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Parish of Plumpton, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.230-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Mural Paintings in Plumpton Church, by Rev. C. Heathcote Campion, M.A., published 1868 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 20, article, pp.198-202) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2105] & The Keep [LIB/507132] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Plumpton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.100-102, 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 Plumpton, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Leonard Mascall, of Plumpton Place, by C. T. Phillips, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, notes & queries, pp.281-282) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Plumpton and the Springett Family, by E. F. Salmon, published 1914 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 56, notes & queries, pp.199-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2141] & The Keep [LIB/500274] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The East Sussex Agricultural Institute, by S. Thornton Shaw, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 9, article, pp.411-412) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Plumpton: A Downland Church, by W. A. Woodward, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 12, article, pp.546-547) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Plumpton Place, the residence of Mr Edward Hudson, by Country Life contributor(s), published 20 May 1933 in Country Life (article)

Late Bronze Age Lynchet-Settlements on Plumpton Plain, Sussex, by G. A. Holleyman and E. Cecil Curwen, published January 1935 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 1, article, pp.16-38)   View Online

Plumpton plain is situated on the top of the South Downs, roughly 600 feet above sea level, six miles north-east of Brighton and four miles north-west of Lewes (fig. 1). From its western end a broad spur slopes gently southwards from the northern escarpment of the Downs, lying between Moustone Valley on the south-east and Faulkners Bottom on the west. Most of this Downland is covered with a dense scrub of gorse, thorn and bramble, and with large patches of bracken and heather. A series of broad paths running roughly at right angles with one another has been cut through this vegetation to facilitate the preservation of game. Along the main ridge of the spur running north and south is a broad gallop which, at a height of 600 feet O.D., passes through a group of earthworks situated 1500 feet from the north edge of the Downs and 2300 feet east of Streathill Farm. This group was the primary object of bur investigations and will be referred to as Site A (fig. 2).
Site B (fig. 3) lies a quarter of a mile to the south-east of Site A on a small lateral spur jutting between the twin heads of Moustone Bottom. The only visible evidence of prehistoric occupation was a quantity of coarse gritty sherds and calcined flints on the surface to the south-east of a low bank and ditch which runs across the spur.
Several groups of lynchets enclosing square Celtic fields are to be seen in the neighbourhood of these two sites. They lie principally to the south-east of Site A and to the south of Site B.

The Pottery from the sites on Plumpton Plain, by C. F. C. Hawkes, F.S.A., published January 1935 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 1, article, pp.39-59)   View Online

A substantial series of pottery was submitted to me from both the Plumpton Plain sites. Its examination has emphasized the distinction of date between them. It will appear that Site A belongs to the earlier part of the Late Bronze Age, from perhaps about 1000 B.C., whereas Site B cannot be dated before about 750 B.C., and covers the transition to the Early Iron Age in the period approximately centred on 500 B.C.

Parish of Plumpton, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.109-113, 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

Sussex Church Plans C: Parish Church of St. Michael, Plumpton, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published May 1954 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 1 & 2, article, pp.15-16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Wall Paintings in St Michael's Church, Plumpton, by E. Clive Rouse, M.B.E., F.S.A., published November 1956 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.187-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Short Histories of Cheltenham, Folkestone, Fontwell Park, Plumpton, Lewes, Alexandra Park, by R. G. [Ralph Greaves] and Peter Campling, published 1959 (48 pp., London: Field Sports Publications) accessible at: British Library

Excavations at Plumpton Plain Site B, by G. P. Burstow and G. A. Holleyman, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, note, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Report on the accident to Beechcraft - C.45 Conrad - 10200 NI02S near Plumpton, Sussex on 18th January 1967, published 1968 (16 pp., Board of Trade) accessible at: British Library

A Beech C.45 aircraft which crashed on the South Downs near Plumpton racecourse on January 18, 1967, was on a ferry flight from Nice to Gatwick. The pilot, who was killed in the accident, held an American IR but was not in current instrument practice and was attempting to make a VFR approach to Gatwick under a lowering cloud ceiling. The BoT report concludes that: "The aircraft collided with high ground when the pilot was attempting to navigate at low altitude in poor visibility. Turbulent airflow in the lee of a ridge may have been a contributory factor." Mention is also made in the AIB's findings that no topographic maps for the UK were found in the aircraft.

Romano-British Finds from Plumpton, by Simon Garrett, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, p.326) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1977: Plumpton, Roman Villa Site, by E. W. O'Shea, published December 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 23, article, p.125, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Plumpton M.I.s, by Fred Avery, published September 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 6, article, pp.186-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Scarpfoot parish: Plumpton 1830-1880, edited by Brian Short, published 1982 (Occasional paper no. 16, 57 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242188 & ISBN-13: 9780904242188) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502981] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Lewes Group of Wall Paintings in Sussex, by David Park, published 1984 (offprint) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9093]

Clayton, Coombes, Hardham, Plumpton and Westmeston

Plumpton Roman Villa (TQ 360147), a Cursory Note, by Michael J. Allen, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, pp.219-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Hexagonal Heavenly Cities at Clayton and Plumpton, by John Edwards, published 1986 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 124, historical note, pp.263-265) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9762] & The Keep [LIB/500311] & S.A.S. library

