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A visit to Mr. Ellman's farm at Glynd, by Arthur Young, published 1796 in Annals of Agriculture, and Other Useful Arts (vol. XXV, article, pp.628-633, Bury St Edmunds: published by the editor, Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S.)
Some notes at Mr. Ellman's farm at Glynd, by Arthur Young, published 1799 in Annals of Agriculture, and Other Useful Arts (vol. XXXIII, article, pp.447-454, Bury St Edmunds: published by the editor, Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S.)
Parish of Glynde, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Pevensey, pp.343-349) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
John Ellman, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.84-86) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]
Lay Marriages at Glynde, by Wm. De St. Croix, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, pp.201-202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library View Online
Parochial History of Glynde, by Rev. William de St. Croix, M.A., vicar of Glynde, published 1868 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 20, article, pp.47-90) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2105] & The Keep [LIB/507132] & S.A.S. library View Online
Glynde, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.195-198, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159] View Online
On a Vessel found near Glynde, by Rev. William de St. Croix, M.A., vicar of Glynde, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, article, pp.82-84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library View Online
Names from the Register Books of the Parish Glynde, from 1558 to 1812, by Rev. William de St. Croix, M.A., vicar of Glynde, published 1872 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 24, article, pp.99-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2109] & The Keep [LIB/500242] & S.A.S. library View Online
Glynde and Ringmer, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XXX, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142] View Online
Glynde, the seat of the Hon. Thomas Brand, by Country Life contributor(s), published 7 September 1907 in Country Life (article)
Note on the Examination of a Barrow on Glynde Hill, by Bernard Currey, Eliot Curwen and Eliot Cecil Curwen, published 1923 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 64, notes & queries, pp.189-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2149] & The Keep [LIB/500282] & S.A.S. library View Online
Glynde Parish Register, 1558-1812, by L. F. Salzman, published 1924 (vol. 30, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2246][Lib 11858][Lib 8029]
Who was Lady Cutts? , by W. E. Dalton, published May 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 2, note, pp.56-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library
Glynde Place Sussex: An Illustrated Guide, published 1928 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502714]
Plaster Mouldings at Glynde Place, by R. H. D'Elboux, published November 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 4, note, p.90) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library
Sussex Church Plans XCVII: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Glynde, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.248-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library
Glynde Place, Sussex, by A. Oswald, published 14 April 1955 in Country Life (article, pp.978-981, and subsequent issues)
Ranscombe Camp, near Glynde, by G. P. Burstow and G. A. Holleyman, published May 1960 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 5, article, pp.156-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
Ranscombe Camp, near Glynde. Second and Final Season's Excavations, 1960, by G. P. Burstow and G. A. Holleyman, published May 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 7, article, pp.233-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
Excavations at Balcombe Quarry, Glynde: First Season's Report - August 1961, by G. P. Burstow ans N. E. S. Norris, published May 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 9, article, pp.307-309) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
Excavations at Balcombe Quarry, Glynde, by G. P. Burstoe, G. A. Holleyman and N. E. S. Norris, published May 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 1, article, pp.22-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library
The Glynde Place Archives. A catalogue, by Richard F. Dell, published 1964 (Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2536] & The Keep [LIB/504700] & West Sussex Libraries
Glynde Place Sussex, published 1974 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502710]
Ancient windmill site at Glynde, by Eric W. Holden, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, shorter notice, pp.191-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library
Sussex Family Homes 2. Glynde Place and the Morley, published September 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 2, article, pp.53-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
John Ellman of Glynde in Sussex, by Sue Farrant, published 1978 in Agricultural History Review (vol. 26, no. 2, article, pp.77-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10393/p77-88] & The Keep [LIB/506099] Download PDF
Roman Pewter Plate from Glynde, by Fiona Marsden, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.229-230) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library
The Glynde Tithe Award 1838, by John Kay, Rosemary Pritchard and John Harding, published 1982 (17 pp., published by the authors) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Early lords of Glynde, by John Bleach, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.24-28)
Two hundred years of education in Glynde, 1765-1965, by Andrew Lusted, published 1984 in Ringmer History (No. 3, article, pp.18-25)
Tilting at wyndemylls, by Joyce T.M. Biggar, published 1984 in Ringmer History (No. 3, article, pp.36-44)
Site of a Medieval windmill west of Glynde Holt, parish of Glynde.
