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Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex from the Year 1641 to 1648, by Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, published 1699 (xv + 213 p., London: Tim Goodwin) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Parish of Ifield, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, p.225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Effigies in Ifield Church, by W. S. Ellis, published 1856 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 8, notes & queries, pp.267-268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2093] & The Keep [LIB/500227] & S.A.S. library View Online
Ifield, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.263-264, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159] View Online
Ifield Monumental Inscriptions, by Ernest Ellman, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, article, pp.214-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library View Online
Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Ifield, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode) View Online
Two Sussex parishes, Crawley and Ifield, and some notes thereon, by Henri Marcel Leon and H.G. MacLachlan, published 1917 (36 pp., London: Soci&#eacute;t&#ecute; Internationale de Philologie) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries
Notes on Ifield, by Dr. H. R. Mosse, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.237-238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library View Online
Ifield in the Seventeenth Century, by H. R. Mosse, M.D., published 1924 (Sussex and Surrey ourier) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Reprinted from the Sussex and Surrey Courier August 7th 1924
Ifield Cricket Club, 1804-1954, published 1954 (pamphlet, Ifield Cricket Club) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15468]
Ifield Association: the first 21 years, 1945-1966, published 1966 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9510]
Monumental Inscriptions from the Friends Burial Ground Ifield, by Jean M. Shelley, published 1974 (unpublished) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Ifield Mill, by J. Gibson-Hill, published September 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 14, article, p.59) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
M.I.s from Friends Burial Ground, Ifield, by Jean Shelley, published June 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 1, article, pp.13-16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Quakers in Ifield, 1676-1976, by Ellen Hanson and Renate Warner, published 1976 (booklet, published by the authors) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9483] & West Sussex Libraries
Ifield Mill: Its Owners and Occupiers, by Patricia Bracher, published December 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 7, article, pp.222-227) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Excavations 1977: Ifield Water Mill, by J. Gibson-Hill, published August 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 22, article, pp.119-120, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Reconstruction of Ifield Mill. Part I - Historical Background, by J. Gibson-Hill and E. W. Henbery, published 1978 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 8, article, pp.12-16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/8] & The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Reconstruction of Ifield Mill. Part II - Restoration, by J. Gibson-Hill and E. W. Henbery, published 1979 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 9, article, pp.2-7) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:Part 1, being the historical account of Ifield Mill and its environment, was detailed in Sussex Industrial History Vol. 8 (1978) and covered the period from the earliest known references to the site until the demise of Ifield as a working mill about 1927. The building stood virtually unused during the succeeding years, but retained much of its machinery until the early 1950's.
In 1973, Crawley Borough Council started to acquire land in the Broadfield vale for housing development and Ifield Mill with the related house and cottage were purchased as part of a large scheme. It was at this time that the Crawley and Mid-Sussex Archaeological Group, as part of their campaign to preserve historic buildings and archaeological sites, made a formal approach to the Council for permission to restore the building. A feasibility study carried out during 1974, estimated the cost of repairing the roof, exterior walls, and rebuilding the wheel at approximately £6000.
In June 1974, permission was given by the Council for the group to undertake the restoration, using volunteer labour and raising its own finances. No public funds were to be available and the Ifield Mill Project, as it was to be known, was to be self-financed. The previous owner, Mr. G. Wood, had wanted to restore the mill but commercial costs were prohibitive. However, now it was apparent that a determined group of volunteers were both willing and capable of undertaking this work, he was able to realise his ambitions for the site by providing the necessary financial backing.
A fund to be administered by Crawley Borough Council was established in 1974 with an initial donation of £10,000; subsequently Mr. Wood contributed a further £;4000. This generous gift now permitted a more comprehensive plan than originally envisaged and involved renewing all floors, providing suitable stairways, reboarding the internal walls and refitting machinery. Consideration had been given from the outset to the future use of the building when restored; eventually it was decided that the mill should become the focal point of a linear recreational space encompassing the pond area. Initially it would serve as a temporary home for the town's first Museum, and illustrate a partially working mill.
In 1973, Crawley Borough Council started to acquire land in the Broadfield vale for housing development and Ifield Mill with the related house and cottage were purchased as part of a large scheme. It was at this time that the Crawley and Mid-Sussex Archaeological Group, as part of their campaign to preserve historic buildings and archaeological sites, made a formal approach to the Council for permission to restore the building. A feasibility study carried out during 1974, estimated the cost of repairing the roof, exterior walls, and rebuilding the wheel at approximately £6000.
In June 1974, permission was given by the Council for the group to undertake the restoration, using volunteer labour and raising its own finances. No public funds were to be available and the Ifield Mill Project, as it was to be known, was to be self-financed. The previous owner, Mr. G. Wood, had wanted to restore the mill but commercial costs were prohibitive. However, now it was apparent that a determined group of volunteers were both willing and capable of undertaking this work, he was able to realise his ambitions for the site by providing the necessary financial backing.
