Bibliography - Patching, Arun District, West Sussex
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Parish of Patching, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, pp.219-220) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Patching, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, p.79, 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 Patching, published 1876 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Excavations at Patching, Sussex, by Unknown, published January 1923 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 3 issue 1, note, p.66)   View Online

Harrow Hill Flint-Mine Excavation 1924-1925, by Eliot Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.S.A. and E. Cecil Curwen, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, article, pp.103-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library

Notes on Air-Photograph of Harrow Hill, by O. G. S. Crawford, F.S.A., Archaeology Officer to the Ordnance Survey, published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, article, pp.147-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library

Harrow Hill Excavations, 1936, by G. A. Holleyman, published 1937 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 78, article, pp.230-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2163] & The Keep [LIB/500351] & S.A.S. library

Patching and its Church, published c.1969 (pamphlet, Patching) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3542]

Stone Axe from Patching, by H. B. A. & M. M. Ratcliffe-Densham, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, shorter notice, pp.126-127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

Finds from Harrow Hill Patching, by H. B. A. & M. M. Ratcliffe-Densham, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, shorter notice, p.127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

The Hundred and Parish of Patching, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1980 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 6, part 1: Southern part of the Rape of Bramber, pp.185-192, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227538 & ISBN-13: 9780197227534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7542][Lib 7543] & The Keep [LIB/500085] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Catholicism at Patching, Sussex 1713-1714, by Colin Haydon, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, historical note, pp.251-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library

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

A Sussex Loop from Patching, West Sussex, by Sally White, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, archaeological note, pp.239-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

An archive report on Recent excavations at Harrow Hill, Sussex, by John McNabb, P. J. Felder, Ian Kinnes and Gale Sieveking, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, article, pp.21-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Excavations at Potlands Farm, Patching, West Sussex, by Simon Stevens, published 1997 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 135, article, pp.59-70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13642] & The Keep [LIB/500290] & S.A.S. library

A mid-Fifth century hoard of Roman and pseudo-Roman material from Patching, West Sussex, by Sally White, John Manley, Richard Jones, John Orna-Ornstein, Catherine Johns and Leslie Webster, published November 1999 in Britannia (vol. 30, article, pp.301-315)   View Online

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

Bricks and Water: 100 Years of Social History in Clapham and Patching Villages, by David Gillard, Sir Richard Best, Ed Bacon and Tony Crowther, published 7 December 2000 (280 pp., Friends of Clapham & Patching Churches, ISBN-10: 0953974200 & ISBN-13: 9780953974207) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Bushby family of Birdham and Patching (and the value of wills and MIs!, by Juli Chapman, published March 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 5, article, pp.268-271) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508972] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

lf ever you want to discover England, then you should make a trip to Patching in West Sussex. On the lane leading to the village there is a sign that says 'village access only' so it gets no through traffic. Don't expect much there - a farm, a church and a collection of chocolate-box houses either with thatched roofs or made of flint with wisteria around the door. There's not even a pub! Maybe that very fact has enabled Patching to stay virtually frozen in time.
We made the trip to Patching because we knew I had relatives buried there, actually in the church (St John the Divine), beneath a double slab in the floor. I have seen several enquiries on various websites as to the origins of these BUSHBYs and I hope at least some of these people read this article because I am about to tell you all about them.

Breaking Chalk: the archaeological investigation of early neolithic flint mines at Long Down and Harrow Hill, West Sussex, 1984-86, by Jon Baczkowski and Robin Holgate, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, article, pp.1-29)

Patching Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW92, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1598-1889 and Burials 1560-1903, Banns 1771-1901, Marriages 1561-1902. Indexed Transcription. Includes 41 photographs inside and outside the church. Vol.92.

Arun Valley and Worthing Out - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C007, CD-ROM)

Amberley, Binstead, Buncton, Burpham, Clapham, Eartham, Ferring, Findon, Goring, Greatham, Houghton (CE and RC), Lyminster, Madehurst, Parham, Patching, Poling, Rustington, Slindon (CE and RC), Sompting, Thakeham, Tortington, Walberton and Washington