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Parish of Washington, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Bramber, pp.232-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Remarkable Discovery of Saxon Coins at Washington, by James Beck, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, p.189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Muntham, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.56-57, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

Washington, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.232-234, 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 Washington, published 1876 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Chanctonbury, Washington and Worthing, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XVI, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142]   View Online

A Mace-Head from Washington, by Eliot Curwen, F.S.A., published May 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.133-134) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Inn Sign at Washington, by Gordon N. Slyfield, published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, note, p.115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Inn Sign at Washington, by G. D. J. [G. D. Johnston], published November 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 8, note, p.186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Archaeological Material from Washington, by H. B. A. & M. M. Ratcliffe-Densham, published 1972 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 110, shorter notice, p.125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2195] & The Keep [LIB/500319] & S.A.S. library

The Tideys of Washington, Sussex 1773-1973, by Merle Tidey, published 1973 (181 pp., Bala, North Wales: Dragon Books, ISBN-10: 0902816144 & ISBN-13: 9780902816145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3633] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Parish of Washington, published 1975 (pamphlet, Horsham District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10334]

The First Washington Parish Register, by A. Jenner, published January 1978 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 9, article, p.12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/9] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

A Saxon Landscape: The Charters of Washington Part 1, by Michael Bevan, published January 1979 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 12, article, p.4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/12] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

A Saxon Landscape: The Charters of Washington Part 2, by Michael Bevan, published May 1979 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 13, article, p.9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/13] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Parish of Washington, 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.247-259, 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

Reminiscences of Washington, by L. K. Lidbetter, published January 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 15, article, p.12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/15] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

The Rowdell Estate, Washington, Part 1, by A. Jenner, published May 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 16, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/16] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

The Strange Case of Daniel Tidey, by Merle Rafferty, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.216-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Tidey was born in 1816 at Washington to Thomas Tidey and Mary Carey in 1816. He married twice - Harriet Page and then Elizabeth Catherine Barnes. He had a total of 13 children and this is a narrative history of their descendants for the years 1650 - 1964.

Religious Survey 1851 - Thakeham district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.129-134, 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

Thakeham district incl. Pulborough, Stopham, Coldwaltham, Hardham, West Chiltington, Washington, Parham, Storrington, Sullington, Thakeham, Warminghurst, Ashington, Wiston & Findon

Two Sussex ANZACs, by P. B. Evershed, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, pp.86-87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Allen and Daniel Evershed and their forefathers had lived in Shipley and Washington for three generations but, being adventurous, these two and their brother George had emigrated to Australia not long before the Great War. Their great-grandfather Samson Evershed had eight children and Job his only surviving son married Frances Tidy in 1838. They had 13 children and the eleventh child Daniel Tidy Evershed (1855-1928) married Sarah Jane Golds They had 8 children including Allen (1881-1918) who served in the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Australian Imperial Force and Daniel (1885-1918) who served in the Australian Imperial Force.

The Tideys of Washington, by Mrs. M. G. Rafferty, published December 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 4, article, pp.140-141) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Tydee born 1705 married Elizabeth Fryer and had six children. Article covers the years 1705 - 1916 in the parish of Washington.

The Tideys of Worthing and Washington, by Mrs. Merle Rafferty, published March 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 1, article, pp.10-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Earliest Registers of Thakeham and Washington, by F. L. Leeson, published October 1996 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 58, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/58] & The Keep [LIB/500484]

Washington - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.260, 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

Sussex Will Beneficiaries Indexes, compiled by John Nightingale, published December 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 4, article, pp.114-121) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508819] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Kirdford 177-1725, West Grinstead 1770-1800 & Washington 1700-1800

A Mesolithic Site at Rock Common, Washington, West Sussex, by Phil Harding, published 2000 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 138, article, pp.29-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14509] & The Keep [LIB/500298] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A concentration of Middle-Late Mesolithic flint work was recorded by excavation at Rock Common, Washington, West Sussex (NGR 513114). The excavation (>130 square metres) occupied an area of the site known as 'The Rough' and was defined by test-pitting within an area of 1750 square metres, above the 70 metres OD contour. The Mesolithic assemblage comprised over 50,000 pieces of worked flint, including Horsham microliths and microburins. There were some residual finds of Late Glacial artefacts. The material appears to have been largely in situ, although localized vertical and horizontal movement of artefacts through the sandy subsoil has led to a blurring of spatial patterning. The distribution is interpreted as suggesting that re-tooling and repairing of hunting equipment was undertaken around a series of hearths, represented by burnt flint. Some Neolithic flintwork was also recovered.
Colluvial deposits located at the base of the slope ('hill wash') on the edge of The Rough were also sampled and found to contain derived Mesolithic material. A 'hollow way' bisecting The Rough was also sampled and contoured and seen to include a palaeosol thought to contain Late Glacial artefacts.

The Washington Story. The forgotten history of a downland village, by Chris Hare, published 20 April 2000 (118 pp., Washington Parish Council, ISBN-10: 0953821706 & ISBN-13: 9780953821709) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Washington Estate: new evidence on an ancient boundary, by Robin Milner-Gulland, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.205-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Although historical evidence for the Anglo-Saxon estate boundary at Washington has been discussed in the past, there has been little on-the-ground investigation to find any physical evidence of its actual route across the landscape. Examination of the boundary's probable course has discovered several sections of earthwork bank, and these are discussed in relation to the historical sources.

The possible identification of a Priory grange at Washington, by Annabelle Hughes, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, short article, pp.212-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Poplar Cottage - a wasteland cottage from Washington, West Sussex, by Danae Tankard, published 2007 (Weald & Downland Museum)

A Washington Scrapbook, the Last 100 Years, by Gina Wilmshurst, published 2011 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Washington Scrapbook, going back, by Gina Wilmshurst, published 2012 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Washington Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW194, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1583-1619 1623-1626 1630-1640 1662-1674 1677 1685-1900, Marriages 1558-1901 and Burials 1583-1601 1605-1618 1623-1626 1630-1640 1662-1677 1686-1900. Indexed Transcription. Vol.194. Includes seven external photographs.

Arun Valley and Worthing Out - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C007, CD-ROM)

Amberley, Binstead, Buncton, Burpham, Clapham, Eartham, Ferring, Findon, Goring, Greatham, Houghton (CE and RC), Lyminster, Madehurst, Parham, Patching, Poling, Rustington, Slindon (CE and RC), Sompting, Thakeham, Tortington, Walberton and Washington