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Parish of Southwick, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, pp.216-219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southwick, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.173-174, 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 Southwick, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)

Portslade and Southwick drainage, 1902: intercepting sewer and outfall, by George Stow, published 1903 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (vol. 151, article)

Inventory of Parochial Documents. Documents belonging to the Rector and Church Wardens of Southwick, compiled by E. F. Salmon, published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, article, pp.301-304) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Church Plate, by E. F. Salmon, published 1912 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 55, notes & queries, p.321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2140] & The Keep [LIB/500273] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Southwick, by Ernest Frederick Salmon, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, article, pp.87-112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Two Notes on Roman Sussex. 2: Southwick Roman Villa Site, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1926 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 67, article, pp.88-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2152] & The Keep [LIB/500285] & S.A.S. library

The Amenities of Southwick, by S. P. B. Mais, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 8, article, pp.535-541) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

Southwick Roman Villa, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 6, article, pp.422-428; no. 7, pp.479-485) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Roman Villa at Southwick, by S. E. Winbolt, published 1932 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 73, article, pp.13-32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2158] & The Keep [LIB/500356] & S.A.S. library

Memories of Southwick and Kingston Bowsey, by James Rooke and C. Richard Ward, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 11, article, pp.715-720) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Sussex Archaeological Trust: Southwick Roman Villa, by E. F. Salmon, published November 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 8, article, pp.240-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Primitive Sundials on West Sussex Churches. I - St. Julian, Kingston Buci & II - St. Michael, Southwick, by E. F. Salmon, published February 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 1, article, pp.19-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Discovery at Southwick Roman Villa, by C. Richard Ward, published May 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 2, article, p.52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Roman Villa at Southwick. New Discoveries 1933-1934, by C. Richard Ward, published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.90-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Lands held by English Religious Houses situated outside the County V. Land Held by Reigate Priory at Southwick, by M. S. H. [Mary S. Holgate], published May 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 6, article, pp.176-177) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Southwick, by E F S, published 1936 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7824]

Roman Coin [at Southwick], by E. F. Salmon, published February 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 1, note, p.29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Bygone Southwick, by C. Richard Ward, F.R.S.A., published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 10, article, pp.690-691) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

Roman Finds. Southwick and Lancing, by C. Richard Ward, published November 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 4, article, pp.118-119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

The Capital By-the-Sea: A survey of Brighton, Hove and Worthing Including the Adjacent Towns of Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham, Lancing and Surrounding Countryside, by Harold P. Clunn, published 1953 (206 pp., Southern Publishing Ltd.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bronzes from Southwick, by Robert A. Kennedy, Assistant Curator, Brighton Museum, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, article, pp.113-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

Southwick Roman Villa, by R. A. Canham, published November 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 8, note, pp.280-281) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Kelly's Directory of Brighton & Hove with Portslade, Southwick and Shoreham, published 1968 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501016][Lib/504651]

Kelly's Directory of Brighton & Hove with Portslade, Southwick and Shoreham, published 1970 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501014]

Kelly's Directory of Brighton & Hove with Portslade, Southwick and Shoreham, published 1971 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9132] & The Keep [LIB/501013][Lib/504653]

Kelly's Directory of Brighton & Hove with Portslade, Southwick and Shoreham, published 1972 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12806] & The Keep [LIB/501011]

Southwick Urban District Council, 1899-1974, published 1974 (pamphlet, Southwick Urban District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5337]

Kelly's Directory of Brighton & Hove with Portslade, Southwick and Shoreham, published 1974 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., ISBN-10: 061000400X & ISBN-13: 9780610004001) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12808] & The Keep [LIB/504654]

Parish of Southwick, by A. P. Baggs, C. R. J. Currie, C. R. Elrington, S. M. Keeling, A. M. Rowland and edited by T. P. Huson, published 1 January 1980 in A History of the County of Sussex (vol. 6, part 1: Southern part of the Rape of Bramber, pp.173-183, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0197227538 & ISBN-13: 9780197227534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7542][Lib 7543] & The Keep [LIB/500085] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

