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The District of Petworth, by William Marshall, published 1798 in Rural Economy of the Southern Counties (vol. 2, article, pp.164-217)   View Online

Narrative of a voyage, with a party of emigrants, sent out from Sussex, in 1834, by the Petworth Emigration Committee, to Montreal, thence up the river Ottawa and through the Rideau Canal, to Toronto, Upper Canada, and afterwards to Hamilton: also of the journey from Hamilton to the township of Blandford, where the families were settled, by James Marr Brydone, published 1834 (Petworth: John Phillips) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries   View Online

Parish of Petworth, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, pp.174-180) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hospitals in Sussex, by Edward Turner, published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, notes & queries, pp.305-306) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Petworth, by Roger Turner, M.D., published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, article, pp.1-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library   View Online

John Keyse Sherwin, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.37-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

The Great George Inn, Petworth, by Roger Turner, M.D., published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, article, pp.134-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Petworth, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.82-89, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

A Local Almanack for Midhurst & Petworth, containing Calendar of the Months and general local..., published 1876 (W H Burnett) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Cobden 11 294]

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Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Petworth, published 1876 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

A Survey of the Honor and Manor of Petworth and other the Manors in the County of Sussex, forming part of the settled estates of the Rt Hon Henry Baron Leconfield, made in the years 1879-1882, by Charles James Daintrey, Steward, published c.1882 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5377]

Notes on Helms from Petworth Church and Wimborne Minster , by W. Huyshe, published 1882 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 39, article, pp.184-191)   View Online

Petworth and its surroundings, Bignor, Pulborough, etc, by L. C. Barnes, published 1902 (pamphlet, London: London: Homeland Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12781] & West Sussex Libraries

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

The Honour of Petworth, by John Dawtrey, published 1910 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 53, article, pp.188-191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2138] & The Keep [LIB/500271] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Stophams, the Zouches, and the Honour of Petworth, by J. H. Round, LL.D., published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, article, pp.19-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library   View Online

On the Early History of the Honor of Petworth, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.60-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Sussex and the U.S.A. 1 - Sussex and the Washingtons, by David McLean, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 1, article, pp.47-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Ebernoe House, near Petworth, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 4, article, pp.265-268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Petworth, by J. Hutchings, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 11, article, pp.911-921) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

Petworth Press 120 Years Ago, by Alan H. Bryant, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 12, article, pp.785-786) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

An 18th Century Woman Gaoler [Ann Smart], by Wray Hunt, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 6, article, p.393) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Soakenhole, alias Soak Knowles, near Petworth, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 6, article, pp.347-353) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A Pauper's Badge from Petworth, by A. E. [Arundell Esdaile], published November 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 4, note, pp.90-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Shimmings Bridge, by G. D. Johnston, published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, article, pp.107-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Petworth Rural District, published c.1950 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6652]

Pallingham Manor, by G. H. Kenyon, published May 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 6, article, pp.121-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Pallingham Manor House, by Miss Margaret E. Wood, F.S.A., published May 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 6, article, p.126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Petworth in Ancient Times, by Lady Maxse, published 1952 (pamphlet, M. E. Arnold & printed at Moore & Tillyer) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4283] & West Sussex Libraries

The Church of S. Mary our Lady of Pity at Petworth : a short guide to visitors, published 1953 (8 pp.) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library

Petworth Manor in the Seventeenth Century, by Lord Leconfield, published 1954 (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2812] & West Sussex Libraries

