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Parish of Westbourne, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Chichester, pp.75-76) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The River Ems, by John H. Sperling, published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, notes & queries, p.185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Westbourne, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.234-236, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

The Parochial History of Westbourne, by Rev. John Hanson Sperling, M.A., published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, article, pp.77-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Westbourne Monumental Inscriptions in the Church, Churchyard, and Cemetery, by Rev. John Hanson Sperling, M.A., published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, article, pp.201-213) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Westbourne, by John H. Sperling, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, notes & queries, p.324) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library   View Online

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

Memoirs of Mrs. Oldfield, by her Son, and Notices of the Neighbourhood of Oldfield Lawn, from 1785 to 1808; with an Account of the Author, by Rev. Frederick Henry Arnold, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, article, pp.83-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Westbourne Tradesman's Token, by F. H. Arnold, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, notes & queries, p.208) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Henry I at Burne and Barnham, by F. H. Arnold, published 1898 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 41, notes & queries, pp.235-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2126] & The Keep [LIB/500259] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Henry I at Burne and Burnham, by J. H. Round, published 1899 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 42, notes & queries, p.238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2127] & The Keep [LIB/500260] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Mistakes with reference to 'Bourne', by J. H. Mee, published 1899 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 42, notes & queries, pp.238-239) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2127] & The Keep [LIB/500260] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Eastbourne and Westbourne, by John H. Mee, published 1904 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 47, notes & queries, p.156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2132] & The Keep [LIB/500265] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Westbourne Parish, by E. Walker, B.Sc., published 1907 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4305]

Bourne in the Past: a history of the Parish of Westbourne, by John Henry Mee, published 1912 (Hove) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15602] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Church Plans XXXV: St John the Baptist, Westbourne , by W. H. G. [Walter H. Godfrey], published February 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 1, article, pp.26-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

A Cinerary Urn found at Westbourne, by Miss K. M.E. Murray and Miss J. G. Pilmer, published August 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 7, article, pp.159-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The Hundred of Westbourne and Singleton, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, p.88, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 071290588X & ISBN-13: 9780712905886) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Parish of Westbourne, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, pp.126-132, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 071290588X & ISBN-13: 9780712905886) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7398] & The Keep [LIB/500082] & R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, by Norman Worton, published 1955 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4972]

Church of St. John Baptist, Westbourne in the Diocese of Chichester, Sussex, Descriptive Guide, by Lindsay Fleming, published 1958 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4954][Lib 11906] & West Sussex Libraries

Carved Beam at Westbourne Church Sussex. A Problem of Identification, by Francis W Steer, published 1958 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1838]

Carved beam at Westbourne Church, Sussex: a problem of identification, by F. W. Steer, F.S.A., published July 1958 in The Antiquaries Journal (vol. 38 issue 3-4, note, pp.247-249)   View Online

A Short History of Westbourne, by S. H. Woolrych, published 1971 (pamphlet, Westbourne: Arnold Nicholas) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5301] & West Sussex Libraries

The Westbourne Witch, by Peter M. Wilkinsin, published June 1975 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 4, article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/4] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Riots in Westbourne [1830], by Peter M. Wilkinsin, published Autumn 1976 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 6, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/6] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Westbourne's Blackest Year [1609], by Peter M. Wilkinsin, published February 1977 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 7, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/7] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Trades People of Westbourne 1845-1938, by Peter Ellacott, published 1981 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 1, 36 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

The Relief of Poverty in the Workhouse 1793-1815, by Timothy Cotton, published December 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.84-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A study of workhouses in Hurstpierpoint, Westbourne, West Grinstead and Wisborough Green

The Village Schools 1819-1984, by Nigel Peake, published 1983 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 2, 40 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749613 & ISBN-13: 9780950749617) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Westbourne: A personal view, by Winifred M. Bray, published 1 January 1983 (42 pp., Bournemouth : Bournemouth Local Studies, ISBN-10: 0906287510 & ISBN-13: 9780906287514) accessible at: British Library

The Relief of Poverty in the Workhouse 1793-1815, by Timothy Cotton, published March 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.149-155) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A study of workhouses in Hurstpierpoint, Westbourne, West Grinstead and Wisborough Green - Part II

The poor of the parish and the work of the Westbourne select vestries, 1819-1835, by Peter Ellacott, published 1986 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 3, 32 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749621 & ISBN-13: 9780950749624) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9555] & West Sussex Libraries

Bastardy and pre-nuptial conceptions in Westbourne 1600-1840, by George and Marjorie Hothersall, published May 1988 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 40, article, p.23) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/40] & The Keep [LIB/500482]

Westbourne Poor House, 1773-1830, by George & Majorie Hothersall, published September 1989 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 44, article, p.13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/44] & The Keep [LIB/500482]

Guess Where?, by Mrs. T. J. Gess, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.364-365) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Mark Gess (1849-1926) from Wandsworth who married Charlotte Smith in 1875 were travellers and had a family of seven. They lived for a period at Westbourne.