The deserted Medieval settlement of Wyke, by John Kay, published 1984 in Ringmer History (No. 3, article, pp.45-58)
Situated close to Week Lane, in Glynde parish.
Field-walking at Glynde near Lewes, East Sussex, 1979-1982, by Joyce T. M. Biggar, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, pp.214-216) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library
Burgess Family - Wheelwrights, by Kim Bayne, published June 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 2, article, pp.53-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Edmund Burgess (1709-1757) married Jane Long in 1759. Their descendants include many wheelwrights and covers the years 1709 - 1958 in the parishes of Glynde, East Hoathly, Laughton, Ringmer, Blackboys, and Framfield
Glynde & Beddingham Cricket Club 1885-1985, published 1985 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502704]
Scenes from Provincial Life: Knightly Families in Sussex, 1280-1400 [the Etchinhams of Etchinham, the Sackvilles of Buckhurst, and the Waleyses of Glynde], by Nigel Saul, published 1 October 1986 (216 pp., Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0198200773 & ISBN-13: 9780198200772) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500094] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Looking at the world of the medieval gentry through the eyes of three families in East Sussex - the Etchinhams of Etchinham, the Sackvilles of Buckhurst, and the Waleyses of Glynde - Scenes from Provincial Life presents an insightful picture of what day-to-day life was like for a member of a knightly family in the Middle Ages. It draws on charters, estate documents, and even information gleaned from buildings and churches of the day to provide an illuminating account of the central preoccupations of landowners - estate management, military service, provision for relatives, and arrangements for schooling.
Mineral Transport by the Telpher System - The Pioneering Work of Prof. H. C. F. Fleeming-Jenkin (The Story of the Glynde Aerial Railway), by M. I. Pope, published 1987 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 17, article, pp.13-20, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/17] & The Keep [LIB/506526] Download PDF
Abstract:This is the story of the Telpher aerial electric railway at Glynde, Sussex; also of its inventor and promoter, Prof H C Fleeming-Jenkin. Both are largely forgotten today, yet in their time the construction and operation of this aerial railway created immense interest, which was widely reported in both the technical and popular press.
The most striking evidence of its existence now surviving is the wood-cut engraving shown, which once served as a book illustration. When the Telpher Line opened on 17 October 1885, it became the first electrically powered aerial railway in the world. Even then it incorporated an automatic system of absolute block working, making it physically impossible for two Telpher trains to enter the same section of track. To put this achievement into perspective, it should be remembered that the world's first public electricity supply only came into operation at Godalming, Surrey, on September 1881. Then, less than two years later, the first public passenger carrying electric railway in Great Britain was constructed in Sussex, by Magnus Volk of Brighton. The original line ran for 4 miles along the Brighton sea front in an easterly direction, starting from the Aquarium. It was constructed to a two foot gauge and opened to fare paying passengers on 4 August 1883. Following its immediate success, work started in January 1884 to re-build the line using a 2' 8½" gauge and extend the route to Paston Place, giving a total length of 1400 yards, including a passing loop.
The Telpher system of mineral transport was first patented in 1882 and so dated from the earliest days of the commercial exploitation of electric power. It is this factor which makes the sophistication of the Telpher line at Glynde all the more remarkable.
