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A Diary kept in an Excursion to Little Hampton, near Arundel, and Brighthelmston, in Sussex, in 1778; and also to the latter Place in 1779, vols 1 and 2, by Peregrin Phillips, published 1780 (vol 1: vii + 100pp. & vol 2: viii + 128 pp., published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Fuller Lib 138] & British Library

Excursion from London to Littlehampton, 1790, by S. Shaw, published 1791 in Topgrapher (vol. 4, article, pp.129-154)

Parish of Little Hampton, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, pp.132-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Littlehampton or Hampton-Parva, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.32-33, 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 Littlehampton, published 1877 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Littlehampton, Arundel & Amberley with their surroundings, by W. Goodliffe, published 1903 (London: Homeland Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4675] & West Sussex Libraries

Roman Vase found at Littlehampton, by Philip M. Johnston, published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, notes & queries, pp.233-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library

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

Alien houses: Ballivate of Atherington, by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, p.120, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

From the North Foreland to Penzance [includes Cinque Ports, Newhaven, Shoreham and Littlehampton], by Clive Holland and illustrated by Maurice Randall, published 1908 (xvi + 334 pp., London: Chatto & Windus) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Channel Island service of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by Alfred R. Bennett, published 1 September 1916 in Journal of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers (vol. 6, no. 9, article, pp.308-317)

From Newhaven, later from Littlehampton.

Littlehampton Hot Baths, by S.N.Q. contributor, published August 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 7, note, pp.227-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton, Arundel, Worthing, published 1929 (Ward Lock & Co) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15218]

Bognor, Chichester, Selsey, Littlehampton, published 1930 (Ward Lock and Co Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14446]

Southlands Private Hotel, Littlehampton, published c.1930 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6751]

Reminiscences of Littlehampton, by Leva Robinson, W. H. Challen and J. S. Heward, published 1933 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8263] & West Sussex Libraries

Report of Local Secretary. Littlehampton, by E. J. Frazer Hearne, published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, notes & queries, pp.250-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton, Rustington and West Sussex, published 1934 (pamphlet, Cheyney & Son) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6736]

Furzedown P.N.E.U. School, Littlehampton, by P. M. Ellis, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 1, article, p.52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

The Medieval Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Littlehampton, Sussex (destroyed 1827), by J. Pelham Maitland, published August 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 7, article, pp.199-202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton, Rustington and West Sussex, published 1936 (pamphlet, Cheyney & Son) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6739]

Some Field Names and Place Names in the Parishes of Littlehampton, Poling and Angmering, by Frazer Hearne, published November 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 4, article, p.118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Coffin-Slab from Toddington, by Frazer Hearne, published May 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 6, note, p.181) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Southern Railway electrification extension: Arundel, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Chichester and district, published 1938 (x + 19 pp., London Transport Ltd) accessible at: British Library

The Story of the Parish Church of Our Lady of Littlehampton, by Rev. E. P. Orr, M.A., published 1938 (Gloucester: British Publishing Co.)

The number of booklets giving the history of the churches with which they deal increases yearly. It is all to the good that details of their history as far as is known should be preserved in print. What is common knowledge now is soon forgotten and astonishing surmises develope for want of recorded facts.
The Church of Littlehampton is unusual in having been rebuilt twice within 110 years. In consequence it has been exceptionally difficult to keep the different stages apart and yet continuous. It would have added to the completeness of the history if the date of the completion of the present church had been given or the date of re-dedication or consecration. As it is, there appears to be some confusion, as two of the illustrations dated 1931 can hardly be compatible with the first in the book dated 1826-1934.
There is no description of the present building but a long account of the subjects of the stained glass including one in the east window which is taken from a well-known Crucifix at Lucca, a copy of which was once in the Abbey at Bury St. Edmunds. It is called the Volto Santo.
Great care has been taken of the stones of the mediaeval church which have come to light in the excavations of recent times, some of which date back to Norman times. The whole of the tracery of the east window of decorated date has been recovered and now forms the west window in the Tower of the new church. Full information as to the mediaeval church will be found in a paper by Mr. J. Pelham Maitland which was published in S.N.Q. v, 199, which had previously appeared in the Littlehampton Church Magazine. Much gratitude is due to Mr. E. W. Hulme and Mr. Fraser Hearne for their meticulous care of the remains of the older church.