The manorial muniments of Petworth for the seventeenth century are remarkably complete, and include a terrier and a great map of 1610. It is largely round this map, reproduced in a series of sectional drawings, that Lord Leconfield has built his book. He has taken the reader on a personally conducted tour round the demesnes, the parks, the copyholds, and finally the town, pointing out the position and history of the various tenements - amongst which we meet such pleasant names as Robin Hood's Garden, Widow Magicke's Laces, and Belchambers Garlands. From the map is reproduced the interesting drawing of the old Petworth House, of which nothing survives in the present building except the chapel and the medieval cellar. This house had water laid on to its offices from the public piped supply, of which Lord Leconfield traces the history from its instalments by a rector about 1500, down to its re-organisation in 1782 by the Earl of Egremont. There are sections on the iron works and the mills; and the first two chapters show very clearly the actual working of the manorial system at this period. The author points out that 'the seventeenth century witnessed a rash of mortgaging.' This is true of other places than Petworth, but it may be doubted if elsewhere it would be possible to draw up such a list as is given on p. 13 of the mortgagees arranged under their respective trades; it is a subject worth wider study. Is the assertion (also on p. 13) correct that a condition of a widow obtaining her 'free bench' was that she should have been a spinster when she married? I do not think that this was a normal requirement. A very small point: on p. 67 reference to land 'purchased of Person Dyrig ' is followed by the author's comment that this 'would appear to mean a person named Derrick.' But it must mean 'Parson Derrick' and probably refers to William Derrick who was presented to the vicarage of Chidham in 1579 and held that living until his death in 1625. The book has a full index, and is produced with the usual excellence of the Oxford University Press.

Mounter, by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston], published November 1954 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 3 & 4, note, p.61) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Ministers Accounts of the Manor of Petworth, 1347-1353, by L. F. Salzman, published 1955 (vol. 55, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2271] & The Keep [LIB/500432][LIB/504465]

Articles Relating to Petworth, by Lord Leconfield, published 1957 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5373]

Published in Petworth parish magazine July 1956-July 1957

Freebench in the Petworth Manors, by Leconfield, published November 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 15 & 16, note, p.279) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Petworth Town and Trades, 1610-1760, Part 1, by G. H. Kenyon, published 1958 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 96, article, pp.9-16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2181] & The Keep [LIB/500333] & S.A.S. library

Stopham Bridge, by G. D. Johnston, published November 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 2, article, pp.53-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The Earliest Parish Register of Petworth, by C. E. Welch, published November 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 2, article, pp.55-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Orders for a Proposed Free School at Petworth in 1691, by G. H. Kenyon, published 1959 (offprint) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2852]

Orders for a Proposed Free School at Petworth in 1691, by G. H. Kenyon, published May 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 3, article, pp.85-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

A Petworth Grammar School, by G. M. A. Beck, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, note, p.128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Petworth Town and Trades, 1610-1760, Part 2, by G. H. Kenyon, published 1960 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 98, article, pp.71-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2183] & The Keep [LIB/500331] & S.A.S. library

Petworth Town and Trades, 1610-1760. Part 3, by G. H. Kenyon, published 1961 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 99, article, pp.102-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2184] & The Keep [LIB/500330] & S.A.S. library

"Parson Acon", by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston], published May 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 7, note, p.244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

A Pair of Tacks, by G. H. Kenyon, published May 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 9, note, p.319) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Some Buildings of Petworth, by Reginald Thomas Mason, published 1963 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 101, article, pp.14-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2186] & The Keep [LIB/500328] & S.A.S. library

Petworth in Ancient Times, by Lady Maxse, published 1972 (pamphlet, revised edition, Petworth Parochial Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12493][Lib 4284] & West Sussex Libraries

Petworth Emigration Committee: Lord Egremont's Assisted Emigrations from Sussex to Upper Canada 1832-1837, by Wendy Cameron, published 1973 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5300] & The Keep [LIB/503548]

List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Petworth RD, published 1974 (Department of Environment) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7550]

Story of St. Mary the Virgin, Petworth Parish Church, by Alan H. Maude, published 1974 (pamphlet, St Mary the Virgin Parish Church) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4918] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Bastard Register 1835-1839, published March 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 4, article, pp.97-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Abstract of a volume of Quarter Session Records giving name, parish, occupation of father, sex of child, date of birth, remarks and covers the years 1835 - 1839 in the parishes of Petworth, Lewes, Horsham, and Chichester

Tales of Old Petworth, by John Osborne Greenfield, published 1 June 1976 (112 pp., Window Press, ISBN-10: 0950483001 & ISBN-13: 9780950483009) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6140] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Route of ignominy, opposition to Pwtworth Bypass proposal, by S.J. Gore, published May 1977 in Apollo : the international magazine of art and antiques (vol. 105, no. 183, article, pp.380-381)

