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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex - Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, St. Leonards, Rye . Forming also a guide to all the Watering Places, by John Docwra Parry and engraved by R. Martin, published 1833 (435 pp., Brighton: Wright & Son) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 48][Lib 17333] & The Keep [LIB/504860] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Parish of St. Leonards, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, p.441) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

St. Vincent de Paul and the Sisters of Charity, published 1836 (xix + 74 pp., London: W. E. Andrews)

with some particulars of the Establishment to be erected at St. Leonard's, Hastings; and a dedicatory epistle to … the Duke of Newcastle [in reply to remarks by the Duke upon that establishment]

Ross's Hastings & St. Leonard's Guide, published c.1840 (86 pp., Hastings: T. Ross) accessible at: British Library

containing a variety of information respecting the history & antiquities of the above and neighbouring towns. With a full description of all subjects necessary to the comfort & accommodation of visitors. [With plates]

The Hand-Book for Hastings, St. Leonard's and their neighbourhood, by Mary M Howard, published 1845 (viii + 228 pp., Hastings: William Diplock) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Hope's Pictorial Guide to Hastings & St Leonards, with numerous illustrations of public buildings, etc., and an alphabetical list of the plants, ferns, and algae, in the neighbourhood, by I. Hope, published 1847 (Hastings: I. Hope, East Parade)

Views of St. Leonard's, on Sea, Near Hastings: Dedicated by Special Permission to Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, by John Foulon, published c.1850 (7 leaves, St. Leonards: C. H. Southall) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Southern Watering Places: Hastings, St. Leonard's, Dover, and Tunbridge Wells … With remarks on the remedial influence of climate, by Edwin Lee, published 1856 (76 pp., London: J. Churchill) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Hastings and St. Leonard's on Sea: their meteorology and climate, by John Charles Savery, published 1859 (58 pp., London: J. Churchill) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

St. Leonards (sometimes called St. Leonards-on-Sea), by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.146-147, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Whiteman's Guide to Hastings, St. Leonards and the Neighbourhood, by Spencer Whiteman, published 1875 (sixth edition, S. Whiteman) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Highlands of Hastings and St Leonards as a Health Resort, by F. J. Parsons, M.D., published 1877 (29 pp., published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A few notes, archaeological and historical, about the ancient Parish and destroyed Parish Church of St. Leonards, juxta Hastings, etc., by Samuel Hadden Parkes, published 1881 (16 pp., St. Leonards-on-Sea: J. Dorman) accessible at: British Library

Parsons' Illustrated Guide to Hastings and St Leonards, by Frederick James Parsons, published 1881 (147 pp., Hastings: F. J. Parsons) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Norman May's Guide to Hastings and St. Leonard's. Illustrated with maps, photographs, etc., published 1884 (vi + 122 pp., London: N. May & Co.) accessible at: British Library

Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea as a Health and Pleasure Resort, with Statistics and Local Information, edited by T. H. Cole and H. Colborne, M.R.C.S., F.M.S. (Meteorolgical Report), published 1884 (38 pp., Hastings and St Leonards Publicity Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Hastings, St. Leonards, and East Sussex Hospital, published October 1887 in The Lancet (vol. 130, article, pp.830-831)   View Online

Pike's Guide to Hastings and St. Leonards, with map, published 1888 (98 + xlvi pp., Hastings: Robinson, Son & Pike) accessible at: British Library

Eastbourne, Hastings, and St. Leonard's: a pocket-book, etc. [Illustrated], by Charles Eyre Pascoe, published 1891 (86 pp., London: Hazell, Watson & Co.) accessible at: British Library

Apel's Album of Art Photographs of Hastings & St. Leonards, and neighbourhood, published 1895 (Hastings: H. Apel) accessible at: British Library

Sunny Days in Hastings and St. Leonards: a handbook for south-east Sussex , by W. H. Sanders with contributions by Prescott Row, published 1901 (xii + 136 pp., Hastings St. Leonards: C. Whittaker) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

with special contributions on the geology and pre-historic races of the district, by W. G. Lewis-Abbott, F.G.S., and sea and fresh-water angling, by H. Dowsett.

Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, St. Leonards, by J. W. Batterman, published August 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 3, note, p.91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Hastings & St Leonards Ladies College, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 3, article, p.197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

Hastings & St. Leonards Official Handbook, by W. H. Dyer, published 1935 (80 pp., Hastings: Hastings and St Leonards Borough Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Christ Church, St. Leonards-on-Sea, 1859-1935, by Ruth Kenyon, published 1935 (Budd & Gillatt) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503850][Lib/506170]

Norman Road Methodist Church, St Leonards-on--Sea: centenary souvenir, published 1936 (16 pp.) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A Sussex Home School: St. Michael's, St Leonards-on-Sea, by Capt. E. L. Wharton, R.N. (Ret.), published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 7, article, pp.509-510) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, St. Leonards, Bexhill, Battle and Neighbourhood, published 1940 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.)

Nunhide Haven [between St. Leonards and Bexhill], by Unknown, published February 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 5, query, p.156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, St. Leonards, Bexhill, Battle and Neighbourhood, published 1948 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504661]

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, St. Leonards, Bexhill, Battle and Neighbourhood, published 1950 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504662]

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, St. Leonards, Bexhill, Battle and Neighbourhood, published 1953 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504663]

Burton's St Leonards, by J. Manwaring Baines, published 1956 (68 pp., Hastings: Hastings Museum)

This little book outlines the career of James Burton and the history of the town which he founded on a part of Gensing farm near Hastings in 1828.
James was descended from the Haliburtons of Roxburghshire, but assumed the shortened name before the birth of Decimus his more famous son, whose works include the great arch at Hyde Park Corner, the Atheneum and Charing Cross Hospital.
Enough remains of James' St. Leonards for his designs to be appreciated, though some of it has been pulled down, such as the baths opposite the Central Hotel (now called the Royal Victoria) and some, such as the church, destroyed by air raids. The excellent illustrations from drawings made about 1830 incite the reader to go, book in hand, for a stroll round the district.
The improvements of the town, its government by Commissioners, the problem of road-building and of keeping in check the sea, the rules about bathing, the coming of the railway, and the final amalgamation with Hastings are all described. There is a chapter on royal visitors, one of whom was the little princess Victoria. It is satisfactory to know that the house in which she stayed (originally Burton's own) has been saved from destruction by the efforts of such as Mr. Baines.
The book has three appendices and an index.

Kelly's (incorporating Pikes) Directory of Hastings, St Leonards, Battle and Neighbourhood, published 1956 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501042]

Melville and Co.'s directory & gazetteer of Sussex, containing Brighton, Hastings, St. Leonards-on-Sea, … : a descriptive account is given with each place, followed by a directory., published 1958 (xii + 386 pp., London: W. H. Collingridge) accessible at: British Library

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, St Leonards, Battle and Neighbourhood... (1958), published 1958 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501047][Lib/504664]

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, St. Leonards, Battle and Neighbourhood, published 1964 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501050]

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, St. Leonards, Battle and Neighbourhood, published 1966 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501046]

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, with St. Leonards and Bexhill, published 1969 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501048]

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, with St. Leonards and Bexhill, published 1970 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501053]

Hastings and St. Leonards waterworks, 1830-1970, by George D. Coleman, published 1971 (117 pp., Borough of Hastings Water Committee) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506141] & East Sussex Libraries

A history of Christ Church School [St. Leonards], 1872-1972, by Barry Funnell, published 1972 (36 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: Christ Church School) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, with St. Leonards and Bexhill, published 1972 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.)