The Littlehampton and Portsdown Chalk Inliers and their relation to the raised beaches of West Sussex, by E. C. Martin, B.Sc., A.I.C., F.G.S., published 1938 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 49 issue 2, article, pp.198-212)   View Online

The Coastal Plain of West Sussex is traversed from east to west by the Littlehampton and Portsdown Anticlines, each of which brings up a large inlier of Chalk. The Littlehampton Inlier extends approximately 17 miles in an east and west direction and is intersected by the coast between Worthing and Felpham. The Portsdown Inlier is nearly 20 miles long, and extends from south of Chichester to north-west of Fareham, in Hampshire.

A Famous Firm of Sussex Shipowners: The Story of the Robinsons of Littlehampton, by A. W. Robinson, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 1, article, pp.30-32; no. 2, pp.91-95) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Acquisitions by the Littlehampton Museum, by E. J. F. Hearne, published August 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 7, article, pp.201-203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

A Map of the Manor of Wick (Littlehampton), 1759, by E. J. F. Hearne, published August 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 3, article, pp.70-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Port books and Customs Accounts of Arundel and Littlehampton in the Tudor Period, by E. Wyndham Hulme, published February 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.106-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton Vicarage, by W. D. Peckham, published August 1948 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 3, article, pp.49-51) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

ABC of Littlehampton with Bognor Regis and Worthing, by George King, published 1951 (Brighton) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Three Sussex ports, 1850-1950, by H.C. Brookfield, published 1955 in Journal of Transport History (vol. 2, no. 1, article, p.35)

Littlehampton Sussex by the Sea, published 1961 (pamphlet, Littlehampton Urban District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15221]

The Manor of Littlehampton with Toddington, 1633, edited by Francis William Steer, published 1961 (2 parts, Littlehampton papers, nos 1 & 2, 2 parts, Littlehampton Urban District Council) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Ferries in Sussex, by G. D. Johnston, published May 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 7, article, pp.237-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Romano-British Finds on the Beaumont Estate, Littlehampton, by F. N. Blick, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, article, pp.112-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Tottisham Mill, by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston], published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, note, p.137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Monumental inscriptions in the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Littlehampton, by Ronald Frank Newman, published 1970 (Littlehampton papers no. 3, 23 pp., Littlehampton Urban District Council) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

J Vinnicombe & Son Ltd [Littlehampton], 1921-1971: 50 Years of Service to Agriculture, published 1971 (pamphlet, J Vinnicombe & Son Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6449]

A Bridge for Littlehampton 1821-2, by John H. Farrant, published December 1972 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 5, article, pp.31-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/5] & The Keep [LIB/506524]   Download PDF

The Arun was the last of the rivers through the South Downs to be bridged below the natural and ancient bridging point, at the gap in the Downs. At Newhaven, on the Ouse, a drawbridge was built in 1784, while Old Shoreham bridge over the Adur was built in 1782; but it was the railway which first bridged the Arun, at Ford in 1846, and not until 1908 did Littlehampton acquire a road bridge. With the Iatter's replacement under construction half a mile up stream, it is particularly appropriate to recall the earliest plans for a bridge at Littlehampton, the design for which appears on the cover of this number of S.I.H.

Littlehampton Town Centre Map: A Local Plan, published 1973 (pamphlet, Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8967]

Mid-Victorian Littlehampton: The Railway and the Cross-Channel Steamers, by John H. Farrant, published 1973 (Littlehampton Papers, No. 4, 27 pp., Littlehampton Urban District Council) accessible at: British Library

Littlehampton Long Ago, by H. J. F. Thompson, published 1974 (J. P. Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5876] & West Sussex Libraries

A Victorian Correspondent - John Wood, published September 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 6, article, pp.161-163) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from a letter to his wife from John Wood (1793-1872) watchmaker of Littlehampton who emigrated to Canada in 1832 and returned to visit England in June 1861.

