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Parish of Telscombe, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Lewes, pp.190-191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Telscombe, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.198-199, 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 Telscombe, published 1874 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

The Peverells: A Crusading Family, by Edward Shoosmith, published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 7, article, pp.457-462) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500140]

An Early British Agricultural Village Site on Highdole Hill, near Telscombe, by G. A. Holleyman, published 1936 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 77, article, pp.202-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2162] & The Keep [LIB/500352] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Telscombe, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1940 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 7: The Rape of Lewes, pp.76-78, 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

Iron Age Pottery from Telscombe Tye, by M. A. Newton, published February 1948 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 1, note, pp.18-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Celtic Site on Highdole Hill, Telscombe, by G. P. Burstow, published February 1948 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 1, note, pp.19-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Telscombe: a village in Sussex, by David Hardman with a foreword by The Right Honotable The Lord Shawcross, Q.C., P.C., published 1965 (47 pp., London: Printman Ltd.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11809] & The Keep [LIB/503501] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Saxon-Norman Remains at Telscombe, by E. W. Holden, published May 1965 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 5, article, pp.154-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Osborns, Farmers from Telscombe & the Bakers, Brick makers from Piddinghoe, by B. E. Osborne, published March 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 7, article, pp.209-211) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Mysterious Emigration of John Souter Osborne, by Bruce Osborne, published December 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 4, article, pp.121-122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William Osbourne married Grace Souter and they had three children, William, John, and Mary Ann. Article covers the years 1812 - 1855 in the parish of Eastbourne and Telscombe

Marriages at Telscombe, 1612-1686, published June 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 1, article, pp.23-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

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

Telscombe - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, p.198, 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

Telscombe - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.249, 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

Telscombe: Its Early History, by Stanley Bernard, published 15 May 2002 (16 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518647 & ISBN-13: 9780953518647) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

People of Telscombe & Peacehaven: From Records Relating to the Parishes of Telscombe & Piddinghoe, by Stanley Bernard, published June 2003 (56 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518655 & ISBN-13: 9780953518654) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503031] & West Sussex Libraries

Peacehaven & Telscombe: Then and Now, by Malcolm Troak, published 20 February 2004 (96 pp., New Anzac Publications, ISBN-10: 0953911535 & ISBN-13: 9780953911530) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Before the Bungalows: How Peacehaven and Telscombe Cliffs Came into Existence, by Stanley Bernard, published 24 June 2007 (22 pp., Paths - Peacehaven and Telscombe Historical Society, ISBN-10: 0953518663 & ISBN-13: 9780953518661) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502990] & East Sussex Libraries

Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean: The Changing Years, by Malcolm Troak, published 1 November 2008 (130 pp., New Anzac Publications, ISBN-10: 095391156X & ISBN-13: 9780953911561) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Peacehaven & Telscombe Through Time, by Stanley Bernard, published 19 April 2009 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1848681992 & ISBN-13: 9781848681996) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Peacehaven and Telscombe Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of both towns, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of Peacehaven and Telscombe throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the historical context in which they are set, and through the author's factual captions for every picture and carefully-selected choice of images, the reader can achieve a reliable view of the history of these two towns. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and watch the changing faces of Peacehaven and Telscombe, as Stanley Bernard guides us through the streets of these beautiful towns. There is something for everyone here, whether they have lived in this area all their lives, or whether they are just visiting these towns. It also shows how photography has continually evolved to keep up with an ever changing society.

This is a volume of 'then and now' images of the two communities of Peacehaven and Telscombe and as the author is a past president of the local history society he has a close knowledge of the area. In the 21st century there is more emphasis on the history of suburbs rather than purely 'historic' urban and rural communities. Peacehaven, long reviled by the architectural elite (who do not live there) is home to a large and growing community, it deserves reasoned recording, as it has undergone great changes both in appearance and (confusingly) road naming. Some key buildings in the early life of the settlement have been demolished, The Peacehaven Hotel is one example, and precious few of the original domestic structures have survived. Stanley Bernard has used vintage illustrations from a variety of sources and has taken 21st century images from as close a spot as was possible to the original. Local knowledge has enabled him to spot small but significant landscape features which to the untrained eye would be lost in the present day urban scene.
The volume starts with the village of Telscombe and goes on to chart its unspectacular changes before crossing The Tye to the coast road where the early 20th century growth was an example of the dispersed suburbs that developed rapidly in the immediate post First World War landscape.
The lack of a map to locate the scenes is a drawback and there needed to be some form of 'further reading' especially as the author has published earlier volumes on this locality.

Telscombe (Village), St. Laurence - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.336-337, 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

A Training Centre at Telscombe , by Stanley Bernard, published 2016 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509174]