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Brighton new guide or, a description of Brighthelmston, and the adjacent country; with an account of the following places: East Bourn, Lewes, Newhaven, Shoreham, Rottendean, Worthing, Arundel, Seaford, Steyning, Preston, &c. &c. &c, edited by Frederick George Fisher, published 1800 (124 pp., London: T. Burton) accessible at: British Library   View Online

Parish of Newhaven, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.191-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven Harbour: a collection of reports relative to the harbour and piers of Newhaven in the county of Sussex, by John Rennie and others, published 1846 (Harbour Trustees)

Roman Remains discovered at Newhaven in 1852, by Rev. Frederick Spurrell, M.A., curate of Barcombe, published 1852 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 5, article, pp.262-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2090] & The Keep [LIB/500224] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Inventory of the Goods of Cornelius Humphrey of Newhaven, 1697, by Rev. F. Spurrell, published 1853 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 6, article, pp.190-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2091] & The Keep [LIB/500225] & S.A.S. library   View Online

On the Churches of Newhaven and Denton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., F.S.A., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, article, pp.89-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Newhaven Harbour from 1827 to 1859, by William Stevens, published 1861 (15 pp., Lewes: W. E. Baxter) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Black's Guide to Brighton and Vicinity, including Lewes, Shoreham and Newhaven, by Black & Co. Ltd., published 1866 (54 pp., Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black) accessible at: British Library

On a "Kitchen Midden" at Newhaven, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, article, pp.165-169) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Antiquities lately Discovered at Newhaven and Seaford, by M. A. Lower, published 1869 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 21, notes & queries, pp.218-219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2016] & The Keep [LIB/500239] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Newhaven, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.57-59, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

On the Cliff-sections of the Tertiary beds West of Dieppe in Normandy, and at Newhaven in Sussex, by William Whitaker, published January 1871 in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (vol. 27, issue 1-2, article, pp.263-268)   View Online

The notes from which this paper is made were taken in the summer of 1886. The two sections described are interesting as showing the spread of beds that, but for them, would be thought to occur only in the south-eastern part of the London Basin; and I believe that no detailed description of the French one has been published, whilst the English one has been enlarged since the time of its latest description.

The Modern history and future prospects of Newhaven Harbour, Sussex: compiled and issued under the authority of the Board of Directors, by Newhaven Harbour Company, published 1884 (Newhaven Harbour Co.)

Harbour improvements at Newhaven, Sussex, by Alfred Edward Carey, published 1887 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (vol. 87, no. 1887, article)

Harbour Improvements at Newhaven, Sussex (inludes plates and appendices), by A. E. Carey, published January 1887 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 87, article, pp.92-113)

The official guide to the London, Brighton & south coast Railway: and the Newhaven route to Rouen, Paris and the continent., by London Brighton and South Coast Railway, published 1893 (London: Cassell & Co.)

Wayfaring Notions, by Martin Cobbett and Alice Cobbett, published 1906 (London: Sands & Co.) accessible at: & 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.

Newhaven as a Centre, by R. Thurston Hopkins, published 1921 in Kipling's Sussex (Chapter IX, pp.153-160, London: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16008][Lib 17091] & The Keep [LIB/504753] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Roman Coins found at Newhaven, by L. F. Salzman, published 1921 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 62, notes & queries, p.201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2147] & The Keep [LIB/500280] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Newhaven Harbour, by R. Blaker, published 1923 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 64, notes & queries, pp.195-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2149] & The Keep [LIB/500282] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Chalk zones in the neighbourhood of Shoreham, Brighton and Newhaven, Sussex, by Christopher T. A. Gaster, F.G.S., published 1929 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 40 issue 4, article, pp.328-340)   View Online