List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Littlehampton Area, published 1975 (Department of Environment) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5991]

Arun District: Sun, Sea and Sussex Countryside - Bognor Regis, Arundel, Littlehampton, published 1976 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7076]

Littlehampton Through the Wars, by H. J. F. Thompson, published 1978 (Littlehampton Story no. 1, pamphlet, 64 pp., published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7026] & West Sussex Libraries

Swing Bridge Story, by H. J. F. Thompson, published 1979 (Littlehampton Story no. 2, 62 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Early Iron Age Pottery from Littlehampton, by Owen Bedwin, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.255-256) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Tales of a Grandfather [Littlehampton], by Alfred H. Bowerman, published 1980 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The story of the Littlehampton Lifeboat Station, together with a brief history of William Osborne Ltd. and the lifeboats they have built, by Jeff Morris, published 1981 (16 pp., R.N.L.I.) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Lifeboats of Littlehampton, by Jeff Morris, published 1981 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Picturemakers, by H. J. F. Thompson, published 1981 (Littlehampton Story no. 3, pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7992] & West Sussex Libraries

A Description of the Mid Nineteenth-Century Forts at Littlehampton and Shoreham, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.181-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton Then and Now, by H. J. F. Thompson, published 1982 (Littlehampton Story no. 4, pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8837] & West Sussex Libraries

The Littlehampton Swing Bridge, by A. G. Allnutt, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.2-23) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

The demolition in 1980 of this dominating feature of Littlehampton Harbour calls for a record in S.I.H.

Beside the Sea at Littlehampton, by H. J. F. Thompson, published May 1982 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 22, article, p.14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/22] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Early 19th Century, Part 1, by H. J. F. Thompson, published 1983 (Littlehampton Story no. 5, pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8838] & West Sussex Libraries

Southern Main Lines: Crawley to Littlehampton, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 2 August 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520347 & ISBN-13: 9780906520345) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9665] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Toddington: Its Past and Its People, by Wilfred & Ilene Daggett, published 1987 (booklet, Littlehampton Historical Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9764]

What's in a Name?, (Littlehampton Streets and Roads) , by H. J. F. Thompson, published 1988 (Littlehampton Story no. 6, Mary Taylor; Littlehampton printers) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Wartime Littlehampton, 1939-1945, by Iris Jones, published 1989 (Arun District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10535][Lib 14423] & 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

Littlehampton in Old Photographs, by Iris Jones and Daphne Stanford, published 25 October 1990 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0862997186 & ISBN-13: 9780862997182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10720] & West Sussex Libraries

Archaeological Discoveries at Toddington, West Sussex, by Oliver J. Gilkes and Peter Hammond, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, archaeological note, pp.241-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton: A Pictorial History, by D. Robert Elleray, published 1 January 1991 (128 pp., Hastings: Olio Books, ISBN-10: 0850337690 & ISBN-13: 9780850337693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11651] & West Sussex Libraries

The History of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Littlehampton, by Sister Jeanette Clare McDonnell, published 1992 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14612]

Middle Bronze Age pottery from Littlehampton, by Oliver J. Gilkes, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, archaeological note, pp.234-238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton in 1841, by Wilf Daggett, published 1993 (pamphlet, Littlehampton Historical Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12071]

Iron Age and Roman Littlehampton, by Oliver J. Gilkes, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.1-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

Littlehampton in Old Picture Postcards, by Tony Wales, published May 1993 (80 pp., Europese Bibliotheek, ISBN-10: 9028855599 & ISBN-13: 9789028855595) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Time for a quick one: a brief historical comment on some of Littlehampton's inns and pubs together with words about the brewery, by Gwen Lansdell, published 1994 (11 pp., Littlehampton Historical Society) accessible at: British Library

