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Parish of Salehurst, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.580-585) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Salehurst, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.141-142, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Some Entries in Salehurst Parish Books, by R. C. Hussey, published 1873 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 25, article, pp.152-162) 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 Salehurst, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)

A short history of the parish of Salehurst, Sussex, by Leonard J. Hodson, published 1914 (131 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503494] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The geology of Etchingham and Robertsbridge, Sussex. Weald Research Committee Report, No. 11, by A. A. Fitch, A.R.C.S., B.Sc., published 1930 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 41 issue 1, article, pp.53-62)   View Online

The area described is 24 square miles in extent; it forms part of the Central Weald of Sussex and Kent, and constitutes Sheet XXX, Sussex, and part of Sheet LXXVIII, Kent, of the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch Series: the geological map is Sheet 5 of the Old Series (one-inch). It includes four towns or large villages - Burwash, Etchingham, Robertsbridge and Salehurst.

The Manor of Etchingham cum Salehurst, by Sylvanus P. Vivian, published 1953 (vol. 53, Sussex Record Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2269] & The Keep [LIB/504463][Lib/500429]

This is a transcript of the Survey of the Manor made in 1597 collated with two rentals of 1658 & 1659; a book of Court Rolls 1742-1865; and a set of maps dating from the first half of the 19th century; with a lucid and exhaustive commentary and explanation by the Editor. The volume is especially noticeable for the very helpful set of maps taken from the current Ordnance Survey on which the Editor has (after being at great pains first to identify them) marked by verge lines and reference numbers the parcels mentioned in the Survey. The Volume is a delight and should be in the hands of everyone interested not only in manorial customs rents and incidents, but also in genealogy and in the topography of this part of the County and evolution of its Place-names.

Bodiam Castle, Sussex: Did its builder also construct Dalygrigge's Bay divert the river Kennet and thereby concede about 15 acres of Sussex land to Kent?, by F. C. Clark, published 1955 (24 pp., Cranbrook: Ceylon House) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502453] & East Sussex Libraries

This centres round the Royal Permission of the 3rd February, 1385/6 for Sir Edward Dalyngregge to divert a watercourse from "Dalyngreggesbay" in Salehurst to his mill in Bodyham by bringing it to the mill by an ancient dyke in his own ground (see Calendar of Patent Rolls, p. 98). The book is an interesting study of the locality and is very well illustrated with pertinent photographs. The Author's identification of this mill with Bodiam Mill on the Kent Ditch can be accepted as established - it could hardly have been at Bodiam Castle, which is described as by the Sea in the contemporary licence to crenellate; but it may well be doubted if any alteration in the county boundary resulted from the grant. Such boundaries were then well established and did not shift if a stream changed its course (cf : the numerous instances on the Arun, where the river and the parish boundaries do not coincide though the discrepancy is small). The new course is described as an ancient dyke and may well have been a side stream already existing - at all events the Bay where it started was in Salehurst, which is Sussex.

Salehurst Church: The Wigsell Chapel, by J. L. Ward, published November 1955 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 7 & 8, article, pp.112-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

The Restoration of St. Mary's Church, Salehurst and a note on Robertsbridge Abbey, by J. L. Ward, published May 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 3, article, pp.77-82) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans CXI: The Parish Church of St. Mary, Salehurst, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1961 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 8, article, pp.265-267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Sir Stephen Glynne's Notes on Churches: Jevington, Northiam, Ore, Peasmarsh, Pett, Playden, Rye, Salehurst, Salehurst, Sedlescombe, Ticehurst, by the late V. J. Torr, published November 1967 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 10, article, pp.339-349) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Emigrants, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 6, article, pp.162-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Passage was paid for emigrants to go to Australia and Canada. Listed by date, ship, name, age and place of embarkation and covers the years 1838 - 1857 in the parish of Salehurst