This paper is a further contribution of my work on the zones of the chalk in Sussex. My previous paper dealt with the chalk of the Worthing District [1924 (3) p. 89, et seq .]; the present one, which continues eastward of that district, embraces the area between Shoreham and Seaford. The southern portion is coastal, extending east and west for about 15 miles and is chiefly of an urban character. It includes the towns of Brighton, Hove, Shoreham and Newhaven. Owing to a westerly inward bend of the coast the inland extension is about 2½ miles at Shoreham, widening to 6 miles at Bishopstone, west of Seaford. The western boundary is drained by the River Adur and the eastern by the River Ouse. The part of the South Downs which forms the cliff at Brighton and eastwards to Newhaven recedes from the coast west of Brighton and continues inland. The Mount Caburn syncline is pr esent in the north of Brighton and eastwards, also the anticline of Kingston near Lewes, which runs approximately parallel with the last fold [1924 (2) pp. 6, 7]. Brydone has recorded a series of folds transverse to the cliff-line from Black Rock, Brighton, to Seaford [1914 p. 361]. These are continued westwards by an anticline which may be known as the Brighton anticline, of which East Brighton is the axis. It is the westerly pitch of this fold that accounts for the presence of the higher zones in West Brighton (which may be seen in the railway sections between Brighton Station and Holland Road Halt) and finally terminates the outcrop of chalk on the coast in East Hove. The inliers of Cold Dean, Lower Bevendean and Balsdean recorded by the Survey [1924 (2) p. 40] are present in the area.

Shipping at Newhaven, by J. Hutchings, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 9, article, pp.745-752) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

The Ouse in the 16th and 17th Centuries, by F. G. Morris, M.A., F.R.G.S., published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.293-296) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Sussex Church Plans XII: Church of St. Michael, Newhaven, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published February 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 5, article, pp.156-157) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Newhaven and Seaford: a study in the diversion of a river mouth, by F. G. Morris, published March 1931 in Geography (vol. 16, no. 1, article, pp.28-33, Geographical Association)   View Online

The Historic Tragedy of the 'Brazen', by F. W. Jackson, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 1, article, pp.56-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A Mirage and the Sussex Coast in 1837, by Laurence F. Field, published August 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 7, note, p.221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Sailing Ships. 2 - The "Bull Line" of Newhaven, by M. Rome, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 3, article, pp.198-203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

The Ferry to Mechyngewelle , by Laurence F. Field, published February 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 1, article, pp.20-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Palstave found at Newhaven, by O. G. S. Crawford, published May 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 6, note, pp.181-182) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Shipwrights on the Ouse (ref: pp.157-8), by Laurence F. Field, published November 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 8, reply, pp.252-253) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Castle Hill, Newhaven, by Laurence F. Field, published 1939 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 80, article, pp.263-268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2165] & The Keep [LIB/500349] & S.A.S. library

The Pottery from Castle Hill, Newhaven, by C. F. C. Hawkes, F.S.A., published 1939 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 80, article, pp.269-292) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2165] & The Keep [LIB/500349] & S.A.S. library

A Roman Coin hoard from Newhaven, Sussex, by Anne S. Robertson, published May 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 6, article, pp.175-177) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Newhaven, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.62-65, 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

Moarsted [near Newhaven], by Rev. George Street, published February 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 5, query, p.155) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Palaeolithic Implement from Newhaven, by G. P. Burstow, published May 1950 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 2, note, p.41) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The Customs Ports of Sussex, 1680-1730, by John H. Andrews, M.A. (Cantab.), published May 1954 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 1 & 2, article, pp.1-3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

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

The Last British Atlantic at Newhaven, published June 1958 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.383-385)   Download PDF

From Lewes to Newhaven and Seaford, by H. R. Stones, A.M.Inst.T., published March 1961 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.149-154)   Download PDF

Some Post-war Changes at Newhaven, by B. Thompson, published November 1966 in Geography (vol. 51, no. 4, article, pp.361-366, Geographical Association)   View Online

Some post-war changes at Newhaven, by B. Thompson, published November 1966 in Geography (vol. 51, no. 4, article, pp.361-366)

Ferries in Sussex, continued, by G. D. Johnston, published November 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 8, article, pp.277-279) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The rise of the port of Newhaven, 1850-1914, by D.F. Gibbs, published 1970 (Newton Abbot: David and Charles) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Origin of Newhaven and the Drainage of the Lewes and Laughton levels, by Peter Brandon, published 1971 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 109, article, pp.94-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2194] & The Keep [LIB/500320][Lib/506153] & S.A.S. library

The Evolution of Newhaven Harbour and the Lower Ouse before 1800, by John H. Farrant, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, article, pp.44-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Newhaven-Dieppe: from paddle to turbine - a story of the service and steamers, by Peter S. Bailey, published May 1972 (32 pp., Lindel Publishing Co., ISBN-10: 0950235407 & ISBN-13: 9780950235400) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Excavations 1971: Newhaven Ring Road, by Martin G. Bell, published June 1972 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 6, article, pp.2-3) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1972: Newhaven, by Martin G. Bell, published March 1973 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 9, article, p.36) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Shipments of Guns from Newhaven, 1809-1813, by John Farrant, published Summer 1973 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 6, article, p.12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

It may be possible that the references given below relate to guns cast at Wealden furnaces, and the writer passes them on for those more knowledgeable about the industry.