Littlehampton Chronology, 1945-1970, edited by Ian Friel and Janine Lovatt, published 1995 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12930] & West Sussex Libraries

A history of Wick (West Sussex) before 1900, by Wilfred Daggett, published 1995 (128 pp., Littlehampton Historical Society) accessible at: British Library

Lobster at Littlehampton: An Edwardian Childhood, by Clare Sheppard and illustrated by Christina Sheppard, published 20 April 1995 (viii + 163 pp., Padsow: Tabb House, ISBN-10: 0907018947 & ISBN-13: 9780907018940) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Littlehampton sportsfield : centenary 1897-1997, by Hugh Milner, published 1997 (143 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The story of the Littlehampton Lifeboats, by Jeff Morris, published c.1997 (48 pp., R.N.L.I.) accessible at: British Library

The Littlehampton Miniature Railway 1948-1998, by Wilfrid F. Simms, published 1998 (pamphlet, 28 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0952888165 & ISBN-13: 9780952888161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14417] & West Sussex Libraries

Littlehampton 1600-1650 : some aspects of life in Littlehampton in Stuart times, by Wilfred Daggett, published 1998 (iii + 56 pp., Littlehampton Historical Society) accessible at: British Library

Littlehampton - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.192, 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

The development of the Arun District Council coastal monitor station at Littlehampton, West Sussex, by R. Spencer and M. Rawlinson, published March 1998 in Oceanography (article, pp.47-58) accessible at: British Library

Littlehampton [old photographs], by Ian Friel and Rebecca Fardell, published 30 May 1998 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752411233 & ISBN-13: 9780752411231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14416] & West Sussex Libraries

Littlehampton and Bognor Regis Wastewater Treatment Works & Sludge Recycling Centre, by R. Piper and B. Regis, published 1999 in Water & sewerage journal (issue 31, article, pp.41-44) accessible at: British Library

Littlehampton, Clapham and Patching Cricket Club Programme, published 2000 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14186]

Littlehampton articles from The Sussex weekly advertiser and Lewes record 1761-1800, compiled by A. M. J. Chapman, published 2000 (ix + 118 pp., Littlehampton Historical Society)

The parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Littlehampton, 1110 - 2000 A.D., by Gwen M. Eggleston, published 2000 (8 pp., Littlehampton Historical Society) accessible at: British Library

The Constables of Arundel and Littlehampton, by Pat Saunders, published 2001 in Brewery History (no. 103, article, pp.4-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17498]

Regenerating Norfolk Park, Sheffield, and Floyds Corner, Littlehampton, by R. Bate, published 2001 in Axis: the journal of housing planning and regeneration (vol. 56, part 5, article, pp.12-15) accessible at: British Library

Redevelopment of docks and wharves Sayers, Inman and others v Littlehampton Harbour Board and Arun District Council QBD, Divisional Court, 17 July 2001, by D. Wilkinson, published 2001 in Water law (vol. 12, part 5, article, pp.277-280) accessible at: British Library

An early Roman pottery production site at Horticultural Research International, Littlehampton, by Julie Lovell, published 2002 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 140, article, pp.21-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15109] & The Keep [LIB/500299] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Investigation of an early Romano-British settlement at Worthing Road, Littlehampton revealed an enclosed working area, probably with beginnings in the Late Iron Age. Pottery was produced on the site for about 100 years between c. AD 43 and AD 150 using simple updraught kilns producing pottery comparable with that produced at Hardham and Wiggonholt and to vessels from Fishbourne and Chichester. Environmental evidence suggests that spelt wheat was processed in the vicinity of the site and the waste from this processing was used as kindling to fire the kilns.

