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The Temptations of Watering Places and the best means of counteracting their influence, by John Styles, published 1815 (published by the author)

A sermon preached at Union Street Chapel, Brighton, August 13, 1815

A Lecture Addressed to the Labouring Classes of the County of Sussex, and Elsewhere, by A Country Gentleman, published 1831 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8554]

A Glossary of the Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1834 (34 pp., London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5587] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Treatise on Mineral Waters, with particular reference to those prepared at the Royal German Spa, at Brighton, by Johann Christopher August Franz, published 1842 (London: J. Churchill)   View Online

Names of Sussex Gentry in 1588, by M. A. Lower, published 1848 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 1, article, pp.32-37) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2086] & The Keep [LIB/500220] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Tenantry Customs in Sussex - the Drinker Acres, by William Figg, published 1851 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 4, article, pp.304-308) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2089] & The Keep [LIB/500223] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Glossary of the Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1853 (2nd edition, 87 pp., London: John Russell Smith) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5587] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

On the Custom of Borough English, as Existing in the County of Sussex, by George R. Corner, F.S.A., published 1853 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 6, article, pp.164-177) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2091] & The Keep [LIB/500225] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A List of Manors and Places in the County of Sussex in which the Customary Descent is to the Youngest Son, by George R. Corner, F.S.A., published 1853 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 6, article, pp.178-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2091] & The Keep [LIB/500225] & S.A.S. library   View Online

On the Retention of British and Saxon Names in Sussex, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1854 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 7, article, pp.1-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2092] & The Keep [LIB/500226] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Custom of Borough English, by George R. Corner, F.S.A., published 1856 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 8, notes & queries, p.272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2093] & The Keep [LIB/500227] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Scarcity of Husbands in Sussex in 1700, by Wm. Durrant Cooper, published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, p.372) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Appearance of Spirits in Sussex, by George Slade Butler, F.S.A., published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, article, pp.25-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rhyming Epistle by a Sussex Lady, a century ago, by M. A. L. [Mark Antony Lower], published 1862 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 14, notes & queries, pp.266-267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2099] & The Keep [LIB/500233] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Social Condition of Sussex in 1631-1632, by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., published 1864 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 16, article, pp.20-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2101] & The Keep [LIB/500235] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Leathern Bottles and Drinking Mugs, by E. T. [Edward Turner], published 1864 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 16, notes & queries, pp.304-305) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2101] & The Keep [LIB/500235] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Participation of Sussex in Cade's Rising, 1450, by W. D. Cooper, F.S.A., published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, article, pp.17-36) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Burial in Woollen, by P. de Putron, published 1866 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 18, notes & queries, pp.190-193) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2103] & The Keep [LIB/500237] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Form of Indenture by Parish Officers in 1663, by E. B. Ellman, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, notes & queries, pp.209-210) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Prices of various Articles at different times, by The Editor, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, pp.226-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Tyburn Tickets, by The Editor, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, notes & queries, pp.230-231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Sussex Election Poll-Book of 1734, by Hugh Wyatt, LL.D., recorder of Seaford, published 1871 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 23, article, pp.73-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2108] & The Keep [LIB/500241] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Newspaper Cuttings relating to Sussex from the year 1678 to 1771, with notes and observations, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1872 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 24, article, pp.139-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2109] & The Keep [LIB/500242] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Poetical Pudding, by E. Turner, published 1872 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 24, notes & queries, pp.291-292) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2109] & The Keep [LIB/500242] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Guilds, by Wm. Durrant Cooper, published 1872 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 24, notes & queries, pp.292-293) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2109] & The Keep [LIB/500242] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Onyx Cameo, by The Editor, published 1873 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 25, notes & queries, pp.229-230) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2110] & The Keep [LIB/500243] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Nooks and Corners of Old Sussex. Choice examples in Sussex Archaeology; illustrated by engravings, with notes, by Pierre de Putron, published 1875 (Lewes: Farncombe) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501577] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Betrothal Rings, by Thomas Ross, published 1875 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 26, notes & queries, p.269) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2111] & The Keep [LIB/500244] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Embroidery, temp. Charles I, by F. H. Arnold, published 1875 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 26, notes & queries, p.270) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2111] & The Keep [LIB/500244] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Place Rhymes and Local Proverbs, by Frederick E. Sawyer, published 1884 accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

"Bumboo" an 18th Century Drink, by Frederick E. Sawyer, published 1886 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 34, notes & queries, p.259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2119] & The Keep [LIB/500252] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An Eighteenth Century Sussex Letter, by The Editor, published 1887 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 35, notes & queries, p.192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2120] & The Keep [LIB/500253] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Markets and Fairs, by Frederick E. Sawyer, published 1888 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 36, article, pp.180-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2121] & The Keep [LIB/500254] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex Public Libraries, by C. T. Phillips, published 1890 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 37, notes & queries, p.198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2122] & The Keep [LIB/500255] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An Engagement Ring, by Walter C. Renshaw, Q.C., published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.194-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Puritanical Names in Sussex, by Rev. R. Hawkins, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, p.209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Fragments of a Sussex Almanack, AD 1607, by John Sawyer, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.215-216) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Worthing v Tarring in 1789, by The Editor, published 1892 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 38, notes & queries, pp.223-224, , report in Ladies Magazine for 1789) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2123] & The Keep [LIB/500256] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Medieval Whistle, by F. H. Arnold, published 1894 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 39, notes & queries, p.217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2124] & The Keep [LIB/500257] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Booke Concerning the Deputy Lieutenantship, by Edward S. Cunliffe, published 1896 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 40, article, pp.1-37) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2125] & The Keep [LIB/500258] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Old Sussex Use of the Birch, by F. H. Arnold, published 1898 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 41, notes & queries, p.237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2126] & The Keep [LIB/500259] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Triple Stocks, by James Lewis André, F.S.A., published 1899 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 42, notes & queries, p.242) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2127] & The Keep [LIB/500260] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Dead Man's Hand, by F. H. Arnold, F.S.A., published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, notes & queries, p.215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Is a Barber a Tradesman?, by F. H. Arnold, F.S.A., published 1902 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 45, notes & queries, pp.215-216) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2130] & The Keep [LIB/500263] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Horsham Young Men's Christian Association. Established (1898) to promote the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social well-being of young men, published 1903 (12 pp., Horsham: Price & Co., Printers) accessible at: British Library

Drinking Custom, by J. C. S. [J. C. Stenning], published 1905 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 48, notes & queries, pp.159-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2133] & The Keep [LIB/500266] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Rings Used as Amulets in Sickness, by L. F. Salzman, published 1909 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 52, notes & queries, p.193) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2137] & The Keep [LIB/500270] & S.A.S. library   View Online

A Roman Circus on the South Downs, by A. H. Allcroft, published 30 March 1918 in Brighton Gazette (article)

The Happy Phantom; or, Sussex revisited, by Arthur Francis Bell and edited by M. D. Petre, published 1919 (x + 111 pp., Hove: Combridges) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Posthumously published memorial volume of poetry, essays and short fiction by a man of letters, crippled by accident when an infant, who spent most of his life in Sussex

Tansy, by Tickner Edwardes, published 1921 (New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Provincialisms, by R. Thurston Hopkins, published 1921 in Kipling's Sussex (Appendix, pp.243-247, London: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16008][Lib 17091] & The Keep [LIB/504753] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The Knight's Hospitallers, by J. Horace Round, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.227-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Hallstatt Brooches in Sussex, by Unknown Author(s), published 1924 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 65, notes & queries, pp.253-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2150] & The Keep [LIB/500283] & S.A.S. library

Some Sussex Miracles, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published 1925 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 66, article, pp.62-82) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2151] & The Keep [LIB/500284] & S.A.S. library

Work and Wages in the 16th Century , by W. D. Peckham, published February 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 1, note, pp.18-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

A Sixteenth Century Recipe , by W. D. Peckham, published November 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 4, note, p.122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

A Dissertation on Sussex Proverbs and Curious Sayings, by Arthur Beckett, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 1, article, pp.42-44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

"Catnachery" in Sussex: Bad Ballads of Forgotten Crimes, by Arthur Beckett, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 3, article, pp.106-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Old-Time Medicines in Sussex: Physic our Grandsires Endured, by Arthur Beckett, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 4, article, pp.180-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

The Society of the Men of Sussex, by Alfred Anscombe, F.R.Hist.S., published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 8, article, pp.376-378) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

The Sussex Mummers' Play, by Arthur Beckett, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 13, article, pp.545-552) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]

Some Sussex Miracles , by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published August 1927 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 7, article, pp.215-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Sussex and the Women's Institutes, by L. F. Ramsay, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 3, article, pp.99-101) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

H.M.S. Sussex, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 4, article, pp.166-167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

The Story of Roman Sussex III - Of Roman Cemeteries and Funeral Customs of the Regnenes, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 7, article, pp.312-317) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

The County Rally of the West Sussex Women's Institutes, by L. F. Ramsay, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 8, article, pp.375-377) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

The Rotary Movement in Sussex, by Gilbert Pass, B.A., published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 11, article, pp.483-485) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

Two Charms and a Recipe, by E. L. Botting, published February 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 1, note, pp.27-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

The Custom of Borough English, by W. D. Peckham, published May 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 2, note, pp.57-58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Sinder and Cinder, by Ernest Straker, published November 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 4, note, p.128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

The Photographic Record Society, by Frederick Harrison, M.A., F.S.A., published 1929 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. III no. 6, article, p.360) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2307] & The Keep [LIB/500139]

A Peer's Tailor's Bill, 1744, by M. S. Holgate, published August 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 7, note, p.218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

The R.A.O.B. in Sussex, by S. T. Shaw, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 1, article, pp.76-77) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Curious Sussex Customs, by Frank Watts, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 4, article, p.339) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

The vanishing South Saxon, by Edward Shoosmith, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 6, article, pp.478-480) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

Folk Dancing in Sussex, by J. E. Whittome, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 7, article, pp.541-542) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

The Peasant Risings of 1830, by C. E. Tritton, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 11, article, pp.946-947) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

