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Hurstpierpoint, by W. Hamper, published 1806 in The Gentleman's Magazine (vol. 76, part II, article, pp.897-900)

Parish of Hurstpierpoint, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.243-248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A History of Hurstpierpoint, by a native, a minor, begun and completed in the interval of a collegiate vacation, by William Smith Ellis, published 1837 (published by the author)

Hurstpierpoint: Its Lords and Families, Ancient and Modern, by William Smith Ellis, published c.1859 (Sussex Archæological Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Descent of the Manor of Hurstpierpoint, and of its Lords, by William Smith Ellis, published 1859 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 11, article, pp.50-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2096] & The Keep [LIB/500230] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Roman Remains - Hurst-Pierpoint and Danny, by Robert Willis Blencowe, M.A., published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, article, pp.176-181) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Hampers of Tarring and Hurstpierpoint, by Edward Turner, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, p.190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Hurst-Pierpoint, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.257-259, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

On the Origin of the Family of Dodson, of Hurstpierpoint, by William Smith Ellis, published 1883 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 33, article, pp.39-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2118] & The Keep [LIB/500251] & S.A.S. library   View Online

James Hannington, first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa; a history of his life and work, 1847-1885, by E. C. Dawson, published 1890 (Anson D. F. Randolph & Company) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13216] & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Devil's Dyke and Hurstpierpoint, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XX, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142]   View Online

Register of St. John's College, Hurstpierpoint, compiled by H. L. Johnson, published 1915 (298 pp., Hurstpierpoint School) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Report of Local Secretary. Hurstpierpoint, by J. E. Couchman, published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, notes & queries, p.242) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library

A Bronze Object from Hurstpierpoint, by Unknown Author(s), published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, notes & queries, pp.277-279) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Hurstpierpoint, by J. E. Couchman, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, notes & queries, p.286) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

A Sussex Martyr-Bishop - James Hannington, D.D., by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 6, article, pp.254-255) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Richard Davey, a Sussex Soldier of Wellington's: the Letters of an Old Campaigner, 1811-1816, edited by W. A. Woodward and Brig. Gen. R. A. C. Wellesley, C.B., C.M.G., published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 2, article, pp.48-55; no. 3, pp.88-92; no. 4, pp.134-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Pakyns Manor, Hurstpierpoint, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 8, article, pp.463-468) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

The Hero of a Road: James Hannington of Hurstpierpoint, by R. Whybrow, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 10, article, pp.620-622) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Parish of Hurstpierpoint, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.172-178, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905898 & ISBN-13: 9780712905893) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Observed and Noted (Thomas Marchant's Diary), by H. F. and A. P. Squire, published 1951 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16276]

Hurstpierpoint Rectors, by F. W. S. [F. W. Steer], published November 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 2, note, p.63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Hurstpierpoint College, 1865-1965. Centenary of Chapel, by Rev. M. A. McAdam and Mr. H. R. Holloway, published 1965 (47 pp., Hurstpierpoint: Gwynnes) accessible at: British Library

Village conservation areas: Hurstpierpoint (Cuckfield rural district) - a designation report, by L. S. Jay and others, published 1972 (Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Memories of Hurst [Hurstpierpoint], by Vivienne Manchester, published 1975 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508472] & West Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint Baptist Sunday School, published 1976 (pamphlet, Hurstpierpoint Baptist Sunday School) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6335]

James Hannington of Hurstpierpoint and East Africa, by Michael J Butler, published 1981 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7873] & West Sussex Libraries

Cobb's Mill, by J. S. F. Blackwell, W. R. Beswick, M. Brunnarius, F. W. Gregory, R. M. Palmer and P. F. Spells, published 1981 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 11, article, pp.2-9) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Cobb's Mill at Sayers Green near Hurstpierpoint (TQ 295190) is an excellent example of Victorian millwrighting, the four pairs of stones being driven initially by either water or steam power. The steam plant was later replaced by a gas engine with its own gas producer plant. As the mill only stopped working 15 years ago the plant was in fairly good condition and in July 1979 a working weekend was held by Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society members in order to arrest further deterioration and to survey and record the structure and plant.
The working weekend was most successful; the cog pit was cleaned and greased, the gas engine cleaned and wire brushed and the bright parts coated with a film of protective oil, the gas producer derusted and painted, the mill race cleared and brickwork and weather boarding repainted and replaced. It is hoped in the future with the continuing cooperation of the enthusiastic owners of the mill, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. F. Jackson, that it can be restored to working order.