The most striking evidence of its existence now surviving is the wood-cut engraving shown, which once served as a book illustration. When the Telpher Line opened on 17 October 1885, it became the first electrically powered aerial railway in the world. Even then it incorporated an automatic system of absolute block working, making it physically impossible for two Telpher trains to enter the same section of track. To put this achievement into perspective, it should be remembered that the world's first public electricity supply only came into operation at Godalming, Surrey, on September 1881. Then, less than two years later, the first public passenger carrying electric railway in Great Britain was constructed in Sussex, by Magnus Volk of Brighton. The original line ran for 4 miles along the Brighton sea front in an easterly direction, starting from the Aquarium. It was constructed to a two foot gauge and opened to fare paying passengers on 4 August 1883. Following its immediate success, work started in January 1884 to re-build the line using a 2' 8½" gauge and extend the route to Paston Place, giving a total length of 1400 yards, including a passing loop.
The Telpher system of mineral transport was first patented in 1882 and so dated from the earliest days of the commercial exploitation of electric power. It is this factor which makes the sophistication of the Telpher line at Glynde all the more remarkable.
The Wisdoms of Glynde, by David Underwood, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.258-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The descendants of John Wisdom who married Elizabeth Taylor in 1750 at Glynde and had five children. Article covers the years 1720 - 1967 in the parish of Lewes.
Religious Survey 1851 - Lewes district , edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.74-95, 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
District:Lewes district incl. Ditchling, Wivelsfield, Westmeston, East Chiltington, Streat, Plumpton, Hamsey, Chailey, Newick, Barcombe, Ringmer, Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, Newhaven, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, Tarring Neville, Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease, Iford, Kingston-near-Lewes, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean & Ovingdean
Glynde - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, p.88, ISBN-10: 0854450386 & ISBN-13: 9780854450381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11681][Lib 13075] & The Keep [LIB/500454][Lib/507860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Notes on Sussex Limeworks, by Paul W. Sowan, published 1993 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 23, article, pp.2-5, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:During the course of my researches Into the hearthstone mining and building stone quarrying industries of Surrey, I had cause to meet the late Major Edgar Taylerson, formerly managing director of the by then wound up Dorking Greystone Lime Co. Ltd., of Betchworth In Surrey. The company, which had been Incorporated In 1865, had during Its lifetime of almost a century a remarkable history of commercial and technological flair. There were early links with Sussex Interests, including collaboration with the Sub Wealden Gypsum Co. Ltd., with which company the 'Dorking Greystone' exchanged locomotives, and developed a trade-marked brand of wall plaster (Sirapite - the word is derived from 'Paris'!). The Dorking company built one of the earlier limeworks hydrating plants at Betchworth in 1924, and appears at least within Surrey and Sussex to have been seen as something of a pioneer to whom requests for advice were often sent. At this date, It was still the general practice for limeworks to send lump or ground quicklime to their customers, which customers had then to hydrate the material for themselves. There were predictable accidents when consignments were sent off, inadequately sheeted, in rainy weather!
On the commercial front, in addition to collaboration with the Sussex gypsum mines, the 'Dorking' company was a prominent voice in the some-time Greystone Limeburners' Association, and files relating to that body contain material relevant to the study of limeworks throughout the home counties. And the directors at Betchworth operated a programme of buying-up or considering for purchase smaller works in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, or converting privately operated concerns Into subsidiary or associated limited companies. One such was the firm of George Newington & Co. Ltd., of Giynde in Sussex. Finally, the 'Dorking' company, which at Its peak of development before the Second World War had a staff In excess of 50 persons, and workshop and laboratory facilities, provided advice, contracted for repair works, and provided a chemical analysis service.
On the commercial front, in addition to collaboration with the Sussex gypsum mines, the 'Dorking' company was a prominent voice in the some-time Greystone Limeburners' Association, and files relating to that body contain material relevant to the study of limeworks throughout the home counties. And the directors at Betchworth operated a programme of buying-up or considering for purchase smaller works in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, or converting privately operated concerns Into subsidiary or associated limited companies. One such was the firm of George Newington & Co. Ltd., of Giynde in Sussex. Finally, the 'Dorking' company, which at Its peak of development before the Second World War had a staff In excess of 50 persons, and workshop and laboratory facilities, provided advice, contracted for repair works, and provided a chemical analysis service.