The Uncommon Word "Ragment", by W. B. [W. Budgen], published August 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 3, query, p.94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

The Black Death in Sussex, by W. B. [W. Budgen], published November 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 4, note, pp.124-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

The Unusual Word "Ragment", by W. B. [W. Budgen], published November 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 4, reply, p.130) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Assembly Marks, by Walter H. Godfrey, published November 1930 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. III no. 4, reply, p.130) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8952][Lib 8221] & The Keep [LIB/500205] & S.A.S. library

Old Sussex Charms and Superstitions, by G. Haskins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 2, article, p.122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Rural Life and Music in Old Sussex, by J. K. Harmer, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.260-263) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Townswomen's Guilds in Sussex, by Linda M. Enthoven, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.291-292) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Sussex and Oral Tradition, by Rev. J. P. Bacon Phillips, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 9, article, pp.594-595) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Sussex "Round Tables", by John C. Lacroix, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 10, article, pp.665-668) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Religious Drama in Sussex, by E. Martin Browne, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 12, article, pp.817-820) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Sussex County Gaol at Horsham, 1540-1845. I - Introductory: Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Gaol, by William Albery, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 5, article, pp.308-312) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Old Coaching Days in Sussex, by Walwyn Tedrake, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 6, article, pp.369-370) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

On foot in Sussex: a loiterer's note book, by Rev. A. A. Evans, published 1933 (xii + 243 pp., London: Methuen & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15872] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Sussex Peep-Show, by Walter Wilkinson, published 1933 (viii + 204 pp., London: Geoffrey Bles) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15301] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Description of life running a puppet show around the County of Sussex

The Pells and Bells of Sussex , by D. Macleod, published May 1933 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IV no. 5, article, p.125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2203][Lib 8222][Lib 8861] & The Keep [LIB/500206] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Village Plays, and Others, by Amy Sawyer, published 1934 (viii + 353 pp., Hove: Combridges) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 940] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

written for village drama societies, WI, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides

Myth and Memory, by Viscountess Wolseley, published 1934 (Tunbridge Wells: Courier) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Town Crier, by Arthur Beckett, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 2, article, pp.87-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

Pipe-Stoppers, by Eliot Curwen, M.A., F.S.A., published February 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 1, article, pp.11-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Further Evidence of the distribution of wealth in Medieval Sussex, by R. A. Pelham, M.A., published February 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 1, article, pp.18-19) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Marble, by G. H. Kempson, published February 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 1, note, pp.26-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Mediaeval compared with Modern Money, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.70-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

The Curfew, by W. R. Butterfield, published August 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 3, article, p.92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Funeral Expenses. Brighton to London, 1824, by Ronald Morris, published November 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.107-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Graffiti, by Laurence F. Field, published November 1934 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 4, note, pp.122-123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Who's Who in Sussex, published 1935 (Ebenezer Baylis & Son Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10]

Saunterer in Sussex, by Rev. A. A. Evans, published 1935 (London: Methuen & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12384] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sheep Counting, by James White, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.305-307) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

Sussex Spaniels, by Jane Bevan, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.308-309) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

Our Committee Meeting, by Catharine Pullein, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.313-315) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

Chalk Shoe and Boot, by E. J. Frazer Hearne, published November 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 8, query, p.253) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Gastronomic Sussex: Being a dissertation on the "Seven Good Things" and some others, by Admiral Chambers, C.B., published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 1, article, pp.18-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

A Humourist's Sketches: Some Sussex Scenes a Hundred Years Ago [by John Orlando Parry], by Cyril Bruyn Andrews, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 1, article, pp.30-34; no. 2, pp.123-124; no. 3, pp.178-180; no. 4, pp.266-268; no. 5, pp.329-331, no. 6, pp.420-421; no. 7, pp.498-499; no. 8, pp.552-553; no. 9, pp.602-604; no. 10, pp.672-674; no. 11, pp.748-749; no. 12, pp.832-833) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

Elizabeth Gilbert: A Blind Helper of the Blind, by R. S. T. Haslehurst, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 12, article, pp.797-798) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

The Passing of the Draw-Well, by Laurence F. Field, published February 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 1, note, p.28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Bells and Pells of Sussex (ref. S.N.Q. Nov., 1935), by S. E. Winbolt, published February 1936 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 1, reply, pp.31-32) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Recipe Book: With a Few Excursions into Kent, by M. K. Samuelson, published 1937 (London: Country Life)

The Urban Population of Sussex in 1340, by R. A. Pelham, M.A., Ph.D., published 1937 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 78, article, pp.211-223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2163] & The Keep [LIB/500351] & S.A.S. library

The Farm Labourers' Distress 1830-5, and the "Mobbing Winter" of 1830. 1 - The Causes of the Trouble, by William Albery, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 1, article, pp.20-25) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Landed Gentry of Sussex, by John Smallshaw, Assistant Editor, 'Burk's Landed Gentry', published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 1, article, pp.48-50) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Farm Labourers' Distress 1830-5, and the "Mobbing Winter" of 1830. 2 - The Mob at Brede and Events Elsewhere, by William Albery, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 2, article, pp.103-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Great Sussex Book-Collectors, by J. G. Garratt, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 3, article, pp.152-157) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Farm Labourers' Distress 1830-5, and the "Mobbing Winter" of 1830. 3 - Events at Horsham, by William Albery, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 3, article, pp.166-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Sussex 'Martlets', by Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S. and Harriet K. James, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 3, article, pp.178-180; no. 7, pp.457-460) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Farm Labourers' Distress 1830-5, and the "Mobbing Winter" of 1830. 4 - Wren, the Uckfield Martyr, by William Albery, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 4, article, pp.242-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

The Sussex Smock or Round-Frock, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 6, article, pp.371-374) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Some Sussex Bookplates of the 18th Century , by Harriet K. James, published May 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 6, article, pp.163-168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

An African Culture in Sussex [at Crowhurst Park, Battle], by Ernest Straker, F.S.A., published August 1937 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VI no. 7, article, pp.205-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12537][Lib 8863][Lib 8224] & The Keep [LIB/500208] & S.A.S. library

Brighton's Co-Operative Advance 1828 to 1938: The Jubilee History of the Brighton Equitable Co-Operative Society, by W. Henry Brown, published 1938 (Manchester: The Co-Operative Union) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7368] & The Keep [LIB/503765]

Lingering Sussex Superstitions, by Marcus Woodward, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 4, article, pp.248-252) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

The World of Eternal Silence: How Sussex Deaf and Dumb are Looked After, by Rev. P. G. Browning, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 10, article, pp.687-689) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

The Wine Press, by W. Maclean Homan, published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, note, p.25) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Pot Boilers, by L. F. S. [L. F. Salzman], published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, reply, p.29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Pot Boilers, by Lilian E. Brown, published February 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 1, reply, pp.29-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Pot Boilers, by W. Maclean Homan, published May 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 2, reply, p.62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Buried Treasure, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published August 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 3, article, pp.65-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Pronunciation of the Letter "A", by W. Maclean Homan, published November 1938 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 4, query, p.125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

By Weald and Down, by Rev. A. A. Evans, published 1939 (x + 240 pp., London: Methuen & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12385] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Superstition [at Portslade], by E. G. Hoper, published August 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 7, note, p.218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Bunting Hutch, by W. D. P. [W. D. Peckham], published November 1939 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VII no. 8, reply, p.248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12536][Lib 8864][Lib 2206] & The Keep [LIB/500209] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Fairs, by H. J. G. [H. J. Glover], published August 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 3, note, p.85) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

The Yardland or Virgate, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published November 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 4, article, pp.106-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

The Translation of Personal Names, by L. F. Salzman, F.S.A., published February 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 5, article, pp.136-138) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

A Pardon for Duelling, by W. Budgen, F.S.A., published November 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 8, article, pp.215-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Work and Wages in the XVth Century, by Rev. Walter Budgen, F.S.A., published November 1942 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 4, article, pp.86-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Eighteenth Century Christian Names, by G. D. Johnston, published February 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, article, pp.113-114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Pauper's Badges, by W. B. [W. Budgen], published February 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 5, note, pp.117-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

"Witches' Marks", by H. F. Fitt, published November 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 8, note, pp.184-185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

"Snirk" "Snirking", by K. A. E. [K. A. Esdaile], published November 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 8, note, p.185) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Lot, Lote, a Sussex name for a pond, by W. B. [W. Budgen], published November 1943 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. IX no. 8, query, pp.185-186) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8227][Lib 2208] & The Keep [LIB/500211] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Prisoners Aid Society: Report for the Year Ending 1944, published 1944 (pamphlet, Sussex Prisoners Aid Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4147]

Some Sussex Customs and Superstitions , by Frank R. Williams, published August 1944 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. X no. 3, article, pp.58-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8228][Lib 2209] & The Keep [LIB/500212] & S.A.S. library

Documents of Sussex interest in the Cathedral Library, Exeter, by Rev. Arthur Crookshank, published February 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 1, article, pp.13-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

The Acreage of the Sussex Hide of Land, by Rev. W. Budgen, F.S.A., published November 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 4, article, pp.73-77) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

The Mystery of Ford, by E. Wyndham Hulme, published November 1946 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 4, article, pp.89-90) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

The Mystery of Ford, by G. D. Johnston, published February 1947 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XI no. 5, note, pp.112-113) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8229][Lib 2210] & The Keep [LIB/500213] & S.A.S. library

Ink & High Explosive, by W. D. P. [W. D. Peckham], published February 1949 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XII no. 5, note, pp.118-119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8230] & The Keep [LIB/500214] & S.A.S. library

Armchair Reflections. Reminiscences of an old lady. (Articles re-printed from the "Mid-Sussex Times" and the "British Weekly.")., by Alice Frances Barry, published c.1950 (165 pp., Brighton: Southern Publishing) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Articles re-printed from the "Mid-Sussex Times" and the "British Weekly."

