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Parish of Ringmer, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Pevensey, pp.349-351) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Objects found at Lewes and Ringmer, by William Figg, F.S.A., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, p.373) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ringmer, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.116-118, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

The Springetts, of Broyle Place, Ringmer, by The Editor, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, p.222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Brass - Ringmer, by W. D. C. [William Durrant Cooper], published 1873 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 25, notes & queries, p.225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2110] & The Keep [LIB/500243] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Ringmer, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Notes on some Saxon Interments at Ringmer, by Arthur F. Griffith, published 1883 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 33, article, pp.129-130) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2118] & The Keep [LIB/500251] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ringmer, The Springetts and the Penns: a Chapter of Sussex History, by Sarah Horne Rickman, published 1894 (42 pp., published by the author) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Notes on the Rebuilding of Ringmer Church Tower, by William Frederick Martin, M.A., LL.D., published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, article, pp.197-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Bell Casting in the seventeenth century [at Ringmer], by W. Heneage Legge, published 1897 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series, vol III, article)

The Church of Ringmer, Sussex, by W. Heneage Legge, published October 1898 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series, vol IV, article, pp.225-237, London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd.)   View Online

The Parish Documents of Ringmer of the Jacobean and Georgian Periods, by W. Heneage Legge, published 1899 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series, vol V, article)

Delves House, Ringmer, with some Account of Gilbert White and his Relatives there Residing, by W. Heneage Legge, published 1900 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series, vol VI, article, pp.1-14)

Ancient Stones found in Ringmer, by W. Heneage Legge, published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, article, pp.34-39) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Forgotten Industry. Pottery at Ringmer, by William Martin, M.A., LL.D., published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, article, pp.128-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Forest of the Broyle and the Parks of Ringmer, by W. Heneage Legge, published April 1902 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series. Vol VIII, article, pp.73-86, London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd.)   View Online

The Forest of the Broyle and the Parks of Ringmer, by W. Heneage Legge, published July 1902 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series. Vol VIII, article, pp.156-168, London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd.)   View Online

The Parks of Ringmer, by W. Heneage Legge, published October 1902 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series. Vol VIII, article, pp.217-232, London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd.)   View Online

Pottery at Ringmer, by Ambrose P. Boyson, published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, notes & queries, pp.236-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library

The Decorative Arts of our Forefathers as Exemplified in a South-Down Village, by W. Heneage Legge, published April 1903 in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist (new series, vol. IX, article, pp.81-91, London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd.)   View Online

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

Parsons of the Past, as seen in their Wills, by W. Heneage Legge, published 1904 in The Churchman (article)

Contents of Ringmer Parish Chest, compiled by W. Heneage Legge, published 1909 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 52, article, pp.184-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2137] & The Keep [LIB/500270] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Mounts at Lewes and Ringmer, by H. S. Toms, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.223-226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex and the U.S.A. 5 - Sussex and John Harvard, by David McLean, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 6, article, pp.503-510) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Sussex Church Plans XI: Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Ringmer, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 4, article, pp.116-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Historic Houses of Sussex - Delves House, Ringmer, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 1, article, pp.7-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

The 13th Century Will of Henry, Vicar of Ringmer and Cantulary of the Bishopric of Canterbury , by Walter H. Godfrey, published November 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 4, article, pp.103-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

A Perforated Stone Hoe from Ringmer , by Eliot Curwen, F.S.A., published November 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 4, article, pp.76-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Perambulations of the Parish of Ringmer, by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston], published May 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 3, article, pp.73-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

The village of Ringmer, its church and Glyndebourne: an illustrated guide, published 1974 (20 pp., Lewes: Farncombe) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Excavations 1973: Ringmer - Medieval Pottery Workings, Norlington Lane, by E. W. O'Shea, published January 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 12, article, p.47) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Quiet Revolution: social change in a Sussex village, 1871-1971, by Peter Ambrose, published 4 April 1974 (256 pp., London: Chatto & Windus, ISBN-10: 085621034X & ISBN-13: 9780856210341) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503476] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Protestation, 1641 - Alfriston, Newhaven, Ringmer and Whatlington, published December 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.84-89) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Excavations 1977: Ringmer Pottery Kiln, by E. W. O'Shea, published August 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 22, article, p.120, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1977: Ringmer, Medieval Pottery Kiln, 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

Pipe-line Sites: Ringmer to Horsted Keynes, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 13, report, p.15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Excavation Report 1979: Barnett's Mead, Ringmer, East Sussex, by J. I. Hadfield, published April 1980 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 30, article, p.199, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Excavation of a Medieval Kiln at Barnett's Mead, Ringmer, East Sussex, by J. Hadfield, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.89-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

The Ringmer Tithe Schedule and Map, 1840-1843, by John Kay, Rosemary Pritchard and John Harding, published 1982 (52 pp., published by the authors) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Ringmer History, no. 1, edited by John Kay and John Bleach, published 1982 (64 pp., Ringmer History Study Group) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Around the parish boundaries, by John Kay, published 1982 in Ringmer History (No. 1, article, pp.3-7)

Beating the bounds tradition.