Petworth Parish and Surrounding District: Official Guide, published c.1979 (pamphlet, Petworth Parish Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7838]

Cloakbag and Common Purse: Enclosure and Copyhold in 16th Century Petworth, by Peter Jerrome, published 1979 (Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Petworth Water Supply, by J. E. Taylor, P. A. Jerrome and A. G. Allnutt, published 1979 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 9, article, pp.15-22) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Burton Mill, Petworth, by Dr. T. P. Hudson, published 1980 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 10, article, pp.2-8) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Burton Mill stands at the north end of a large artificial lake called Mill Pond, at NGR SU 979180, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Chichester - Petworth road and 2½ miles (4 km) south of Petworth. The building, illustrated on the cover, served first for milling grain and later for generating electricity, and was preceded on the same site by an iron forge. Burton House, to the estate of which the mill belonged until the mid 20th century, is ¾ mile (1.2 km) to the south-west. A second lake above Mill Pond, called Chingford, Chilford, or Gilford Pond in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is also artificial, but seems to have been created as a landscape feature, perhaps c. 1740 when landscaping work was apparently being carried out in Burton Park. The present mill building is of four storeys in brick and stone, and seems to date from the late 18th century. It is built into the dam of the lower lake in such a way that its third storey opens onto the road that runs along it; the ground floor is some 13 ft (4 m) below. The mill originally had two overshot wheels, one on each side.

The Petworth Emigration Society, by Jacqueline Golden, published May 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 16, article, p.4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/16] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Proud Petworth and Beyond: Photographs from the '20s & '30s By George Garland, by Peter Jerrome and Jonathan Newdick, published 1981 (150 pp., Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7923] & West Sussex Libraries

Petworth: Today and Yesterday, by Doris Gundry, published 1 July 1981 (48 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095076020X & ISBN-13: 9780950760209) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Petworth: Time Out of Mind, by Peter Jerrome and Jonathan Newdick, published 1982 (159 pp., 200 illus., Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8537] & West Sussex Libraries

One Hundred Years of a Public House & Brewery, by Midge Clarke, published September 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 3, article, pp.87-90) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A brief narrative of the family of George Knight and Mary Lintott and their seven children. Illustrated with a family tree which gives names and few dates. Article covers the years 1692 - 1972 in the parish of Petworth

Petworth: The Winds of Change, by Peter Jerrome and Jonathan Newdick, published 1983 (160 pp., Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8843] & West Sussex Libraries

Petworth Names of 1845 - Deed of Sale, by Midge Clarke, published March 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, pp.30-31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Early Descent of the Honour of Petworth, by Kathleen Thompson, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, historical note, pp.262-263) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

The stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Lower Greensand of the Hoes Farm Borehole, near Petworth, Sussex, by C. R. Bristow, A. A. Morter and I. P. Wilkinson, published 1987 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 98 issue 3, article, pp.217-227)   View Online

The Hoes Farm Borehole provides a cored sequence through the Atherfield Clay, Hythe Beds and the lowest part (Fittleworth Beds) of the Sandgate Beds. Macrofaunas and ostracods have been collected from many levels and, for the first time, the Ostracoda from the English Aptian have been examined over an extended sequence with good macropalaeontological control. A 0.7 m seam of fuller's earth, recorded near the base of the Hythe Beds, yielded an ostracod fauna of bowerbanki Zone age. A new stratal unit, the Hoes Farm Member, mainly of deshayesi Zone age, has been defined at the base of the Hythe Beds.

The Petworth Emigration Scheme, by Barry Fletcher, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of people who emigrated to Canada from Petsworth and surrounding areas. It details name, age, parish, ship, destination and date of departure and covers the years 1832 - 1838.

Tread Lightly Here: An Affectionate Look at Petworth's Ancient Streets, by Peter Jerrome, published 1990 (231 pp., Petworth: The Window Press, ISBN-10: 095048301X & ISBN-13: 9780950483016) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Petworth district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.125-128, 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

Petworth district incl. Billingshurst & Wisborough Green

Petworth Emigrants: an update, by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, published 1991 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11169]

A Miller's Daughter [Coultershaw Mill], by Phyllis Catt, published 1992 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11872] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Smugglers, by Thea Valentine, published October 1992 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 5 Number 1, article, pp.17-33, Autumn 1992) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]

Smuggling and smuggling gangs in Sussex in the 1700s. Includes background material, various accounts of smugglers, their activities and their victims.