East Sussex Landownership: the Structure of Rural Society in an Area of Old Inclosure, 1733-1787, by D. K. Worcester, 1950 at Cambridge University (Ph.D. thesis)

Good Friday Customs in Sussex, by Ralph Merrifield, published 1950 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 89, article, pp.85-97) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2174] & The Keep [LIB/500340] & S.A.S. library

Coffin Cloths, by E. Pyddoke, published August 1950 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 3, note, p.67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Mocha Ware, by E. Pyddoke, published August 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 7, note, pp.160-161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Mocha Ware, by Carruthers Corfield, published November 1951 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII no. 8, note, p.188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

Elizabethan Brighton: the ancient customs of Brighthelmston, 1580, by Charles Webb and A. E. Wilson, published 1952 (Brighton: John Beal) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501656] & East Sussex Libraries

Occupations of the People of Sussex at the end of the eighteenth century, by H. C. Brookfield, B.A., Ph.D., Birkbeck College, Univesity of London, published November 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.249-254) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library

The Sussex Election of 1741, by G. H. Nadel, published 1953 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 91, article, pp.84-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2176] & The Keep [LIB/500338] & S.A.S. library

The Sussex Gentry in the Reign of Elizabeth, by Joyce E. Mousley, 1955 at University of London (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

This thesis is a study of some of the social, economic and political conditions of a number of gentry families of Elizabethan Sussex. The families selected for investigation were those which were represented among the holders of important official positions in the county during the reign, i.e. among the Lord or Deputy Lieutenants, the sheriffs, the county members of Parliament for Sussex and the J.P's. In addition, each family selected had to have had a representative living in 1580 and then resident primarily in Sussex. An enquiry was made as to how long the selected families had resided in Sussex, as to where the newcomers had arrived from and what brought them thither; also as to whether or not there were any tendency for important county positions to be monopolised by the long-established families. An examination was also made as to whereabouts the selected families resided and how office-holders at any given time were distributed over the county. The composition and size of the families were discussed and questions raised as to how many Of their members remained single, how many married persons residing mainly in the same county and belonging to the same group of administrative County families, and how many went farther afield or married into different social levels. The relative proportion of gentry during two generations who attended places of higher education was considered and some attempt made to discover how many obtained degrees or were called to the Bar. A survey of the relative economic position of the families was constructed and this was compared with an analysis of the occupations of heads of families in 1580. Finally, the chief political developments in Sussex during the reign, and the part played in them by the selected families were described.

A Sussex Mansion in the Eighteenth Century, by Francis W. Steer, published 1956 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 94, article, pp.13-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2179] & The Keep [LIB/500335] & S.A.S. library

18th Century (and earlier) Pronunciations, by G. D. Johnston, published May 1958 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 1, article, pp.23-25) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The Fortunes of some Gentry Families of Elizabethan Sussex, by J. E. Mousley, published April 1959 in The Economic History Review (vol. 11 issue 3, article, pp.467-482)   View Online

Sussex Gentry in 1630, by C. E. Welch, published November 1963 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 2, article, pp.45-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

The Sussex County Meeting for Oeconomical and Political Reform, 1780, by N. Caplan, published 1965 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 103, article, pp.53-59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2188] & The Keep [LIB/500326] & S.A.S. library

A Calendar Disc from Chichester, by John Holmes, published November 1966 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVI no. 8, note, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8234] & The Keep [LIB/500218] & S.A.S. library

Fetes and Festivals of Sussex, by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt, published 1967 (Two Horse Press) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Trolleybuses of Brighton and Hove, by David Kaye and Martin Nimmo, published 1968 (Reading Transport Society)

Personal Marks as Signatures, by C. G. Holland, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, article, pp.110-112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

An Aspect of Sussex Administration in 1845-45, by N. Caplan, published May 1970 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 5, article, pp.155-158) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Song for Every Season: A hundred years of a Sussex farming family, by Bob Copper, published 11 October 1971 (301 pp., William Heinemann Ltd., ISBN-10: 043414455X & ISBN-13: 9780434144556) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501923] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Social and Spatial Determinants of Recreation Behaviour: A Case Study of the Sunday Car Trips of Car Owning Households in Lewes, East Sussex. , by M. J. Elson, 1973 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

Chichester District Association for the Elderly: the First Twenty-one Years: 1953-1974, compiled by Charles Newell, published 1974 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3497]

Sussex Crafts, by Iris Bryson White, published 1974 (52 pp., Spurbooks, ISBN-10: 0902875434 & ISBN-13: 9780902875432) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Urban Employment and Population in Sussex between 1550 and 1660, by C. E. Brent, published 1975 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 113, article, pp.35-50) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6177] & The Keep [LIB/500316] & S.A.S. library

We Wunt Be Druv: Songs and Stories from Sussex, by Tony Wales, published 1976 (60 pp, London: Galliard, ISBN-13: 9780852493076) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6190] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Wealth and Society in the Reign of Henry VIII, by Julian Cornwall, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.1-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Rural Employment and Population in Sussex between 1550 and 1640, by C. E. Brent, published 1976 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 114, article, pp.27-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6476] & The Keep [LIB/500315] & S.A.S. library

Early to Rise: A Sussex Boyhood, by Bob Copper, published 11 October 1976 (272 pp., William Heinemann Ltd., ISBN-10: 0434144576 & ISBN-13: 9780434144570) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501922] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Always a Layman, by John Langley, published 1 December 1976 (67 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books with the Sussex Labour History Society, ISBN-10: 0904733033 & ISBN-13: 9780904733037) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

This fascinating personal history describes John Langley's childhood in poverty in Hove before the First World War, his apprenticeship at the age of 13 on the railway in Brighton, the progression of his career as a railway carriage painter and the good and bad times of Brighton family life. The account of the harshness of working lives at the time and the grinding poverty in which many people were brought up in Brighton and Hove make this an important autobiographical document, dating from 1976.

English Provincial Society from the Reformation to the Revolution: Religion, Politics and Society in Kent, 1500-1640, by Peter Clark, published August 1977 (496 pp., Harvester Press, ISBN-10: 085527414X & ISBN-13: 9780855274146)

Sussex Bottle Collector's Guide, by Derek Askey, published 1978 (120 pp., Kensington Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12308] & The Keep [LIB/508250] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rural Employment and Population in Sussex between 1550 and 1640. Part 2, by C. E. Brent, published 1978 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 116, article, pp.41-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7197] & The Keep [LIB/500313] & S.A.S. library

Population, Disease and Dearth, Part 1, by R. Standing, published May 1978 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 10, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/10] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Population, Disease and Dearth, Part 2, by R. Standing, published September 1978 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 11, article, p.11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/11] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

The Patriarchy of Sussex, by David Roberts, published 1979 in Paternalism in Early Victorian England (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7485]

A Sussex Garland: A Nostalgic and Light-hearted Collection of Rhymes, Recollections and Recipes of the Sussex Year, by Tony Wales, published 21 June 1979 (128 pp., Godfrey Cave Associates, ISBN-10: 0906223113 & ISBN-13: 9780906223116) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12552] & The Keep [LIB/500103] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Passenger travel between Sussex and France in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, by John H. Farrant, published 1980 in Sussex History (vol. 1, article)

The days of the week and seasons - Sussex village life in 1925, by C. E. Salter, published December 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.114-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Medieval Fields of Strettington, West Sussex, and the Evolution of Land Division, by Alan Nash, published 1982 in Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography (vol. 64, article, ISSN: 04353684)   View Online

The medieval fields of Strettington in West Sussex, England, are examined using a combination of field methods, documentary research and morphometric analysis. It is argued that the findings suggest field planning was practised in Southern England and its evolution was part of an overall accommodation of population increase.

A Day Out in Old Sussex, by Tony Wales, published July 1982 (booklet, 32 pp., Godfrey Cave Associates, ISBN-10: 0950816604 & ISBN-13: 9780950816609) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17463] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Expansion of the Sussex Gentry, 1525-1600, by Jeremy Goring, published September 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 3, article, pp.76-86) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A discussion of how the gentry was expanded. Illustrated with tables of 'old Gentry' giving surnames and residence, the 'Rising Gentry' giving surname, residence, and principle source of wealth and finally a table of 'incomers' giving surname, residence and principle source of wealth.

Sussex Donations to the Great Fire Sufferers. 1666, by Nell Starley, published December 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 4, article, pp.122-126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The People's Business: A History of Brighton Co-Operative Society, by Sir William Richardson, published 1983 (xiv + 293 pp., Brighton Co-Operative Society Ltd., ISBN-10: 0950961213 & ISBN-13: 9780950961217) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502132][Lib/504685] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

"The Modern Domesday Book", by Frank Leeson, published September 1983 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 7, article, pp.218-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The 'Return of Owners of Land 1873' reproduced in facsimile for Sussex

Visitors to Eighteenth Century Sussex, by John H. Farrant, published September 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 2, article, pp.44-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Defoe, John Warburton, Rev. John Burton, Rev. William Clarke, Rev. Dr. Richard Pococke, Sir Peter Thompson, Peter Oliver and John Byng

Long Summer Days: Games and Pastimes of Sussex Children (Simple pleasures), by Tony Wales, published 1 November 1983 (pamphlet, 36 pp., Field and Furrow Books, ISBN-10: 0950816612 & ISBN-13: 9780950816616) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9056] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Bankrupts extracted from The Gentleman's Magazine, by Frank Knowles, published December 1983 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 8, article, pp.261-262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Chichester District Association for the Elderly, 1953-1983, by Charles Newell, published 1984 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9055]

The Palace Pier, Brighton, by William D. Everest, published 1984 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 14, article, pp.2-7) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

Amusement Piers are a traditional part of the British seaside and Brighton has featured in their history from the beginning.
Until the early part of the nineteenth century, Brighton was an important seaport for the growing traffic of passengers and goods between England and France. For many years, passengers had been ferried to and from packet boats and other vessels by means of local rowing boats called 'punts'. These boats were also used to pull the rafts on which luggage, horses and carriages were loaded. Even then, the passengers often had to be carried on the backs of fishermen the last few feet to the beach. In the days before the railways most of the heavy goods, like coal, were brought by sea and unloaded onto the beach.
A company was formed called the Brighthelmston Suspension Pier Company and Captain Samuel Brown, a specialist in naval architecture and marine engineering, was appointed the engineer to build a suspension pier. Land was purchased under the East cliff, suspension chains were anchored 54 feet into the cliff below New Steine and the other end into the sea bed under the landing stage. Four cast iron towers build on clumps of wooden piles driven into the sea bed held the chains, from which the deck was suspended. A T-shaped platform, 80 feet wide on its own wooden piles, was the landing stage for the boats.
Built in less than twelve months, the Brighton Suspension Chain Pier was an advanced engineering achievement for its day. The official opening was on the 25th November 1823 and in 1825 the first steam vessels began to operate at Brighton. Like many good ideas, another and more popular use was found for the new pier by accident. It was used by the residents and visitors as a way of affording out-of-door recreation for what may be termed select Society. The toll fee of 2d tended to keep it more or less exclusive as a fashionable promenade. The towers were hollow and contained small shops or stalls and at the head of the Pier was a camera obscura. There was also a floating-bath attached to the north-east end of the pier-head for the convenience of bathers and a band played once a week in the season.