Ringmer School in the Twenties, by Edith M. Courage, published 1982 in Ringmer History (Bo. 1, article, pp.8-11)

Memories of the primary school.

Plashett Park Farm almost 100 years ago, by Anna Beckwith, published 1982 in Ringmer History (No. 1, article, pp.12-18)

Ringmer poor in Chailey Union, 1835-1841, by Margaret Diggle, published 1982 in Ringmer History (No. 1, article, pp.19-27)

Clayhill House, by John Kay, published 1982 in Ringmer History (No. 1, article, pp.28-36)

Large house in Ringmer.

The medieval potters of Ringmer, by John Bleach, published 1982 in Ringmer History (No. 1, article, pp.43-54)

Hedge dating and the Potters' Fields at Ringmer, by Eileen Howard and Monica Maloney, published 1982 in Ringmer History (No. 1, article, pp.55-64)

Ringmer History, no. 2, edited by John Kay and John Bleach, published 1983 (60 pp., Ringmer History Study Group) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Ringmer in World War II, by Albert Jenkins, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.3-7)

Some glimpses of parish life, by Audrey Coombes, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.8-14)

Concerns Ringmer.

Problem families in Victorian Ringmer, by Margaret Diggle and John Kay, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.8-17)

Discusses the Clark, Evans and McKinley families.

The Chailey Unon, 1858-1873, by Margaret Diggle, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.15-23)

Dr William Heneage Legge, by Rosamond Pritchard and John Bleach, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.29-35)

Ringmer doctor from 1887 until his death in 1911.

Ringmer Park, by W. Heneage Legge, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.36-42)

Large house in Ringmer.

Ringmer Park - the last four hundred years, by Monica Maloney, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.43-50)

Large house in Ringmer.

Hedge dating at Ringmer Park, by Eileen Howard, published 1983 in Ringmer History (No. 2, article, pp.51-60)

Large house in Ringmer.

Ringmer History, no. 3, edited by John Kay and John Bleach, published 1984 (78 pp., Ringmer History Study Group) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The rural scene in Ringmer before the Great War, by Audrey Coombes, published 1984 in Ringmer History (No. 3, article, pp.3-7)

Ringmer parish magazines, by Eric Butterworth, published 1984 in Ringmer History (No. 3, article, pp.26-35)

Moor Lane and Neaves Lane, Ringmer - the hedges, by Monica Maloney and Eileen Howard, published 1984 in Ringmer History (No. 3, article, pp.67-78)

Burgess Family - Wheelwrights, by Kim Bayne, published June 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 2, article, pp.53-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edmund Burgess (1709-1757) married Jane Long in 1759. Their descendants include many wheelwrights and covers the years 1709 - 1958 in the parishes of Glynde, East Hoathly, Laughton, Ringmer, Blackboys, and Framfield

Problem Families in Victorian Ringmer, by Margaret Diggle abd John Kay, published March 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 4, article, pp.129-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Ringmer History, no. 4, edited by John Kay and John Bleach, published 1986 (41 pp., Ringmer History Study Group) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Ringmer Vicarage sex murder mystery, by John Kay, published 1986 in Ringmer History (No. 4, article, pp.3-13)

Hannah Smith, an itinerant dealer, in 1838.

Clarence Tritton: a man to remember, by Eric Butterworth, published 1986 in Ringmer History (No. 4, article, pp.14-17)

Active member of the parish, lived in Ringmer 1926-76.

The people's bell, by Caroline Randall and Michelle Barnes, published 1986 in Ringmer History (No. 4, article, pp.21-28)

The bell at Ringmer parish church, cast in 1804, and its bell tower.

Walecote: a British settlement in an Anglo-Saxon estate ? , by John Bleach, published 1986 in Ringmer History (No. 4, article, pp.35-41)

Shared between Ringmer and South Malling parishes.

The sad plight of David Hayler, by Margaret Diggle, published 1986 in Ringmer History (No. 4, article, pp.42-49)

Letters from 1864 reflecting the difficulties of this labourer's life.

Memorandums relating to the ancient and present state of the Broile Park in the parishes of Ringmer and Framfield in the County of Sussex, October 1766, by John Elliot, published 1986 in Ringmer History (No. 4, article, pp.50-61)

Now named Broyle Park.

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

Ringmer paths, by Anne and John Stamper, published 1991 (3rd edition, originally published 1975, 16 pp., Ringmer Parish Council) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

This guide contains maps and descriptions of all the footpaths and bridle paths in the Parish of Ringmer which are shown on the Definitive Map held by the County Council.

