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An account of Pulborough, by S. Shaw, published 1791 in Topgrapher (vol. 4, article, p.353)

Parish of Pulborough, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, pp.162-165) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

On a British Settlement and Walled Tumulus near Pulborough, by P. J. Martin, published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, article, pp.109-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Greatham House, by Rev. Edward Turner, M.A., published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, article, pp.108-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Pulborough, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.110-114, 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 Pulborough, published 1876 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Findon. (i) the Thakeham and Pulborough Apsleys; (ii) the Middleton Family, by The Editor, published 1878 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 28, notes & queries, pp.197-199) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2113] & The Keep [LIB/500246] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An Early Burial Place at Pulborough, by John Harley, published 1900 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 43, article, pp.84-87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2128] & The Keep [LIB/500261] & S.A.S. library   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

Coin of Agrippa found at Nutbourne, Pulborough, by F. H. Arnold, F.S.A., published 1906 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 49, notes & queries, p.170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2134] & The Keep [LIB/500267] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavations at Hardham Camp, Pulborough, April 1926, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.89-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Disloyal Words at Pulborough, by C. R. Haines, published August 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 3, note, p.92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Old Place, Pulborough, by Walter D. Peckham, published 1929 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 70, article, pp.119-133) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2155] & The Keep [LIB/500359] & S.A.S. library

Along the Roman Road. 3 - Bignor to Oakwood Hill, by F. J. Bulstrode, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 9, article, pp.653-659) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Old Place, Pulborough, by W. D. Peckham, published 1930 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 71, article, pp.205-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2156] & The Keep [LIB/500358] & S.A.S. library

Medieval Jug from Pulborough, Sussex, by R. Garraway Rice, published July 1930 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 10 issue 3, note, pp.256-257)   View Online

The Manor of Pulborough, by Hedley Hope-Nicholson, published 1931 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 72, article, pp.261-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2157] & The Keep [LIB/500357] & S.A.S. library

Some Sussex Meres, by H. S. Toms, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 11, article, pp.675-679) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

Ancient Earthworks at Nutbourne Common and Hurston Warren, Pulborough. A Revision, by S. E. Winbolt, published May 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 2, article, pp.53-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Stane Street through Pulborough, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 10, article, p.695) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

Basil Jellicoe's Work in Sussex, by Olive Dutton Briant, Hon. Sec. & Treasurer, The St. Richard Housing Society Ltd., published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 5, article, pp.326-327) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

More Roman finds at Wiggonholt, Pulborough. Early Pottery, by S. E. Winbolt, published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, article, pp.13-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans XLIX: St. Mary, Pulborough, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published August 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 7, article, pp.214-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Flint-Chipping Sites and Hearths on Bedham Hill near Pulborough, by P. A. M. Keef, F.S.A. Scot., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, pp.215-235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

Geological Report on Chipping Sites and Hearths on Bedham Hill, near Pulborough, by J. F. Kirkaldy, M.Sc., published 1940 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 81, article, p.235) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2166] & The Keep [LIB/500348] & S.A.S. library

Roman Lead Cistern from Pulborough, Sussex, by Dr. E. Cecil Curwen, published October 1943 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 23 issue 3-4, note, pp.155-157)   View Online

A Roman Lead Cistern from Lickfold, Pulborough , by E. Cecil Curwen, F.S.A., published February 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 1, article, pp.1-2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

A flint dagger factory near Pulborough, Sussex, by Dr. Eliot Curwen, published October 1949 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 29 issue 3-4, note, p.192)   View Online

Pulborough Wharf, by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston], published May 1954 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 1 & 2, note, p.29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Park Mound, Pulborough, by K. M.E. Murray, published May 1960 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 5, article, pp.145-147) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Guide to the Church of St Mary's, Pulborough, by Francis W. Steer, published 1961 (pamphlet, Chichester: Moore & Tillyer) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6323] & West Sussex Libraries

Old Place, Pulborough, by V. W. Tyler, published 1961 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 99, article, pp.74-76) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2184] & The Keep [LIB/500330] & S.A.S. library

The Roman Lead 'Cistern' from Lickfold, Pulborough: A Sequel, by Ivan D. Margary, F.S.A., published May 1962 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 9, article, pp.295-296) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233][Lib 2982] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

1919-1928 Sussex, Paris, New York, published 1965 in Letters of Ford Madox Ford (edited by Richard M. Ludwig, pp.93-182, Princeton University Press)

Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) was a novelist who lived for a time with his lover Stella Bowen at Red Ford, in Hurston, Pulborough

