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Parish of Westfield, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Hastings, pp.436-438) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Westfield, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.236-237, 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 Westfield, published 1875 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Sir Stephen Glynne's Notes on Churches: Udimore, Westfield, Whatlington, Winchelsea, by the late V. J. Torr, published November 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 2, article, pp.41-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Iron Working in Westfield, by Simon Kamer and John Bell, William Parker School, Hastings, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.38-44) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

A slightly abridged copy of the Prize-winning Essay submitted for the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society's Schools Essay Competition of 1981.
The readily available iron ore natural to the Wealden clays, which provided the essential raw material, and the dense woodland, which provided fuel in the form of charcoal, are the two major reasons why, in the past, there was a successful iron industry in the area.
The industry seems to have flourished in two main periods, Roman and post Medieval although there is also some evidence from preceding, intervening and succeeding times. In Westfield there is evidence from both the main periods although domestic needs may have been fulfilled at other times without leaving traces.

This article contains a summary of ironworking, from prehistoric to post-medieval, in the hinterland of Hastings. In particular it describes the foundation of Westfield Forge exposed when the bay was inadvertently destroyed by the water authority in 1980.

East Sussex Census 1851 Index: Hollington, Bexhill, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Westfield, Sedlescombe and Ewhurst, by June C Barnes, published March 1987 (vol. 6, booklet, 92 pp., C. J. Barnes & printed at Battle Instant Print Ltd., ISBN-13: 9781870264051) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503432] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Names Not Easily Forgotten, by R. Vincett, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, p.331) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

About Philadelphia Cruttenden who married John Vincett in 1798 at Westfield

Religious Survey 1851 - Battle district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.18-27, 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

Battle district incl. Hollington, Bexhill, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Westfield, Sedlescombe, Ewhurst, Whatlington, Mountfield, Brightling, Dallington, Penhurst & Ashburnham

Westfield - Land Tax 1785, edited by Roger Davey, published 1991 in East Sussex Land Tax, 1785 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 77, pp.217-218, 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

Thomas Weller, Potter of Brede, His Forebears and Descendants, by Dr. Raymond F. Walker, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, pp.67-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Weller, owner of the Brede pottery, was the fourth son William Weller (1744-1812) and Mary Ashdown (1750-1829). Article covers the Weller family for the years 1744 - 1890 in the parishes of Salehurst and Westfield.

Field Notes: Oaklands Romano-British ironworking site, Westfield, East Sussex, compiled by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2001 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 21, report, pp.2-8, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506568]   Download PDF

AA Street by Street: Hastings, Battle, Bexhill, Rye, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Fairlight, Guestling Green, Icklesham, Ninfield, Sedlescombe, Westfield, Winchelsea, published 2002 (59 pp., AA Publishing, ISBN-10: 0749531770 & ISBN-13: 9780749531775) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Parish register transcripts: Westfield - burials, 1727-1774, by Ruth Carter, published 2010 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500883]

Parish register transcripts: Westfield - burials, 1775-1812, by Ruth Carter, published 2010 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500884]

Parish register transcripts: Westfield - marriages, 1552-1635, by Ruth Carter, published 2010 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500887]

Parish register transcripts: Westfield - marriages, 1636-1726, by Ruth Carter, published 2010 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500886]

Parish register transcripts: Westfield - marriages, 1727-1799, by Ruth Carter, published 2010 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500885]

Parish register transcripts: Westfield - marriages, 1800-1837, by Ruth Carter, published 2010 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500882]