Publications
Nymans in Sussex; Architect: Walter Tapper, by Walter Tapper, published 10 September 1932 in Country Life (article, pp.292-297; & pp.320-325)
Nymans, by Anne Parsons, published 1970 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10465]
Handcross CP School Centenary, 1878-1978, by Elizabeth Hayes, published 1978 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10796]
Around Old Handcross: Pictorial History, by Roger Ray, published 1980 (booklet, 28 pp. of photographs, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7501] & West Sussex Libraries
A Woodland Garden Preserved: The High Beeches, Handcross, Sussex, by Arthur Hellyer, published 1984 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9037]
Field Notes: Blackfold Furnace, Handcross, published 1985 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 5, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559] Download PDF
Around Old Slaugham, including Handcross, Warninglid, Pease Pottage and Staplefield, by Roger Ray, published 1987 (pamphlet, 84 pp., published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9953] & West Sussex Libraries
Handcross Over the Years, by Roger Ray, published 1991 (Charles Clarke Printers Ltd., ISBN-10: 0951869701 & ISBN-13: 9780951869703) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
A Country Garage - Quick's of Handcross, by Frederick Sowrey, published 1991 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 21, article, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506526] Download PDF
Abstract:Over the decades the work of the wheelwright declined, but blacksmithing prospered and it was to the blacksmith that many early motorists turned to fabricate replacements or repairs for their cars. It was a natural starting point for the embryonic motor trade and it was here that Archie Quick came in November 1925 to join the two blacksmiths who were needed to meet local demand. The wheelwrights shop became the garage workshop.
Ashfold House, West Sussex; Architects: John Simpson, by Clive Aslet, published 7 November 1991 in Country Life (vol. 185 no. 45, article, pp.42-45)
Nymans: The Story of a Sussex Garden, by Shirley Nicholson, published 30 July 1992 (xii + 176 pp. & 16 pp. of plates, Sutton Publishing, ISBN-10: 0750902043 & ISBN-13: 9780750902045) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:A history of Nymans garden in Sussex, now in the care of the National Trust, from its first planting by Ludwig Messel in the 1890s, to the present day. Published in association with the National Trust.
A Neolithic polished flint axe from Hand Cross, by H. G. Holden, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, shorter article, pp.193-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library
Estate Industry at the Hyde, Handcross, by Ron Martin, published 1994 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 24, article, pp.37-39, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/24] & The Keep [LIB/506527] Download PDF
Abstract:- CIRCULAR SAW BENCH (TQ 260304): As a result of road widening works to the A23, the saw mill on the Hyde estate at Handcross has been demolished. The building was a standard steel framed corrugated sheet steel building with a curved roof erected in the 1930s. It contained a circular saw of a similar date manufactured by Messrs. Dening Sc Co. Ltd. of Chard and this has now been dismantled and will be re-erected at the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum.
- CREOSOTE TREATMENT PLANT AT THE HYDE, HANDCROSS (TQ 260303): The creosote treatment plant on the Hyde Estate has also been demolished due to the A23 roadworks. The plant was used for treating timber for use on the estate and was erected in the 1930s.
Nymans, Sussex, by John Cornforth, published 5 June 1997 in Country Life (vol. 191 no. 23, article, pp.60-65)
Nymans: The Story of a Sussex Garden, by Shirley Nicholson, published 31 March 2010 (xii + 176 pp. & 16 pp. of plates, The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752455958 & ISBN-13: 9780752455952) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library
Abstract:Nymans forms one of a group of gardens in the Sussex Weald which were created before the First World War and are still beautiful today, their owners sharing a passion for new material brought back from all over the world by intrepid plant hunters. Ludwig Messel bought Nymans in 1890 and, with his head gardener, James Comber, began extensive planting of exotics, determined to prove that many supposedly tender plants could grow outdoors in Sussex. After 1915, his son, Leonard, carried on planting and raising new hybrids. In 1954 the garden was bequeathed to the National Trust. This historic garden is undoubtedly one of our national treasures and this book pays tribute to its history and beauty.