Rowner Mill, by G. D. Johnston, published May 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 5, article, pp.147-149) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Rowner Mill, by Frank W. Gregory, published November 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 6, note, pp.202-203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Clements Bridge, by G. D. Johnston, published May 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 7, article, pp.233-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Ferries in Sussex, by G. D. Johnston, published May 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 7, article, pp.237-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Excavations on A Romano-British Site, Wiggonholt, by K. Jane Evans, published 1974 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 112, article, pp.97-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5960] & The Keep [LIB/500317] & S.A.S. library

More British samian ware by the Aldgate-Pulborough potter, by Peter V. Webster, published November 1975 in Britannia (vol. 6, article, pp.163-170)   View Online

Recent work on the samian ware from a settlement site at Wiggonholt, Sussex, has revealed fragments from a number of vessels by one of the few potters to attempt the production of samian in Roman Britain. This man was called the 'Aldgate Potter' by Dr. Grace Simpson on the basis of a waster from the Aldgate, London, now in the British Museum. However, Dr. Simpson also illustrates mould-fragments belonging to this potter from Pulborough, Sussex, only about one mile from the find-spot of the Wiggonholt fragments which are the subject of this article. As neither waster nor moulds seem likely to have travelled far from the kiln site, it is not at present possible to be certain whether the centre of this potter's production should be sought in London or Sussex, or whether perhaps he operated in both places at different times. However, the Wiggonholt material shifts the geographical balance of known find-spots of the work of this man strongly in favour of Sussex and, in view of this, it seems reasonable to give the Sussex mould-fragments equal significance with the Aldgate waster. The potter is, therefore, called here the 'Aldgate-Pulborough Potter'.

"The world will turn upside down": an unusual burial explanation in folklore and literature, by Herbert Halpert, published 1976 in Folklore today: A Festschrift for Richard M. Dorson (pp.193-207, Indiana University, Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies, ISBN-10: 0877501971 & ISBN-13: 9780877501978)

Discusses four legends: two from Surrey, two from Sussex. The Sussex legends concern a miller named John Oliver on Highdown Hill and an unknown man underneath Toat Tower, Pulborough

Old House, Pulborough, by M. V. Backhouse and A. V. Backhouse, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.375-392) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

A further vessel by the Aldgate-Pulborough potter, by Julian Bennett, published November 1978 in Britannia (vol. 9, article, pp.393-394)   View Online

An Iron Age Gold Coin from Pulborough, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, shorter notice, pp.251-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Memories of Pulborough, by Winifred L. Cousins, published June 1980 (booklet, 42 pp., D. J. Ellis, ISBN-10: 0950602418 & ISBN-13: 9780950602417) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7496] & West Sussex Libraries

Pulborough: A Pictorial History, by Ivy Linda Strudwick, published 1983 (165 plates, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850334934 & ISBN-13: 9780850334937) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8912] & West Sussex Libraries

A Palaeolithic Handaxe from Brinsbury, North Heath, Pulborough, by A. G. Woodcock, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, pp.184-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

An Iron Age Coin from 'Beedings', Pulborough, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, archaeological note, p.217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Pulborough Before the Great War: A Brief Guide to Lower Street, edited by David W. Morris, published 1986 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9557] & West Sussex Libraries

All Our Yesterdays in Storrington and Pulborough, published 1987 (pamphlet, West Sussex Gazette) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12638]

To the Lord's Place and Beyond, From Lower Street to Old Place via Rectory Lane Pulborough , by Elizabeth Garrett, published 1990 accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

To the Lord's Place and Beyond - from Lower Street to Old Place via Rectory Lane, Pulborough, edited by David Morris, published 1990 (booklet, Pulborough Residents Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10608] & West Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Thakeham district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.129-134, 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

Thakeham district incl. Pulborough, Stopham, Coldwaltham, Hardham, West Chiltington, Washington, Parham, Storrington, Sullington, Thakeham, Warminghurst, Ashington, Wiston & Findon

Exploring wetlands: Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve, West Sussex, by Jeff Williams and others, published 1 January 1991 (6 booklets, West Sussex County Council Education Department, ISBN-10: 0862602165 & ISBN-13: 9780862602161) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Contents: Introductory booklet: Exploring wetlands, project introduction -- bk. 1. Woodland -- bk. 2. Hedgerow s and green lanes -- bk. 3. Dipping in ponds and ditches -- bk. 4. Birds -- bk. 5. Wiggonholt Church -- bk. 6. What was it like to live here in the seventeenth century?

