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Parish of Hailsham, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Pevensey, pp.317-318) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.204-205, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

A Holiday on the Road: An Artist's Wanderings in Kent, Sussex and Surrey [Mayfield, Alfriston, Hailsham, Herstmonceux and the South Downs], by James John Hissey, published 1887 (xviii + 408 pp., London: Richard Bentley & Son) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Hailsham Church and the Civil War, by Charles T. Phillips, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.205-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

History of the Parish of Hailsham, the Abbey of Otham and the Priory of Michelham, by L. F. Salzman, published 1901 (Lewes: Farncombe & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8265] & The Keep [LIB/503819] & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

Inventory of contents of Hailsham Parish Chest; June 1901, compiled by L. F. Salzman, published 1906 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 49, article, pp.159-161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2134] & The Keep [LIB/500267] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Our Sussex Parish, by Thomas Geering, published 1925 (London: Methuen & Co.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Industries No 4. A String Factory, by Tickner Edwardes, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 12, article, pp.539-540) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Some notes on Hailsham, by Joseph E. S. King, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 3, article, pp.206-207) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Otham in Hailsham, 1590, by W. B. [W. Budgen], published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, article, pp.129-131) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Hailsham Treasure Trove, by John Walker, published 1950 in Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society (6th Series, vol. 10, no. 39/40, article, pp.318-319)   View Online

Hailsham Parish Church: A History, by Rev. Macklin C. Chapman, published 1966 (16 pp., Hailsham Parish Church) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502777] & East Sussex Libraries

Flint Artefacts from Arlington and Hailsham, by E. W. Holden, published May 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 7, article, pp.221-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Hailsham Marriages 1558-1600, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 1, article, pp.2-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Excavations 1975: Hailsham, by A. J. Haselfoot, published April 1976 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 18, article, p.81, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Pardon Family of Street, Ditchling, Hailsham and Dallington, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 7, article, pp.228-233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Verrally Relieved!, published June 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 1, article, pp.13-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William Verrall and his family were on relief from the church for 20 years. Includes a list of expenses charged to the parish and covers the years 1717 - 1844 in the parish of Hailsham

Hailsham Monumental Inscriptions recorded in 1869, by Rev. A. B. Grimaldi, published June 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 1, article, pp.24-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The String Town: Hailsham 1870-1914, edited by Brian Short, published 1980 (86 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242137 & ISBN-13: 9780904242133) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502780] & East Sussex Libraries

Deanland A.L.G.: The History of a Sussex Airfield, by Peter Waring, published 1980 (Hailsham: Laughton Air Museum) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham's Schoolmaster, published September 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 2, article, p.68) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Francis Howlett was schoolmaster, postmaster, tax-collector, vestry clerk, printer, travelling librarian and a man highly honoured and respected in the parish

Hailsham and Its Environs, by Charles A. Robertson, published 1 January 1982 (224 pp., 43 plates, 17 maps & figs., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 0850334349 & ISBN-13: 9780850334340) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham at War, 1939-41, edited by George Farebrother, published 1986 (95 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242293 & ISBN-13: 9780904242294) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Sorry Saga of Victorian Times, by Gillian Bedingfield née Thunder, published December 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 7, article, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

George and Elizabeth Thunder had two sons, Nahum and George. They were in and out of the workhouse. George deserted the family and Elizabeth spent time in jail for thievery. Young George emigrated to American. Nahum stayed in Sussex. Article covers the years 1849 - 1866 in the parish of Hailsham

The Cuckoo Line, by A. G. Elliott, published 1 September 1988 (76 pp., Wild Swan Publications Ltd, ISBN-10: 0906867630 & ISBN-13: 9780906867631) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Arlington, Hailsham, Herstmonceux, Wartling, Hooe & Ninfield, by June C. Barnes, published January 1989 (vol. 9, booklet, 84 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264096 & ISBN-13: 9781870264099) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11238] & The Keep [LIB/503432] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

St. John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex, marriages 1856-1986, banns 1856-1982, published 1990 (iii + 29 pp., Family Roots F.H.S. Eastbourne & District) accessible at: British Library

1821 Census: Hailsham, Sussex, published 1990 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11667]

1831 Census: Hailsham, Sussex, published 1990 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11668]

Religious Survey 1851 - Hailsham district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.35-43, 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

Hailsham district incl. Herstmonceux, Wartling, Hooe, Ninfield, Hellingly, Chiddingly, Laughton, Warbleton & Heathfield

Around Hailsham In Old Photographs, by Alan Gillet and Barry K. Russell, published 1991 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-13: 9780862999513) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.96-98, 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

Hailsham Burial Registers 1872-1972, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1996 (Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Hailsham - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.122-123, 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

1841 Census vol. 1: Arlington, Hailsham, Herstmonceux, Wartling, Hooe and Ninfield, published 1998 by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCA, CD-ROM, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13728]

Henry Isted - In The Workhouse, by Bruce Isted, published March 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 1, article, pp.10-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508816] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Henry Isted born 1804 in Ashburnham was appointed Hailsham Union Workhouse Clerk in 1836

Around Hailsham - Britain in Old Photographs, by Alan Gillet and Barry K. Russell, published 19 November 1998 (Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1840150998 & ISBN-13: 9781840150995)

