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Parish of Pagham, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Chichester, pp.65-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Pagham, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.73-75, 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 Pagham, published 1877 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Barton Farm, Pagham, by Philip M. Johnston, published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, notes & queries, p.218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The 'Barton' or 'Manor' Farm, Nyetimber, Pagham., by H. L. F. Guermonprez, A.R.I.B.A. and Philip M. Johnston, published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, article, pp.145-154) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Selsey or Pagham Harbour, by Rev. J. Cavis-Brown, published 1910 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 53, article, pp.26-31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2138] & The Keep [LIB/500271] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Yarn of a Sussex Smuggler, by Victor L. Whitechurch, published 1927 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9414/p6-7]

Pagham Harbour, by F. S. Blomfield, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 7, article, pp.462-463) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Superstition at Pagham, 1569, by W. D. Peckham, published November 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 8, note, p.254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Some Notes on Pagham Parish Church, by Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Pagham, published c.1935 (Bognor: O. Rivington & Sons) accessible at: British Library

Newtimber No. III: Nytimber in Pagham , by M. S. H. [Mary S. Holgate], published August 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 3, article, pp.80-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

The Borough of Wytrhering, in Pagham, by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published February 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.99-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

The Borough of Wythering, in Pagham, by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published May 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.127-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Charlton in Pagham, by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published August 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 7, article, pp.148-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Charlton in Pagham, by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published November 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 8, article, pp.165-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Pagham Chantry Lands , by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published February 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 1, article, pp.4-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Restorations of Pagham Church , by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published May 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 2, article, pp.37-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Pagham and the Endowment of Canterbury Hall , by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published November 1945 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 8, article, pp.169-173) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Seton, in Pagham, by Lindsay Fleming, M.A., published February 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 1, article, pp.3-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

History of Pagham in Sussex, by Lindsay Fleming, published 1949 (3 volumes , Bognor Regis: F. G. Trowbridge Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6356][Lib 2815][Lib 8253] & West Sussex Libraries

This is an exhaustive study of the Hundred and Manor and Parish of Pagham which includes the modern Bognor Regis. The Author has taken great pains to tap all sources of information which suggest themselves as likely including the Aldwick Court Rolls, the Public Record Office and the Archbishop of Canterbury's Registers and Records at Lambeth Palace (the Archbishop was the Lord until Cranmer 'exchanged' with Henry VIII). The result is an exhaustive record of the landowners and occupants, their Courts and Customs and a clear and intelligible picture of the everyday working of the machinery of the local courts before centralisation substituted the King's Justice for the Lord's. The picture drawn for us is of a happy community living together a really common life, meeting in frequent courts to criticise each other and (when necessary) ordering reparations. Perhaps the most noticeable feature is the suggestion that the Borough English custom of descent to the Youngest Son was carried even further, viz, in default of sons to the youngest daughter and not to all daughters as co-heiresses. It would be interesting to know if this can be substantiated by actual admittances of a daughter with elder sisters.

Parish of Pagham, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, pp.227-233, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 071290588X & ISBN-13: 9780712905886) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Pagham estates of the Archbishops of Canterbury during the fifteenth century, by F.R.H. Du Boulay, published October 1953 in History (vol. 38, no. 134, article, pp.201-218)

The Harbour Entrances of Poole, Christchurch and Pagham, by A. H. W. Robinson, published 1955 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10230]

The Harbour Entrances of Poole, Christchurch and Pagham, by A.H.W. Robinson, published March 1955 in The Geographical Journal (vol. 121, no. 3, article, pp.33-50)   View Online

Saxon Cinerary Urn from Pagham Churchyard, by A. H. Collins, M.A., published November 1955 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 7 & 8, article, pp.123-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Becket's Barn, Pagham, by A. H. Collins and Lindsay Fleming, published 1958 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 96, article, pp.135-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2181] & The Keep [LIB/500333] & S.A.S. library

