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Parish of Keymer, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.241-242) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Decorative Tiles found at Keymer, by Rev. Edward Turner, M.A., published 1864 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 16, article, pp.126-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2101] & The Keep [LIB/500235] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Mural Paintings, Keymer Church, by C. H. Campion, published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, notes & queries, pp.249-250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Decorative Tiles [in Keymer], by Edward Turner, published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, notes & queries, p.189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Keymer, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.2-3, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Keymer, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Oldland Mill, Keymer, by I. P. Annett, published 1880 (Hassocks Amenity Associetion)

The Manor of Keymer, with some Ecclesiastical Notes, by Walter C. Renshaw, LL.M., K.C., published 1911 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 54, article, pp.6-31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2139] & The Keep [LIB/500272] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Thomas Turner, of Keymer, by C. J. Beetlestone, published 1918 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 59, notes & queries, p.127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2144] & The Keep [LIB/500277] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Oldland Mill, Keymer, by Frederick Harrison, F.S.., published November 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 8, article, p.255) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Valebridge, by C. Somers Clarke, published August 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 3, reply, pp.97-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Oldland Mill and Museum, by F. H. [F. Harrison], published November 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 4, note, p.127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Historic Houses of Sussex - Oldland Mill House, at Keymer, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 5, article, pp.311-316) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Oldland Mill and Museum, Keymer, Hassocks , by Frederick Harrison, published August 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 7, article, pp.197-199) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

How the Mill Worked , by Frederick Main Treglown, published August 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 7, article, pp.198-199) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Keymer, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.179-181, 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

Spitalford Bridge, Keymer, by F. B. S. [F. Bentham Stevens], published November 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 4, query, p.123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

The Enclosure of Keymer Common, by P. F. Brandon, published November 1960 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 6, article, pp.181-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Keymer Parish Church, by C H Benwell, published c.1970 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6205]

Mesolithic and Neolithic Finds from Keymer, by Simon Garrett, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, note, p.326) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Burgess Hill Brickworks and Potteries, by Frederic M. Avery, published September 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.40-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Includes a genealogical table showing the connections between the Avery, Gravett and Norman families who were engaged in pottery and brickmaking in the area and in Clayton, Keymer, Ditchling, Chailey from 1812

Bourn of Keymer, by P. B. Evershed, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, p.99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 21 May 1753 John Bourn was ordained a deacon at the General Baptist Meeting House in Ditchling. He died 3 August 1785 aged 80 leaving bequests to his wife Mary, their children and grandchildren. Article covers the years 1705 - 1840 in the parish of Keymer.

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

The Keymer Map, by Peter Evershed, published Autumn 1990 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 46, article, p.4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/46] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

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

Keymer - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.127-129, 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

Ridge Family of Sussex, by Jessie C. Ridge, published September 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 3, article, pp.111-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Ridges from 1510 to 1975 in Lewes, Chichester, Keymer and Fletching

Ridge Family of Sussex, Part 3, by Jessie C. Ridge, published March 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 5, article, pp.201-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Ridges from 1697 to 1971 in Iford and Keymer.

The stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeontology of the Lower Weald Clay (Hauterivian) at Keymer Tileworks, West Sussex, southern England, by Elizabeth Cook and Andrew J. Cook, published 1996 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 107 issue 3, article, pp.231-239)   View Online

The stratigraphy of the Weald Clay of Sussex in the region of Burgess Hill is summarized. The Hauterivian/Barremian boundary, using ostracod evidence in the Ripe borehole, appears to lie at the top of a red clay bed just below BGS Bed 3c2. Detailed sections of the sediments exposed in Keymer Tileworks clay pit are given. BGS Bed 3a is exposed at the top of the pit, indicating that the sediments below belong to the Lower Weald Clay and are late Hauterivian in age. The pit has yielded a diverse non-marine fossil fauna and flora consisting of insects, dinosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, sharks, bony fish, crustaceans, molluscs, ferns, conifers and a new herbaceous, aquatic or marsh-dwelling plant. The insects include the first Wealden records of the family Sciaridae (fungus gnats) and of the superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects). The sediments exposed and their fossil content indicate changes from terrestrial conditions through fluvial, culminating in a lacustrine environment.

Field Notes: Saxon iron working at Hassocks, Keymer, Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 1997 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 17, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506564]   Download PDF

Keymer Brick and Tile Works, by Frederick M. Avery, published 2000 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 30, article, pp.29-31, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/30] & The Keep [LIB/506528]   Download PDF

Big hole, Big Bertha, green clay, blue lake, primrose heat, beehives, frogs and dinosaurs are all terms that may have been heard by visitors to the Keymer Works. What do these terms mean you may ask? All will be revealed in an attempt to condense the history of the Works, covering more than two and a half centuries.

Keymer No. 1 Brickworks, Burgess Hill, by Martin Ron, published 2000 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 30, article, pp.32-39, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/30] & The Keep [LIB/506528]   Download PDF

This site was surveyed by the writer with the assistance of Peter Holtham in January and February, 2000 prior to its imminent demolition before development for housing.

A countryman's further reminiscences of mid Sussex, by John Stenning, published 30 June 2000 (276 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1898941424 & ISBN-13: 9781898941422) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hassocks and Keymer Talk About, published 2006 (periodical) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16331]

Nos. 347-361

Keymer, St. Cosmos & St. Damian - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, p.195, 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 History of the Keymer Tile Works, by Frederic M. Avery, published 1 July 2011 (Occasional papers, no. 3, 31 pp., Burgess Hill Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0954928121 & ISBN-13: 9780954928124) accessible at: Burgess Hill Local History Society

Keymer Tile Works has been one of the foremost works in Sussex since the nineteenth century producing good quality bricks and tiles which were used on many buildings throughout south-east England. This book traces the origins of the works and of its many owners in a great deal of detail. The works was originally set up by Sampson Copestake, an entrepreneur who bought large parts of what is now Burgess Hill and the works was well established by 1875, with Henry Johnson, by then a partner, as Johnson & Co. The works was located to the south of Cant's Lane and adjacent to the Eastbourne to Lewes railway line, firing bricks using the clamp system. After a disastrous fire in 1884, the works was substantially rebuilt and was then trading as the Keymer Brick Company, with all bricks being kiln fired and including one large Hoffman kiln. After WWI the works expanded and two more Hoffman kilns, eleven circular beehive kilns and some tunnel kilns were added.
One criticism of the book is that there is not a very coherent description of the structures on the site - the architectural drawing of No 1. Brickworks is the only one included whereas there were several; other drawings were available. Two unfortunate mistakes are that mathematical tiles pre-dated the Brick Tax by several decades and the correct name of the Brighton Children's Hospital was The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children. It is also unfortunate that some of the illustrations have not reproduced well.
As a history of the firm and its personalities this is an excellent publication and well worth having for anyone interested in brickmaking and Burgess Hill.

Keymer Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW154, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1601-1901, Marriages 1601-1643, 1661-1888, Burials 1601- 1900. Indexed Transcription. Vol.154. Includes 18 photographs.

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