Bibliography - Warbleton, Wealden District, East Sussex
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Parish of Warbleton, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.569-573) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The College and Priory of Hastings, and the Priory of Warbleton, by Rev. Edward Turner, M.A., published 1861 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 13, article, pp.132-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2098] & The Keep [LIB/500232] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Warbleton Priory, by Edward Turner, published 1864 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 16, notes & queries, pp.294-298) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2101] & The Keep [LIB/500235] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Richard Woodman's Door in Warbleton Church Tower, by Major Luard, published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, article, pp.164-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Warbleton, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.225-228, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Lock at Bruges and Woodman's Door, Warbleton Church, by Major Luard Selby, published 1872 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 24, notes & queries, pp.293-294) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2109] & The Keep [LIB/500242] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Warbleton, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Memorial to Richard Woodman, by The Editor, published 1888 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 36, notes & queries, pp.254-255) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2121] & The Keep [LIB/500254] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Church Fields and Parish Churches [at Waldron, Heathfield and Warbleton], by D. Macleod, published February 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 5, note, pp.148-149) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Hawkesborough , by D. Macleod, published February 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 1, note, p.29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Grove Names [in Warbleton], by D. Macl., published May 1931 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 6, article, p.193) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Historic Houses of Sussex - Stone House, Warbleton, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 5, article, pp.280-284) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

Cralle Place, Warbleton: An Historic House, by Helena Hall, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 6, article, pp.365-369) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Warbleton Priory, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, note, pp.111-112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans XCIX: Parish Church of St. Mary, Warbleton, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1953 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 15 & 16, article, pp.314-316) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Deans Farm, Warbleton, by W. R. Beswick, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, note, p.326) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Note on Early Iron-Making in Sussex [at Warbleton], by W. R. Beswick, published 1978 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 8, article, pp.23-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/8] & The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Batsford Furnace, Warbleton/Herstmonceux: Interim report, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1978 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 14, report, pp.8-9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Excavations 1978: Batsford Mill and Furnace, Warbleton, by D.o.E., published December 1978 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 26, article, p.160, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Village Outline: Warbleton 1800-1919, by Elizabeth Doff, published 1979 (19 pp., Warbleton and District History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503061]

Batsford Furnace, 1978, by D. R. Bedwin, published 1979 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 15, report, pp.27-31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

Batsford Furnace is one of those mentioned in the 1574 list of Wealden Ironworks. The site lies in a narrow valley between the villages of Cowbeech and Rushlake Green. The bay still exists to a height of about 3m; there is no pond, however, and the stream, known as Furnace Brook, has broken through the south-western end of the bay. Considerable blast furnace slag was present in the area behind the bay, and three 'bears' were visible here, one of them embedded in the bank of the stream.
During the summer of 1978, work began in the valley on the construction of a fish farm. The tree cover was first removed, and large-scale earthmoving undertaken to form a series of dams across the valley. It became clear that any archaeological site in the vicinity was threatened with destruction. This was brought to the notice of the Sussex Archaeological Field Unit by Mr C.F. Tebbutt, and it was decided to excavate the furnace in October and November, 1978.

Life in Warbleton 1800-1919, by Elizabeth Doff, published September 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.48-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Introduction and Part 1 - 1800-1850

• Includes a map of Heathfield and Warbleton in 1795
• and a sketch map of part of Rushlake Green in 1810

Life in Warbleton 1800-1919, by Elizabeth Doff, published December 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 3, article, pp.99-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Part 1 - 1800-1850 (continued)

• Includes a sketch map of Rushlake Green c.1840

Part 2 - 1851-1919

• Includes the genealogy of the Roberts and Dunn family
• Photograph of Warbleton Village Band c.1905
• Photograph of Warbleton Cricket Club, c.1900
• photograph of Booker & Osborn's Store, c.1905

Bricks & Tiles: A Village Industry, by M. Beswick, published 1980 (Warbleton and District History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503072]

Church and Dissent in Warbleton, c.1500-1900, by Jeremy Goring, published 1980 (Warbleton and District History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503058]

The Excavation of Batsford Mill, Warbleton, East Sussex, 1978, by Owen Bedwin, published 1980 in Medieval Archaeology (vol. 24, article, pp.187-201) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508907]   View Online

Bloomery furnaces destroyed at Batsford, by C. F. Tebbutt, published 1980 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 17, report, p.16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The Story of Bodle Street Green, by Ruth Ayres, published 1981 (80 pp., Bodle Street Green Womens' Institute) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Field Walk, Oakley Field, Warbleton, by Colin Rose, Warbleton and District History Group, published August 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 34, article, p.244, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

The Lost Manor of Pengest?, by Elizabeth Doff, published December 1981 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 35, article, p.254, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Warbleton: The Land and its Children, edited by Stella A. Walker, published 1982 (pamphlet, 32 pp., Warbleton: Warbleton & District History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11817] & East Sussex Libraries

Field Notes: Warbleton, published 1983 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 3, report, pp.2-5) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Bodle Street Green: Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel, by Brian Harwood, published March 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.139-142) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Memorial Inscriptions from Ebenezer Chapel, Bodle St. Green, by Judith Kinnison, published March 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.142-143) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Land & Its Children: Warbleton, published 1984 (32 pp. & illus., Warbleton and District History Group)

