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Parish of Rudgwick, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, p.168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The History and Antiquities of Horsham, by Howard Dudley, published 1836 (reprinted in 2002 by Country Books, 112 pp., ISBN-10: 1898941726 & ISBN-13: 9781898941729) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4251] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries   View Online

The reprint is a facsimile of one of the rarest topographical books on Sussex, first published in 1836 by a sixteen-year-old schoolboy. Illustrated with lithographs and wood engravings, the book covers the market town of Horsham and the surrounding villages of Rusper, Warnham, Roffy, Nuthurst, Itchingfield, Slinfold and Rudgwick. The contents include: the parish church, the county gaol, the Independent's chapel, the Wesleyan chapel, Collier's School, the National School, the Royal British Schools, the great houses and estates, the dragon in St Leonard's Forest, a list of Horsham inns, details of coaches, plants found in the area, fossils, population, roads, Horsham fairs, etc

Rudgewick, sometimes written Rudgwick, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.130-131, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

The Naldretts of Naldrett, Rudgwick., by Samuel Evershed, published 1872 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 24, notes & queries, pp.288-291) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2109] & The Keep [LIB/500242] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Rudgwick, published 1877 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Rudgwick Church Keys, by S.N.Q. contributor, published February 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 1, note, p.26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

A Sussex Outpost , by Ernest Straker, published November 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 4, note, pp.127-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Salmon Chantry, by Spencer D. Secretan, published August 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 7, reply, p.226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Report of Local Secretary. Rudgwick, by S. D. Secretan, published 1933 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 74, notes & queries, p.251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2159] & The Keep [LIB/500355] & S.A.S. library

Rudgwick, by W. R. Ingle, published August 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 7, query and reply, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Rudgwick, by Spencer D. Secretan, published November 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 8, note, pp.243-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans XXXIV: Holy Trinity, Rudgwick, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 8, article, pp.246-247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Guide to the Church of Holy Trinity, Rudgwick, by Walter H Godfrey, published 1937 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4908] & West Sussex Libraries

A Village Industry [The Rudgwick Woodcraft Company], by J. P. R. Postlethwaite, C.B.E., published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 12, article, pp.777-779) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Paved Footpaths [at Rudgwick], by Spencer D. Secretan, published February 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 1, query, p.28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Old Land, by Spencer D. Secretan, published May 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 6, note, p.141) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Old Land, by Spencer D. Secretan, published August 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 7, note, p.159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Napper of Warnham, Ifold and Rudgwick, by John Evelyn, published August 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 3, query, p.67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

The County Boundary at Rudgwick, by Spencer D. Secretan, published August 1947 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 7, note, p.157) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

Gravatts, Rudgwick, by Spencer D. Secretan, published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, article, p.106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Wanford Mill, Rudgwick, by S. D. Secretan, published May 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 6 & 7, note, p.165) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Godley's Lane, Rudgwick, by S. D. Secretan, published May 1950 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 2, note, pp.40-41) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Gibbons' Bridges, by Paul Adorian and G. D. Johnston, published May 1960 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 5, note, pp.167-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Gibbons Mill House, by Paul Adorian, published November 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 6, note, p.203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Story of Gibbons Mill [water mill in Rudgwick], by Paul Adorian, published 1970 (pamphlet, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4026]

The Parish of Rudgwick, published 1975 (pamphlet, Horsham District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10323]

Rudgwick Memories, by Peggy Walker, published 1 November 1982 (93 pp., D. J. Ellis, ISBN-10: 0950602426 & ISBN-13: 9780950602424) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8613] & West Sussex Libraries

The 'Druid Altars' at Rudgwick, West Sussex, by Frederick G. Aldsworth, published 1983 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 121, archaeological note, p.212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8902] & The Keep [LIB/500308] & S.A.S. library

Fairfield Folk at Bodiam and Rudgwick Fairs, 1841, by John Bleach, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, historical note, pp.266-270) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Fossil dragonflies in Horsham Museum, by E. A. Jarzembowski, published 1994 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 105 issue 1, article, pp.71-75)   View Online

The family Petaluridae (Odonata: Anisoptera) is reported for the first time in the English Wealden from a new insect locality (Rudgwick Brickworks) and two new species, Libellulium zdrzaleki and Libellulium standingae spp. nov., are described.

The development of timber-framed buildings in the Sussex Weald: the architectural heritage of the parish of Rudgwick, by Diana Chatwin, published 1996 (vii & 232 pp., Rudgwick Preservation Society, ISBN-10: 0907264999 & ISBN-13: 9780907264996) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13362] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rudgwick - its Origins and the Allberry Family, by Alan Siney and Ric Allberry, published 1996 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13980]

Map of the Parish of Rugwick, West Sussex, Containing the List of Ninety-Nine Grade-Listed Buildings and the Location of Each Within the Parish. Also Showing all Footpaths and Bridleways with their Designated Numbers, exisiting at September 1997, by Alan J. Siney, published 1998 (Rudgwick Preservation Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Rudgwick - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.226, 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

Rudgwick Parish Registers, by F. L. Leeson, published April 1998 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 61, article, p.7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/61] & The Keep [LIB/500485]

Variation in the survival rate of timber-framed buildings in two Sussex parishes, by Diana Chatwin, published 2003 in Vernacular architecture (vol. 34, article, pp.32-36) accessible at: British Library   View Online

During the recording of the timber-framed houses in the adjacent parishes of Slinfold and Rudgwick, it became evident that there was a significant difference in the survival rate of houses in the two parishes. There are eighty-nine surviving timber-framed houses of all ages in Rudgwick, but only forty-five in Slinfold. Allowing for the smaller acreage of Slinfold parish, this gives 14.8 houses per 1000 acres in Rudgwick, compared with 10.6 for Slinfold. This article seeks to explain why this may be so, and also places the survival rates for these two parishes within the wider context of those for other West Sussex parishes.

The Geology of Rudgwick Parish Church, by Roger Birch, published 2007 (Rudgewick Preservation Society)

16 page booklet documents the many different types of stone used in the construction of the Holy Trinity Church (including the Sussex Marble font). The booklet reviews the building of the church and takes the reader on a tour of the geological features of each of the stones used and where they may have been quarried locally.

Rudgwick's Early Bells and Bellringers, by Ann Williams, published December 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 8, article, pp.361-363) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509026]

"Sire lett us ring agayne and let us goe all to Chichester together" said Rudgwick resident, John NALDRETT in 1639 - but more of that anon.
There were bells in the tower of Holy Trinity, Rudgwick in 1521 when Humfrey LONGERSTE of Rudgwick left four pence 'to the bellys' in his will. Interestingly in 1545 Ellen KNIGHT of Rudgwick left money in her will for "the new bell".
Rudgwick's tower was built in the early 1200s and bells may have been installed soon after. Church bells of the period hung mouth-down and, with the aid of ropes and levers, were made to swing through small arcs, the bells sounding as the clappers struck the sides of the bells - the bells were not necessarily in tune with each other.

Rudgwick Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW22, CD-ROM)

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1900, Banns 1754-1877. Indexed Transcription. Includes 9 photographs.Vol.22.