A Portrait of Southwick, by A. G. Elliott, published 1 April 1982 (32 pp. & 53 illus., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950638757 & ISBN-13: 9780950638751) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Southwick Memories Part 1, edited by N. F. Divers, published 1983 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12220] & West Sussex Libraries

Southwick Community Association, 1945-1985, published 1985 (booklet, Southwick & Fishersgate Community Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9440]

Excavations on the Site of the Southwick Roman Villa, 1965 and 1981, by David R. Rudling, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.73-84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Appendix Six. Southwick Roman villa, by E.W. Black, published 1 September 1987 in The Roman villas of South-East England (pp.102-104, British Archaeological Reports, ISBN-10: 0860544575 & ISBN-13: 9780860544579) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southwick's Boundaries, by N. F. Divers, published 1989 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12221] & West Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Steyning district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.107-117, 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

Steyning district incl. Shoreham, Hove, Preston, Patcham, West Blatchington, Hangleton, Portslade, Southwick, Kingston-by-Sea, Sompting, Coombs, Buttolphs, Upper Beeding, Edburton, Poynings, Woodmancote, Henfield, Ashurst & Shermanbury

The Manor Cottage, Southwick, Sussex, by Jack Parsley, published December 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 4, article, pp.124-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Methodist Church, Southwick, Silver Jubilee Book, 1966-1991, by Derek Rawson and Laurion Rawson, published 1991 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12219]

The Manor Cottage, Southwick, by Nigel F Divers, published 1994 (pamphlet, Southwick Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12225] & West Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Brighton, Hove, Preston, Patcham, West Blatchington, Hangelton, Portslade, Aldrington, Southwick, Kingston-by-Sea & Shoreham, by June C. Barnes, published June 1994 (vol. 24, booklet, C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd.)

The Manor Cottage Southwick, by Nigel F. Divers, published April 1995 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 55, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/55] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

Memories of Southwick and Kingston Bowsey, 1805-1889, by James Rooke, published April 1995 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 55, article, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/55] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

A Walk round Manor Cottage, Southwick, by Nigel F. Divers, published October 1995 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 56, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/56] & The Keep [LIB/500484]

Rotary Club of Shoreham and Southwick: The First Fifty Years, by John Harrison, published 1996 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13221]

Southwick Remembered: The Story of Albion Street, by Nigel F. Divers, published 1 December 1996 (pamphlet, 26 pp., Southwick Society, ISBN-10: 0952958104 & ISBN-13: 9780952958109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13372] & Southwick Society & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southwick at War 1939-1945, by Nigel Divers, published 1997 (Southwick Society) accessible at: Southwick Society

Southwick - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.242, 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

Southwick Men in the Great War, by Nigel F. Divers, published April 1998 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 61, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/61] & The Keep [LIB/500485]

Southwick Schooldays, by Nigel F. Divers, published October 1998 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 62, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/62] & The Keep [LIB/500486]

Southwick 2000, published 2000 (pamphlet, Southwick Together A Millennium Party) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14145]

St Michael and All Angels, Southwick, by B. D. Parish, published 2002 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14913] & West Sussex Libraries

Memories of Southwick & Kingston Buci, by Ted Heasman, published 2009 (Southwick Society) accessible at: Southwick Society

A Southwick Century: A Hundred Years of Memories, by Doris Randall, published 14 October 2009 (24 pp., Southwick Society) accessible at: Southwick Society

A Personal account of life in the village - now town - of Southwick, West Sussex, England, over the course of 100 years. Fascinating reading for those who know Southwick and for anyone wanting to learn how life has changed over the century.