Leather & Cloth: two rural trades, by M. Beswick, published 1985 (Warbleton and District History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503062]

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Hellingly, Chiddingly, Laughton,Warbleton, Heathfield, by June C. Barnes, published May 1989 (vol. 10, booklet, 104 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-10: 187026410X & ISBN-13: 9781870264105) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11239] & The Keep [LIB/503432] & East Sussex Libraries

Religious Survey 1851 - Hailsham district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.35-43, 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

Hailsham district incl. Herstmonceux, Wartling, Hooe, Ninfield, Hellingly, Chiddingly, Laughton, Warbleton & Heathfield

Warbleton Between the Wars 1919-1939, by Ruth Ayres, published 1991 (Warbleton & District History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503057] & East Sussex Libraries

Warbleton - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.213-215, 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 History of a Village Band 1896-1996. The Warbleton Brass and Reed Band to the Warbleton and Buxted Band., by Judith Kinnison Bourke, published 1996 (124 pp., The Warbleton & Buxted Band, ISBN-10: 0952809206 & ISBN-13: 9780952809203) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Cornmills in and around Warbleton, by Molly Beswick, published 1997 (booklet, 52 pp., Warbleton and District History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17464] & The Keep [LIB/503063]

Warbleton - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.257-258, 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

Ironworking in Warbleton, by M. Beswick, published 2003 (Warbleton and District History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503064]

What's in a name? (1), by Helen M. Whittle, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.363-364) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of Puritan names from Heathfield and Warbleton parish registers and gives baptism dates, names and names of parents.

Puritan Names in Heathfield and Warbleton (Sussex) Parish Registers, by H. M. Whittle, published 2004 in Genealogists' Magazine (vol. 28, part 2, article, pp.54-56)

Warbleton Priory Furnace, by J. Galloway, published 2005 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 25, article, pp.21-24, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506572]   Download PDF

Straker describes the bay as 'inaccessible due to dense undergrowth'. Access was probably difficult to other parts of the site. Now the woodland has grown up to suppress the undergrowth so that access is feasible to all areas. Better visibility has uncovered problems in Straker's description.
The furnace area and its water system and access roads were inspected to find the features described in Straker. Everything was found apart from the roof tiles. Additional items were found in the stream just below the bay, and at the ford where the access road crosses the stream. The conclusion was reached that there may be errors in Straker regarding the access roads and pen ponds, and alternative interpretations of the evidence are proposed.

Field Notes: A bloomery site in Warbleton, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2009 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 29, report, pp.3-6, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506576]   Download PDF

Field Notes: A bloomery site in Warbleton, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2010 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 30, report, pp.3-9, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506577]   Download PDF

Warbleton, St. Mary - Church monuments, edited by Nigel Llewellyn, published 2011 in East Sussex Church Monuments, 1530-1830 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 93, pp.372-375, 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

Anthony Fowle: Wealden Ironmaster and Lawyer, by Pamela Combes, published 2011 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 31, article, pp.31-59, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506578]   Download PDF

The gazetteer in the latest edition of The Iron Industry of the Weald notes the interests of Anthony Fowle in various ironworks, including Markly Furnace in Warbleton, Maynards Gate Furnace in Rotherfield and Maresfield Forge, all of which are mentioned in his will. That document also reveals something of the extent of his landed property as well as the marriage alliances made by some of his thirteen children. Those connections demonstrate that the Fowles continued the tradition of intermarriage with the families of other ironmasters that was noted by Jeremy Goring as a trait of the immediate family of Anthony's uncle Nicholas Fowle (see Appendix 2, table 1). Nicholas Fowle and his family are frequently cited as notable ironmasters, possibly because Nicholas built the ostentatious Riverhall mansion house near their furnace in Frant that can still be seen today. It is curious that Anthony Fowle has remained comparatively unnoticed since there is no doubt that his influence within the wider community was significant. During his long and active life Anthony was not only a major ironmaster but also a lawyer, serving for many years as a JP, as sheriff of Sussex in 1637/8, and on the county committee during the Commonwealth. His son Richard, who inherited his Newick property, was also of some standing in the county community, serving as a grand juror at the Assizes on five occasions between 1653 and 1659.
This note seeks to demonstrate the position of Anthony Fowle in county society and particularly draws attention to the marriage connections of his children and of his sisters, especially those with other ironmasters. His will is of particular interest to members of WIRG and a transcription is included here as an appendix. The will itself identifies many of the family relationships. Where possible others have been researched in detail, but some information has been derived from secondary sources. It is clear that family relationships were important to Anthony Fowle, all his surviving children and his then living grandchildren received some remembrance in his will. After Anthony's time the story is one of slow decline. In the longer term only the Rotherfield branch of the family flourished - and then only into the mid 18th century.
As was customary, his will records only the land he held on lease. His major estate at Newick, does not appear, and there may have been other property which remains invisible for the same reason. Where possible his property has been located, not only that named in his will, but also some that is recorded in other sources but which he may no longer have owned in 1647. His interest in ironworks, in particular at Maynards Gate in Crowborough (formerly Rotherfield) and also Little Forge and furnace in Buxted, is of particular interest and is considered in detail.