Sussex Bankrupts extracted from The Gentleman's Magazine - No. 2, by Frank Knowles, published March 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, pp.34-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

"The Modern Domesday Book" Part II, by Frank Leeson, published June 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 2, article, pp.66-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Tales of Old Sussex, by Lillian Candlin, published 1985 (96 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 0905392450 & ISBN-13: 9780905392455) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10011] & The Keep [LIB/500111] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Early Drama in Sussex, by Cameron Louis, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.145-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

Coping with mental handicap in Horsham, Crawley and Mid-Sussex, by Peter Gilbert and John Hollingdale, published 1 January 1985 (2nd edition, 81 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: British Library

Ballads, bands and bell-ringers: singers, musicians and story-tellers in old Sussex, by Tony Wales, published 1 January 1985 (pamphlet, 26 pp., Field and Furrow Books, ISBN-10: 0950816620 & ISBN-13: 9780950816623) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9499] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Naming within the Family, by Alan Taylor, published March 1985 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 5, article, pp.168-171) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

"The Modern Domesday Book" Part II, by Frank Leeson, published March 1985 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 5, article, pp.172-173) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

"The Modern Domesday Book" Part II, by Frank Leeson, published June 1985 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 6, article, pp.224-225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Bankrupts extracted from The Gentleman's Magazine - No. 4, by Frank Knowles, published June 1985 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 6, article, p.230) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Sussex Garland: A Nostalgic and Light-hearted Collection of Rhymes, Recollections and Recipes of the Sussex Year, by Tony Wales, published 12 June 1986 (2nd revised edition, 126 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 0905392647 & ISBN-13: 9780905392646) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10014] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Memories of Old Sussex, by Lillian Candlin, published 1987 (Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 0905392787 & ISBN-13: 9780905392783) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Curious Sussex, by Mary Delorme, published 1987 (240 pp., Robert Hale Ltd., ISBN-10: 0709029705 & ISBN-13: 9780709029700) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Story of the Storrington & District Horticultural & Handicraft Society, by Joan Ham, published 1987 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9844] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex in the old days : compiled from memories submitted to County Age Concern East Sussex, by Rosemary Wardale, published 1987 (booklet, Lewes: County Age Concern East Sussex) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9816] & The Keep [LIB/500053] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Compiled from personal memories submitted to County Age

Museums and Tourism development in East and West Sussex, by S. Farrant, 1987 at Surrey University (M.Sc. thesis)

The sociology of recurrent ceremonial drama: Lewes Guy Fawkes Night, 1800-1913, by J. E. Etherington, 1987 at Open University (Ph.D. thesis)

My First Day at Hill Lodge, by Annette Philly Verrell, published June 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 5, article, p.196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Annette's diary about her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lidge, St. Ann's Hill, Lewes

Sussex Scandals, by Rupert Taylor, published 2 July 1987 (96 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 0905392817 & ISBN-13: 9780905392813) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10010] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bearded Faces on Bellarmines, by Janet Pennington, published September 1987 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 38, article, pp.12-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/38] & The Keep [LIB/500482]

Anecdote of Hill Lodge, by Annette Philly Verrell, published December 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 7, article, pp.276-277) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Recollection of two young parlour maids at Hill Lodge at St. Ann's Hill, Lewes in 1908.

Ghosts of Sussex, by Judy Middleton, published May 1988 (96 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 0905392906 & ISBN-13: 9780905392905) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10017] & The Keep [LIB/500108] & West Sussex Libraries & East 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]

Bastardy and pre-nuptial conceptions in Westbourne, 1600-1840, by George and Marjorie Hothersall, published August 1988 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 41, article, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/41] & The Keep [LIB/500482]

Childhood in Sussex: A Book of Reminiscences, published 1 October 1988 (48 pp., Save the Children Fund, ISBN-10: 0951381504 & ISBN-13: 9780951381502) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10072] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Reminiscences by Dirk Bogarde, Bob Copper, Janet Fookes, Rumer Godden, Margaret Hutchinson, Bernard Levin, Christopher Milne, Jasper Ridley, Ted Walker, John Wells, Barbara Willard

The Surnames of Sussex, by Richard McKinley, published October 1988 (483 pp., Leopard's Head Press Ltd., ISBN-10: 0904920143 & ISBN-13: 9780904920147) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506766][Lib/500146] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Holidays 1909, by Annette Philly Verrell, published March 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 5, article, pp.195-196) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After the death of Annette Pettit née Verrall her daughter Mrs. Kate Washer found an old notebook in which Annette had written about incidents in her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lodge, St. Anne's Hill, Lewes.
The first holidays we had after we came here was in July 1909 . . .

Sussex Customs, Curiosities & Country Lore, by Tony Wales, published 1990 (96 pp., Ensign Publications, ISBN-10: 1854550365 & ISBN-13: 9781854550361) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10803] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Holidays 1910, by Annette Philly Verrell, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, pp.114-115) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After the death of Annette Pettit née Verrall her daughter Mrs. Kate Washer found an old notebook in which Annette had written about incidents in her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lodge, St. Anne's Hill, Lewes.
This year 1910 we had three weeks holiday . . .

Matrimonial problems in West Sussex, 1556-1602, by George Hothersall, published Autumn 1990 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 46, article, p.6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/46] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

Rural housing need in south east England : Wealden District, East Sussex, 1988-91 , by Brian M. Short, published 1991 (v + 87 pp., Hailsham: Wealden District Council, ISBN-10: 0951864505 & ISBN-13: 9780951864500) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Murders of Old Sussex, by Rupert Taylor, published 1991 (128 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 1853061271 & ISBN-13: 9781853061271) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Testimony of Her Times: Based on Penelope Hind's Diaries and Correspondence, 1787-1838, by Sarah Markham, published 28 January 1991 (256 pp., Michael Russell Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0859551741 & ISBN-13: 9780859551748) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11336] & West Sussex Libraries

September 1911, by Annette Philly Verrell, published March 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 5, article, pp.175-176) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After the death of Annette Pettit née Verrall her daughter Mrs. Kate Washer found an old notebook in which Annette had written about incidents in her life as a young parlour maid from 1908 to 1915 in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Powell at Hill Lodge, St. Anne's Hill, Lewes.
It is now over twelve months since I added anything to these pages, yet much has happened . . .

Defamations in Elizabethan and Early Stuart West Sussex, by George Hothersall, published October 1991 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 48, article, p.7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/48] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

Harvey, a genius of social welfare: a biography of Lionel Harvey, by Lionel Elford, published 1992 (58 leaves, published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [PER/ACC7938/11/38] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Harvey was involved in social welfare in Hastings through the Charity Organisation Society and as secretary of the Hastings and St Leonards Central Aid Council; he was a founder of Hastings Citizens Advice Bureau

Village Housing Need in the 'Affluent' South East, by Brian Short, published 1 March 1992 (70 pp., University of Sussex Geography Laboratory, ISBN-10: 1874465029 & ISBN-13: 9781874465027) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Cottage Life in Sussex, by R. C. Grant, published June 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 6, article, pp.242-243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

E. Carleton Tufnell's description of life in a rural cottage in 1841

Seeking Employment in 1839, by Mrs. Margery Waddams, published June 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 6, article, pp.249-250) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Letters to the 5th Duke of Richmond illustrate the difficulties of finding employment in 1839.

16th Century Table Manners, by George Hothersall, published October 1993 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 52, article, p.9) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/52] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

Things Unseen and Forgot, by Maurice Packham, published December 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 8, article, pp.319-321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Discovering the life of Agnes and Lawrence Peckham of Mayfield from his will of 1558 and an inventory of his goods.

The Workhorses of the county: the Sussex Justices of the Peace, 1660-1714, by Peter le Fevre, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.129-142) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

Ice Houses in Sussex, by Ron Martin, published 1994 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 24, article, pp.10-23, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/24] & The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

This article concerns the domestic ice houses in East and West Sussex, as distinct from the commercial ones which were described in the article by the author in Sussex Industrial History, Issue 14.

A Clandestine Marriage, by Eric Reed, published June 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 2, article, p.54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Butcher's kidnap of a young heiress in 1625

Animal Crackers, by J. A. Beaden, published June 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 2, article, pp.61-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Exploring surnames with represent wild life

Sussex Murder Casebook, by Rupert Taylor, published 30 October 1994 (128 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 1853063118 & ISBN-13: 9781853063114) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Life: 86 Not Out, by Sidney Farenden and edited by Susan Rowland, published December 1994 (100 pp., Offham: S. Rowland, ISBN-10: 1898950032 & ISBN-13: 9781898950035) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Chairs, by Janet Pennington, published 1995 in Regional Furniture (vol. 9, article, pp.81-87) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500036]

Life in Late Victorian Brighton, by William Ransom, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.167-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edited (by P. B. Evershed) extracts from notes written in 1962 about his early life in Brighton by William Ransom (1881-1967)

The Village Letter Box, by Bill Stephenson, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.175-176) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story behind the petition by John Letcher Lane "For a Letter Box, or Pillar (as is most suitable) to be fixed at or on the most central, convenient, dry, clean, and proper site in Old Fishbourne near Chichester" and two years later in 1907 the postal authorities finally gave in.

