourne, Appledram, Delly Quay, Birdham, etc.

John Linter of Fishbourne, by Norma Pilbeam, published April 1992 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 49, article, p.25) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/49] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

The Village Letter Box, by Bill Stephenson, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.175-176) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story behind the petition by John Letcher Lane "For a Letter Box, or Pillar (as is most suitable) to be fixed at or on the most central, convenient, dry, clean, and proper site in Old Fishbourne near Chichester" and two years later in 1907 the postal authorities finally gave in.

The Fishbourne Book, edited by Mary Hand, published 2006 (672 pp., The Fishbourne Book Group, ISBN-10: 0862605652 & ISBN-13: 9780862605650) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15709] & West Sussex Libraries

Deer in Sussex Place-Names, by Carole Hough, published September 2008 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 88, article, pp.43-47)   View Online

Recent evidence for fallow deer at the first-century AD Roman palace at Fishbourne, Sussex, is supported by place-names identifying a nearby deer park and testifying to the presence of fallow deer in Anglo-Saxon Sussex.

An Iron-Age-style statue of a fertility goddess from Fishbourne, by Martin Henig and David Rudkin, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, short article, pp.213-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Land at Clay Lane, Fishbourne (NGR: SU83850548) - evaluation report, by Felicity Howell, published July 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Evidence for Romano-British bear skinning from Westward House, Fishbourne, West Sussex, by Lewis Busby, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.67-71)

Fishbourne Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW15, CD-ROM)

Also known as New Fishbourne. Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1589-1901, Banns 1823-1849, 1857-1908. Indexed Transcription. Includes 13 photographs. Vol.15.