Beyond the villa: excavation at Southwick, West Sussex, 2008, by Giles Standing, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, short article, pp.247-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Further beyond the villa: Southwick revisited, 1933 and 2008, by Giles Standing, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, short article, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Early Roman stone tesserae from Southwick villa, West Sussex, by J. R. L. Allen and Giles Standing, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, article, pp.95-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Lavishly planned, perhaps in imitation of Fishbourne palace at Chichester nearby to the west, the early Flavian villa at Southwick stands on the coastal plain of the South Downs and the Channel seaboard. It has experienced a complicated and varied sequence of investigations over the last 200 years, but nothing now remains above ground. Losses, dispersals and disposals have significantly reduced the number of border/corridor and mosaic tesserae recovered over the years. Those that remain are of ceramic, soft and hard chalk and, on scientific examination, in this paper, Kimmeridgian dolomitic cement stone. They were probably used to make bichrome ('black' and white), geometric mosaics in the reception rooms and bath suites of the villa. Except for the lack of red and yellow burnt Kimmeridgian shales, the assemblage of tesserae is similar in character to those employed for early mosaics (1st century-early 2nd century AD) across southern Britain as a whole, from Exeter and Caerleon in the west to Silchester, London, Fishbourne and Eccles in the east. All of the sites benefited from a well-organised mosaic industry that exploited the varied geological resources of the Poole-Purbeck region of Dorset. This piece places Southwick villa within this context for the first time.

Gilt-glass tesserae from Southwick Roman villa, West Sussex: a reappraisal, by Giles Standing and G. Jeffery Leigh, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, short article, pp.214-) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Southwick Roman villa. Its discovery, excavation, public display and eventual loss - A Cautionary Tale., by David Rudling and G. Jeff Leigh, 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

This paper provides a history of the discovery, excavation, attempts at interpretation, public display, ownership, and eventual loss/general destruction of one of the most important archaeological sites to have been found in Sussex: a large early Roman villa (or 'mini-palace') at Southwick. It is ultimately a very sad story, beginning with various very poorly recorded excavations in the 19th century before eventual large-scale but still poorly documented excavations and then public display in the 1930s. Ultimately, in the 1950s, the lack of adequate financial resources resulted in the then owners and guardians of the villa, the Sussex Archaeological Trust, deciding to sell the site for building development. Also sad is the fact that most of the finds recovered from the various 19th- and 20th-century excavations are not kept in museums; instead, many finds were given away or not retained. We recount this sorry and cautionary tale, but also provide the results of recent research including the 'discovery' and now publication of two important 19th-century excavation plans.

Gold Glass Tesserae said to be from the Roman Villa Site at Southwick, West Sussex, by Liz James, G. J. Leigh and Nadine Schibille, published September 2013 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 93, article, pp.93-107)   View Online

This paper seeks to characterise through elemental analysis some unusual gold glass tesserae said to have been found at a Roman villa site in Southwick, West Sussex. The site is no longer accessible, being underneath a Methodist chapel, but it has been excavated, to some extent, on several occasions. Glass tesserae are not common in a British setting but they are by no means unusual in Roman mosaics. Gold glass tesserae, however, in which gold leaf is sandwiched between two layers of glass, are very unusual: fewer than twenty such tesserae are known from Roman Britain and the seven examples from Southwick make up the largest single group. However, the provenance of these Southwick tesserae remains doubtful and so they were analysed and compared to gold glass tesserae from Roman London to try and establish whether they are compositionally related to typical Roman glass. For comparative reasons, the handful of coloured glass tesserae from Southwick were also analysed. Our results suggest that the tesserae said to be from Southwick are anomalous in relation to the other material and cannot be assigned to the Roman period.

Southwick & Shoreham Through Time, by Douglas D'Enno, published 28 February 2014 (Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445606429 & ISBN-13: 9781445606422)

Southwick: Extension to Conservation Area, published (no date) (Adur District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8647]

St Michael and All the Angels Parish Church, Southwick, published (no date) (pamphlet, St Michael's Southwick) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13485]

Southwick Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW187, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1606-1640, 1664-1900 Marriages 1606-1640, 1654-1900 Burials 1606-1641, 1655-1901 Indexed Transcription. Vol.187.

Adur Valley and Brighton & Hove - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C008, CD-ROM)

Aldrington, Botolphs, Brighton (9), Coombes, Edburton, Kingston Buci, Lancing, Hangleton (2), Hove (2), Newtimber, Patcham, Poynings, Pycombe, Old Shoreham, Southwick (5), Steyning (4),West Blatchington, and Wiston,