Newhaven and Seaford Coastal Fortifications, by R. J. Goulden and A. Kemp, published 1974 (16 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506120] & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven Fort, by Martin Bell, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, shorter notice, p.154) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

Tideway School, Newhaven, by Martin Bell, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, shorter notice, p.158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1973: Newhaven, by Martin G. Bell, published June 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 13, article, p.53) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Sussex River: Journeys along the Banks of the Ouse - Seaford to Newhaven, by Edna & 'Mac' McCarthy, published 1975 (Lindel Organisation Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16046] & The Keep [LIB/500072] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Excavations 1974: Newhaven, by Martin G. Bell, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, pp.62-63) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

East Sussex Protestation, 1641 - Alfriston, Newhaven, Ringmer and Whatlington, published December 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.84-89) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Tertiary deposits at Newhaven, Sussex, by D.A. Bone, published 1976 in Tertiary Research (vol. 1, no. 2, article, pp.47-49)

The Excavation of an Early Romano-British Site and Pleistocene Landforms at Newhaven, by Martin Bell, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.306-321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Diplock of Seaford & Newhaven, by Roger Diplock, published September 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 6, article, pp.211-212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Tertiary deposits at Newhaven, Sussex, by D. A. Bone, published December 1976 in Tertiary research (vol. 1, part 2, article)

Sussex River: Journeys along the Banks of the River Ouse - Newhaven to Lewes, by Edna & 'Mac' McCarthy, published 1977 (Lindel Organisation Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500073] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Soldiers' Revolt, by Dudley Edwards, published 1978 (22 pp., Nottingham: Spokesman Books) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The story of the mutiny by two regiments of the Oxford Militia in 1795 at Newhaven

Old Bridges at Newhaven, by A. J. Haselfoot, published 1978 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 8, article, pp.5-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/8] & The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

From the 13th to the 18th Century the only means of crossing the River Ouse at Newhaven was by a ferry, from the bottom of High Street across what is now the old arm of the river, to the West of Denton Island. In 1783 the inhabitants petitioned for a bridge to be built and an Act was passed by Parliament in 1784 authorising the building of a bridge on the site of the ferry. Thirteen Trustees, headed by the Earl of Surrey, were appointed and allowed to charge a toll on the bridge. The owner of the ferry, Henry Bates, was willing to the bridge to be built and was handsomely compensated for the loss of the ferry dues.
As the Ouse was navigable above Newhaven and there were several shipyards above the site of the ferry it was decided to make a wooden drawbridge with a 40ft (12.2m) opening in the middle. The fixed approach bridges were 35ft 5 ins (9.9m) on the West side, where a toll house was erected on the quay, and 60ft (18.3m) to the bank on the East side. The two leaves of the centre section were lifted up towards the sides to open the channel for shipping. A sketch of the bridge, which also shows the toll house, is in the Burrell Collection at the British Museum.
In 1847 the L.B. & S.C.R. reached Newhaven by way of a branch from Southerham Junction on the Lewes - Eastbourne line. As the railway was on the East bank of the river, while Newhaven was on the West bank, this resulted in a considerable increase in traffic over the bridge and in 1863 plans were prepared for a new bridge lower down river. This was to be a swing bridge and would be built in conjunction with a new cut across the large S-bend through Denton which would straighten the channel and improve the scour at the harbour mouth. The works were estimated to cost £31000, of which the Railway Company would contribute £5000. In 1864 the old drawbridge was purchased for £4000 by the Trustees of the Newhaven Harbour Board and the Lower Ouse Navigation, and work was started on the new bridge with Henry Grissell as civil engineer and Mr. Jacomb as the Railway Company's engineer.