AA Street by Street: Chichester, Bognor Regis, Arundel, Littlehampton, Middleton-On-Sea, Angmering, Barnham, Bosham, East Wittering, Fontwell, Mid Lavant, North Mundham, Rustington, Selsey, Yapton , published 30 September 2002 (59 pp., AA Publishing, ISBN-10: 074953169X & ISBN-13: 9780749531690) accessible at: British Library

Quakers in Littlehampton and Arundel: a short history, by Stan Nattrass, published 2003 (leaflet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15465]

Littlehampton harbour, 1071-2003 : writings and photographs by present-day people working on or by the river, or having a strong connection with it, compiled by Gwen M. Eggleston, published 2004 (80 leaves, Littlehampton Historical Society) accessible at: British Library

Bronze Age to Roman field systems at the site of the Arunside Industrial Estate, Littlehampton, by Sophia Adams, published 2004 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 142, shorter article, pp.144-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15489] & The Keep [LIB/500360] & S.A.S. library   View Online

East Beach Cafe: Thomas Heatherwick's first completed building will be a small cafe on the south coast at Littlehampton, by P. Kelly, published 2006 in Blueprint: the magazine of design and architecture (no. 248, article, pp.70-77) accessible at: British Library

The development of the port of Littlehampton, West Sussex, and excavations at East Bank, River Road, by Timothy Bradley and Christopher Phillpotts, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.155-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at East Bank, River Road, Littlehampton revealed a series of alluvial deposits, a late-eighteenth-century chalk well, and a large early-nineteenth-century wharf building, which fronted onto a dock to its west. In the late nineteenth century the dock was infilled and alterations were made to the wharf building. A coal shed was added to the rear and another structure was erected to the north to front River Road. A series of tiebacks retaining a river defence wall dating to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century was also recorded. This paper integrates the findings of the archaeological excavations with cartographic and documentary sources in order to trace the process of wharf building and the subsequent development of the east bank of the River Arun in Littlehampton during the later post-medieval period.

Turnpike Roads to Arundel, Worthing and Littlehampton, by Brian Austen, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.12-23, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534]   Download PDF

The first article in the survey of Turnpike Roads covered, in the main, the Rape of Chichester; this section extends eastwards and includes the southern part of the Rape of Arundel and the south-western part of the Rape of Bramber.

Beach cafe, Littlehampton, West Sussex: Heatherwick Studio, published 2007 in The Architectural review (no. 1330, article, pp.50-51) accessible at: British Library

Littlehampton Revisited, by Rolf Zeegers, Juliet Nye and Lucy Ashby, published 31 May 2007 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752439871 & ISBN-13: 9780752439877) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

illustrated with over 200 photographs

The Historical Ecology of the River Arun and Its Beaches at Littlehampton, West Sussex: v. 169: 1000 Years of Change, by Brian Morton, published 29 February 2008 (iv + 198 pp., Oxfordshire: Ray Society, Bloxham, ISBN-10: 0903874407 & ISBN-13: 9780903874403) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Land at Manor Farm, East Preston, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ07250195) - evaluation report, by Sean Wallis, published December 2008 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Martin Venables and the Natural Science and Archaeology Society of Littlehampton, by David Bone, published 2009 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 77, article, p.79) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/77] & The Keep [LIB/500501]

Littlehampton, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published April 2009 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 46 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage)   Download PDF

Littlehampton's lobsters, by Stephanie Bolt, published 2010 (39 pp., Littlehampton Town Council) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

32-4 Fitzalan Road, 14-18 Church Street, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ03250205) - evaluation report, by Andrew Mundin and James Lewis, published July 2010 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

The Fletchers Arms, Station Road, East Preston, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ06450294) - watching brief report, by James McNicholl-Norbury, published October 2010 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Land off Courtwick Lane, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ01800360) - evaluation report, by Sean Wallis, published November 2010 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

A brief cinema history of Littlehampton and a look at Arundel cinemas, by Brian Hornsey, published 2011 (8 pp., limited edition of 50 copies, Fuchsiaprint, ISBN-13: 9781907788383) accessible at: British Library

Wickbourne Swan PH, Clun Road, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ02120284) - watching brief report, by Sean Wallis, published February 2011 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Southfields Recreation Ground, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ03900260) - watching brief report, by Felicity Howell, published September 2011 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