Ringmer - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.173-176, 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

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

Reverend Henry Snooke, M.A., (1657-1727), by Ronald Tibble, published March 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 1, article, pp.32-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Henry Snooke, born c.1657 the son of John Snooke of Dorchester, was educated at the Free Grammar School there and Christchurch, Oxford. He was ordained priest in 1681 and inducted to Stoughton before becoming Vicar of St Nicholas, Brighthelmston in 1682 and then Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin, Ringmer in 1690. He married first Mary Short of Lewes and they had one son Henry born 5 November 1693. Mary died 6 May 1903 and Henry then married Mary Rose a widow at Jevington on 4 February 1706. He died at the age of 70 on 16 October 1727 and is buried at Ringmer.

Rev. Thomas Hurdis, LL.B. (1673-1733), by Ronald Tibble, published September 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 3, article, pp.102-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262][Lib/504013] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Biography of Thomas Hurdis son of Thomas Hurdis and Elizabeth Samborne. He married Mary Bowyer in 1700 and they had at least nine children. He was appointed Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Ringmer in 1727 where he died six years later in 1733.

Valiant Hearts of Ringmer: Ringmer village war memorial, by Geoffrey Bridger, published 1993 (103 pp., Ammonite Press, ISBN-10: 1898626006 & ISBN-13: 9781898626008) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503477] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This book is an excellent example of what patient and painstaking research can do to the benefit of the life and social history of an English village. The author has taken the fifty-three names on the War Memorial (forty-two of them are of the Great War) and traced their background, their military service, the circumstances of their deaths and their place of burial or commemoration thus providing a short biography of each man. By this Mr Bridger has ensured, in the words on the altar of sacrifice in every Commonwealth War Grave cemetery and repeated in Lord Callaghan's Foreword, that "their name liveth for evermore". The front of the book is a lovely colour photo of the War Memorial on the village green. A fine tribute to fifty-three men who might otherwise have been forgotten with the passing of time.

The Reverend Edward Palmer, M.A. (1708-1747), by The late Ronald Tibble, published March 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 5, article, pp.178-181) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edward Palmer was baptised on 30 December 1708 at Charlton Marshall, Dorset the son of Reverend Samuel Palmer and Catherine Wake. Edward was educated at Merton College, Oxford and in 1732 became curate at his father's church at Wylye, Wiltshire. He was ordained Deacon in 1733, Priest in 1736 and became Vicar of St Mary the Virgin at Ringmer that year a position he held until his death in 1747. He married Mary and they had three children.

A Family Tale: Eleanor Peckham of Ringmer, by Nigel K. Packham, published September 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 3, article, pp.114-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research of the descendants of John Peckham and Eleanor Taylor who married in 1674. She inherited Kenners in Willingham near Ringmer which was inherited down the family to her great-grandson John Peckham who married Mary Cooper in 1775.

Memories of the Second World War, published 1995 (Ringmer: Ringmer Community College) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Queen's Coachman, our only claim to fame, by Christine Jackson, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.191-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edwin Miller, born 1836 in Ringmer, the son of William and Charlotte Miller was coachman to Queen Victoria for 40 years.

A short guide to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ringmer, E Sussex, by Anne and John Stamper, published 1996 (published by the authors) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Burgesses of Brighton, by Don Burgess, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.34-37) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Henry Burgess (1805-1901) married Elizabeth Parsons at St Nicholas' Church in Brighton 3 September 1828. He had a successful butcher's shop at 41 Meeting House Lane where he supplied produce to such customers as the Royal Pavilion. They had four children who died early followed by Elizabeth who died 7 October 1864. Henry married Eliza Lidbetter in October 1866, moved to Ringmer where they had one child, Frank Walter Burgess, born 29 August 1867 who married Mary Ann Paris in March 1893.

Parish Profile no. 5: Ringmer, by Reg Towner, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, p.53) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Ringmer - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.219-220, 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

Ringmer chapels, by John E. Kay, published 1998 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 136, shorter article, pp.205-207) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13921] & The Keep [LIB/500297] & S.A.S. library

Gardener's Tale: George Moon's Early Days in the Ringmer Area and Working Life as a Gardener, edited by Susan Rowland, published 1 December 1998 (64 pp., published by the editor, ISBN-10: 1898950075 & ISBN-13: 9781898950073) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Ringmer, East Sussex: monumental inscriptions, published 1999 (Ringmer: Ringmer History Study Group) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

One of the Best Schools in the District: The Story of Ringmer School, edited by Anna Kay, published 1 May 1999 (64 pp., Fair Meadow Press, ISBN-10: 0953564509 & ISBN-13: 9780953564507) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Broyle Enclosure, 1767-71, by John E. Kay, published 2000 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 138, article, pp.165-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14509] & The Keep [LIB/500298] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The enclosure of the Broyle, a large deer-park that also served as the main area of common land for the parishes of Ringmer, Glynde and South Malling, was brought about by a private Act of Parliament of 1767. This was the first Parliamentary Enclosure Act in the county of Sussex and one of the largest. The enclosure was hotly contested and an unusual amount of background information has survived, allowing insight into the exercise of power and influence in this 18th-century rural community and identification of the interest-groups promoting and opposing enclosure.

