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Parish of West Hampnett, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Chichester, pp.56-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Church of West Hampnett, Sussex, Chiefly in Reference to its Roman Remains, by Gordon M. Hills, published September 1868 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (first series, vol 24, issue 3, article, pp.209-218)   View Online

The Church of West-Hampnett, Sussex, chiefly in reference to its Roman Remains, by Gordon M. Hills, published 1869 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 21, article, pp.33-43) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2016] & The Keep [LIB/500239] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Westhampnett, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, pp.241-242, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158]   View Online

The Parish Church of St Peter, Westhampnett, by Rev. A. A. Evans, published 1933 (14 pp., Eastbourne: Sussex Printers) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Westhampnett, by S.N.Q. contributor, published May 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 2, note, p.57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Parish of Westhampnett, edited by L. F. Salzman, published 1953 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 4: The Rape of Chichester, pp.175-180, 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

Religious Survey 1851 - Westhampnett district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.147-160, 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

Westhampnett district incl. Manhood, Birdham, West Itchenor, West Wittering, East Wittering, Earnley, Sidlesham, Selsey, Pagham, Hunston, North Mundham, Donnington, Appledram, New Fishbourne, Rumboldswyke, Merston, Yapton, Barnham, Felpham, Middleton, Binsted, Madehurst, Walberton, Eastergate, Boxgrove, Aldingbourne, Eartham, Oving, Tangmere, East Lavant, Singleton, West Stoke, Mid-Lavant, East Dean, Up-Waltham & Graffham

Westhampnett from the Ice Age to the Romans, by A. P. Fitzpatrick, published 1992 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11979]

Westhampnett from the Ice Age to the Romans, by David Wilson, published 1992 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12564]

What's In a Name? The Kewell Family Name, by Dawn Moss, published December 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 4, article, pp.143-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author's search for her grandfather who was born 1856 in the Westhampnett Union Workhouse and christened in Birdham Church. He was the son Fanny Kewell who married Charles French four months later.

Chichester and the Westhampnett Poor Law Union, by Barry Fletcher, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, article, pp.185-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library

Westhampnett - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, pp.264-265, 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

Spitfires Over Sussex: The Exploits of 602 Squadron, by David Rowland, published 30 October 2000 (150 pp., Peacehaven: Finsbury Publishing, ISBN-10: 0953939200 & ISBN-13: 9780953939206) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bronze Age burials and settlement and an Anglo-Saxon settlement at Claypit Lane, Westhampnett, West Sussex, by Adrian M. Chadwick, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.7-50) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Evaluation and excavation revealed slight evidence for Mesolithic activity, an Early Neolithic pit and Late Neolithic pits, one of which included the remains of apples and sloes. As well as an Early Bronze Age cremation burial, three Middle Bronze Age ring-ditches and six associated burials were found. A Middle to Late Bronze Age settlement, one of the first found on the West Sussex Coastal Plain, contained several placed deposits and an important pottery assemblage. Two Anglo-Saxon Sunken Featured Buildings also add to the growing evidence for that period on the Coastal Plain.

Archaeological Excavations on the Route of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass West Sussex, 1992: Volume 1: Late Upper Palaeolithic-Anglo-Saxon, by A. P. Fitzpatrick, Andrew B. Powell and Michael J. Allen, published 17 November 2008 (284 pp., Wessex Archaeology, ISBN-10: 1874350191 & ISBN-13: 9781874350194) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Five main excavations and a number of smaller ones were undertaken in advance of the construction of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass near Chichester, West Sussex, in 1992. This volume presents the evidence for settlement and related evidence that spans 11,000 years from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the medieval. The sites examined included a Late Upper Palaeolithic palaeosol, two early Mesolithic residential base camps, isolated Early and Late Neolithic pits, an Early Bronze Age barrow and a Middle Bronze Age settlement, a Middle Iron Age settlement, an unusual Romano-British enclosure of unknown function, perhaps a shrine, and an Anglo-Saxon Sunken-Featured building.

Westhampnett at War, by Mark Hillier, Dieter Sinanan and Gregory Percival, published 2010 (150 pp., Royal Air Forces Association & printed at Yellowman Lt.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17410] & West Sussex Libraries

The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground, growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right. Home to 41 Squadrons and temporary home to many more during its heyday, it took part in the majority of the major air engagements in the European theatre of war, from the Battle of Britain through to D-Day and Arnhem.

The excavation of prehistoric remains, a Roman road and post-medieval kiln at Stane Street, Westhampnett, West Sussex, by Greg Priestley-Bell, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.47-70) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Evaluation and excavation on the line of Stane Street at Westhampnett, near Chichester, West Sussex revealed significant remains relating to the Roman road, including part of the agger, a flanking ditch, both zonal ditches and the rutted surface of a metalled 'carriageway'. Roman Stane Street at this location was c. 25 m wide in total, with c. 7 m between zonal ditch and flanking ditch (all measurements taken from the centres of the ditches). While the flanking ditch produced mid first-century AD pottery, a small quantity of Early Saxon pottery, together with fourth-century Roman pottery, was recovered from the surface of the rutted southern 'carriageway'. A brick kiln of probable mid sixteenth- to seventeenth-century date was revealed during the evaluation and preserved in situ. A small number of prehistoric features were also identified, including four possible Bronze Age pits, a Middle Iron Age ditch and a Late Iron Age/Early Roman pit.

Westhampnett Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW20, CD-ROM)

Baptisms, Marriages (from 1592) and Burials 1584-1901, Banns 1755-1902. Indexed transcript. Vol.20. Includes 19 external photographs.

Chichester Area Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C005, CD-ROM)

Apuldram, Birdham, Earnley, West Itchenor, West Stoke and Westhampnett