Westbourne then and now: Westbourne in pictures between 1900 and 1990, compiled by Stephen Johns, published 1990 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 4, 36 pp, Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 095074963X) accessible at: British Library

Religious Survey 1851 - Westbourne district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.183-189, 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

Westbourne district incl. Funtington, West Dean, East Marden, North Marden, Up-Marden, Stoughton, Compton, Racton, Bosham, Chidham & West Thorney

The Westbourne Union life in and out of the new workhouse, by Ian Watson, published 1991 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 5, 60 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749648) accessible at: British Library

The Two Turbulent Priests of Westbourne, by George Hothersall, published April 1992 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 49, article, p.18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/49] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

Westbourne Church Guide, by Lindsay Fleming, published 1993 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 6, reprint, Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

The Building of the Sixteenth-Century Rood Loft in Westbourne Church, by Alison McCann, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.124-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

Westbourne and D-Day, published 1994 (pamphlet, Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12204]

Cleaning up Westbourne, by David Hogg, published 1994 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 7, Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

Westbourne Worthies, by David Hogg, published 1996 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 8, 47 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749672 & ISBN-13: 9780950749679) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

Bastards of Westbourne: a study of illegitimacy between 1720 and 1840, by Peter Ellacott, published 1996 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 9, 56 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749680 & ISBN-13: 9780950749686) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13223] & Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

Westbourne - 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

Westbourne's War, 1939-1945, by Thomas Edwards, published July 1998 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 10, 47 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749699 & ISBN-13: 9780950749693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13791] & Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

A Millennium in Tandem: Westbourne and Stansted, by David Hogg, published 1 December 2000 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 11, 58 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655008 & ISBN-13: 9780953655007) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17378] & Westbourne Local History Group

Westbourne memorials : church and churchyard, by Jill Storer and Keith Linder, published 2004 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 13, 66 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655024 & ISBN-13: 9780953655021) accessible at: British Library & Westbourne Local History Group

Two families in Hermitage, by Richard W. Burwood, published December 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 4, article, pp.170-171) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508988] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Two families connect with Hermitage at Westbourne:

• Burwood, 1811 to 1817?: William Burward married Elizabeth Giles at Portsea on 27 July 1811 and they had nine children before William died in 1829.
• Gibbs, 1800 to 1900?: After his first wife Eliza died, Gilbert Gibbs married Harriet Cripps and they had a family.

Cottage Economy: A Study of Rural Life, by Augusta Ann Pitney, published 2007 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 14, 59 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655032 & ISBN-13: 9780953655038) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

Original title and first published in 1855: Cottage economy: by a cottager, in three lectures, addressed to the girls of the Westbourne National School by Augusta Ann Pitney; with a preface and notes by the Rev. Henry Newland

Peterborough ware from Westbourne: a rare Middle Neolithic 'ritual' deposit from the West Sussex Coastal Plain, by Mike Seager Thomas, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.7-16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Excavation by Development Archaeology Services at Westbourne, West Sussex, has uncovered a small pit containing an unusually fine assemblage of Neolithic Peterborough ware pottery, including one of only two complete Peterborough ware profiles found in the county to date. This paper discusses their internal and external relationships. Features and pottery of these sorts are widely seen as ritual or symbolic rather than functional (e.g. Drewett 2003; Thomas 1999). The evidence from Westbourne points, however, not to ritual or symbolic practices as an explanation of Peterborough ware pits locally, but to everyday domestic routine.

The Village Schools 1819-1984, by Nigel Peake, published 1 December 2011 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 15, 2nd edition, 40 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655040 & ISBN-13: 9780953655045) accessible at: British Library & Westbourne Local History Group

Westbourne and the Great War, by Nigel Peake, published 1 September 2014 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 16, 120 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655059 & ISBN-13: 9780953655052) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

This book identifies the impact the war had on a small community. Over three hundred men from the village served and the names of fifty-five men who died are listed on the war memorial. It explores how the village coped and includes information about where some of the men who served fought abroad. It is sad to learn how many young men died so soon once on active service. Well written and researched it is particularly good on the men's campaign experience.

Trades People of Westbourne 1845-1938, by Peter Ellacott and updated by Peter Wilkinson and Peter Barge, published September 2015 (Westbourne Local History Group) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group

Tradespeople of Westbourne 1845-1938 shows how businesses have come and gone during that time. They range from specialists such as wheelwrights and watch repairers to "all-in-one" shops such as Comber's. In 1895, this latter advertised itself as family grocer, baker, pork butcher, corn and provision merchant, and also offered British wines, patent medicines, Crosse and Blackwell's specialities, tinned meats and fruits, as well as brooms and brushes.
Everyday life in Westbourne over almost a century is cleverly illustrated by the latest publication from the village's local history group.
The book was originally compiled by Peter Ellacott in 1981, with a series of tables showing which traders were operating at any given date. It has now been updated by Peter Wilkinson and Peter Barge, with new indexes of individual trades and more than 300 surnames of those who followed them. There are also new illustrations and photos.

Long Copse Lane, Westbourne (NGR: SU75620797) - evaluation report, by Luis Esteves and Andy Taylor, published June 2016 (Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services)   View Online

The Church of St John The Baptist, Westbourne, published (no date) (pamphlet, St John The Baptist, Westbourne) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5015]

The Parish Church of St John Baptist, Westbourne, Sussex, by John Williams, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4966]

Westbourne Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW27, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1550-1892, Marriages and Burials 1550-1901, Banns 1883-1900. Indexed Transcription. Includes 23 external photographs. Vol.27.