Cobbett at Cowdray, published October 1992 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 5 Number 1, article, pp.35-37, Autumn 1992) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]

Extract from Cobbett's Rural Rides Volume 2 dated 1825. Relates to Cobbett's impressions of his visit to Cowdray in November of that year.

A Forest of Family Trees, by Leigh Lawson and Sheila Haines, published June 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 6, article, pp.215-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

An extensive research project undertaken by the West Sussex Record Office on the Petworth Emigration Committee of 1832 to 1837 is described.

"What right has he to hunt this country?", by Thea Valentine, published October 1993 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 6 Number 1, article, pp.27-30, Autumn 1993) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]

The story of the rise and fall of the Charlton and Petworth Hunts in the 1600s and 1700s, including the feud between Mr Roper and the Duke of Somerset!

In the feast of St Edmund the King: Petworth Fair 1189-1993, by Peter Jerrome and Barry Norman, published 1994 (147 pp., Petworth: The Window Press, ISBN-10: 0950483028 & ISBN-13: 9780950483023) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12647] & West Sussex Libraries

So Sweet as the Phlox is, by F J-D [Mrs D.V.F Johnson-Davies], published April 1994 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 6 Number 3, article, pp.28-34, Spring 1994) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]

Extracts from the diary of Florence Rapley which describes rural life in Petworth and the surrounding villages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Petworth's Earliest Parish Register, by F. L. Leeson, published October 1994 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 54, article, p.29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/54] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

London's Lost Route to Midhurst: The Earl of Egremont's Navigation and the Building of the Petworth Canal, by P. A. L. Vine, published 29 June 1995 (160 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0750909684 & ISBN-13: 9780750909686) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Petworth Horticultural Society, 1946-1996, edited by Douglas Cook-Martin, published 1996 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13326] & West Sussex Libraries

The Sacred Heart Church, Petworth, by Alison McCann, published 1996 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13194]

Chronicle of the Origins and History of the United Reformed Church, 1640-1996, by Joyce Louise Gumbrell, published 1 October 1996 (134 pp., Davidson-Hall Publishing, ISBN-10: 0952940302 & ISBN-13: 9780952940302) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Garland Collection at West Sussex Record Office, by W.S.R.O. County Archivist, published December 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 4, article, p.135) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508811] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

George Griffin Garland (1900-1978) worked as a professional photographer based at Petworth

A Sussex Man Among the Wild Geese, by Miss Stephanie Robertson, published June 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 6, article, pp.227-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508813] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Mitchell (c.1723-1747) of Petworth joined the Irish Brigade on 12 May 1747 to fight at the Battle of Lafelt on 2 July 1747 where he was killed in action.

Going of the Rails: Country Railway in West Sussex, by Bill Gage, Michael Harris, Tony Sullivan and Patrick Moore, published July 1997 (96 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862604001 & ISBN-13: 9780862604004) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13889] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A recollection of the operation of the Selsey Tram and the branch lines to Petworth, Midhurst and Chichester is provided through the memoirs of local residents. The history and possible future of the West Sussex country railways are also provided.

The Petworth Cottage Museum, by F J-D [Mrs D.V.F Johnson-Davies], published July 1997 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 9 Number 4, article, pp.16-19, Summer 1997) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Petworth Cottage Museum is located in a 17th century cottage but dressed as it would have been in 1912, which it was occupied by Mary Cummings, seamstress for Petworth House. Very well worth a visit.