A fund to be administered by Crawley Borough Council was established in 1974 with an initial donation of £10,000; subsequently Mr. Wood contributed a further £;4000. This generous gift now permitted a more comprehensive plan than originally envisaged and involved renewing all floors, providing suitable stairways, reboarding the internal walls and refitting machinery. Consideration had been given from the outset to the future use of the building when restored; eventually it was decided that the mill should become the focal point of a linear recreational space encompassing the pond area. Initially it would serve as a temporary home for the town's first Museum, and illustrate a partially working mill.
Thomas Durrant, Miller, of Merstham (Surrey) and Ifield (Sussex), by Paul W. Sowan, published 1981 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 11, article, pp.22-24) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525] Download PDF
Abstract:A Thomas Durrant appears to have purchased the watermill at Ifield for £1,800 in 1817. The mill was demolished and re-erected at about the same time, but it is not clear if the purchase price was for the mill as re-built, or if the re-construction was undertaken at additional expense after purchase. A Thomas Watkins Durrant is shown as master miller in the 1851 census for Ifield as having been born in Merstham. How Thomas Durrant found the considerable sum of money required for the purchase of Ifield Mill has been something of a puzzle. Litigation between one Thomas Durrant, miller, of Merstham and Messrs. Jolliffe and Banks, who operated an underground stone quarry in that parish, in 1810, reportedly led to Durrant being awarded damages of £2,200 as compensation for the accidental diversion of his water supply. However, although such a sum readily explains this or a related Durrant's ability to purchase the mill at Ifield, it is puzzling that so great a sum of money for damages is not mentioned by contemporary sources reporting the cause of the interruption of the water. Clearly, there is a case for closer enquiry into the circumstances.
Ifield Census 1851, edited by Brenda Young, published 1987 (Crawley Museum Library) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Parish of Ifield, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1987 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 6, part 3: North-eastern part of the Rape of Bramber including Crawley New Town, pp.53-73, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227686 & ISBN-13: 9780197227688) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9945][Lib 9946] & The Keep [LIB/500077] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries View Online
Religious Survey 1851 - Horsham district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.118-124, 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:Horsham district incl. West Grinstead, Shipley, Nuthurst, Itchingfield, Slinfold, Lower Beeding, Ifield, Rusper & Warnham
Ifield Village Walk: No1 Around the Green, published 1991 (pamphlet, Ifield Village Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11119]
Ifield Village Walk: No2 Further Afield, published 1991 (pamohlet, Ifield Village Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11120]
Field Notes: Stumbleholm bloomery, Ifield, Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1998 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 18, report, pp.2-7, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506565] Download PDF
Ifield Steam Mill, Crawley, by Ron Martin, published 2002 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 32, article, pp.30-38, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506530] Download PDF
Abstract:The building is located off Rusper Road, at the rear of the car park serving the village green. The original access via Mill Lane has now been blocked off. The mill is located at TQ 2504 3787. The former windmill was originally located a few yards to the east of the Steam Mill. For the purposes of description the front of the mill is deemed to face due east. Room numbers have been shown on the plan using the prefix "G" for ground and "F" for first floor rooms respectively. The mill, having been recently vandalised, many of the vulnerable doors and windows have been blocked or boarded up and the former have been shown on the drawings as extant in August 2000, but cross-hatched. The mill had been recently partly converted into a craft centre but these alteration have been largely ignored in this survey.
Ifield Manor: A Medieval Confusion Unravelled, by Michael J. Burchall, published Spring 2002 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 69, article, p.40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/69] & The Keep [LIB/500493]
Field Notes: Stumbleholm Bloomery, Ifield, West Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2003 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 23, report, pp.2-6, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506570] Download PDF
The Manor of Shiremark, 1387-1625, by Michael J. Burchall, published Autumn 2004 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 73, article, p.20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/73] & The Keep [LIB/500497]
Notes on Ifield Parish Church (St Margaret's), published (no date) (pamphlet, Ifield Parish Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4867][Lib 4868][Lib 4869]
Parish Church of St Margaret, Ifield, published (no date) (pamphlet, St Margarets Ifield) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9164]
Ifield Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW130, CD-ROM)
Abstract:Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1568-1901, Banns 1754-1812. Indexed Transcription. Includes 46 photographs. Vol.130.
Mid-Sussex - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C006, CD-ROM)
Abstract:Albourne, Ashington, Bolney, Colgate, Coolhurst, Cowfold, Henfield, Hurstpierpoint, Horsham, Ifield, Lower Beeding, Roffey, Shermanbury Shipley, Southwater, Twineham, Warminghurst, Warnham, West Grinstead and Woodmancote