The Relief of Poverty in the Workhouse 1793-1815, by Timothy Cotton, published December 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.84-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A study of workhouses in Hurstpierpoint, Westbourne, West Grinstead and Wisborough Green

The Relief of Poverty in the Workhouse 1793-1815, by Timothy Cotton, published March 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.149-155) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A study of workhouses in Hurstpierpoint, Westbourne, West Grinstead and Wisborough Green - Part II

Historic Hurstpierpoint in Picture Postcards, by David Robinson, published 9 October 1986 (72 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0951176609 & ISBN-13: 9780951176603) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Walks Around Hurstpierpoint, by G. E. Lambert, published 1 May 1987 (booklet, Mint House Publishing, ISBN-10: 0951230107 & ISBN-13: 9780951230107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9836] & West Sussex Libraries

A Fieldwalking Project at Breechlands Farm, near Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.21-32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Religious Survey 1851 - Cuckfield district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.66-73, 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

Cuckfield district incl. Horsted Keynes, Lindfield, Ardingly, Balcombe, Slaugham, Bolney, Cowfold, Albourne, Hurstpierpoint & Keymer

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Slaugham, Bolney, Cowfold, Albourne, Newtimber, Pyecombe, Twineham, Hurstpierpoint, Clayton & Keymer, by June C. Barnes, published 1991 (vol. 20, booklet, 112 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264193 & ISBN-13: 9781870264198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11189] & The Keep [LIB/503434] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.120-122, 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

The Excavation of a Medieval site at Muddleswood, near Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.101-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Hurstpierpoint: a catalogue of old maps, compiled by D. G. Wardell, published 1995 (pamphlet, published by the compiler) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13951] & West Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint College 1849-1995: The School by the Downs, by Peter King, published 1997 (xiii + 306 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co., ISBN-10: 1860770436 & ISBN-13: 9781860770432) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14034] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint College was founded at Shoreham in 1849 and moved to its present buildings in 1853. One of several schools in Sussex founded by Nathaniel Woodard, 'Hurst' was probably the most important and certainly the largest school in Woodard's grand scheme to provide a good Church of England education. Edward Lowe, the School's first headmaster, was one of the Victorian 'giants' among headmasters. His career is remarkable not only for making Hurst a notable public school, but also for his contribution in national educational developments.

Hurstpierpoint - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.151-152, 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

Hurstpierpoint - Kind and Charitable, edited by Ian Nelson, published 7 March 2001 (428 pp., Burgess Hill: Ditchling Press, ISBN-10: 0950058467 & ISBN-13: 9780950058467) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14648] & The Keep [LIB/509467] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Orchard Way, Hurstpierpoint (NGR: TQ27501680) - evaluation and archaeological recording action reports, by Steve Ford and Andrew Weale, published September 2004 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

A fine day In Hurstpierpoint - the diary of Thomas Marchant, 1714-1728, by Anthony Bower, published 16 September 2005 (328 pp., Hurst History Group & printed at Lulu.con, ISBN-10: 1411645669 & ISBN-13: 9781411645660) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15536] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint School 'To be Learned not Washed'. Three Centuries of Village Education, by Ian Nelson, published 2006 (301 pp. + 23 pp. of photos, Hurst History Group, ISBN-10: 0954374622 & ISBN-13: 9780954374624) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15629] & West Sussex Libraries

Frederick Weekes: the diary of a Sussex Farmer, 1837-1852, edited by Anthony Bower and Ian Nelson, published 2007 (137 pp., Hurst History Group, ISBN-10: 0954374630 & ISBN-13: 9780954374631) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Keen historians of the Victorian age will welcome the publication of a diary written by Sussex farmer Frederick Weekes of Brighton and Hurstpierpoint. His diary written between 1937 and 1852 provides snapshots of rural life as Sussex emerged from the Georgian era to embrace the Victorian age.
Edited for publication by Ian Nelson and Tony Bower of the Hurst History Study Group, Weekes' notes will be of particular interest to genealogists because they include references to many of the tradesmen living in and around Mid Sussex.