The Petworth Cottage Museum, by Peter A. Jerrome, published 1998 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13749]

Petworth - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.211-215, 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 Petworth House of Correction: A History of the West Sussex Bridewell, by Michael Royall, published 1999 (161 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0953484602 & ISBN-13: 9780953484607) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13907] & West Sussex Libraries

The rise and fall of St Mary's spire and the hope that it will rise again, by Country Life contributor(s), published 14 January 1999 in Country Life (vol. 193 no. 2, article, p.28)

Petworth: a bibliography of the former Petworth Rural District, by Miles Costello, published 2000 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14121]

Houses of the English way [Woodlands near Petworth and Rubbing House at Goodwood], by John Martin Robinson, published 27 April 2000 in Country Life (vol. 194 no. 17, article, pp.94-97)

English Immigrant Voices: Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s, by Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines and Mary McDougall Maude, published May 2000 (696 pp., McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN-10: 077352035X & ISBN-13: 9780773520356) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Collected from published, archival, and private sources, these letters place the Petworth immigrants in the context of their times and challenge the image of English immigrants to 1830s Upper Canada as officers and gentlewomen. Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines, and Mary McDougall Maude have carefully annotated the letters to sketch the stories of individual writers, link letters by the same author or members of the same family, and explore the connections between writers. What eventually happened to some of the writers is also revealed in this engaging collection. English Immigrant Voices provides a valuable insight into the rural poor and their experiences in emigrating to a new land.

Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada: The Petworth Project, 1832-1837, by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, published May 2000 (568 pp., McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN-10: 0773520341 & ISBN-13: 9780773520349) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14312] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Using a rich collection of contemporary sources, this study focuses on one group of English immigrants sent to Upper Canada from Sussex and other southern counties with the aid of parishes and landlords. In Part One, Wendy Cameron follows the work of the Petworth Emigration Committee over six years and trace how the immigrants were received in each of these years. In Part Two, Mary McDougall Maude presents a complete list of emigrants on Petworth ships from 1832 to 1837, including details of their background, family reconstructions, and additional information drawn from Canadian sources. Paternalism strong enough to slow the wheels of change is embodied here in Thomas Sockett, the organizer of the Petworth emigrations, and his patron, the Earl of Egremont, and in Lieutenant Governor Sir John Colborne in Upper Canada. The friction created as these men sought to sustain older values in the relationship between rich and poor highlights the shift in British emigration policy. In these years of transition immigrants sent by the Petworth Emigration Committee could accept assistance and the government direction that went with it, or they could rely on their own resources and find work for themselves. Once the transition was complete, the market-driven model took over and immigrants had to make their own best bargain for their labour.

Petworth from the Beginnings to 1660, by Peter Jerrome, published 2002 (204 pp., Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Power, paternalism, patronage and philanthropy: the Wyndhams and the new Poor Law in Petworth, by Spencer Thomas, published 2002 in Local Historian (vol. 32, no. 2, article, pp.99-117)

Rev. Thomas Sockett (1777-1859) Rector of Petworth (1816-1859): Factotum, 'worthy' and Champion of the Poor, by Spencer Thomas, published Spring 2002 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 69, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/69] & The Keep [LIB/500493]

Walking in West Sussex: Midhurst, Petworth and Pulborough, by Tony Oldfield, published 1 May 2003 (80 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702662 & ISBN-13: 9781857702668) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The West Sussex Towns of Midhurst, Petworth and Pulborough, linked by the rivers Rother and Arun, provide an area crying out for exploration by the rambler. A multitude of footpaths provide access to arable land, woodland, a remarkable amount of commons and an increasing number of woodland owned by the Woodland Trust principally for public access. This book details fifteen walks, which will encourage and help people to explore this very attractive area.
The author, Tony Oldfield until recently lived in West Wittering, West Sussex.

Two Reluctant Petworth Recruits, by George Hothersall, published Spring 2003 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 71, article, p.33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/71] & The Keep [LIB/500495]

Petworth Emigration Society, by Peter Baigent, published September 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 3, article, pp.130-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508836] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Reverend Thomas Sockett, Rector of Petworth, founded the Petworth Emigration Society in 1832. The scheme, which ran for six years from 1842 to 1837, transported 1,800 immigrants, the majority of whom came from Sussex

Contrasting Communities, Houghton & Hillgrove, by Annabelle F. Hughes, Jeremy Knight and M. Williams, published 2005 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Turnpike Roads to Chichester, Midhurst & Petworth, by Brian Austen, published 2005 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 35, article, pp.28-39, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506533]   Download PDF

It is intended to record all tollhouses and milestones and any other turnpike structures starting in the west of the county. A hub town will be identified and all turnpike roads serving this place will be examined. A brief history of each of the trusts will be followed by a list of the sites of the tollhouses, and if there are any structures still present these will be described. Surviving milestones will be located and their nature indicated. The first hub city covered in this article is Chichester with the two smaller towns of Midhurst and Petworth also included.