A Dictionary of Sussex Folk Medicine, by Dr. Andrew Allen, published 1 September 1995 (192 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 1853063665 & ISBN-13: 9781853063664) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Spring and Summer Customs in Sussex, Kent and Surrey, by Fran & Geoff Doel, published December 1995 (64 pp., Meresborough Books, ISBN-10: 0948193832 & ISBN-13: 9780948193835) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rotary Club of Shoreham and Southwick: The First Fifty Years, by John Harrison, published 1996 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13221]

Lidos and Swimming Pools in Sussex - a brief survey, by Diana Durden, published 1996 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 26, article, pp.11-15, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

In 1993 I began systematically visiting all known extant pools in Sussex and collating documents on these and extinct ones. It was soon apparent that I was just too late for some and far too late for most.

Uckfield Union Workhouse, by Ron Martin, published 1996 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 26, article, pp.32-35, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The Board of Guardians of the Uckfield Union Workhouse was formed in 1835 and a 6.1 ha (15.1 acres) site was acquired at Ridgewood at the east side of Lewes Road (map reference TQ 477196). Plans were drawn up in 1837 for a Workhouse for 350 paupers to the designs of W.E. Kendall, architect, of Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London to be built on this site. This comprised a three storied structure in Maltese cross plan form. A full range of facilities was provided including Male and Female accommodation, Dining Hall and Kitchen, Offices and Board Room, Nursery, Washhouse, Disinfectant House and Workshops. In later years this building was known as High View House, a name now encapsulated in the name Highview Lane being the access road to the recently built housing estate.

Body Snatchers, by Andrew Barnes, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, p.17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extract from Brede, the Story of a Sussex Parish by Edmund Austen published in 1946

Unusual and Notorious Brightonians - 1, by Roy Grant, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, p.52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Jeremy Botting who lived at the back of Westfield Lodge in the Cannon Street area of West Brighton and died in Brighton on the 1st October 1837 was the official executioner in London's Newgate Gaol and occasionally commuted from Brighton to do his unsavoury duty in the city.

Recipes from the Archives: A Selection of Old-Fashioned Recipes from the West Sussex Record Office , by Caroline Adams, published September 1996 (33 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862603722 & ISBN-13: 9780862603724) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Local, Social and Legal History in a Will, by Peter Evershed, published October 1996 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 58, article, p.15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/58] & The Keep [LIB/500484]

George Meek: Labouring Man Protégé of H. G. Wells, by Clive Griggs and Bill Coxall, published 20 December 1996 (559 pp., New Millenium, ISBN-10: 185845073X & ISBN-13: 9781858450735) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Socio-economic life in some East Sussex peasant communities during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. , by David Robert Clarke, 1997 at Sussex University (Ph.D thesis)

The Gentlemen in Scarlet: 1881 census of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, by A. V. C. Roberts, published March 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 5, article, pp.163-167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508812] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

History of the Royal Chelsea Hospital plus a list of Sussex in-pensioners giving name, age, marital status and former residence

Song for Every Season: A hundred years of a Sussex farming family, by Bob Copper, published November 1997 (new edition, 234 pp., Coppersongs, ISBN-10: 095262401X & ISBN-13: 9780952624011) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Disasters: In the Last Two Centuries, by W. H. Johnson, published 1998 (128 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701690 & ISBN-13: 9781857701692) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500151] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Face That Launched Countless Smokers, by Roy Grant, published September 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 3, article, p.88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508818] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In his old age Thomas Huntley Wood used to sit smoking his pipe and telling his grandchildren that it was his likeness that decorated the cigarette packets of 'Player's Navy Cut'.

Simple Justice, published October 1998 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 11 Number 1, article, pp.30-30, Autumn 1998) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Brief account of the rough justice meted out to a man of Isfield, who, in 1797, got drunk and beat his wife. From the Sussex County Magazine 1953.

The Lost Boy-Sweep of Arundel, by Jack Tymer, published October 1998 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 11 Number 1, article, pp.31-31, Autumn 1998) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

Account by Charles Lamb of a boy-sweep (name not given) who became lost in the chimneys at Arundel Castle. The boy survived, but his ultimate fate is not known.

Sexual slander and its social context in England c. 1660-1700: with special reference to Cheshire and Sussex. , by Dinah Winch, 1999 at Oxford University (Ph.D. thesis)

Food hygiene in public eating places : a comparative study of public and professional perceptions in the Wealden district of East Sussex., by Jeremy Charles Leach, 1999 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)

The Sussex gipsy diaries, by Janet Keet-Black, published 1 January 1999 (72 pp., Romany and Traveller Family History Society, ISBN-10: 1900660083 & ISBN-13: 9781900660082) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503674] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Medieval Markets and Ports, by John Bleach and Mark Gardiner, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.42-43, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Deserted Settlements 1066-1500, by Janet Pennington and Pamela Platt, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.48-49, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Population in 1676 and 1724, by David Martin, Brian Short and Peter Wilkinson, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.66-67, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Riots and Unrest, by Andrew Charlesworth, Brian Short and Roger Wells, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.74-75, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Population Change 1801-1851, by Brian Short, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.88-89, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Population Change 1851-1911, by June Sheppard, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.90-91, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Landownership in Victorian Sussex, by Brian Short, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.98-99, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Population Change 1911-1951, by Fred Gray, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.114-115, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Population Change 1951-2001, by Sarah Boughton and Keith Hardman, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.120-121, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Journeys to Work 195-1991, by John Beard, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.128-129, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Leisure Magnets in the Later 20th Century, by John Lowerson, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.130-131, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Employment 1951-1991, by John Beard, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.132-133, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Entertainment in the 19th and 20th Centuries, by Robert Elleray and Allen Eyles, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.136-137, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Countryside Conservation, by Peter Brandon, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.140-141, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

What the Vicar Saw: Gloriously Indiscreet Gleanings from the Sussex Parish Registers, by David Arscott, published February 1999 (55 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0951987666 & ISBN-13: 9780951987667) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Quest for a Day Centre: The Story of Age Concern in Hailsham and Hellingly from the beginning, 1956 - present day, by Jack Wentworth Ansell, published 1 June 1999 (iii + 30 pp., Age Concern Hailsham and Hellingly, ISBN-10: 0953606902 & ISBN-13: 9780953606900) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Common Meeting Places and the Brightening of Rural Life: Local Debates on Village Halls in Sussex after the First World War, by Keith Grieves, published October 1999 in Rural History (vol. 10, issue 2, article, pp.171-192, ISSN: 0956-7933)   View Online

In the burgeoning literature on war memorials and the commemoration of the war dead in Britain after 1918, the growth of village halls in rural areas has not been extensively analysed. K.S. Inglis has alerted us to the dichotomy of monuments to mourn the dead and amenities to serve the living. He noted that where a preference was made for utility over monumentality, local war memorial committees did not confine their attention to commemorating those who died on active service and made the Great Sacrifice, but also had in mind those who served and returned. The complex locally-determined processes of negotiating ways which would bring solace or comfort to the bereaved, through the creation of an object of mourning, has been examined with great care and detail, but analysis of urban-centred initiatives predominates.
Consequently, the linkage which might be made between the experience of war and the participation of ex-servicemen in village war memorial debates, the demise of old elites and the quest for improved social and material conditions in rural areas, the diminishing support for parish churches as the focal point of community life and the emergence of undenominational social centres, all point towards the need for further examination of the proceedings of local committees, where parish records allow. As British participation in the Great War contained the powerful rhetoric of a religious crusade and was not connected to the improvement of social conditions until the publication of war aims in January 1918, many committees gave priority to the creation of sacred objects of mourning, with much use of exhortatory moral language and Christian iconography.

Bognor's Early Labourers and Domestics, 1841-1871, by Michael A. H. Gowler, published 4 May 2000 (booklet, 68 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745561 & ISBN-13: 9780950745565) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14158] & West Sussex Libraries

Paraffin Lights - Water from the Well: A rural ride of growing up in Sussex - before, during and after World War II, by Michael Butcher assisted by David J. Knowles, published 27 November 2000 (160 pp., Knowles Publishing, ISBN-10: 0953435830 & ISBN-13: 9780953435838) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503925] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Thirty-three Years in the Trenches: Memoirs of a Sussex Working Man, by Peter Richards and compiled by Nick Osmond, published 7 May 2001 (224 pp., Oxford: White Cockade Publishing, ISBN-10: 187348710X & ISBN-13: 9781873487105) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Born blind in one eye but never accepting a handicap, Peter Richards chose a hard life as a gas main layer on the south coast of Britain. This is Peter's story in his words. It is a compelling story of a working man whose words show the complexities of an ordinary person. His darker side is balanced by humor, wit, and a way with words that goes with sharp intelligence. Interwoven with this fascinating narrative of work is Peter's articulate account of his personal life-of marriage and raising children in cramped housing, insecurity, bread-winning, friendship, love, and fighting, of his passions for sea fishing and gardening.

Sussex Characters: Weird, Wonderful and Wacky, by Bowen Pearse, published 15 October 2001 (96 pp., JAK Books, ISBN-10: 0952349140 & ISBN-13: 9780952349143) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Local Connection Criteria and Single Homeless People's Geographical Mobility: Evidence from Brighton and Hove, published 2003 in Housing Studies (vol. 18, part 1, article, pp.29-46)

Hanged for a Sheep: Crime in Bygone Sussex, by Dick Richardson, published 1 October 2003 (80 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1898941858 & ISBN-13: 9781898941859) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Women of Victorian Sussex: Their status, occupations and dealings with the law, by Helena Wojtczak, published 9 December 2003 (256 pp., Hastings Press, ISBN-10: 1904109055 & ISBN-13: 9781904109051) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Sussex Recipe Book, by Dick Richardson, published 7 June 2005 (120 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1898941998 & ISBN-13: 9781898941996) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Christmas Past in Sussex, by Fran & Geoff Doel, published 30 September 2005 (192 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752436708 & ISBN-13: 9780752436708) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15482] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Providing readers with a seasonal anthology of the county, this collection of Sussex carols and customs, seasonal recipes and literary tales, re-examines the rich heritage of Christmas past from around the county. It features Christmas disasters, such as the Lewes avalanche, to well-known seasonal songs - such as Good King Wenceslas.