Ship-owning at Newhaven in the later 19th century, by J. H. Farrant, published 1978 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 8, article, pp.17-23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/8] & The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Newhaven harbour, at the mouth of the River Ouse in East Sussex, has been best known for over a hundred years as a cross-Channel port with services operated by the English and French railway companies. But the harbour has always had other activities and this article looks at one of these, ship owning, in the later 19th century.
The records on which it is mainly based are the statutory register books for the Port of Newhaven, 1856-1913, which are kept at the Custom House. Comprehensive registration of British Shipping was introduced in 1786. Each vessel of British Ownership, British built, and of 15 or more tons was to be registered at 'the port to which she belongs' (i.e. where the vessel, her owner(s) and her master were best known - hence on being sold a vessel might be deleted from one Port's register and added to another); once registered the vessel and her owners acquired certain privileges. Registration was (and still is) effected by specified information, duly certified, being entered in the register book. The Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 led to a new format of register book being introduced, and such books are the earliest to survive at Newhaven. Books used under the 1786, 1824, and 1836 Acts have been lost, though it might be possible to reconstruct the greater part of the information in them for 1814 onwards from the transcripts which were sent to the Custom House in London and are now in the Public Record Office (classes BT 107, 108). Bare lists of vessels on the register in each year from 1786 may be found in class BT 162.

Newhaven and Seaford Branch, by R. W. Kidner, published 1979 (Locomotion Papers No. 117, 32 pp. with 32 illus. on 16 plates & 8 maps, Oakwood Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Newhaven-Dieppe 1825-1980: the history of an Anglo-French joint venture, by B. M. E. O'Mahoney, published January 1980 (160 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950701106 & ISBN-13: 9780950701103) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A Flint Collection from Stud Farm, Newhaven, East Sussex, by D. T. Boodle and S. Ford, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, archaeological note, pp.206-208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

The Story of the Newhaven Lifeboats, by Jeff Morris and Dave Hendy, published 1982 (17 pp., R.N.L.I.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507959]

Defending the Sussex Coast - Fort Newhaven, published June 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 1, article, pp.5-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Newhaven in old picture postcards, by Peter S. Bailey, published 1983 (76 pp., Europese Bibliotheek B.V, ISBN-10: 9028824766 & ISBN-13: 9789028824768) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Captured by French Privateers - William Brooker of Newhaven 1797, by Phyl & Stan Excell, published June 1983 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 6, article, pp.190-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Luck Family Bible presented by M. James to Newhaven Maritime & Local Museum., published September 1983 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 7, article, p.222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Coastal Forces Newhaven, by Frank Knowles, published December 1983 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 8, article, pp.263-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Modern history and future prospects of Newhaven Harbour, Sussex, compiled and issued under the authority of the Board of Directors, published 1984 (Newhaven Harbour Co.)

Further Fieldwork at Stud Farm, Newhaven, Sussex, by S. Ford and D. T. Boodle, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, pp.212-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Aluminite and other aluminium minerals from Newhaven, Sussex: the first occurrence of Nordstrandite in Great Britain, by R. D. Wilmot and B. Young, published 1985 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 96 issue 1, article, pp.47-52)   View Online

The aluminous minerals aluminite, basaluminite, gibbsite, bayerite and nordstrandite together with poorly crystalline alumino-silicates occur in collapsed Tertiary sediments filling solution pipes in the Upper Chalk at Newhaven, Sussex. They appear to have formed by the reaction between acid groundwater and the Tertiary clays and the Chalk. Similar occurrences elsewhere on the Sussex coast are described.

The Story of the Newhaven Lifeboats, by Jeff Morris and Dave Hendy, published 1987 (2nd edition, R.N.L.I.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507960] & West Sussex Libraries

Newhaven in old picture postcards: V.1, by Peter S. Bailey, published 1 October 1989 (new edition, 80 pp., Europese Bibliotheek B.V, ISBN-10: 9028827455 & ISBN-13: 9789028827455) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven in old picture postcards: V.3, by Peter S. Bailey, published 1 October 1989 (new edition, 80 pp., Europese Bibliotheek B.V, ISBN-10: 9028834710 & ISBN-13: 9789028834712) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven in old picture postcards: V.4, by Peter S. Bailey, published 1 October 1989 (new edition, 80 pp., Europese Bibliotheek B.V, ISBN-10: 9028846999 & ISBN-13: 9789028846999) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven in old picture postcards: V.5, by Peter S. Bailey, published 1 November 1989 (new edition, 80 pp., Europese Bibliotheek B.V, ISBN-10: 9028848401 & ISBN-13: 9789028848405) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Crew Members of Ships Trading from Newhaven, 1864-1889, published 1990 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11114]

