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Parish of Ovingdean, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.188-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ovingdean, near Brighton, by Henry Ellis, K.H., published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, notes & queries, p.307) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ovingdean, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.72-73, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

The Gorings of Ovingdean and Danny, by The Editor, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, pp.222-223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Ovingdean, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Ovingdean Grange; a tale of the South Downs, by William Harrison Ainsworth, published 1898 (London: George Routledge & Sons) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Early History of Ovingdean, by J. H. Round, LL.D., published 1921 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 62, article, pp.197-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2147] & The Keep [LIB/500280] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Ovingdean Skull: A Surgical Operation of Four Thousand Years Ago, by L. A. Parry, M.D., published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 1, article, pp.55-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Parish of Ovingdean, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.227-232, 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

The Ovingdean Skull. With some notes on Prehistoric Trephining, by Leonard Arthur Parry, published 1952 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 90, article, pp.40-50) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2175] & The Keep [LIB/500339] & S.A.S. library

Ovingdean and its Church, by Miss M. Walker, published 1981 (22 pp.)

The Memoirs of Thomas Grenier of Brighton, by Charles E. Grinyer, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.14-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Grinyer and Martha Hamper had two sons, Thomas born 1808 and Thomas John born 1811. Thomas emigrated to Australia with his family to Brisbane in 1845. Thomas John became editor of the Brighton Examiner. Article covers the years 1806 - 1877 in the parishes of Ovingdean and Brisbane, Queensland

Charles Eamer Kempe, by Antony Dale, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, p.197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Charles Eamer Kempe was born at Ovingdean on the 29th June 1837, educated at Rugby and Pembroke College, Oxford. After an apprenticeship with Clayton & Ball, he began to practise on his own in 1866 and quickly became one of the most successful and best-known designers of stained glass in England. He lived at Old Place, Lindfield and died on 29th April 1907, unmarried,

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

Ovingdean - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, p.166, 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

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

Ovingdean Medieval Manor, by John Funnell and Carol White, published April 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 117, article, p.6, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In May and early June 2008 Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society (BHAS) returned to Hog Croft field at Ovingdean, East Sussex. BHAS Field Unit previously excavated here in 2002, 2003 and 2006, confirming a substantial medieval complex: 13th century manor house, barns and out-houses, a well and several large ditches. This project by Carol White, MA student at Sussex University, was to focus on an area of interest from the 2006 excavation, the location of a possible detached kitchen, discerned by finds of bone and large amounts of marine shell. Boundaries to south and east were defined by robbed out wall foundation ditches, revealing a large dressed stone block at the eastern terminus. The interior was littered with large flint nodules, mortar, roof and medieval floor tiles. The 2008 investigation aimed to confirm the kitchen location, and to examine the south west quadrant of the manor house.

A Place-Name History of Rottingdean and Ovingdean (including Woodingdean and Saltdean), by Richard Coates, published 2010 (240 pp., English Place-Name Society, ISBN-10: 090488984X & ISBN-13: 9780904889840) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508951]

Richard Coates is one of the country's leading place-name scholars and it is to the benefit of Sussex - and Brighton's far eastern suburbs - that he has produced this multi-faceted volume. It can be read at a variety of levels, whether the interest is in the linguistic history of particular places or the derivation of suburban house-names and while Rottingdean has books a-plenty on its history there is little on Ovingdean, Saltdean and Woodingdean; so this composite territorial collection is indeed welcome. The research is assembled in discrete sections with a general account of the area, its geology and history, leading to a detailed listing of individual names and of geographical areas, which include offshore locations, an oft-forgotten aspect of coastal landscapes. The suburban nature of the contemporary landscape gives scope for sections on street names and detailed gazetteers of individual house-names; as a suburban aficionado this reviewer found the latter category a rich seam to mine!
The book is illustrated with a selection of good quality images and its scholarly approach is attested by the inclusion of 13 pages of bibliography, the only detraction has to be the lack of an index, which in a densely fact packed volume would be a bonus.

Ovingdean Excavations: Evidence of a curious Medieval diet uncovered?, by John Funnell, published April 2010 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 120, article, p.10, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 2009 the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society returned to Hog Croft field at Ovingdean. The new season of excavations was designed to uncover and plan the medieval house found in 2003 and partially exposed in subsequent seasons. Previous excavations had uncovered the north/east and south corners of a substantial building constructed of flint and mortar. The corners of the house revealed previously had shown a distinct difference in construction, and raised a number of interesting questions.

East Brighton and Ovingdean Through Time, by Douglas D'Enno, published 27 September 2010 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1848689047 & ISBN-13: 9781848689046) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

This volume takes the reader on a carefully planned tour of a large and diverse segment of Brighton, using illustrations which in many cases have never previously been published in a book. Unusually for a 'then and now' study, early prints and colour paintings are also featured (that by Edward Fox on the front cover is an example) and contrast all the more sharply with scenes of the present day. The journey takes in the three major, parallel roads that traverse East Brighton then proceeds north, via Queen's Park, to Race Hill. Views of the various estates built to provide much-needed new housing for an expanding Brighton follow. A return is made to the coastal portion with stunning and sometimes rare views of Black Rock and the Marina. The images then take us eastward through Roedean to Ovingdean, a once sleepy farming village now transformed into a suburb of desirable residences.

Ovingdean, St. Wulfran - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.246-248, 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

Moulescomb and Ovingdean - two small Georgian country houses and estates, by Sue Berry, published 2013 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 151, short article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18616] & The Keep [LIB/507730] & S.A.S. library

Land at Wanderdown Road, Ovingdean (NGR: TQ35950395) - evaluation report, by Sean Wallis, published January 2016 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Ovingdean Excavation Update. Medieval and Saxon finds recorded, by John Skelton and John Funnell, published April 2017 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 141, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library