East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Newhaven Area - Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, South Heighton, Tarring Neville, Newhaven, Piddinghoe, Southease, Telscombe, Rodmell, Iford, Kingston, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean, and Ovendean, by June C. Barnes, published 1 March 1994 (vol. 23, booklet, 108 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264223 & ISBN-13: 9781870264228) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503435] & East Sussex Libraries
A Glimpse of Glynde: The History of England Through the Eyes of a Sussex Village , by Anthony Hampden, published 1 May 1997 (136 pp., Book Guild Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 185776188X & ISBN-13: 9781857761887) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503818] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Glynde - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.119-121, 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
Caburn: sacred mount and classic hill fort, by P. Drewett, published 2001 in Current Archaeology (Issue 174, article, pp.256-262)
Ragged Lands: Viscountess Wolseley's College for Lady Gardeners, Glynde, by Diana Crook, published 1 March 2008 (67 pp., Dale House Press, ISBN-10: 1900841053 & ISBN-13: 9781900841054) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502707] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Review by Juliet Clarke in Sussex Past and Present no. 115, August 2008:First printed in a limited edition in 2002, this many-layered story of a pioneering College for Lady Gardeners before and during WWI is now available in expanded form. The College was created by the Hon Frances Wolseley, daughter of an illustrious military father. Pampered in childhood, as she moved to maturity her parents rejected and disinherited her. The enterprise resulted largely from her attempt to deal with their quixotic if mannered brutality. She found generous friends and sponsors; her Victorian upbringing had given her the moral high ground and an obligation to public service; crucially though she had a love of the practical and spiritual elements of gardens and gardening. What she had learnt from the (male) gardeners at stately homes throughout her youth, combined with her own aesthetic sense to inform a conviction that women made the best supervising gardeners.
She developed a school to help women (of the right class) learn the business of professional gardening. The creation of an Italianate garden at Glynde near Lewes, where students could gain practical experience, provides the setting for a large and eccentric cast. New material in this edition includes extracts from Frances Wolseley's private diaries that show a small community with a ritualised regime of uniquely designed ceremonies, uniforms, and punishments. This evolved from a mixture of military and nautical influences although an attempt to include men as students was short lived; having established the garden to her satisfaction the predominant struggle was with what Viscountess Wolseley described as the "endless vagaries of the female mind".
She developed a school to help women (of the right class) learn the business of professional gardening. The creation of an Italianate garden at Glynde near Lewes, where students could gain practical experience, provides the setting for a large and eccentric cast. New material in this edition includes extracts from Frances Wolseley's private diaries that show a small community with a ritualised regime of uniquely designed ceremonies, uniforms, and punishments. This evolved from a mixture of military and nautical influences although an attempt to include men as students was short lived; having established the garden to her satisfaction the predominant struggle was with what Viscountess Wolseley described as the "endless vagaries of the female mind".
Results of archaeological and built heritage investigations along the A27 Southerham to Beddingham and Glynde junction improvements, by Adam Brossler, Matthew Pope and Jamie Preston, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, short article, pp.211-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Glynde Butterflies Stoolball Team 1866-1887 - England's first female sports stars, by Andrew Lusted, published 2011 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502702] & East Sussex Libraries
Review by Pamela Combes in Syssex Past & Present no. 128, December 2012:It is most appropriate, in this Olympic year when the President of the IOC at the opening of London 2012 emphasised the role of the British in codifying so many games and sporting events, that Andrew Lusted has published this work on stoolball. Following on the success of several previous publications relating to Glynde, Andrew has turned his attention to the 19th century sporting ladies of his home village and others close by who were, it transpires from his research, world leaders in the field of women's team games.
Two Sussex firsts are recorded in this interesting report of the prowess of the delightfully named Glynde Butterflies, Chailey Grasshoppers, Waldron Bees, and Selmeston Harvest Bugs, and other local ladies sports teams.