The story of St. Mary's Church, Pulborough, West Sussex, by Mary Dennis Smith, published 1992 (36 pp., published by the author) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Pulborough Guide 1993-94, published 1993 (booklet, Pulborough Chamber of Commerce) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12833]

The United Reformed Church, Pulborough, by Beatrice Deayton, published 1995 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12992]

Pulborough in War Time, 1939-1945, by David W Morris, published 1995 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13123][Lib 12859] & West Sussex Libraries

The Doctors of Pulborough, 1731-1997, by D. W. Morris, published 1997 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13613] & West Sussex Libraries

The Pulborough Society Silver Jubilee, 1972-1997, by D. W. Morris, published 1997 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13614]

Pubs in Pulborough, 1700-1998, by David Morris, published 1998 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13971] & West Sussex Libraries

Education in Pulborough: Pulborough schools in the 19th and 20th centuries, by David Morris, published 1998 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13970]

Pulborough - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.219, 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

Around Pulborough, by P. A. L. Vine, published 30 April 2002 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752426117 & ISBN-13: 9780752426112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14736] & West Sussex Libraries

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.

Pulborough, Historic Character Assessment Report, compiled by Roland B. Harris, published October 2004 (Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS), 36 pp. + appendices, E.S.C.C., W.S.C.C. & Brighton and Hove City, funded by English Heritage) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries   Download PDF

Pulborough & District Directory 2007-2008, published 2007 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16563]

A collection of Early Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from Beedings, near Pulborough, West Sussex and the context of similar finds from the British Isles, by Roger Jacobi, Nick Debenham and John Catt, published January 2007 in The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (vol. 73, article, pp.229-326)   View Online

This paper provides a first formal description of a collection of lithic artefacts unearthed during the building of a house called Beedings on a scarp crest near Pulborough in West Sussex.The discovery was probably made in 1900. The collection is very obviously multi-period, but it includes the largest group of Early Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from south-eastern England. Attributed to this time are leaf-points, end-scrapers, and burins. While recent selection has much reduced the collection it also appears to contain contemporary cores and debitage and evidence for the production of bladelets. In a British context this find is unique and in a European perspective it is one of the richest assemblages attributable to the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician technocomplex. The age of this technocomplex is poorly constrained, but in this paper it is argued to belong to the earliest part of the Upper Palaeolithic, starting earlier than the local Aurignacian. The Upper Palaeolithic material from Beedings is interpreted as having come from a hunting camp situated so as to exploit the extensive views across the western Weald.

Birdwatching at Pulborough Brooks through the Seasons, by David Golds, published 1 April 2010 (132 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703545 & ISBN-13: 9781857703542) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The RSPB's Pulborough Brooks nature reserve in West Sussex is renowned for its abundance of birds. This book will help everyone, whether regular visitor of newcomer, keen birder or general country lover, to enjoy their birdwatching at the reserve. When and where birds are likely to be seen and heard is revealed in chapters covering each quarter of the year.
The author, David Golds has worked at Pulborough Brooks for many years as a volunteer and since 1995 has worked as a part time member of staff. He is actively involved in running bird-related courses as part of the events programme.

A Schoolboy's War in Sussex, by James Roffey, published 9 July 2010 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752455184 & ISBN-13: 9780752455181) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Although only children at the time, the Second World War had a permanent effect on the schoolboys who lived through the conflict. Watching a country preparing for war and then being immersed in the horrors of the Blitz brought encounters and events that some will never forget. Now in their seventies and eighties, many are revisiting their memories of this period of upheaval and strife for the first time.
As he fully immersed himself in rural life in the little village of Pulborough, the author witnessed some extraordinary events, from finding an injured German airman in the woods, to watching Bailey bridges being erected in the fortified village and observing the Battle of Britain raging overhead. After four years of highs and lows, evacuation had a lasting effect, and although he could not wait to return to London, the author moved back to Sussex as soon as he was old enough.
Due to it proximity to the south coast, West Sussex was a dangerous place in the wartime years, and this poignant book documents events indelibly inscribed on a generation's minds.

Pulborough Football Club: A History of 'the Robins' 1898-2010, by Mick Hatchard, published 18 April 2015 (210 pp., Woodfield Publishing, ISBN-10: 1846831636 & ISBN-13: 9781846831638) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Pulborough Head: a mid-3rd-century Roman stone portrait from West Sussex, by Miles Russell, published 2016 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 154, article, pp.113-122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18939] & The Keep [LIB/509465] & S.A.S. library

Perceptions of Park Mound: One of the best preserved Early Medieval earthworks in Sussex, by Diana Jones, published August 2016 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 139, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

Pulborough Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW38, CD-ROM)

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1595-1900, Banns 1754-1890 with gaps. Indexed Transcription. Includes 15 external photographs. Vol.38.