Listed by ship and by crew name

Religious Survey 1851 - Lewes district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.74-94, 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

Lewes district incl. Ditchling, Wivelsfield, Westmeston, East Chiltington, Streat, Plumpton, Hamsey, Chailey, Newick, Barcombe, Ringmer, Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, Newhaven, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, Tarring Neville, Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease, Iford, Kingston-near-Lewes, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean & Ovingdean

Thomas Tipper of Newhaven 1731-1785, by R. N. Towner, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, pp.83-85) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Tipper, proprietor of the New Inn at Newhaven was of yeoman class, a property owner and employer. He was literate and well educated and was known for his intelligent wit and sense of humour. He had great business acumen and would have taken great pleasure (and profit) in providing refreshment for the townspeople and also for the many sailors visiting the port.

Newhaven (Meeching) - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.159-160, 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

Fight Against Smuggling Around Eastbourne and Newhaven, by R. Milton, published 1 October 1991 (iv + 94 pp., Family Roots Family History Society, ISBN-10: 0951812203 & ISBN-13: 9780951812204) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500947] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven-Dieppe: the car ferry era, by Mike Cowsill and John Hendy, published 1994 (56 pp., Ferry Publications, ISBN-10: 1871947200 & ISBN-13: 9781871947205) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Newhaven Area - Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, South Heighton, Tarring Neville, Newhaven, Piddinghoe, Southease, Telscombe, Rodmell, Iford, Kingston, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean, and Ovendean, by June C. Barnes, published 1 March 1994 (vol. 23, booklet, 108 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264223 & ISBN-13: 9781870264228) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503435] & East Sussex Libraries

Fortification of the south coast: the Pevensey, Eastbourne and Newhaven defences 1750-1945 : towers, batteries, forts and fieldworks erected on this part of the south coast to resist an invasion, by John Edward Goodwin, published 1 December 1994 (142 pp., J. J. Publications, ISBN-10: 0952415801 & ISBN-13: 9780952415800) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Parish Profile no. 1: Newhaven, by Reg Towner, published June 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 6, article, p.218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A very long Quoit-headed pin and a decorated annular arm ring from the Newhaven area, East Sussex, by John Manley and Sally White, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, shorter article, pp.233-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Out of the Shadows, A History of Newhaven Downs 1836-1996 , by Harry Gaston, published 1997 (South Downs Health NHS Trust) accessible at: The Keep [HB/3/172/1] & West Sussex Libraries

Newhaven - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.205, 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

Newick - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.205-206, 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 Story of the Newhaven Lifeboats, by Jeff Morris and Dave Hendy, published 1999 (3rd editiion, 29 pp., Coventry: Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Story of the Cross-Channel Ferry Service: Newhaven-Dieppe Service, 1847-2001, by Peter Bailey, published 4 January 2002 (186 pp., Editions Bertout, ISBN-10: 2867434475 & ISBN-13: 9782867434471) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published November 2004 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 37 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   Download PDF

Pen to Paper: The Story of Newhavens Pen Factory, by Malcolm Troak, published 6 October 2005 (143 pp., New Anzac Publications, ISBN-10: 0953911543 & ISBN-13: 9780953911547) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Origins of Meeching: Carol White researches Newhaven's medieval settlement, by Carol White, published August 2008 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 115, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 2006, I undertook a research project, the final module towards an undergraduate Diploma in Archaeology at the University of Sussex. My subject was the origins of Meeching, the medieval settlement that became Newhaven. Rescue excavations by Martin Bell, precipitated by the construction of a ring road around Newhaven town centre in the 1970s, revealed a second century AD Romano-British settlement as well as features filled with loess containing flint flakes dating to the Palaeolithic. These excavations were sited to the south of the town, between South Road and the River Ouse. Finds dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age are documented at Castle Hill.