Kelly's Directory of Hastings, with St. Leonards and Bexhill, published 1974 (article, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., ISBN-10: 0610004301 & ISBN-13: 9780610004308) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The making of a seaside resort: Hastings and St. Leonards, Sussex (1), by Christopher Monkhouse, published 14 February 1974 in Country Life (vol. 155 no. 3998, article, pp.286-288)

Regents Park by the sea: Hastings and St. Leonards, Sussex (2), by Christopher Monkhouse, published 21 February 1974 in Country Life (vol. 155 no. 3999, article, pp.384-386)

Promoting Sussex by the sea: Hastings and St. Leonards, Sussex (3), by Christopher Monkhouse, published 28 February 1974 in Country Life (vol. 155 no. 4000, article, pp.432-434)

A Walk Around Burton's St Leonards, by Michael Barnard, published 1977 (13 pp., Lewes) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508927] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Five Town Walks in East Sussex: Lewes, Rye, Winchelsea, Battle, St Leonards, by Michael Barnard, published 1977 (Lewes: East Sussex County Council) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503466] & East Sussex Libraries

A Brief Story of Hastings and St Leonards, by W. H. Dyer, published 1979 (new edition, 64 pp., Hastings: Hastings Tourism and Recreation Department) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

St Leonards Baptist Church, 1880-1980: a history, by Kenneth N. Kirby, published 1980 (104 pp., The Author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Burton's St. Leonards : the contribution of Decimus Burton, by Barry Funnell, published 1982 (16 pp., Burton's St Leonard Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Natural History of St Leonards Forest, by Norman Fryer, published 1983 (booklet, 44 pp., Horsham Natural History Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8834] & East Sussex Libraries

Norman Road Methodist Church, St. Leonards-on-Sea 1836-1986, published 1986 (Norman Road Methodist Church) accessible at: British Library

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: St Michael, St Andrew, Holy Trinity, and St Mary in the Castle Outbounds (all Hastings); St Mary Magdalen, St Leonards, and St Mary Bulverhythe (all St Leonards-on-sea), by June C Barnes, published March 1987 (vol. 5, booklet, 80 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-13: 9781870264044) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11234] & The Keep [LIB/503431] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The work of James and Decimus Burton of St. Leonards, by Nigel Mark Wade, published 1988 (91 leaves, published by the author) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Introduction to Hastings and St.Leonards, by Geoff Hutchinson, published 1 May 1989 (32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0951065173 & ISBN-13: 9780951065174) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Hastings district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.10-17, 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

Hastings district incl. Ore, Guestling, Fairlight and St Leonards-on-Sea

St Leonards - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, p.185, 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

Hastings and the 1066 Country: Featuring Battle, Bexhill, Pevensey, Rye, St Leonards and Winchelsea, by David Arscott, published 31 August 1993 (96 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 185770049X & ISBN-13: 9781857700497) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Hastings & St Leonards-on-Sea, by Gavin Haines, published 1997 (125 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing, ISBN-13: 9780750913553) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Hastings and St Leonards Directory 1854, published 1997 (booklet, PBN Publications) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13543]

"I was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea . . .", by Peter D. Shearan, published June 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 6, article, pp.231-232) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508813] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Shearans were originally from Yorkshire where Wilfrid Thomas Shearan was born in 1899. The family moved to Hastings to work at the Hastings Tramways Company in 1905. Wilfred met Edna May Martin in the late 1920s and the author was born at St. Leonards-on-Sea. Edna May Martin's ancestry is explored via the Martins of Hawkhurst and the Coules of Tonbridge.

That's All Folks!: Cinemas of Hastings and St.Leonards, by Nick Prince, published 1 December 1998 (vi + 73 pp., Wakefield: Mercia Cinema Society, ISBN-10: 0946406405 & ISBN-13: 9780946406401) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The History of Winchester House School and Hollington Park School 1860-1976, by Susan Pitman, published 2001 (333 pp., Meresborough Books, ISBN-10: 0948193867 & ISBN-13: 9780948193866) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Hastings & St Leonards, by Gavin Haines, published 1 June 2001 (230 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1840152117 & ISBN-13: 9781840152111)

Hastings Today, by Nick Hanna and Tim Cross, published 12 December 2001 (119 pp., Hastings: Seachange Publishing, ISBN-10: 0954187202 & ISBN-13: 9780954187200) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

This book is a celebration of Hastings and St Leonards, one of Britain's best known seaside resorts, and the many fascinating aspects of its heritage, townscapes, people, cultural life, and colourful annual events. From bikes to boat races and beach art to bonfires, Hastings Today captures the character of this idiosyncratic seaside town in over 250 stunning images by 20 local photographers.

