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The Chantry of Brambletye, and Sedition in Sussex, A.D. 1579, by W. Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, article, pp.139-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Brambletye Manor and Chapel, by Wm. Durrant Cooper, published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, pp.370-371) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Forest Row, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, p.187, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Historical associations of the free churches of Tunbridge Wells, &c., 1642-1904: including Pembury, Crowborough, Forest Fold, Forest Row, Matfield Green, by Luke Pearce, published 1904 (Sidney Kiek)

Wych Cross Place, Forest Row, the residence of Mr Douglas W. Freshfield, by Country Life contributor(s), published 24 December 1910 in Country Life (article)

The Geology of the country around East Grinstead, Sussex: With Report of Excursion to Hartfield, Holtye Common, Forest Row, Ashurstwood and East Grinstead, Saturday, June 16th, 1923, by Henry B. Milner, M.A., D.I.C., F.G.S., published 1923 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 34 issue 4, article, pp.283-300)   View Online

The country to be described covers an area of some thirty-six square miles and is embraced by parts of Sheets IV. and VI. and the whole of Sheet V. of the six-inch Ordnance Survey maps (Sussex). It is a continuation westward of the author's work in the Tunbridge Wells district, some results of which were published in a recent number of these proceedings. The area includes the town of East Grinstead with Felbridge, and extends as far east as Ashurst (Kent); to the north it takes in Cowden (Kent) and a small strip of the Surrey-Sussex border-land; southward it extends to the northern fringe of Ashdown Forest and includes the picturesque country from Kingscote by Forest Row to Hartfield and beyond.
It has been the author's hope that by a combination of six-inchmapping and detailed petrographic investigation of the rocks occurring in the more disturbed area of the Weald, new light would be thrown on some of the still debatable points concerning its tectonics and on the origin of the sediments composing it, anticipations yet further strengthened by the results of the work in this district.

Brambletye, by Ian C. Hannah, F.S.A. and W. D. Peckham, published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, article, pp.103-112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

Stonehouse Barn, Forest Row, by Ian C. Hannah, F.S.A., published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, article, pp.186-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

Brambletye, by S.N.Q. contributor, published August 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 7, note, pp.217-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Forest Row and Neighbourhood, by Wallace Henry Hills, published 1930 (Cheltenham)

Mediaeval Timber Houses at West Hoathly and Forest Row, by Ian C. Hannah, M.A., F.S.A., published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, article, pp.107-133) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Gardens. 2 - Homestall, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 6, article, pp.446-450) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Brambletye House, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 11, article, pp.927-931) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Personal Recollections of Brambletye, by John Timbs, F.S.A., published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 11, article, pp.932-936) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Brambletye, by Walter H. Godfrey, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., published 1931 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 72, article, pp.1-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2157] & The Keep [LIB/500357] & S.A.S. library

The Rocks of Ashurst Wood, by Donald F. Merret, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 12, article, pp.810-812) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Court in Holmes, Forest Row, by S.N.Q. contributor, published August 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 7, note, pp.219-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Historic Houses of Sussex - Tablehurst Manor, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 1, article, pp.6-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

Kidbrooke Park, the seat of Mr R. Olaf Hambro, by Country Life contributor(s), published 18 April 1936 in Country Life (article)

Mound at Forest Row, by Charles Frederick Tebbutt, published 1973 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 111, shorter notice, pp.126-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2196] & The Keep [LIB/500318] & S.A.S. library

A Roman Coin from Great Cansiron bloomery site, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 16, article, pp.14-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Brambletye Forge revisited, by C. F. and M. Tebbutt, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 16, report, pp.20-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Forest Row : official guide, published 1981 (24 pp., Wallington: Forward Publicity) accessible at: British Library

Field Notes: Brambletye Forge, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1982 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 2, report, pp.6-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Minepit Surveys 3: Possible mines for the Roman Bloomery at Cansiron, by Giles Swift, published 1982 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 2, article, pp.20-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Following the survey of minepits in Tugmore Shaw and considering the proximity of the Roman industrial site at Cansiron it seemed possible that the large quarries at Tugmore might be the source of iron ore for the Roman bloomeries.

Ashurst Wood: A Village History, by Ashurst Wood Historians, published 1983 (64 pp.)

Excavations at Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, by D. R. Rudling, published 1983 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 3, article, pp.43-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

During the winter of 1981-2 Giles Swift of the Wealden Iron Research Group discovered in a ploughed field on Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, an area of burnt clay and Roman tile, together with a few pieces of Roman pottery. The site, which lies close to a small stream, is located between an extensive Roman ironworking site to the south west (Tebbutt, 1972) and possible large Roman iron ore quarries to the north east (Swift, pers. comm.). In an attempt to interpret and more precisely date this site an excavation and survey were undertaken in the summer of 1982.

Kidbrooke over two hundred years, by Eric C. Byford, published 1984 in Forest Row: Historical Aspects and Recollections (vol. 1, no. 4, article, pp.2-15)

Kidbrooke over two hundred years, by Eric C. Byford, published 1984 in Forest Row: Historical Aspects and Recollections (vol. 1, no. 3, article, pp.4-16)

Forest Row: historical aspects and recollections, by Eric C. Byford, published 1985 (pamphlets, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9249] & The Keep [LIB/503274][Lib/503275] & East Sussex Libraries

Further Excavations on Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, by David Rudling, published 1985 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 5, article, pp.36-40, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

In 1983, a second season of excavations was undertaken on Great Cansiron Farm in order to follow up and complete the investigations of a Roman tile kiln and an associated drying shed which had been started in 1982, (Rudling, 1983). This second season of rescue excavations was able to take place as a result of generous grants from a modern handmade-tile company, Keymer Handmade Clay Tiles of Burgess Hill, Sussex, and East Sussex County Council. The project thus funded was able to finish the excavation of the kiln and drying shed, to reveal another building to the east of the kiln, to trial trench the flat, 'terraced' area which lies to the west between the 'shed' and the stream, to section the lynchet which appears on the 1982 survey of the site (Rudling, 1983) and to investigate a nearby iron bloomery furnace.