Salehurst, East Sussex, MI's, by C. W. Field, published March 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.100-106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Salehurst (including Robertsbridge & Hurst Green), Bodiam & Wadhurst, by June C. Barnes, published May 1988 (vol. 12, booklet, 80 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-13: 9781870264075) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11241] & The Keep [LIB/503433] & East Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Ticehurst district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.44-50, 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

Ticehurst district incl. Burwash, Etchingham, Salehurst, Wadhurst, Lamberhurst & Frant

Salehurst - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.185-190, 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

The Excavation of a Medieval Aisled Hall at Park Farm, Salehurst, East Sussex, by Mark Gardiner, Gwen Jones and David Martin, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.81-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Dutch' labourers at Salehurst in 1566-1568, by Anne Dalton, published 1996 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 16, article, pp.19-23, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506563]   Download PDF

It is well known that the Sidneys brought German steel workers to England in 1564 to produce steel at their Robertsbridge ironworks and at Boxhurst in Kent (these were often referred to as 'Dutch'). Rhys Jenkins listed the names he had found in the Sidney papers at Penshurst as: John Frolycke, John Bowde, Gervase Krisker (or Brisker), Harman Bowde, William Folycke, Peter Kriskar, Adolp Zincke, John Ferderbecker (Federbeck), John Cromer, Jacob Scult, John Bearmane, Roquis Smorde (Rocus Smede), Semper van Loue, Harman Crine, Pete of Breckerfillde, Henericks, Corte, Powle and John Quakenberge (brough).

Thomas Weller, Potter of Brede, His Forebears and Descendants, by Dr. Raymond F. Walker, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, pp.67-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Weller, owner of the Brede pottery, was the fourth son William Weller (1744-1812) and Mary Ashdown (1750-1829). Article covers the Weller family for the years 1744 - 1890 in the parishes of Salehurst and Westfield.

Arms and the Man, by Maurice Packham, published September 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 7, article, pp.243-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508814] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Traces the heraldry of the Peckhams from John the Elder of Mayfield who in 1592 bought land in Salehurst and thereby became the Lord of the Manor of Bosnyes. Three generations later William the Younger rebuilt Iridge House. Questions are raised over the pedigree.

Salehurst - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.231-232, 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

Investigating local war memorial committees: demobilised soldiers, the bereaved and expressions of local pride in Sussex villages, 1918-1921, by Keith Grieves, published 2000 in Local Historian (vol. 30, no. 1, article, pp.39-58)   View Online

Six case-studies: Slinfold, Warnham, Ashurst, Salehurst, East Chiltington and Angmering.

The life and times of Sir John and Lady Laetitia Lade, by Colin W. Field, published December 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 4, article, pp.175-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Manor of Etchingham-cum-Salehurst was owned by the Lade family from 1752 to the early years of the 19th century. The last owners were Sir John and Lady Laetitia Lade.

Secret history, by Colin W. Field, published June 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 2, article, pp.73-75) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508835] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The 'fight for the parishes' between orthodoxy and innovation at Salehurst and Brede

Some Harmers of Salehurst, by Nigel Sawyer, published September 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 3, article, p.162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508970] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Round about the New Year I decided the time had come to write up my family history. There was a lot of information and over the years my sister and myself had managed to get the SAWYER line back to 1705. It was only when I started to collate all the data I realised that there were several gaps especially in the mid 1800s when we had not worried too much about the 1851, 1861 or 1871 censuses. Having now looked at these online there was a lot of useful snippets of information to be had but that's another story (or perhaps article!). However one of our ancestors who intrigued us from the start was Harriat HARMER and that is because her illegitimate daughter Ann married into the SAWYERs.

Salehurst, St. Mary the Virgin - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.306-315, 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

Excavation of an iron-working site at Scott's Hollow, Salehurst, East Sussex - an interim report, published 2016 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 36 (Part I), report, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509250]

1841 Census vol.15 - Wadhurst, Salehurst and Bodiam, published (no date) by PBN Publications (Ref: BPCQ, CD-ROM)