Vanguard Way: The Walk from East Croydon to Newhaven, by David Harrison, published 31 May 2009 (40 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703464 & ISBN-13: 9781857703467) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Design of a energy recovery waste facility in Great Britain, ERF Newhaven, by Daniel Wingenfeld, Eckard Roth, and Julian Meyer, published 2010 in Bautechnik (vol. 87, no. 1, article, pp.1-11)

Newhaven, St. Michael - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, p.236, 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

How Did Urban Population Growth in Newhaven (Sussex) Affect Employment Structure, Commerce and Trade During The Period 1837 to 1887, by Stanley Bernard, published 2012 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501541]

Newhaven Primary School, Newhaven (NGR: TQ44010056) - desk-based assessment and evaluation reports, by Sean Wallis, published June 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

News from Victorian Newhaven, by Stanley Bernard, published 15 July 2014 (93 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518671 & ISBN-13: 9780953518678) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507950]

This book is split into two parts; changes in population and employment from 1841 to 1891 and newspaper stories, coronation of Queen Victoria, celebrations and crimes-perhaps rather too many of these! There is an excellent selection of old photos (many from Newhaven museum) and slides from a local collection. It is good to see so many Sussex names mentioned (Catt, Diplock, Elphick, Gorringe and Woolgar) and the appropriately named Mr Irons, secretary of the London and Brighton Railway and Continental Steam Packet Company. I was surprised that there were ferry services to Jersey as well as France. Clearly the coming of the railway in 1847 made a very big impact on the town. As well researched and presented as this book is, it is let down badly by multiple spelling and syntax errors. I suspect that it was not proof read and in this respect it represents poor value for money.

The foreword for this book states clearly that the Newhaven of Victorian times was a very different place to the Newhaven of the 21st century; the dynamism of the expanding 19th century port contrasting dramatically with the depressed economy of the present. Stanley Bernard has prepared this publication from his MA dissertation and has done a good service to the town, as any scholarly study of a community is to be welcomed, the more so as bright prospects are thin on the ground in Newhaven. The book is comprised of two sections, the first an overview of the community at the time of the 1841 census and how that community developed during the century, especially with the coming of the railway and the changes that occurred by the 1880s in terms of occupation and services. The various census returns have been closely studied and the often sparse information contained within them backed up with primary press comment and secondary material.
The second section - 'Victorian news' in the contents list, but 'Stories from the newspapers' in the text - takes the reader into events both national - the coronation of the Queen and local - a series of Victorian 'orrible murders'.
As befits the distillation of a dissertation, the references are full - five pages - and the publications and documents widely sourced, with some 'usual suspects' familiar to SAC - amongst them, Berry, Brandon and Brent! But also some period sources from less obvious publications - The Irish Monthly 1889 and Bristol Selected Pamphlets 1837. Following on from this wide ranging referencing there is a very full index, something often missing from similar self-publications.
There are indications here that this is indeed self-published, as it is crying out for a good proof reading; according to the acknowledgements this has been done - however there are passages of names that cry out for commas to break up the line of type, there are several mis-uses of words, e.g. ships do not flounder [a flatfish] but 'founder'; people do not emanate [issue from] the upper classes but 'emulate' them. The slim volume of 92 pages is copiously illustrated with 65 images but herein lies a problem, the images, both photographs and maps, are far too small and some are simply irrelevant; some needed a photographers 'eye' to crop the amount of modern road space or areas of foreground grass. Fewer images of larger size and of more relevance would have been beneficial.
As a supporter of Newhaven Conservation Trust and of the Newhaven Castle Hill Local Nature Reserve I fully welcome this useful addition to the town's oft-ignored history and one that should hopefully fire-up similar research into areas of Sussex urban life.

Land east of Station Road, Plumton Green (NGR: TQ36491672) - geophysical survey report, by Tim Dawson and Lizzi Lewins, published September 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Newhaven, by Andy Friend, published 20 April 2017 in Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship (Chapter 6, pp.175-207, Thames and Hudson ltd., ISBN-10: 050023955X & ISBN-13: 9780500239551) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Artistic work by Ravilious in Newhaven in the 1930s

1864-1889 Newhaven Ships' Crews, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: PBN96, CD-ROM)

1841 Census vol.23 - Newhaven area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCY, CD-ROM)