Haunted Places of Sussex, by Judy Middleton, published 1 September 2005 (128 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 1853069205 & ISBN-13: 9781853069208) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Recipe Book: With a Few Excursions into Kent, by M. K. Samuelson, published 30 November 2005 (reprint, 192 pp., Southover Press, ISBN-10: 1870962214 & ISBN-13: 9781870962216) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

M.K. Samuelson, realising that there was no collection of Sussex recipes, set about making her own. This was first published in 1937 but World War II prevented a reprint. Southover reprinted it in 2005 in response to the renewed interest in regional food. The author was lucky to own a large collection of cookery books herself and luckier that in those days, many local families still kept family recipe books. Many of the mouth-watering dishes in this collection go back to the early 18th century and even earlier. In addition to the recipes the book includes an introduction by contemporary food writer and broadcaster Hattie Ellis as well as a note by Catherine Mant, grandaughter of the author and former Assistant Editor of The Good Food Guide.

A Corrugated Iron Tub Chair, by Janet Pennington, published 2006 in Regional Furniture Society Newsletter (vol. 45, article, p.21)

Honour Thy Father: Recollections of Sussex Rural Life Over Two and a Half Centuries , edited by Lillian Mary Hunt and edited by Jennifer F. J. Goldsmith, published 24 March 2006 (140 pp., Petworth: S & J Goldsmith Publications, ISBN-10: 955269008 & ISBN-13: 9780955269004) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Lillian Hunt, recounts the stories her father, George Eliot, and other members of her family, handed down to her. Many of the stories had been handed down to Eliot by his forebears and the book effectively presents an unbroken oral record of 250 years of rural life in West Sussex.

England's Landscape: The South East, by Brian Short, published 7 August 2006 (256 pp., English Heritage, ISBN-10: 0007155700 & ISBN-13: 9780007155705) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The most detailed description of why the countryside of England now looks the way it does, covering the geology, archaeology and history of each area and what effects each has had on the landscape we see today.

• Landscapes of Power and Control
• Environment and the Landscape
• Cultural Topography: Regional Patterns in an Ancient Landscape
• The peopling of the South East and the evolution of settlement patterns
• Changing Ways of Life and the Landscape
• Urban Living: Urban Landscapes
• London Lives: Landscapes and Reactions
• Landscape and the Creative Imagination
• The Theatre of the South East

Surveying the Sexual Behaviour of Teenagers in Brighton and Hove, by V. Lader, published 2007 in Education and health: journal of the Schools Health Education Unit, Exeter University (vol. 25, no. 2, article, pp.34-35)

Sussex glossarists and their illustrative quotations, by Jonathan Roper, published 2007 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 145, article, pp.181-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15980] & The Keep [LIB/500363] & S.A.S. library   View Online

As the number of sources of information about historical Sussex dialect is limited, further data are very welcome. This article discusses the purported examples of dialect speech published to illustrate the definitions of words listed in local glossaries in the period 1834-1957. An investigation of the five glossarists in question, William Durrant Cooper, William Holloway, William Parish, Bessie C. Curteis and Helena Hall, reveals the very mixed nature of this source of evidence: while some illustrative quotations are highly plausible, others are clearly fictive. But drawing on the more reliable of the glossarists, the article closes with examples of the information regarding Sussex speech that this previously-unused source of data can provide.

Made in Brighton, by Julie Burchill and Daniel Raven, published 5 April 2007 (xxiii + 183 pp., London: Virgin Books, ISBN-10: 185227395X & ISBN-13: 9781852273958) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

At the beginning of the 21st century, Britain seems to be experiencing a sudden reckless rush of liberalisation: 24 hour licensing, gay marriages, the upper classes derided and the celebrity class revered. How did we get here? Only 50 years ago we couldn't get enough of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainer; today our poster couple is Kate Moss and Pete Doherty. Made in Brighton takes a cold, hard look at the changing face of Britain, using Brighton as a focal point. Brighton has long been at the vanguard of English tastes - in its attitudes towards homosexuality, the rise of the chav and binge-drinking, as well as its music and drug cultures. Julie Burchill and Daniel Raven, who have lived in Brighton for many years, interweave their personal stories and experiences of Brighton with larger themes of sex, politics and class to explore the changes in British society over the last 20 years. Funny and bittersweet, part memoir and part analysis, Made in Brighton is for anyone with a curiosity and a love for Britain, for those who are aware of a cultural shift but can't put their finger on what's happening - and anyone looking for an excuse to be beside the seaside.

The Brighton Factor: New Graduates and Their Local Labour Market, by Emma Pollard, Linda D. Barber and Bridget Millmore, published 1 March 2008 (54 pp., Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies, ISBN-10: 1851843930 & ISBN-13: 9781851843930) accessible at: British Library

Notable Sussex Women: 580 Biographical Sketches, by Helena Wojtczak, published 1 June 2008 (304 pp., Hastings Press, ISBN-10: 1904109152 & ISBN-13: 9781904109150) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A real plum pudding of a book! Whatever page you open there's either a fascinating mini-biography or photographs of the women or of the houses where they lived. The book also includes some short articles on aspects of women's lives. Apart from the introductory articles, photographs and indexes, it is arranged by locality. Within the three main sections - West Sussex, Brighton and Hove, and East Sussex - the entries are in alphabetical order of place-names, though there is a separate alphabetical index of all the subjects.
Self-obsessed, I turned to West Hoathly, where my grandmother lived as a child. There are two entries, a potter and an art historian, both way up the social scale from my dear Granny. And this, perhaps, reveals an inevitable omission. As the author tells us, 95% of the women described were born into the middle and upper classes.
The only working class woman I spotted was Margaret Powell, whom I remember broadcasting on BBC Woman's Hour during the fifties and sixties. Margaret went into service aged 15, but by going to evening classes gained the necessary literacy skills to write and have published her memoirs Below Stairs, a book about her mother, a biography of Prince Albert, and four novels. Her former home at 222 Old Shoreham Road, Brighton has a blue plaque.
Down the margins of the introductory articles there are various put-down quotes from men, but also a succinct one from Lizz Winstead: 'I think, therefore I am single'. The book covers an approximate timespan of 1800 to 1950. Thank goodness times have changed!

City Streets to Sussex Lanes: A Country Childhood, by David Johnston, published 6 October 2008 (142 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0955900646 & ISBN-13: 9780955900648) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A wonderfully evocative memoir of rural life in Sussex during the 1950s.
When 8-year-old David Johnston, his mother and his older brother were made homeless in London in the early 1950s they first slept rough on a Sussex beach before being taken into the East Preston workhouse. His mother then fell in with "Old Harry", a farm labourer who periodically moved about the county from one farm job to another.
The author's vivid prose relates his tough, but happy, childhood with his new stepfather and his two sons. He recaptures the sounds and smells of the old farms and cottages where he lived; his adventures down country lanes and field paths; and his delight in the wildlife and the country characters he met on the way.
It was only 60 years ago, but these tales of living in tied farm cottages in remote parts of rural Sussex evoke a way of life now gone for ever.

This is a lovely light easy read telling how a young boy, his brother and mother moved from London in the early war years to Chichester. They were then evicted to spend some nights on the beach before joining forces with a farm labourer and his boys. During the next few years they moved around farms in West and East Sussex. For a city boy he adapted well to country life and grew to love it.
A couple of chapters of throughout the book talk of going back to the farms after 40 years and his reaction to how they have changed. A nice account of Sussex farming in the war years.

Out in the open: A breastfeeding drive in Brighton and Hove began by asking what was holding some mothers back, by S. Curtis, published 2009 in Health service journal (no. 6144, article, pp.30-32)

Primary Foreign Language Pathfinders: the Brighton and Hove experience, by J. Enever and C. Watts, published 2009 in Language learning journal - journal of the Association for Language Learning (vol. 37, no. 2, article, pp.219-232)

Seaside towns in transition and the discourse of tourism in urban regeneration : the case study of Hastings , by Alberto Forte, 2009 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

The establishment of regeneration programmes as part of urban policy has triggered an upsurge of interest in the study of tourism as a factor of urban change. The inner city and the urban waterfront in large post-industrial cities have become the common ground for research in tourism and regeneration but the recent regeneration of declining seaside towns in the UK has not received the same attention. This thesis presents a study conducted into the dynamics of change in a seaside town through the exploration of the formation of the discourse concerning the role of tourism in regeneration.

The Superstitions and Curious Beliefs of Old Sussex, by W. H. Johnson, published 23 April 2009 (118 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0955900662 & ISBN-13: 9780955900662) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509441] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Here's a fascinating world of witchcraft; of spells and counter-spells; of so-called cunning-men; of death omens; of girls conjuring the identity of their future husbands; of fishermen's precautions against ill luck; of the fairies, always uncertain of temper; and of the Devil and all his nefarious ways.
W.H. Johnson, well known for his many books on Sussex themes, here explores the mind-set of people whose lives were coloured by a richly woven tapestry of ancient beliefs that today seem outlandishly far-fetched but once gave ordinary lives their meaning.

