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Parish of Lancing (North and South), by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, pp.206-207) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lancing, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.10-12, 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 Lancing, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Form and Order for the Consecration of the Chapel of St Mary and St Nicholas, Lancing, published 1911 (pamphlet, Lancing College) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9970]

The transformation of an old barn, by W. G. Ennals, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 3, article, pp.195-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

The Lancing Register, 1848-1932, by E. B. Gordon, published 1933 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11803] & West Sussex Libraries

Lancing: A History of S.S. Mary and Nicholas College, Lancing, 1848 to 1930, by B. W. T. Handford, published 1933 (Basil Blackwell) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Lands held by English Religious Houses situated outside the County IV. The Advowson of Lancing held by Mottenden, Kent, by M. S. H. [Mary S. Holgate], published November 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 8, article, pp.235-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Roman Finds. Southwick and Lancing, by C. Richard Ward, published November 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 4, article, pp.118-119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

A Survey of Archaeology near Lancing, by Sheppard Frere, published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.141-172) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

Roman Pottery from Lancing in the British Museum, by S. S. Frere, published August 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 7, article, pp.190-191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Lancing: official handbook, published 1948 (booklet, Lancing) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6160]

The Story of Lancing Parish Church, by P. T. Jones, published 1948 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5018][Lib 4899] & West Sussex Libraries

Lancing: official handbook,, published 1950 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4263]

The Capital By-the-Sea: A survey of Brighton, Hove and Worthing Including the Adjacent Towns of Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham, Lancing and Surrounding Countryside, by Harold P. Clunn, published 1953 (206 pp., Southern Publishing Ltd.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Lancing Register, 1901-1954, edited by E. B. Gordon, published 1955 (Hove: Shirley Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11804] & West Sussex Libraries

The Friends of Lancing Chapel, published 1965 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4903]

The Story of Lancing Parish Church, by P. T. Jones, published 1965 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4900] & West Sussex Libraries

The Story of Lancing Parish Church, by P. T. Jones, published 1969 (pamphlet, 6th edition, 19 pp., British Publishing, ISBN-10: 0714002593 & ISBN-13: 9780714002590) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4901] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Kelly's Directory of Worthing with Lancing, Ferring and Sompting, published 1969 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.)

Kelly's Directory of Worthing and neighbourhood, published 1972 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.)

Kelly's Directory of Worthing with Lancing, Ferring and Sompting, published 1973 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.)

Worthing, Lancing and Shoreham Sketches, by Rosemary Dray, published c.1975 (published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Story of Lancing Parish Church, by P. T. Jones, published 1975 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6153]

Lancing Tabernacle, Evangelical Free Church Jubilee, 1927-1977, published 1977 (pamphlet, Lancing Tabernacle) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6353]

A School Cathedral [Lancing Chapel], by Basil Handford, published 1977 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15532]

Convalescent Homes in Lancing, by Archie Colbourne, published January 1978 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 9, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/9] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Lancing and Sompting from Early Postcards, by Pip Barker, published 1979 (Nostalgia Publications)

A History of Lancing, by R. G. P. Kerridge, published 1 January 1979 (256 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850333385 & ISBN-13: 9780850333381) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7367] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Visits: Leonardslee and High Beeches, October 14 1978, published Spring 1979 in Garden History (vol. 7, no 1, article, pp.2-7)   View Online

Worthing, Sompting and Lancing, published 1980 (pamphlet, The Victorian Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7447]

Parish of Lancing, 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 1980 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 6, part 1: Southern part of the Rape of Bramber, pp.34-53, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227538 & ISBN-13: 9780197227534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7542][Lib 7543] & The Keep [LIB/500085] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Excavations at Lancing Down, West Sussex 1980, by Owen Bedwin, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, excavation report, pp.37-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Excavation Report 1980: Lancing Down, by Owen Bedwin, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, p.242, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Lancing: A Pictorial History, by George W. Shaw, published 1982 (256 plates, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850334551 & ISBN-13: 9780850334555) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8379] & West Sussex Libraries

Worthing, Hove and Lancing, by T P Hudson, published 1986 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9633]

A Case Study of Farming with Conservation: Applesham Farm [Lancing], by Peter Brandon, published 1987 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10494] & West Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Worthing district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.135-146, 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

Worthing district incl. Broadwater, Lancing, Littlehampton, Clapham, Patching, Goring, Ferring, East Preston, Angmering, Poling, Rustington, Climping, Ford, Arundel, Tortington, South Stoke, Burpham, North Stoke, Houghton, Amberley & Wiggonholt

Lancing and Sompting, by Philip Fry, published 1995 (128 pp., Sutton Publishing, ISBN-10: 0750909404 & ISBN-13: 9780750909402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15042] & West Sussex Libraries