My Father, by John Dudeney, published December 1986 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 3, article, pp.97-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A brief narrative about Henry Dudeney, 1753 who married Sarah Geering and had eleven children. Article covers the years 1753 - 1808 in the parish of Plumpton

Bronze Age Awl from Plumpton, East Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, archaeological note, p.228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library

The Results of a Fieldwalking Survey at Novington Manor, Plumpton, East Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.31-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

A Bronze Age Palstave and other Finds from Plumpton, East Sussex, by Christopher Butler, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, archaeological note, pp.243-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

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.74-95, 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

Reverend Richard Turner (1620-1680), by Ronald Tibble, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, pp.93-97) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Richard Turner was born 21 Dec 1620 at Fletching to Richard Turner and Joan Baker and educated at the Free Grammar School at Lewes and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was ordained as a Presbyterian priest in 1651 and held the post of Vicar of Preston until 1662 when he lost his position as a result of his non-conformist views. At his home in Plumpton he continued to preach and educate until his death in 1680.

Plumpton - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.170-171, 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

Further Fieldwalking at Novington Manor, Plumpton, East Sussex, by Chris Butler and John Funnell, published 1992 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 130, article, pp.13-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11918] & The Keep [LIB/500289] & S.A.S. library

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Wivelsfield, Ditchling, Westmeston, East Chiltington, Streat, Plumpton, Hamsey, Chailey, Newick, Barcombe & Ringmer, by June C. Barnes, published 1 March 1992 (vol. 21, booklet, 108 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264207 & ISBN-13: 9781870264204) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503435] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Plumpton - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.216-217, 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

A Question of Identity, by Mrs. J. A. Marten, published September 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 3, article, p.94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508818] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Search for the Simmons/Smmonds of Slab Castle, Plumpton

Walks Around Plumpton, edited by Ailsa Clark and illustrations by Rosalie Williams, published 1 November 1998 (vi + 52 pp., Plumpton & District Footpath Society, ISBN-10: 0953442403 & ISBN-13: 9780953442409) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Plumpton: an illustrated history of Plumpton Racecourse 1994-2000, by Stewart Nash, published 2000 (96 pp., Plumpton Racecourse Ltd, ISBN-10: 0953951308 & ISBN-13: 9780953951307) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Sheppards of Plumpton Place Mill, by David Link, published September 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 3, article, pp.120-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508970] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The stocky white-haired old man sits with crossed hands next to his thin black-garbed wife. More than 30 children and grandchildren surround the elderly couple in the yard of a Brighton police station. The photograph of this gathering, which took place about 1895, records one of the last times that many of these members of the SHEPPARD family were together. John SHEPPARD, the patriarch of the family, was born in Plumpton in 1828, and there he wed his wife, Harriet, and raised nine children, six of whom stood beside him that day.

Ridgeway revealed: On the trail of Margary's Greensand Way, by David Millum, published August 2009 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 118, article, p.11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Walkers and cyclists crossing the ridgeway between Plumpton and Streat were intrigued by a sudden burst of activity in a beautiful wild flower meadow just to the north of the bridleway earlier this year. An archaeological excavation took place during May to investigate the Roman road that follows the greensand ridge from Barcombe Mills in the east to join Stane Street at Hardham in the west. The project was directed by David Millum, a resident of Plumpton, as part of his MA in Field Archaeology with the Centre of Continuing Education (CCE) at the University of Sussex.

Plumpton, St. Michael - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.258-260, 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

What did Ivan Margary ever do for me? An excavation of the Roman Greensand Way at Plumpton, by David Millum, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, article, pp.25-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An account of an evaluation project of the Sussex Greensand Way at Ashurst Farm, Plumpton which confirmed Margary's inferred alignment and revealed information about the structure of the Roman road.

Three stone objects from Plumpton Plain, East Sussex, by Judie English, David Lea and Dick Tapper, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, short article, p.209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Land south of Riddens Lane, Plumpton Green (NGR: TQ36091647) - geophysical survey and evaluation reports, by Aiji Castle, Tim Dawson and Felicity Thompson, published October 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Plumpton Roman Villa: At least two phases of construction discovered, by David Rudling, published April 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 135, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Last summer excavations were undertaken for the first time at Plumpton villa. Found in 1973, the site has on several occasions been partly investigated by the use of survey techniques including: field walking, the recording of soil marks (Allen 1984), and geophysics. These surveys revealed that the main building (house) is of the winged-corridor type and probably dates to the 3rd-mid 4th centuries.

Plumpton Roman Villa Dig: A Member's experience as a 'digger' in the field, by Michael Rider, published December 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 137, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Plumpton Roman Villa Update: New season aims to reveal the full villa ground plan, by David Rudling, published April 2016 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 138, article, p.11, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

During 2015 further excavations were undertaken at the site of Plumpton Roman villa. This work was undertaken by the Sussex School of Archaeology in association with the Sussex Archaeology Society as a research and training excavation. It continued the investigations begun in the previous year (see SP&P 135, 9). Dating mainly to the 3rd-mid 4th centuries AD, the villa is of the winged-corridor type.

Plumpton Roman Vlla: unexpected discoveries at this year's excavation, by David Rudling, published December 2016 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 140, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Causewells of Herstmonceux and Plumpton, by Bob Wilcock, published September 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 7, article, pp.298-302) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]

1841 Census vol.08 - Wivelsfield area, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCH, CD-ROM)