Hastings voices: Local people talking about their lives in Hastings and St Leonards before the Second World War, by Hastings Local History Group, published 1 January 2002 (2nd edition, 64 pp., Hastings, ISBN-10: 0952976641 & ISBN-13: 9780952976646) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Lambournes of Ashdown Farm, St. Leonards-On-Sea, by David Lambourne, published 22 April 2002 (32 pp., Hastings: Ash and Oak Books, ISBN-10: 0950766836 & ISBN-13: 9780950766836) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504077] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

An enlarged and revised version of an account that was originally produced and circulated to family members and interested parties in 1999 was first published in 2001

Decimus Burton, Esquire: Architect and Gentleman 1800-1881, by Philip Whitbourn, published June 2003 (72 pp., Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, ISBN-10: 0954534301 & ISBN-13: 9780954534301) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Hastings & St Leonards utilities : 1832-2002 : 170 years of waterworks, sewage & gas history, by George D. Coleman, published 2006 (International Stationary Steam Engine Society) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Schooldays remembered 1914 - 2006 : Oxford Road Senior Boys School : Oxford Road Senior Girls School and St. Leonard's Infant School : the story of the three schools which occupied the building in Oxford Road between the years 1914 and 2006, by the pupils and teachers, published 26 September 2006 (100 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484274 & ISBN-13: 9781902484273) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

The Hastings Papers: A History of the Hastings and St Leonards Newspapers , by Steve Peak, published 2007 (105 pp., Hastings: SpeaksBooks) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501543] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Hastings and St Leonards utilities: 1832-2002: 170 years of waterworks, sewage and gas history, by George Coleman, published 2007 in Stationary Power (No. 20, article)

The Grellier twins, Norman (1886-1949) and Bernard (1886-1957), radiologists of East Sussex., by Ian J. Kenedy, published February 2007 in The Journal of Medical Biography (vol. 15, no. 1, article, pp.53-58)   View Online

Identical twins Bernard and Norman Grellier (born Epsom, 1886) attended Epsom College before entering Dental School at the Royal Dental Hospital of London in 1904, graduating in 1910. Then they trained in medicine at Charing Cross Hospital. Bernard graduated in 1913 and Norman in 1915. In 1915 they joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), serving to the end of World War I (WWI), each being awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. After WWI, they trained as radiologists and moved to St Leonards-on-Sea in West Sussex, taking up Consultant posts at the Royal East Sussex Hospital and the Municipal Hospital in Hastings, and the Eversfield Chest Hospital in St Leonards. In 1940 they rejoined the RAMC as radiologists, serving throughout World War II. They remained unmarried, devoted to each other, to their practice and to their loves of model engineering and flying, the latter nearly causing their deaths in an air crash in 1936.

Hastings, St Leonards and Eastbourne Steamship Co. Ltd, by David Renno, published December 2008 (75 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0956866905 & ISBN-13: 9780956866905) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

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

Hastings & St Leonards Through Time, by Nathan Dylan Goodwin, published 12 February 2010 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445600528 & ISBN-13: 9781445600529) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

"Hastings and St Leonards, the charming marine resort of fashionable English society, possess attractions and recommendations that render the borough unique and unrivalled among English watering places. Strangers who have not visited the place are liable to be misled by the separate mention of the two names into the idea that St Leonards and Hastings form two separate and independent towns, which in fact they originally were. That stage, however, has long since been passed - "
The above extract was taken from the 1897 edition of Views and Reviews - Hastings and exemplifies how the town was regarded as a stylish seaside resort by Victorian and Edwardian society. The town eventually lost favour among the wealthier classes, which set in motion a steady decline, only worsened by the onset of the Second World War. But Hastings today is undergoing a process of change and revival; a number of developments have been taking place which are moving the town towards a position in which it is once again 'unique and unrivalled among English watering places'.

