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Parish of Stanmer, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.182-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Stanmer, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.174-175, 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 Stanmer, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)

Statement concerning the United Benefice of Stanmer cum Falmer, Sussex, etc. [With plans.], by Montague Spencer Blaker, published 1900 (2 pp. & 9 plates, Lewes) accessible at: British Library

Sarcens in Sussex, by Herbert Samuel Toms, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 12, article, pp.530-533) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Memories of Smugglers, by Frederick Jones, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 6, article, pp.399-400) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500139]

Historic Houses of Sussex - Stanmer, near Lewes, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.349-356) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Sussex and the U.S.A. 4 - Herbert Pelham, First Treasurer of Harvard College, by David McLean, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.357-369) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

The Sussex Gotts: The true history of Peter Gott, Esq., Knight of the Shire, and Martha his wife, 1650-1712, by Miss Isabel Haddan, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 5, article, pp.381-385) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Stanmer, the seat of the Earl of Chichester, by Country Life contributor(s), published 2 January 1932 in Country Life (article)

Some Sussex Meres, by H. S. Toms, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 11, article, pp.675-679) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

Parish of Stanmer, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.238-240, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905898 & ISBN-13: 9780712905893) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

An Ancient Font from Stanmer, by Norman Hammond, published November 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 8, article, pp.270-272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Excavations 1970: Patchway Field, Stanmer, by W. C. L. Gorton, published March 1971 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 2, article, p.4) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1971: Patchway Field, Stanmer, by W. C. L. Gorton, published March 1972 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 5, article, p.4) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1972: Stanmer House, by W. C. L. Gorton, published March 1973 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 9, article, p.36) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Excavations 1973: Stanmer House, Stanmer Park, Brighton, by W. C. L. Gorton, published June 1974 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 13, article, p.53) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Building of Stanmer House and the Early Development of the Park, c.1720 to 1750, by S. P. Farrant, published 1979 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 117, article, pp.195-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7497] & The Keep [LIB/500312] & S.A.S. library

Hovel in the wood: The pageant of Stanmer parish, by Charles Yeates, published 1984 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Genealogy of a Segment of the Grinyer Family that had its English Roots in the County of Sussex, England, by Charles Edward Grinyer, published 1988 (published by the author)

Grinyer family history with chapters on Stanmer, Patcham and Brighton

Stanmer. A Restructured Settlement, by Heather M. Warne, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.189-210) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

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.74-94, 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

Stanmer - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, p.197, 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: Newhaven Area - Glynde, Beddingham, West Firle, Ripe, Chalvington, Selmeston, Alciston, Berwick, East Blatchington, Bishopstone, Denton, South Heighton, Tarring Neville, Newhaven, Piddinghoe, Southease, Telscombe, Rodmell, Iford, Kingston, Stanmer, Falmer, Rottingdean, and Ovendean, by June C. Barnes, published 1 March 1994 (vol. 23, booklet, 108 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 1870264223 & ISBN-13: 9781870264228) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503435] & East Sussex Libraries

Stanmer House and Park, East Sussex: the evolution of a small downland country house and its setting c.1710-1805, by Sue Berry, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.239-255) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Pelhams of Stanmer redeveloped the site of an earlier house into a fashionable Georgian country villa and then developed a substantial park to surround it. By 1800, the ambitions of Thomas Pelham II and Ann (née Frankland) his wife had pushed the family into debt. The main part of the 1720s house, the 1770s stables and lodges of the 1770s survive, so does the outline of some of the planting by the Georgian Pelhams. This is a study of the development of the house and grounds by the Pelham family set into the broader context of their wider ambitions and their expenditure in order to meet them.

Stanmer & the Pelham Family, by June Goodfield and Peter Robinson, published 2007 (112 pp., BNI Publishing, ISBN-10: 1905933061 & ISBN-13: 9781905933068) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The story of these Whig-Liberal oligarchs and their estate is briskly narrated, and richly illustrated, in this ably designed book. Perhaps most haunting is the sight of a Saxon skeleton hanging upright in the roots of a fallen beech tree.

Stanmer Parish Church - monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.329-330, 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

Rocky Clump Excavation: Enclosure revealed in latest dig, by John Funnell, published April 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 126, article, p.13, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In April 2011 the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society returned to Rocky Clump, Stanmer, Brighton. For the past two decades the Society has been digging in the field to the north of the copse of trees finding pits, post holes, ditches and artefacts from the Late Iron Age and Romano-British periods. This year the excavations move to the field south of the copse to seek evidence for the actual settlement. A geophysical survey conducted several years ago indicated a number of circular anomalies which could be round house platforms. A number of trial trenches were therefore marked ready for investigation.

Rocky Clump Excavation: Burnt areas, big ditches and baby burials, by John Funnel, published April 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 132, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 2011 Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society uncovered the north-east corner of a large enclosure located in the field to the south of Rocky Clump, in Stanmer, near Brighton (NGR TQ 328101). A magnetometry survey, conducted by David Staveley in 2012, revealed a number of new ditches not seen in the earlier resistivity survey. Excavations in 2012 and 2013 have revealed more of the substantial ditches found in the first season and have located and excavated part of a south boundary ditch measuring over 2 metres in width and 1.5 metres in depth. In 2013 the objective was to investigate part of the interior of the enclosure and seek evidence for settlement or ancient activity within the confines of the ditches. The area examined measured only 16 metres by 6 metres but produced an extremely complex series of features and layers.

Rocky Clump Baby Burials: Two separate neonatal inhumations found in Stanmer Park, by Carol White and Hayley Forsyth, published August 2015 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 136, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society Field Unit commenced excavations in the field to the South of Rocky Clump in Stanmer Park in 2011. In 2012 a discrete deposit of mussel shells was identified with pig and piglet skulls close by.

A Falmer and Stanmer mystery solved, by Bernard Wilson, published June 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 2, article, pp.75-79) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509232]

To Mr Hollis
Michaelmas 1908
We the undersigned parishioners of Falmer and Stanmer ask your acceptance of the accompanying Silver Cigar Case and Silver Mounted Umbrella together with a Walking Stick for your little son Roy, as a small parting gift on your leaving Mary Farm. We and the children will miss your cheery voice and pleasant greetings, and are sorry to lose so kind a friend and neighbour.

Excavations on a medieval farmstead at Patchwav Field, Stanmer, near Brighton, by John Funnell, published 2017 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 155, short article, pp.200-203)