Crimsham Roman Burial, by Lindsay Fleming, published November 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 10, note, pp.351-352) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The natural history of Pagham Harbour. Part 1, The birds and mammals of Pagham Harbour, by W. W. A. Phillips, published 1965 (40 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [AM 64/1/21] & British Library

Pagham Beaches, by Gerard Young, published 1968 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5460]

St Thomas a Becket, Pagham, published c.1974 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9232]

Excavations 1974: Pagham, Becketts Barn, by V. L. Gregory, published March 1975 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 15, article, p.65) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The natural history of Pagham Harbour. Part 2, Plants and animals other than birds and mammals, edited by R. W. Rayner, published 1 December 1975 (69 pp., Bognor Regis Natural Science Society, ISBN-10: 0950065242 & ISBN-13: 9780950065243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [AM 64/1/22] & British Library

Excavations at Becket's Barn, Pagham, West Sussex, 1974, by W. L. Gregory, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.207-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1976: Pagham, by D. J. Freke, published April 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 21, article, p.113, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations in the Parish Church of St. Thomas the Martyr, Pagham 1976, by David J. Freke, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.245-256) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Guide Notes for Teachers: History of the Area, published 1981 (pamphlet, Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7894]

St Thomas A Becket's, Pagham, published 1981 (pamphlet, Pagham Parochial Church Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12975]

The Reclamation of Pagham Harbour through the Centuries, by John Graves, published September 1981 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 20, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/20] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Inn, Taverns & Hotels Past & Present of Bognor Regis including Pagham & Felpham, by Charles Butler, published 1983 (36 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society) accessible at: British Library

The Lost Harbour of Sussex [Pagham], by Tony Oldfield, published 1987 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9720]

Pagham and Nyetimber in the early 1900s, by R. Blackman, published c.1990 (pamphlet, Chichester Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12920]

Sand dune survey of Great Britain : site report no. 79; Pagham Beach Dune, West Sussex, by C. L. Holder, published 1990 (Nature Conservancy Council) accessible at: British Library

Religious Survey 1851 - Westhampnett district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.147-160, 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

Westhampnett district incl. Manhood, Birdham, West Itchenor, West Wittering, East Wittering, Earnley, Sidlesham, Selsey, Pagham, Hunston, North Mundham, Donnington, Appledram, New Fishbourne, Rumboldswyke, Merston, Yapton, Barnham, Felpham, Middleton, Binsted, Madehurst, Walberton, Eastergate, Boxgrove, Aldingbourne, Eartham, Oving, Tangmere, East Lavant, Singleton, West Stoke, Mid-Lavant, East Dean, Up-Waltham & Graffham

A Pilgrimage to Pagham, by Frederick B. Florence, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.196-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Pilgrimage to Pagham & Journeys End, by Frederick B. Florence, published June 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 6, article, pp.228-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Florance Family, by Frederick B. Florence, published September 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 7, article, pp.247-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research tracing the descendants of Christopher Florance who married Petronelle in 1686 at Pagham

Tornado at Pagham, west Sussex, 23 September 1999, by Anthony Gilbert, published March 2000 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 25, no. 247, article, pp.82-88)   Download PDF

On Thursday 23 September 1999 a waterspout made landfall at the small seaside town of Pagham, near Selsey, and continued to track 3 km inland with a damage path-width of a few metres. Its strength is estimated at T3 on the International TORRO Scale. Two further waterspouts made landfall later that morning approximately 11 km west but with lesser strengths estimated between T1 and T2. A detailed investigation was undertken that morning.

