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The Private Memorandum of William Roe of Withdean in the County of Sussex, edited by C. Thomas-Stanford, published 1928 (iii + 89 pp., Brighton: Southern Publishing) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This is the careful record by a distinguished civil servant of events, great and small, affecting himself and his family. Its Sussex interest arises in various ways; his wife was a daughter of Sir William Thomas, Bart., of Yapton and Ratton in Willingdon; many visits were paid to Brighthelmstone and for a time they had a house, Norton, in Aldingbourne. In 1794, Mr. Roe became a Sussex landowner by the purchase of an estate at Withdean in Patcham, and his notes concerning this property and its manorial associations constitute a record of real value.

The Manor of Withdean-Cayliffe, by S.N.Q. contributor, published May 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 6, note, pp.188-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

William Roe of Withdean. the Purchase and Management of a small Estate on the South Downs 1794 to 1808 and its Consequences for the Modern Landscape, by S. Farrant, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.173-180) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Vanishing Villas of Preston and Withdean, by Selma Montford, J. Pollard and R. Sanderson, published 1 December 1996 (35 pp., Brighton Books, ISBN-10: 1901454002 & ISBN-13: 9781901454000) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502505] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

North Brighton Through Time: Preston, Withdean & Patcham, by Anthony Beeson, published 19 September 2013 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445615401 & ISBN-13: 9781445615400) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Preston, once a village with an independent life, is now Brighton', wrote Edward Verrall Lucas of the main subject of this volume in 1904. The same thing might also be said of Patcham and its hamlet of Withdean, which are the other protagonists within these covers. Preston and Withdean were noted for their trees in the 'barren waste' of Brighton. Their modern development followed the 1854 removal of the Preston turnpike. This volume is arranged geographically as a series of five textual peregrinations through Preston, Withdean, Surrenden and Patcham. One starts from the Preston viaduct while others commence from Preston Park Avenue, Preston Circus, Preston Drove and Preston Park's Rose Garden. The many previously unpublished illustrations come from the author's collection.