A Place-Name History of Rottingdean and Ovingdean (including Woodingdean and Saltdean), by Richard Coates, published 2010 (240 pp., English Place-Name Society, ISBN-10: 090488984X & ISBN-13: 9780904889840) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508951]

Richard Coates is one of the country's leading place-name scholars and it is to the benefit of Sussex - and Brighton's far eastern suburbs - that he has produced this multi-faceted volume. It can be read at a variety of levels, whether the interest is in the linguistic history of particular places or the derivation of suburban house-names and while Rottingdean has books a-plenty on its history there is little on Ovingdean, Saltdean and Woodingdean; so this composite territorial collection is indeed welcome. The research is assembled in discrete sections with a general account of the area, its geology and history, leading to a detailed listing of individual names and of geographical areas, which include offshore locations, an oft-forgotten aspect of coastal landscapes. The suburban nature of the contemporary landscape gives scope for sections on street names and detailed gazetteers of individual house-names; as a suburban aficionado this reviewer found the latter category a rich seam to mine!
The book is illustrated with a selection of good quality images and its scholarly approach is attested by the inclusion of 13 pages of bibliography, the only detraction has to be the lack of an index, which in a densely fact packed volume would be a bonus.

The complexities of family migration in Old Town Hastings, by Jenna Truder, 2010 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

This thesis advances the conceptual understanding of contemporary expressions of family migration, drawing upon the case study of Old Town, Hastings, in the South East of England. Based on rich, empirical findings from semi-structured interviews, content analyses of media sources, and household surveys, it is shown that flows of family migrants into Old Town are re-focusing attention on previously under-stated motives for migration. Furthermore, it is contended that findings signal the growing importance of emerging appeals, such as more family-friendly employment practices, enhanced qualities-of-life, and alternative lifestyles 'by the sea'. It is argued that the findings disrupt conventional conceptualisations of family migration, and illuminate more complex and complicated forms of mobility.

The Restless Miller: Scenes from rural life in bygone Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, by David Johnston, published 7 April 2010 (86 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242031 & ISBN-13: 9781907242038) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This true story of a well-to-do miller who fell to the level of a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave is thronged with a lost world of farmers, auctioneers, innkeepers, wine merchants and smugglers who mingled in the borderlands of Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire in the Victorian age and beyond - Chichester, Petersfield, Bedhampton, Leigh, Harting, Chiddingfold, Dunsfold, Wisborough Green, Barford, Headley, Colworth and Oving.

Social Relations in Later Prehistory: Wessex in the First Millennium BC, by Niall Sharples, published 25 June 2010 (392 pp., Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0199577714 & ISBN-13: 9780199577712)

In this fully illustrated study, Niall Sharples examine the complex social relationships of the Wessex region of southern England in the first millennium BC. He considers the nature of the landscape and manner of its organization, the methods that bring people together into large communities, the role of the individual, and how the region relates to other regions of Britain and Europe. These thematic concerns cover a detailed analysis of the significance of hillforts, the development of coinage and other exchange processes, the character of houses, and the nature of burial practices. Sharples offers an exciting new picture of a period and a region which has considerable importance for British archaeology, and he also provides all archaeologists interested in prehistory with a model of how later prehistoric society can be interpreted.

What relevance has this book on Wessex for Sussex? A little and a lot I think. The former because the book encompasses the far west of Sussex - Chichester and the coastal plain; the latter because it provides a source of ideas with which to rethink aspects of the last millennium BC in our county. Four chapters deal with major themes - the landscape, gifts and exchange, the house and finally the burial record, and this reader found new insights into all of them. An interesting interpretation of hillforts, for example, sees them as competing communal centres in regions populated by many small, antagonistic communities.
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Sussex readers will find reference to some well known sites as Blackpatch, Itford Hill, The Trundle and the Chichester Dykes. Some minor points of disagreement. The author maintains that the siting of the hillfort at The Trundle was not linked in some way to the earlier Neolithic causewayed-camp (page 25); I think it was. And Middle Iron Age multiple-roundhouse settlements at Chalkpit Lane and Westhampnett suggest quite a dense Iron Age occupation of the West Sussex Coastal Plain (pace Sharples page 81). Much of the author's inspiration is derived from extensive reading of ethnography and social anthropology - which makes the archaeological interpretation so much richer.

Sussex Remembered: Personalities and Events of the 19th and 20th Centuries, by Alexander Ayton, published 1 November 2010 (126 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242112 & ISBN-13: 9781907242113) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Alexandra Ayton's book, based on a popular magazine series, brings to life a wide range of larger-than-life Sussex characters and colourful stories from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Attractively illustrated, and written with an eye for fascinating and revealing detail, Sussex Remembered celebrates the men and women who have helped shape the county's recent history.
Her vibrant cast includes writers as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, Patience Strong, Patrick Hamilton, Enid Bagnold and G.K. Chesterton; characters such as Mad Jack Fuller and the 'Red Indian' conservationist Grey Owl; the inventors Magnus Volk and John Logie Baird; and the pioneering educationalists Canon Woodhard and Dame Grace Kimmins.
You can also read about a Sussex missionary martyred in Africa, a renowned healer who foresaw the 9/11 atrocity and the man who created the amazing flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Divorce for the common man, by Alison Caffyn, published March 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 5, article, pp.212-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508846] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The sale of wives, as if they were cattle, is not a thing of fiction although just how many wives were sold like this is not known. Wife sales were word of mouth affairs leaving little evidence behind, much of the information about them comes from newspaper reports and people's memories. There would have been many wife sales which did not get reported, but based on newspaper reports there were at least 387 wife sales during the 18th and 19th centuries; not a huge number but similar to the number of divorces granted by Act of Parliament during the same period.
To understand the circumstances that enabled wife sales to exist it helps to understand the customs of marriage and divorce. Common law marriage was prevalent before 1604 where traditions such as broom jumping and hand fasting were acceptable forms of marriage often followed by a blessing at the Parish Church. Over time the church became more involved in marriage traditions setting their own rules on the process, however common law or irregular marriage continued until 1753.

The Fight Against Fascism in Brighton and the South Coast, by Tony Greenstein, published 1 July 2011 (87 pp., Brighton: Brighton Histroy Workshop, ISBN-10: 0993127800 & ISBN-13: 9780993127809) accessible at: British Library

Fine Dining at Earlier AGMs?: Old journal reveals accusations of neglect and excess!, by Janet Pennington, published August 2011 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 124, article, pp.6-7, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Mr Leslie Stevens of Upper Beeding contacted me in January 2011. He owns a bound copy of The Building News, 22, (Jan-June 1872), and on page 152 of the 23 February 1872 issue there is a drawing of an 'Oak Bench, Steyning, Sussex'.
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A further search in The Building News reveals an indignant reply in the March 1st issue, page 184, the writer berating the Sussex Archaeological Society in fulsome terms:-Ancient Oak Furniture.
Sir, I quite agree with your correspondent, Mr M. B. Adams, in his remarks on the Oak Bench, Steyning, Sussex, accompanying his illustration in your last week's number, that "it is worthy of a better place" than being stored away in the church tower. Sussex, I believe, boasts of an Archaeological Society, but the chief use of it seems to consist in occasionally going to look at antiquities and eating a good dinner. Sussex is rich in antiquities - no county is more so - and to this circumstance we must account the fact that familiarity breeds its contempt for them, for no county in England treats its ancient treasures with more indifference and neglect than does Sussex - Hastings Castle to-wit.

A Grim Almanac of Sussex, by W. H. Johnson, published 1 December 2011 (192 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752465090 & ISBN-13: 9780752465098) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

W.H. Johnson digs deep into Sussex's past, presenting the reader with centuries of criminality and vice, of wretched living conditions and blind fate which so often leads to appalling consequences. A Grim Almanac of Sussex chronicles the darker side of life in the county. This is a never-ending parade of woe, horror and misfortune: dreadful rail accidents, public executions, murderers, robbers, drunkards and general ne'er-do-wells all feature. If it's macabre, if it's ghoulish, if it's bizarre, then it's here!

Breastfeeding in Brighton and Hove: a success story, by C. Jones, published 2012 in Community practitioner (vol. 85, no 6, article, pp.32-33)

Social dimensions of urban regeneration: discourses, policies and practices of social sustainability in Hastings, England , by Johanne Marie Orchard-Webb, 2012 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

This thesis develops an alternative critique of social urban regeneration practice by using a political-governance approach to examine the impact of regeneration governance upon barriers and opportunities for social sustainability. The research responds to a call from scholars to refocus sustainability research on the institutional, political and governance space that fosters or marginalises its presence and form. This ethnographic case study involved a year-long cycle of participant observation within the extensive Hastings regeneration governance infrastructure, and interviews with key stakeholders in that regeneration community. An analysis using NVivo was undertaken of thirty-one interviews, fifty regeneration governance meetings and the documents from each meeting. From that data emerged a strong argument for the centrality of the specificity of place in the construction or obstruction of social sustainability. Of particular importance is the impact of the socio-political context and the institutional and cultural legacy of New Labour partnership-led regeneration. The alternative critique identified in the Hastings example, in part emerges from the agency of a large-scale, political, and active Voluntary Community Sector (VCS) that is integral to, and embedded into the local governance infrastructure. The alternative model of activism employed by the VCS core utilises governance norms and practices to navigate the complex regeneration policy and governance landscape to contribute to, and disturb dominant agendas. In this regeneration landscape a distinctive local socio-political context, an alternative model of activism, and a valued good governance partnership culture enable what other commentators have termed 'actually existing' social sustainability (AESS). The research findings advance an understanding of principal critiques of the New Labour regeneration project, including the notions of 'post-political regeneration tactics' and democratic deficit, through a critical analysis of their presence in terms of their obstruction of AESS. The alternative critique that emerges from this research explores a possible shift in the locus and production of power, and the redistribution of roles in UK regeneration practice that enables a stronger VCS position.

Sussex Villains: Rogues, Rascals & Reprobates, by Janet Cameron, published 1 April 2012 (144 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752460846 & ISBN-13: 9780752460840)

Discover the darker side of Sussex with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the county. Featuring tales of some of the most notorious, nefarious and murderous characters from the county's past, including smugglers, highwaymen, poachers, thieves, con-men, poisoners, and even the odd bigamist, all factions of the criminal underworld are included in this macabre selection of tales. Drawing on a wide variety of historical sources and containing many cases which have never before been published, Sussex Villains will fascinate everyone interested in true crime and the history of Sussex.

