Publications
A Midhurst Postman, published October 1994 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 7 Number 1, article, pp.17-18, Autumn 1994) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15968]
Abstract:Memories of Charles Astridge, a Midhurst postman c. 1850-1900. Taken from 'The Hungry Forties' from contemporary witnesses about their lives under the Bread Tax, published 1905.
Midhurst: a stepping stone to Canada, by Ann Williams, published June 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 6, article, pp.284-286) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508990] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:In the 1820s Eli Frederick Astridge and his brother Charles moved to Midhurst. All the Sussex Astridges are descended from these two bothers. One of these descendants was Joseph Samuel Astridge who married Louisa Bridger in 1883 at Midhurst and four of their eight children emigrated to Canada.