A multi-period site at Eden Park (former Toddington Nurseries), Littlehampton, West Sussex, by Michael Dinwiddy, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, article, pp.47-69) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations on land formerly occupied by Toddington Nurseries, Littlehampton, revealed evidence for activity dating from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval period. Some residual Mesolithic and Neolithic flint was recovered, as well as a few sherds of Neolithic pottery. A possible Neolithic ditch was found during the evaluation, although this area was not subsequently excavated, so its form and significance are unclear. Middle and Late Bronze Age occupation comprised a hollow way, waterholes/wells and a possible roundhouse with associated spreads of domestic rubbish. Two Neolithic axes deposited in the terminal of a Bronze Age ditch may have been curated. Another deposit, apparently placed deliberately, consisted of a near-complete pot filled with burnt stones, a quern fragment and worked flint. Intensive cereal production during the Romano-British period is indicated by environmental remains recovered from a double-ditched field system and pits. It is suggested that the field system was part of a wider agricultural complex associated with the estate of the nearby Angmering Roman villa. Residual Early to Middle Saxon pottery was found although, as no features of this date were identified, its significance is uncertain. Some Saxon-Norman pottery (10-12th century date) was recovered but the bulk of the assemblage dates to the 13th-14th centuries, when a trackway was created and a field system established.

The Benjamin Gray Story, by Alex Gammon, published 2014 (40 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 099279210X & ISBN-13: 9780992792107) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The author has included an amazing amount of information on Benjamin Gray and his family in this 40 page book. It is the story of a family who left England more than 150 years ago and sailed to Australia where they laid out a new village named Littlehampton, after their home village in Sussex. The early chapters cover the Gray family with details of their marriages and baptisms and include photos of their cottage. A family tree (1778-1932) is shown at the back of the book. Details then follow of their journey to Australia and their life there, including the building of the village and Benjamin's very tragic death. The final chapter relates to the author's visit to Littlehampton, Australia in 2009. A "must read" for anyone researching the Gray family of West Sussex.

Land at Toddington Lane, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ03280387) - evaluation report, by Steve Preston and Sean Wallis, published May 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Land at Toddington Lane, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ03130404), Phase 1 - evaluation reports, by Sean Wallis, published December 2015 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Late Iron Age and Roman occupation south of Toddington Lane, Littlehampton (NGR: TQ03250387) (Phase 1) - excavation report, by Sean Wallis, published May 2016 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Littlehampton School Logbook 1871-1911, edited by Ruth Brown, published June 2016 (vol. 95, lxx + 400 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-13: 9780854450770) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18933] & The Keep [LIB/509227] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

All head teachers of Victorian elementary schools were required to keep logs of their pupils' progress, but few are as vivid and meticulous as that of Thomas Slatford, head of Littlehampton Boys' School from 1871 until 1911. The march of history can be traced, noted in concise and colourful local detail. The reluctance of the church to cede control of education to elected School Boards, well-documented in general histories of the period, shows up in the log in the suspicion that the vicar was bribing boys with drink and tobacco to get them to go to church. The growth of tourism in Littlehampton is reflected in Slatford's concern that children were allowed to run wild whilst their parents looked after paying visitors, one budding young entrepreneur truanting from school in order to sell strawberries on the beach. Tourism wasn't all bad however: one boy, whose family was host to the head of a firm of London architects, so impressed the gentleman with the standard of his homework that he was offered a job. There was a surprising amount of social mobility. The detail about everyday events in the lives of his pupils is interspersed, unusually for a school log of this period, with Slatford's reflections on education and society at a time of far-reaching change. His role was an ambivalent one. On the one hand, as headmaster of an elementary school in 1871 he was supposed to be the servant of a system designed to preserve class difference and keep the poor in order. He was to teach a narrow and closely regulated curriculum. But this was not the only ideology on offer: Slatford's logs show how, under enthusiastic and conscientious leadership, the tightly regulated class-bound system could be modified in accordance with another Victorian frame of mind, that is, a faith in technology, progress and hard work, and the optimistic belief that all were educable within a culture that could ultimately do away with classes. It is a spirit captured briefly by Conan Doyle when he has Sherlock Holmes describe Board Schools as: 'Beacons … out of which will spring the wiser, better England of the future.' As a dedicated teacher optimistic about human progress and prepared to write what he thought, Slatford is among the unsung heroes of Victorian elementary education, and his logs invite a reappraisal of its achievements.
Cover illustration: Memorial to Thomas Slatford River Beach School, Littlehampton.
Ruth Brown is a retired teacher, lecturer and writer. Born in New Zealand, she attended a primary school in the 1950s remarkably similar in its organisation and ethos to Thomas Slatford's Littlehampton school in the early 20th century. After graduating from University in Wellington and Teachers' Training College in Christchurch, she taught briefly in Marlborough before coming to England where she taught at Steyning Grammar School. She left Steyning in 1982 on marrying a widower with four young children, and with her husband's enthusiastic support went back to study and research. She completed an M.A. and a D. Phil. at the University of Sussex in the 1980s, a time of radical new developments and feminist, post-modern and postcolonial approaches, requiring an exciting re-think of established attitudes to English literature and history - and to the evaluation of their archival legacy. She was an Associate Tutor in the Centre of Continuing Education at the University for 23 years, whilst publishing in academic journals, and also keeping up an involvement with elementary education as school governor and classroom volunteer.