Quest for a Day Centre: The Story of Age Concern in Hailsham and Hellingly from the beginning, 1956 - present day, by Jack Wentworth Ansell, published 1 June 1999 (iii + 30 pp., Age Concern Hailsham and Hellingly, ISBN-10: 0953606902 & ISBN-13: 9780953606900) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

My Ancestor's Indenture, by Bruce Isted, published September 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 7, article, pp.234-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508822] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Egbert Thomas Isted (1832-1903) son Henry Isted and Elizabeth Isted née Saxby, married Ellen Elliott on 2 April 1854 at All Saints, Lewis and they had eight children.  In 1844 Egbert had become an 'Apprentice to Thomas Hollebone of Hailsham in the county of Sussex - Tailor'. A transcription of this indenture is attached to the article. By 1881 Egbert was a Master Tailor in Hailsham.

A Mesolithic site and later finds at Magham Down, near Hailsham, East Sussex, by Chris Butler, published 2002 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 140, shorter article, pp.139-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15109] & The Keep [LIB/500299] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Everything Except "Poor Law", by Florence M. Farrant, published December 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 4, article, pp.163-167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from the journal of reminisces and anecdotes of life in and around Hailsham by Florance M. Farrant daughter of Tom Collbran in the early 1950s

Hailsham: Photographic Memories, by Martin Andrew, published 15 July 2004 (96 pp., Frith Book Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1859378757 & ISBN-13: 9781859378755) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published June 2008 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 36 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage)   Download PDF

Baptist Chapel and Hawkswood Sunday School, by Stephanie Jerrold, published June 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 6, article, pp.318-320) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508973] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

It all started with such a short, simple statement, but then doesn't it always. After that I was hooked - again!
My husband and I were house-hunting, looking for that perfect bungalow to move into, that we could make our home. We were being shown round one that had distinct possibilities and then the estate agent said it! 'It used to be a chapel.' Well, it was like fuel to the fire of a genealogist's heart. Apart from the fact that the bungalow would suit us perfectly, there was that added interest of some history and yet more research to be done. And so it all began.
Of course I couldn't wait until we'd moved in before I started the research. I went straight down to the library to see what I could find out. Was it really a chapel? If so, which denomination? When was it built? Why wasn't it a chapel any more?
Over the following weeks, which incidentally contained exchange of contracts and completion, I found out the answers to these questions and many more, and of course there were, and still are, many more questions that were born of the answers to the first ones.
We live in what was called The Chalet, Falcon Way, Hailsham, which was originally Hawkswood Sunday School, and also used as the Baptist Chapel. It was built in 1917 and we have the original date stone with the initials 'S S' and the date '1917' on it.

At home on the Grange: Hailsham Grange, Hailsham, East Sussex, by Kathryn Bradley-Hole, published 2 June 2010 in Country Life (vol. 204 no. 22, article, pp.124-128)

Hailsham, St. Mary the Virgin - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.147-150, 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

The heroes of Hailsham: "lest we forget the men of Hailsham, in Sussex, who died fighting for King and Country" : --88 men in World War I : --35 men in World War II, by David M. Dyer, published November 2011 (iv + 172 pp., DMD Publishing, ISBN-10: 0956915507 & ISBN-13: 9780956915504) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508908] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Land at Marshfoot Lane, Hailsham (NGR: TQ60100950) - evaluation report, by James McNicoll-Norbury, published November 2013 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Deanland A.L.G.: The History of a Sussex Airfield, by Peter Waring, published 6 May 2014 (revised edition, 36 pp., Hailsham: Laughton Air Museum, ISBN-10: 0952619717 & ISBN-13: 9780952619710) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham Primary School, Hailsham (NGR: TQ58400847) - desk-based assessment and evaluation reports, by Sean Wallis and Felicity Thompson, published June 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Hailsham Through Time, by Members of the Hailsham Historical Society, published 15 October 2015 (96 pp., Hailsham Historical and Natural History Society & printed at Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445637669 & ISBN-13: 9781445637662) accessible at: Hailsham Historical and Natural History Society & East Sussex Libraries

Hailsham, the largest of the main towns in the Wealden District of East Sussex, is an inviting market town, rich in industrial and agricultural history. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, rope making was a major local industry and it still continues in the town today. Granted a Market Charter in 1252 by Henry III, this town has a long and varied heritage with weekly livestock markets, a monthly farmers' market and weekly street markets continuing to operate in the town and which also serve the wider rural population.
St Mary's Church, a mainly fifteenth-century building with an attractive chequer work stone and knapped flint tower, still stands in the heart of the town. In 2012 Hailsham Market was saved from development after the freehold of the site was purchased, ending over a decade of uncertainty regarding the future of the market. Many areas in and around Hailsham have changed through time, especially in recent years when housing developments have stretched the town boundaries and new shopping precincts have been built in the town centre. However, there are still many original buildings, some of which are believed to date back to the fifteenth century, in and around the High Street and Market Square. In this volume, the members of the Hailsham Historical Society provide readers with an insight into the history of the area and show what life was like for past residents through this fascinating selection of old and modern photographs.

Medieval occupation at Hailsham Primary School, Ingrams Way, Hailsham (NGR: TQ58400847) - excavation report, by Sean Wallis, published December 2015 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online