Forest Camera: Portrait of Ashdown, by Peter Kirby and edited by Rosalind Bowlby, published 22 October 1988 (176 pp., Sweethaws Press, ISBN-10: 0951179551 & ISBN-13: 9780951179550) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503107] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Competing for attention [re Rystwood House, Forest Row], by Rodericj Gradidge, published 14 December 1989 in Country Life (vol. 183 no. 50, article, pp.76-77)

Religious Survey 1851 - East Grinstead district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.59-65, 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

East Grinstead district incl. Withyham, Hartfield, Forest Row, Worth, Crawley & West Hoathly

Mills of Forest Row, by M. F. Tighe, published 1993 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 23, article, pp.6-12, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

Forest Row Is a Victorian creation. Before this the present parish lay within East Grinstead, and was covered by a number of manors, of which Brambletye and Maresfield were the most important. Today there is virtually no visible evidence of the five mill sites here Identified. This paper endeavours to set out what can be established of their past.

• Pock Hill Windmill
• Cluttons Hill Windmill, Ashurst Wood
• Brambletye Mills
• Brambletye Forge
• Tablehurst

Mills of Forest Row: additional notes, by M. J. Leppard, published 1994 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 24, article, pp.23-24, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/24] & The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

A number of East Grinstead parish records in the West Sussex County Record Office and some published material permit some additions and a few corrections to Mr. Tighe's article 'The Mills of Forest Row' in Sussex Industrial History No. 23 (1993).

Kidbrooke Home Farm, Forest Row, by Eric C. Byford and Ron Martin, published 1995 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 25, article, pp.37-40, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

Originally Kidbrooke Home Farm was situated in the grounds of Kidbrooke Park estate, on the east side of Priory Road and immediately north of the former farm entrance to the estate. The still existing eighteenth century barn and reconstructed milking parlour, beside the road, indicate the location of the complex as it was before 1927. (TQ 418345)

Field Notes: Great Cansiron Romano-British ironworks, Forest Row, Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, report, pp.2-4, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

Field Notes, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1995 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 15, report, pp.2-4, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506562]   Download PDF

A Forest Row Blacksmith, by Eric Byford, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.8-9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edward Edwards was born 3 January 1868 at Holtye to Richard and Elizabeth Edwards.  He married Esther Friend in 1892, lived in Portslade where they had three children, and moved to Forest Row in 1898 where he took over the wheelwright's business run by the Mitchell family. They had three more children at Forest Row.

Field Notes: A bloomery at Forest Row, Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1997 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 17, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506564]   Download PDF

Ashurst Wood in the 20th Century, by Ashurstwood Historians, published 2000 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14299]

Field Notes: A bloomery furnace at Forest Row, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2000 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 20, report, pp.2-11, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506567]   Download PDF

Field Notes: An Iron Age bloomery in Forest Row, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2004 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 24, report, pp.2-5, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506571]   Download PDF

Forest Row in Transition: a community work in progress, by Charlene Collison Briault and Tony Lewin, published 31 March 2009 (40 pp., Bambletye Books, ISBN-10: 095217572X & ISBN-13: 9780952175728) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Field Notes: A bloomery in Forest Row, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2010 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 30, report, pp.3-9, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506577]   Download PDF

Biodynamics in Practice: Life on a Community Owned Farm - Impressions of Tablehurst and Plawhatch, Sussex, England, by Tom Petherick with illustrations by Will Heap, published 19 November 2010 (131 pp., Forest Row: Rudolf Steiner Press, ISBN-10: 1855842505 & ISBN-13: 9781855842502) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Biodynamics seeks the holistic and interrelated health of the diverse creatures and beings composing a farm, including human beings and the wider, surrounding community. It is not just a "method" but a whole approach to life - one which could have far-reaching benefits for the health of the soil, plants, animals and human beings across the globe…' Born from a series of eight lectures delivered by scientist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner in 1924, the movement for biodynamic agriculture today encompasses many hundreds of farms and millions of consumers worldwide. Much has been written about biodynamics' unique perspectives on farming, nutrition, the world of nature and the wider cosmos. But how does it work in practise? What is it like to run a farm based on its principles? England's Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch farms form a co-operative venture in which the local community plays a crucial role. As successful, commercial enterprises with high outputs, they have a growing reputation for the excellence of their produce. Through interviews, commentary and dozens of full colour photos, Biodynamics in Practise gives a guided tour of the farms from the viewpoint of a sympathetic visitor. It illustrates how biodynamic farms work, how they differ from conventional and organic farms, and why that difference is important. In short and accessible vignettes, the book looks at many aspects of farm life, including animal rearing and welfare - cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry - crop growth, dairy and cheesemaking, and even bee-keeping and caring for people with special needs. It also gives an introduction to biodynamics itself and brief histories of both farms. Farms are sometimes regarded simply as food-producing factories, but this book shows that they can be much more, offering spiritually-sustaining focal points of community cohesion and participation.

Men of Ashdown Forest Who Fell in the First World War and are Commemorated at Forest Row, Hartfield and Coleman's Hatch, by Ashdown Forest Research Group, published 2014 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507953]   Download PDF

Plawhatch Farmstead, Forest Row, by Kay Coutin, published 2015 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508808]