Petworth: From 1660 to the Present Day, by Peter Jerrome, published 2006 (Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Poor Cottages and Proud Palaces: The Life and Work of Thomas Sockett of Petworth 1777-1859 , by Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson, published 2007 (304 pp., Hastings Press, ISBN-10: 1904109160 & ISBN-13: 9781904109167) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503906] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An account of the life and work of Reverend Thomas Sockett of Petworth (1777 -1859), who was born in East London, the son of an impoverished bookseller. The early part of this fascinating book deals with his transition from penury to rural clergyman under the patronage of Lord Egremont at Petworth House. In his journal recording his life from 1805 to 1807, reproduced in full, he describes playing tennis and practising French with refugee aristocrats, seeing Nelson embark from Portsmouth on his final voyage, and time spent with the Egremont children reading the classics such as Horace and Demosthenes.
We are given a picture of his domestic life, but the authors are primarily interested in his role as the thoughtful and concerned Rector of Petworth. Although he was a friend of aristocrats, he worked hard to improve the lives of the poorest of his parishioners, particularly through the teaching of literacy which he saw as a route to morality. Together with Lord Egremont, he organised the emigration to Canada of many of his parishioners, including his own oldest son, George. He was also in frequent disagreement with the guardians of the local workhouse about the treatment of its inhabitants.
Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson have presented an insight into life in West Sussex from aristocrat to peasant at a time of political, cultural and economic upheaval. The book is meticulously researched and evidenced and should prove a valuable resource for local history students, and anyone else who likes looking into other people's lives.

Petworth, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published February 2010 (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

St Edmund Smiles, by Peter Jerrome, published 2012 (Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

1767-1799 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SCV7, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508036]

CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Nearly 15,000 persons are named and indexed.

1800-1825 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BE03, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501587][Lib/504792]

A CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Over 30,000 persons are named and indexed.

"Some banglyng about the customes": Popular Memory and the Experience of Defeat in a Sussex Village, 1549-1640, by Andy Wood, published April 2014 in Rural History (vol. 25, issue 1, article, pp.1-14, ISSN: 0956-7933)   View Online

This article deploys a body of remarkably detailed witness statements to interrogate the nature of popular memory and social conflict in Petworth, Sussex. These depositions are located in two specific contexts: a struggle between the tenants of Petworth and the ninth earl of Northumberland (1591 - 1608) and the broader pattern of resistance and negotiation in the village between the 'commotion time' of 1549 and the calling of the Short Parliament. The essay presents a micro-history of local struggles over land, rights and resources and the findings open up questions within the recent historiography of early modern social relations, undermining the notion that authority was flexibly negotiated between ruler and ruled. Instead, it locates negotiation within social structures that gave a powerful advantage to the gentry and nobility. In this respect, the essay builds upon the return in social history to questions of economic inequality and imbalances of political agency.

The Rother Navigation, by Bridget Howard, published September 2015 in Midhurst Magazine (No 22, article, pp.7-10, Autumn 2015, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16355]

History of the Rother Navigation from its inception in the 18th century to issues and problems in the present day. Updates the original article by Bridget Howard published in 2005 in Midhurst Heritage Issue No 4, and includes more photos.

Petworth: Most of the Time, by Peter Jerrome, published 2016 (Petworth: The Window Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Petworth historian Peter Jerrome and illustrator Jonathan Newdick are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a brochure listing all the books they have produced: "It's unusual for a small enterprise like ours to go on for 40 years," said Peter, "and it owes a tremendous amount to Jonathan, his layout skills and his determination never to compromise."

Petworth Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW34, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1559-1876, Banns 1653-1658, 1754-1813, Marriages 1559-1876, Burials 1559-1876. Indexed Transcription. Includes 55 photographs. Vol.34.