Why not let this illustrated book take you on a journey through Hastings and St Leonards enjoying the old sepia images from the Edwardian era to wonderful up-to-date colour photographs. Each image has an interesting historical description and the fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hastings and St Leonards have changed and developed over the last century.
The book has eight chapters covering the town centre, the Old Town, general views, politics and pageantry, entertainment, shops and Churches and fire and flood bringing us right up to date with the disastrous fire on Hastings Pier in October 2010 when 95% of the pier was destroyed. A good record of the town during many historic changes.

Register of Licensees for Hastings & St Leonards: 1500-2010, by David Russell, published 1 April 2011 (120 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291716 & ISBN-13: 9780956291714) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507903] & East Sussex Libraries

History on the Walls of St Leonards - Commemorative Plaques and Tablets, by David Renno, published 1 May 2011 (iii + 53 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0956866913 & ISBN-13: 9780956866912) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

James and Decimus Burton's Regency New Town at St Leonards-on-Sea, 1827-37, by Elizabeth Nathaniels, published 2012 in The Georgian Group Journal (vol. XX, article, pp.151-170)

Stories of St Leonards: Stories, Articles, Poems & Pictures by the People of St Leonards, edited by Kay Green, published 6 October 2012 (113 pp., Hastings: Earlyworks Press, ISBN-10: 1906451664 & ISBN-13: 9781906451660) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Register of Licensees for Hastings & St Leonards: 1500-2010, by David Russell, published 7 May 2013 (2nd edition, 138 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291759 & ISBN-13: 9780956291752) accessible at: British Library

The Pubs of Hastings & St Leonards 1800-2000, by David Russell, published 25 March 2014 (3rd revised edition, 332 pp., Lynda Russell, ISBN-10: 0956291775 & ISBN-13: 9780956291776) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507901] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

J.J. Waller's St. Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings: Volume 1, by J. J. Waller, published 6 November 2014 (96 pp., Curious, ISBN-10: 0957439024 & ISBN-13: 9780957439023) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Ridge: The Evolution of an Ancient Hastings Highway, by Stephanie Rearden, published 4 December 2014 (109 pp., Old Hastings Presrvation Society, ISBN-10: 0992985617 & ISBN-13: 9780992985615) accessible at: Old Hastings Prervation Society & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

One of the oldest trackways in Hastings and St Leonards, the Ridge would have been used by William the Conqueror on his way to the battle field of Senlac. The track developed with grand Victorian villas and the spread of urbanisation. Sadly today the imposing Victorian architecture has nearly all been replaced by modern blocks of flats and apartments. This book tells that story.

Know Sussex villages : unbelievably true tales of endeavour, love, hate, deception and scandal : West Tarring, Upper Dicker, Buxted, Rusper, Maresfield, Baldslow / Roy Lewis, by Roy Lewis, published 9 April 2015 (150 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1910489093 & ISBN-13: 9781910489093) accessible at: British Library

Unseen Hastings and St Leonards, by Frederick Crouch, published 7 July 2016 (144 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 075096748X & ISBN-13: 9780750967488) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Unseen Hastings and St Leonards features 250 views including previously unpublished photographs that will appeal to everyone with an interest in the history of Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea. Accompanied by informative captions, many of these rare images show streets, houses, shops, railway engines, trolleybuses, and people that have never appeared in print before. All aspects of everyday life are recorded here, offering a unique glimpse of bygone times for all who know and love this beautiful part of the Sussex coast.

The Magnetism of Hastings and St Leonards, by John Mabb, published June 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 6, article, pp.271-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]