Mysteries of History in Sussex, by Philip Pavey, published 10 July 2012 (72 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242317 & ISBN-13: 9781907242311) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Who created the Long Man of Wilmington, and why? Do ancient ley lines connect historic religious sites in the county? Did Canute order the waves to retreat at Bosham? When did Christianity first arrive in Sussex?
These and a host of other questions are explored by Philip Pavey in a meticulously researched exploration of our Sussex history which will stimulate readers to construct their own interpretations of the past.

There are many mysteries in Sussex and this book takes a look at some of them and attempts to demystify them. I have walked around the Long Man of Wilmington many times and read some of what has been written about his origins but it was interesting to read the chapter on the Long Man which takes a look at the many theories and how they match up with the evidence. In addition Pavey looks at Devil's Dyke, Bosham and its links to both King Cnut and King Harold, the possibility of ley lines and other Sussex mysteries. A very informative and interesting read.

The Regency in Sussex: A brief period that had a lasting influence, by Sue Berry, published August 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 127, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Regency lasted just nine years, from 1811 when King George III was considered unable to rule and the Prince Regent ruled as proxy, until he became George IV in 1820. Historically, the Regency period now usually stretches from about 1800 until the end of the reign of William IV, in 1837. The period was one of great expansion and confidence followed by a recession which hit Sussex quite hard, beginning here in the late 1820s and lasting into the early 1840s. In Sussex, the first twenty years of prosperity was a time of significant changes to the landscape and economy. Investment flowed into coaching inns, houses, turnpikes, ports, canals and other enterprise.

One Hundred Years in a Matter of Minutes: Worthing Society for the Blind 1910-2010, by Keith Humphreys, published 2013 (Worthing Society for the Blind) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Forty years of W.S.A.S., by Caroline Adams, published 2013 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 81, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/81] & The Keep [LIB/507838]

Surnames as Given Names, by Peter Evershed, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.212-213) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

From my researches into family history it appears that the use of surnames as given names can be classified into five categories. Named after an ancestor, Named after the family of the child's mother, Named after a close family friend, Named after a public figure and To point the finger at the putative father of an illegitimate child.

A County Transformed: Sussex in the 'Long Eighteenth Centur' c1680-1830, by Sue Berry, published August 2013 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 130, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library   View Online

When exploring how new social and economic changes influence a county, there is sense in looking at more than a century to try to see when a trend starts and to identify its peak and decline. If we look at country houses for example, many in Sussex were refaced, substantially rebuilt or given an internal makeover between the late 1600s (Uppark, Stansted, Petworth and others, for instance) and the 1830s, yet by then country house building in the county was declining after 150 years of changes to facades and interiors which make many so interesting today. The alterations usually reflected national changes in taste and were often funded by sources of income from elsewhere. These included other estates, income from offices at court and political posts and from business. The houses might have to accommodate collections bought whilst on a Grand Tour, the routes and the purchases following practices established by 1680.

Violence, authority, cultures and communities in Sussex and Kent c.1690-1760, by Lyndsay Claire Poore, 2014 at University of Hertfordshire (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

This thesis deploys both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the role and meanings of violence within the context of Sussex and Kent in the early part of the eighteenth century. Historians have often approached the topic of violence from the perspective of a history of crime and therefore deviance. The focus has frequently been on measurements of levels and has ignored cultural contexts. In contrast, this research is grounded in experiences of violence demonstrating that it is not a uniform concept and includes a wide variety of behaviours from brawls to murder. By drawing on a range of sources it has been possible to allow the ritual and meaning of violent actions to be explored in detailed context. Quantitative data is taken from the quarter sessions records of both counties and analysed alongside the interpretations of previous historians. This is supplemented with depositions, literature, letters and notebooks to provide a 'thick description' of the contexts and circumstances of violence. The experience of violence is explored from a range of angles and at several levels, from anonymous brawls in the street to gang violence to household chastisement, the ritual and meaning of violent actions is investigated in detail. This analysis demonstrates that violence was a subjective concept, dependent on context. No clear definition of violence can be found, instead there are a range of descriptions, portrayals and accounts which all combine to illustrate the plurality of this concept. This thesis concludes that violence was often meaningful and connected with cultural concepts of order, authority and community. It was not random and its purpose can often be found if the signs are read. Evidence for struggles over authority and power can frequently be found as the basis of violent disputes and this can be found at the household, community and county level. This thesis demonstrates how violence was regulated through both formal and informal methods involving concepts of legitimacy and acceptability, as although violence was defined legally the border between legitimate or acceptable and illegitimate and unacceptable was blurred and contested.

1696 Association Oath Rolls for Sussex and Cinque Ports, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2014 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXOR, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507893][Lib/507894]

A full transcript of all the Sussex (and Cinque Ports) men who signed an Oath of Allegiance to King William III in 1696 following an attempted assassination. Men (over age 20) including clergy are listed in the place they signed, and only 5% signed by mark. Michael Burchall has transcribed all these signatures from the originals at the National Archives and he writes a full historical introduction and gives a potted biography of major office bearers. Sussex is one of the first counties where names have been abstracted. These Oath Rolls of 1696 fill the gap between the Hearth Tax Lists of the 1660s and the Land Tax Lists of 1785 (extracted by the Sussex Record Society).

The courts of true love, by Peter Wilkinson, published 2014 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 152) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18617] & The Keep [LIB/508097] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The story of Richard Tayler and Margaret Osborne has two important elements. First, it tells in vivid detail the vicissitudes of a relationship spanning the first 18 years of the 17th century. The events are mainly recounted by observers, ostensibly from the neutral stance of a court witness, yet in many instances revealing their own involvement and sympathies. The range of the subject matter is remarkable. The initial tensions between gentry and yeoman families lead into a saga: courtship, elopement, parental opposition which produces a legal battle, the imposition of an arranged marriage, a young woman's resistance and eventual desertion and, finally, a further legal battle to achieve the remarkable denouement of annulment (divorce in modern terms) and remarriage. Secondly, the medium through which the story is delivered is as significant as the events themselves. The ecclesiastical court process provides a series of witness statements aimed at establishing an impartial narrative of events, rather than a condemnatory description of crime. The court's principles are based on compromise and negotiation rather than the determination of incontrovertible guilt or innocence. But its final decisions demonstrate real power (underestimated by many modern commentators) to enforce major life changes on the litigants who opted to use the system.

Seaside town regeneration and the interconnections between the physical environment, key agencies and middle-life migration, by Anthony Leonard, 2014 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

Seaside resorts' fortunes have changed over the past half a century, and as a consequence many of the towns' physical environments and inhabitants have altered. Many grew in population size through in-migration, particularly as a result of retirement, which took over from the holiday industry as a process that changed the socio-economic and cultural structures of these places. Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex is among those seaside towns that have undergone such changes, fuelled by exogenous forces but also influenced by key agencies actions that have been a catalyst for altering the physical environment which encouraged the in-migration of middle-life people and the retired. This thesis analyses the effect of these changes and the role key agencies have had. In particular, it argues the changing nature of retirement in-migration of 'middle-lifers' (aged 50-70), those approaching or entering retirement, has had a profound effect on the town. This thesis disputes conventional retirement migration theories identifying a new form of 'lifestyle-affirming' migration.

"It was the heart of the town": two public monuments, cultural memory and oral histories in Walkden and Hastings , by Anthony McIntosh, 2014 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

The importance of the historic built environment to local communities and its ability to foster a sense of place is an issue at the heart of current heritage impact research. This thesis is primarily concerned with how public monuments, as a focus for the localisation of memories and narratives, can contribute to the development of social capital, sense of place, and a sense of community identity.

The Sussex Devils: A true story of the 1980s Satanic panic, by Marc Heal, published 29 October 2015 (432 pp., Unbound, ISBN-10: 1783521279 & ISBN-13: 9781783521272) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

In 2012 Marc Heal stumbled across a yellowed newspaper cutting about Derry Knight: a man who claimed that he belonged to a secret Satanic group operating at the highest levels of British society. Helped by John Baker, vicar of the Sussex village of Newick, Knight had falsely raised large sums from wealthy gentry on the pretext of destroying powerful items of Satanic regalia.
Heal threw away the cutting but it made him deeply uneasy. Why could he remember nothing about the Knight affair even though he had grown up at its epicentre? Why did he know so much about the people in the story and yet recalled so little about it? Finally, he faced up to the reason for the blank: the trial had taken place in the weeks immediately after the defining trauma of his life. In December 1985 an elder from his parents' evangelical Christian church attempted an exorcism on him believing he was possessed by demons.
Based on extensive interviews with all the surviving witnesses this book explores the truth behind Derry Knight and the devastating effects that evangelical Christianity had on one young man.

Waves of Excess: Drinking Cultures in Brighton, 1880-1939, by Richard Robinson, 2016 at University of Helsinki (Ph.D. thesis) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509276]

The Changing Country House in the 'Long Eighteenth Century c1680-1840', by Sue Berry, published April 2016 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 138, article, pp.4-5, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library

The country house and its estate can give an image of continuity which is misleading. Many families did not own their estates for centuries and both the settings and the houses were often altered in a piecemeal fashion. Grand ideas could take years to complete or remained unfinished.

The Guardianship Society, by Gillian Capon-Browning, published June 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 2, article, pp.79-81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509232]

Because the holdings in East Chiltington needed help but could not afford to employ, they used the services of the Guardianship Society. For years I have wondered what it was and who ran it. It was originally founded by a lady called Grace EYRE who was born in Brighton on 24th February 1864.

Unravelling Sussex: Around the County in Riddles, by Tony Ward, published 3 November 2016 (192 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0750968249 & ISBN-13: 9780750968249) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

If you enjoy puzzle solving you will enjoy the novel approach of Unravelling Sussex. Based on Tony Ward's Poetry+ series in Sussex Life, each famous Sussex person or place is introduced by a 'puzzle-poem'. The challenge is to unravel the embedded clues, solved by the chapter that follows.
This innovative little book brings new life to the aims 'to inform, educate and entertain'.

Pioneers of Esperanto in Sussex, by Bill Chapman, published June 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 6, article, pp.285-287) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]