Sedimentary response of Pagham Harbour, southern England to barrier breaching in AD 1910, by A. B. Cundy, A. J. Long, C. T. Hill, C. Spencer and I. W. Croudace, published August 2002 in Geomorphology (vol. 46 nos, 3-4, article, pp.163-176) accessible at: University of Sussex Library

Birds of Selsey and Pagham, by Owen Mitchell, published 2003 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

From Pagham Harbour to Denzil Harber, by T. Marr, published 2003 in British birds : an illustrated magazine devoted to the Birds on the British List (vol. 96, part 3, article, pp.132-133)

Pagham Harbour, West Sussex, by V. J. May and J. D. Hansom, published 2003 in Geological conservation review series (vol. 28, article, pp.278-280)

Effect on estuarine fine-sediment transport of intermittent pump discharge at Pagham Harbour, West Sussex, by S. B. Mitchell, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., C.Eng., M.I.C.E., H. M. Burgess, B.Eng., M.Eng. and D. J. Pope, Ph.D., published March 2004 in Water and Environment Journal (vol. 18, issue 1, article, pp.39-43)   View Online

Field investigations were undertaken to identify the mechanisms of fine-sediment transport at a landward limit of Pagham Harbour. Which is a semi-enclosed natural harbour in West Sussex, UK. Measurements of water level, velocity, salinity and turbidity were made during three tidal cycles between June and August 2002. Near-bed measurements revealed that, for spring tides, the most significant transport occurs during the flood tide, with smaller turbidity peaks recorded at times of intermittent pumped discharges at low water. Vertical profiling revealed that the timing of these discharges acts as a control on the landward transport of fine sediment by increasing salinity stratification. The resulting graphs show that, while increased near-bed velocity leads to increased turbidity and sediment transport, the degree of vertical salinity gradient is also linked with landward transport of fine sediment. These results help to explain the role of tides and fresh-water flow in controlling the transport of fine sediment in natural harbours, emphasising the importance of taking stratification into account when using 2-D depth-averaged predictive numerical models.

Stratification and fine sediment transport mechanisms in a semi-enclosed tidal lagoon (PaghamHarbour, West Sussex), by S. B. Mitchell, H. M. Burgess and D. J. Pope, published December 2006 in Water and Environment Journal (vol. 20, issue 4, article, pp.248-255)   View Online

Preliminary analysis of data collected at a macrotidal semi-enclosed lagoon (Pagham Harbour, UK) has revealed useful information about long-term patterns of siltation and some of the related mechanisms. Sediment surface-level measurements made over 2 years at different sites within Pagham Harbour have shown a steady siltation, in common with earlier measurements, which is moderated by seasonal effects due to erosion by locally generated waves. Furthermore, inspection of vertical profiles of salinity and turbidity over individual tidal cycles has revealed that the degree of sediment transport on the flood tide is related to the vertical salinity gradient. Thus, at the Ferry Pool site, which is characterised by episodic pumped discharges from a nearby sewage treatment plant, landward sediment transport is enhanced by the high degree of salinity stratification observed during the flood tide. The mobility of the sediment, and the greater distribution of softer, less well-consolidated sediment deposits, is greater here than at the other significant freshwater inflow at the Salthouse site, where the fresh water flow is instead moderated by a tidal flap gate. Preliminary analyses suggest that the higher the salinity stratification, the greater the landward sediment transport during the flood tide. Such analyses could help inform future policy on the methods of land drainage to macrotidal lagoons, and on the potential for managed realignment at such sites.

Birds of Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve, by Owen Mitchell, published 2009 (Friends of Pagham Harbour) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Fishermen of Bognor, Felpham and Pagham, by Sheila Smith, published 1 February 2012 (48 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0956647049 & ISBN-13: 9780956647047) accessible at: British Library

Bognor Regis Defended: The Anti Invasion Defences at Bognor Regis in World War Two, Pagnam -Bognor - Felpham - Middleton , by John F. Wells, published 1 January 2016 (92 pp., J.F.W. Publications, ISBN-10: 0993504108 & ISBN-13: 9780993504105) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Birdwather's Guide to Pagham Harbour, Medmerry and Selsey Bill, by Owen Mitchell, published 2017 (Friends of Pagham Harbour) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Some Notes on Pagham Parish Church, published (no date) (pamphlet, Pagham Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7818]

Pagham Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW140, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1610-1618, 1662-1909, Banns 1824-1901, Marriages 1610-1619, 1662-1911 & Burials 1610-1911. Indexed Transcription. Includes 32 photographs. Vol.140.