Henry Turner, Brickmaker Master 1804-1872, by Pat Bracher, published 2002 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 32, article, pp.2-7, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506530]   Download PDF

Valuations for The Broyle Brickyard, Ringmer and Pound Land Brickyard, Laughton

A silver thread: a short history of Ringmer U3A, by Bob Cairns, published 2005 (16 pp., Ringmer: Ringmer U3A)

A centenary celebration of Ringmer Football Club: 1905-2005, by David Ruffles, published 2005 (175 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502390] & East Sussex Libraries

An assemblage of medieval pottery found at the former Police House, Lewes Road, Ringmer, East Sussex, TQ 453 127, by David Gregory, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, short article, pp.206-209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A rosarian shares his private passion The delightful romantic rose-filled garden of Ringmer Park, East Sussex, by Anthony Noel, published June 2008 in Country Life (vol. 202 no. 23, article, pp.142-147) accessible at: British Library

A life with crime politics and adventure, by Mary McPherson, published 2009 (published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Tells of growing up in St Leonard's on Sea in the 1930s and 1940s, and her experiences as a probation officer in East Sussex in the 1960s. Much of the work involved what would now be done by social workers. In 1993 she was elected as a Liberal Democrat county councillor for Ringmer, where she served for 12 years

Mapping the archaeology of Ringmer parish to AD 1349, by David H. Millum, published 2011 (The Author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Ringmer, St. Mary - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.271-279, 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

Medieval occupation and clay extraction at Lewes Road, Ringmer, East Sussex, by Sean Wallis, published 2013 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 151, article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18616] & The Keep [LIB/507730] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation at Lewes Road, Ringmer, revealed evidence from several phases. One group of post-holes may very tentatively be interpreted as prehistoric; the few prehistoric and Roman finds were mainly residual in later features. Occupation on the site dated from the late 11th to early 15th centuries. In its first phase this consisted of field boundaries, a ditched trackway and rubbish pits. Activity on the site shifted north during the mid 13th to 14th centuries. A rectangular, post-built structure was identified, along with a chalk-lined well and a hearth, which could all be contemporary. A series of large irregular pits of this date were probably clay quarries. In the late 14th or early 15th century, a large pit was floored in chalk and chalk block walls were inserted. The function of this large feature is not clear; it may have been used as a settling tank for clay for ceramic production.

What's in a Name? From Cardinal Richelieu to Plashett Park, by Colin Child, published April 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 129, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Even some woods and farms in Sussex have names which are known in different forms round the world. One example is Plashett Park, Wood and Park Farm located north-east of Ringmer, near Lewes. Plashett Park was a gentleman's hunting park and the gentleman concerned in this case was the Archbishop of Canterbury until the Dissolution when it was acquired by the Gage family.

A medieval pottery production centre at Norlington Lane, Ringmer, East Sussex, by David Gregory, published 2014 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 152, article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18617] & The Keep [LIB/508097] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Lewes Archaeological Group (LAG) undertook a two-year excavation programme on a medieval pottery production centre which was under threat from deep ploughing. The first year showed that a substantial deposit originating from a waster heap had been spread over the workshop remains. The second year uncovered a kiln, for which it was a priority to obtain an archaeomagnetic date. Following the excavations, the LAG instigated a programme to evaluate the pottery by using a database, and to obtain a petrological analysis of the fabrics, along with a drawing record of the pottery types. The results would help with understanding of the medieval Ringmer pottery industry, accomplish a more accurate dating for Sussex pottery, and develop our understanding of medieval kiln technology.

Land at The Forge, Bishops Lane, Ringmer (NGR: TQ45291279) - desk-based assessment, evaluation and geophysical survey reports, by Sean Wallis, Daniel Bray, Tim Dawson and James McNicholl-Norbury, published November 2014 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Land at Lower Lodge Farm, Ringmer (NGR: TQ46471300) - geophysical report, by Daniel Bray and Kyle Beaverstock, published May 2015 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Land at Sunnymede, Norlington Lane, Ringmer (NGR: TQ44651298) - evaluation report, by Sean Wallis, published September 2015 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

Titleworth, Harvard Road, Ringmer (NGR: TQ44581217) - watching brief report, by Teresa Vieira, published June 2016 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

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