The Power and the Poverty: Life in a Sussex Village 1790-1850, by Edward J. Colgate, published 1 June 2008 (318 pp., George Mann Publications, ISBN-10: 0955241561 & ISBN-13: 9780955241567) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Written by a former Hurstpierpoint school teacher this is a book of interest to both present and former residents of the village and locality mentioning as it does local families, farms and properties the events which befell them as well as the harsh realities of day to day life. Drawn from many sources including the West Sussex Record Office, The County Archivist, Census Returns etc. The National and Parish events during the period covered are woven into the narrative to make interesting reading not only for those with a liking for history but also the general reader

Like his predecessor, Miss Grace Weekes, who (probably) penned "A slight sketch of a picture of Hurst" in 1825, the author's enthusiasm for his town has led him into print, and here he covers all levels of society. If you want to know about the workings of the Poor Law in Sussex, or have an interest in Hurstpierpoint itself, you will find much in this elaborately bound volume.
The author's experience as a teacher is evident as he communicates imaginatively and clearly, describing the reality of the treadmill and following beneficiaries of the Poor Rates into other counties, even other continents.
It shows painstaking research and illustrates well the town's development through the late Georgian and early Victorian eras. This is a book for dipping into with its short chapters, helpful index and plentiful illustrations.

The gardens, orchards and park at Danny in Hurstpierpoint: an analysis of the estate map of 1666, by Paula Henderson, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.145-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An estate map of Danny dated 1666, held in the East Sussex Record Office, is a little known, but extremely interesting, record of the Elizabethan house in its mid-seventeenth century setting. The following short essay is an analysis of that map, considering the architecture of the house itself, which is shown in two bird's eye views: one on the map and the other, quite possibly by another hand, in an inset detail. Many of the divisions of the landscape around the house - indicated by the walls, hedges and courts - appear to be contemporary with the house, while the planting and other features represent later work. Estate maps, such as this one, reveal important information about how landscapes developed and changed over time. The Danny map also provides clues about the personality and interests of the man who owned the estate at the time, Peter Courthope.

Hurstpierpoint, Holy Trinity - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.177-185, 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

Hurstpierpoint, St. George - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, p.186, 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

Weather and Phenological Observations at Hurstpierpoint 1859 to 1862, by Thomas Hugh, published 17 February 2011 (ii + 38 pp., Royal Meteorological Society, ISBN-10: 0948090332 & ISBN-13: 9780948090332) accessible at: British Library

English Corney: From Hurst to Hobart, by Katherine Aberdeen, published March 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 1, article, pp.32-37) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508850] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Despite his patriotic given name, my Great-Great Grandfather, English CORNEY, was unjustly convicted and transported by the British courts . . . or at least that is what the evidence suggests. But this little bit of family history is not just about that apparent miscarriage of justice; it is as much about the strength of purpose and courage of Elizabeth PENFOLD, wife of English CORNEY.

Hurstpierpoint Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW171, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1558-1901, Marriages 1559- 1643 1652-1903, Burials 1558-1901 Indexed Transcription. Vol.171.

1841 Census vol.21 - Slaugham area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCW, CD-ROM)

Mid-Sussex - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C006, CD-ROM)

Albourne, Ashington, Bolney, Colgate, Coolhurst, Cowfold, Henfield, Hurstpierpoint, Horsham, Ifield, Lower Beeding, Roffey, Shermanbury Shipley, Southwater, Twineham, Warminghurst, Warnham, West Grinstead and Woodmancote