A Narrative of Littlehampton Golf Club, by Ian Wiseman, published 25 August 2016 (320 pp., Matador, ISBN-10: 1785892738 & ISBN-13: 9781785892738) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The book was written as part of the celebrations for one hundred and twenty five years of Littlehampton Golf Club. It is not just a chronological account of the golf club's development over the years but delves into the narrative behind that history. In 1889 two local solicitors worked together and successfully formed the club, one of the first members was Henry the 15th Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England who became President of the Club. The Dukes of Norfolk have continued the Presidency to the present day. The book gives a brief account of the family history of the Dukes. The book follows the development of this links golf course from the records of King Conute through to William the Conqueror and the local gentry who owned the land, the purchase of the Napoleonic fort and rifle range to the first nine hole course and the major course development by J H Taylor and F G Hawtree during the early nineteen twenties. In WW11 parts of the course were used in preparations for the D Day landing of allied force into France Questions are answered about the golf clubs that were used by members and the types of balls that developed over the early years, the care of the course and development of machinery. Ladies are not forgotten as the book explores the development of golf both locally and nationally. The book records the Club's fine array of trophies and how they came to the club, one in particular refers not to golf but the war between Burmah and India in eighteen twenty four to eighteen twenty six. Perhaps the most significant occurrence of recent time was the arson attack which destroyed the club house and the club records.

Brewing in West Sussex, by David Muggleton, published 1 May 2017 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445657252 & ISBN-13: 9781445657257) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

In sixth-century Sussex - the kingdom of the South Saxons - social life centred upon the alehouse. Throughout the Middle Ages, brewing remained a domestic occupation: beer was sweet and flavored with herbs and spices. By 1600, when Henry Stanton was brewing in Crawley, the use of hops to flavor and preserve beer had become standard practice. The growth of the large commercial brewers was a product of the industrial revolution, from which era dates famous West Sussex family concerns such as Henty of Chichester, the Ockendens of Crawley and Constable of Littlehampton. That these are no longer with us is due to a long process of acquisition during the twentieth century. With the takeover of the last of their line, King & Barnes of Horsham, in 2000, brewing in West Sussex was left to just a handful of small independents. Yet today there are nearly thirty breweries in this part of the county. This fully illustrated and informative book pays homage to the brewing heritage of West Sussex while celebrating the current outpouring of creativity known as the microbrewery revolution.

St James's Church, Littlehampton, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13746]

Littlehampton, Sussex, by C.W. Alliston, published (no date) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6755]

Littlehampton Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW190, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1584-1902 (Includes St. John's Chapel Baptisms 1879-1900), Marriages 1587-1640, 1655-1902, Burials 1584-1642, 1652-1900. Indexed Transcription. Vol.190.