The origins of stoolball are little understood and versions of the game may originally have been played in many parts of England. The modern game is confined almost exclusively to the south eastern counties, predominantly in Sussex but also extending west into Hampshire, north into Surrey and east into Kent, with one remarkable outlier in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. The game has long interested sport historians as articles in our own collections by John Lowerson (1995) and John Goulstone (1998) testify. One notable supporter was Sir William Grantham of Barcombe who actively promoted the game, albeit somewhat eccentrically, in the early 20th century. Sir William's significant collection of memorabilia and his scrap books are held in the working papers room in the library at Barbican House. As a trainee teacher at Bishop Otter College in the 1950s I recall being introduced to the (to me) unfamiliar game, because we were almost certain to come upon it when we were unleashed upon local schools for our school practices. More recently, but still some time ago, one of my daughters played for a junior team in Crowborough. Many of the present day clubs field mixed teams but in origin it was exclusively a women's game - introduced, perhaps, to provide a female equivalent to cricket.
In the course of his research into stoolball Andrew uncovered documentary evidence for a female cricket team playing regularly at Glynde, several years before the Yorkshire club team who claim to be the oldest established in the country. In addition he proves without doubt that the first rules of stoolball were established and published in the East Sussex News, probably at the instigation of the indefatigable Glynde Butterflies, in 1867. This is earlier than the rules of any other women's team sport.
Most striking too is the evidence for universal participation in the sport. Considering the class conscious times it is revealing that here in Sussex, on the sports field at least, village girls, the daughters of the manse and of the local squire, all participated in the local teams.
If you know anyone who has an interest in Stoolball this book is a must; a stocking filler for Christmas perhaps.
Two Sussex firsts are recorded in this interesting report of the prowess of the delightfully named Glynde Butterflies, Chailey Grasshoppers, Waldron Bees, and Selmeston Harvest Bugs, and other local ladies sports teams.
The origins of stoolball are little understood and versions of the game may originally have been played in many parts of England. The modern game is confined almost exclusively to the south eastern counties, predominantly in Sussex but also extending west into Hampshire, north into Surrey and east into Kent, with one remarkable outlier in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. The game has long interested sport historians as articles in our own collections by John Lowerson (1995) and John Goulstone (1998) testify. One notable supporter was Sir William Grantham of Barcombe who actively promoted the game, albeit somewhat eccentrically, in the early 20th century. Sir William's significant collection of memorabilia and his scrap books are held in the working papers room in the library at Barbican House. As a trainee teacher at Bishop Otter College in the 1950s I recall being introduced to the (to me) unfamiliar game, because we were almost certain to come upon it when we were unleashed upon local schools for our school practices. More recently, but still some time ago, one of my daughters played for a junior team in Crowborough. Many of the present day clubs field mixed teams but in origin it was exclusively a women's game - introduced, perhaps, to provide a female equivalent to cricket.
In the course of his research into stoolball Andrew uncovered documentary evidence for a female cricket team playing regularly at Glynde, several years before the Yorkshire club team who claim to be the oldest established in the country. In addition he proves without doubt that the first rules of stoolball were established and published in the East Sussex News, probably at the instigation of the indefatigable Glynde Butterflies, in 1867. This is earlier than the rules of any other women's team sport.
Most striking too is the evidence for universal participation in the sport. Considering the class conscious times it is revealing that here in Sussex, on the sports field at least, village girls, the daughters of the manse and of the local squire, all participated in the local teams.
If you know anyone who has an interest in Stoolball this book is a must; a stocking filler for Christmas perhaps.
Glynde, St. Mary - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.140-146, ISBN-10: 0854450750 & ISBN-13: 9780854450756) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17926] & The Keep [LIB/500470][LIB/507876] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
A two-faced revival. Glynde Place, East Sussex: the seat of Viscount Hampden, by John Martin Robinson, published 10 July 2013 in Country Life (vol. 207 no. 28, article, pp.52-57)