Lancing - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.156, 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

Lancing and Sompting in Old Photographs, by Philip Fry, published 25 June 1998 (128 pp., Budding Books, ISBN-10: 1840150467 & ISBN-13: 9781840150469)

Lancing and Sompting in Old Photographs: A Second Selection, by Philip Fry, published 10 September 1998 (126 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0750913630 & ISBN-13: 9780750913638) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

A Right of Way in Lancing, by Dee Monnery, published October 1999 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 64, article, p.28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/64] & The Keep [LIB/500488]

Lancing Carriage and Wagon Works, by John H. Blackford and Jerry Ames, published 2001 (Railway Recollections) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Roman nail-cleaner from Lancing Ring, West Sussex, by John Funnell, published 2002 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 140, shorter article, p.150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15109] & The Keep [LIB/500299] & S.A.S. library   View Online

St James the Less, Lancing, by Tessa Kelly, published 2004 (pamphlet, RGA Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15206] & West Sussex Libraries

Mrs. Barrow's War Diary, edited by Joe Barrow, published 2005 (Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders History Group) accessible at: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

Here Joe recorded extracts from his mother's diary of life in Lancing during the early years of World War 2

Local History in Lancing College Archives, by Janet Pennington, published Autumn 2006 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 75, article, pp.56-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/75] & The Keep [LIB/500499]

New Art School, Lancing College, by N. Lomax, published 2009 in Concrete (vol. 43, no. 4, article, pp.40-41)

Steers in 19th century Lancing, by Susan Martin, published September 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 7, article, pp.328-332) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508848] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

During the 19th century all the families in the coastal village of Lancing apart from one were descended from my ancestor Thomas STEER who settled in the village with his bride Martha MERRIT in 1798. There had been STEERs recorded in the parish registers earlier but no family spanning more than one generation.

Land adjacent to Hoe Court Lane, Lancing (NGR: TQ19020593) - desk-based assessment and geophusical survey reports, by Sean Wallis, Tim Dawson and Genni Elliott, published September 2012 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, pp.168-173) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]

Many of my generation are now asking what their grandparents did during the First World War, I am now almost certain; from strong circumstantial evidence that my paternal grandfather George Edward STEER didn't serve in the armed forces. Instead of looking through war diaries and studying military actions I've decided to look at what life would have been like for him and his family in the part of South Lancing called Salt Lake where they lived.

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published March 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 5, article, pp.209-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508855]

The story of the residents of Salt Lake during WW1 continues from page 173 of the last Historian. Serving in the Royal Navy by the end of 1914 was Henry Charles LOWER from 9 Salt Lake Cottages. He had been born 15 July 1899 in Burgess Hill but following the death of his father in 1902 he, his mother and sisters Emily and Ivy had been living with his grandfather Charles WINTON.

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published June 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 6, article, pp.286-291) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508876]

The story of the residents of Salt Lake during WW1 continues from page 209 of the last Historian

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published September 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 7, article, pp.328-334) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508953]

Situated on the coast Lancing was of course in front line danger for any possible invasion. There would have been a detailed evacuation plan however I haven't come across it. Probably with possible invasion in mind on 2 September 1914 officers of the Church Lad's Brigade offered to give free of charge elementary instruction and musketry and drill to every man over 20 not on the strength of the brigade.

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published December 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 8, article, pp.367-370) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509026]

Indication has already been given that moving within the area during the War was frequent, as it was before and after. Word of mouth must have been the chief means of hearing that another property became vacant. George STEER and his family moved from 5 to 10 Salt Lake Cottages.

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published March 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 1, article, pp.20-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509161]

Lancing seems to have been a relatively crime free village. Certain crimes were war related. There were several prosecutions for having an unobscured light, particularly on householders along the seafront. One of those was a JP caught with a light showing at 10.10pm.

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published June 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 2, article, pp.88-93) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509232]

The story of the residents of Salt Lake during WW1 continues from page 20 of the last Historian.

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published September 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 3, article, pp.125-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509265]

A Guide to Lancing Chapel, published (no date) (pamphlet, Lancing College) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9226]

The Tapestries in Lancing Chapel, published (no date) (pamphlet, Lancing Chapel) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4902]

Lancing Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW176, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1574-1901, Marriages 1560-1902 and Burials 1559-1901. Indexed Transcription. Includes 31 photographs. Vol.176,

Adur Valley and Brighton & Hove - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C008, CD-ROM)

Aldrington, Botolphs, Brighton (9), Coombes, Edburton, Kingston Buci, Lancing, Hangleton (2), Hove (2), Newtimber, Patcham, Poynings, Pycombe, Old Shoreham, Southwick (5), Steyning (4),West Blatchington, and Wiston,