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Extracts from Mr John Baker's Horsham Diary, by Wilfred Scawen Blunt, published 1909 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 52, article, pp.38-82) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2137] & The Keep [LIB/500270] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The diary of John Baker, barrister of the Middle Temple, solicitor-general of the Leeward Islands, by John Baker and edited with an introduction and notes by Philip C. Yorke, published 1931 (xvii + 517 pp., London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

A record of life, family history and society, 1751-1778, in England (mostly in Sussex and London) and the Leeward Islands, and of two travels abroad.

Bakers' Dozens - Off on the Wrong Track, by Eric Baker, published September 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 5, article, pp.154-155) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Osborns, Farmers from Telscombe & the Bakers, Brick makers from Piddinghoe, by B. E. Osborne, published March 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 7, article, pp.209-211) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Bakers, Brickmakers of Piddinghoe, by B. E. Osborne, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, p.24) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

The recent restoration of the conical up-draught brick kiln in the village of Piddinghoe has prompted further research into the Baker family. This report follows an earlier document prepared by the author and published by the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society. The Baker family were long established in Piddinghoe before evidence of brick-making becomes apparent. Parish registers show Bakers in profusion throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in the village.

The Brickmaking Bakers of Piddinghoe, by B. E. Osborne, published March 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 4, article, pp.127-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Bakers - Bickmakers of Piddinghoe, by B. E. Osborne, published June 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 2, article, pp.57-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Three generations of Edward Bakers are listed and covers the years 1616 - 1915 in the parish of Piddinghoe

Can You Always Rely On What An Old Family Bible Tells You?, by Mrs. G. M. Couper, published September 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 7, article, pp.271-272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The old Bible in question belonged to my 3xgreat-grandmother, Mary Baker, née Edwards (1777-1817) who lived in Hastings

Piecing the jigsaw together, by Diana Burns, published December 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 4, article, p.167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508988] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Search for Edwin Isaac Baker of Hailsham

Finding the Father, by Dr Rosemary Arthur, published September 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 7, article, pp.325-328) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508953]

In my grandfather's death I inherited his old leather-bound Victorian photograph album, containing some fascinating photos of his forebears from East Sussex. One of them particularly intrigued me; it showed a lovely young woman. On the back was written, in ink, "Ellen Maria BAKER, age 25" and, in another hand, "This was done at Bonning & Small." - rather a posh photographer for my family to afford, I thought. She was my Gt-grandmother's sister. Ellen Maria BAKER was baptised at St Clements, Hastings, on 26th February 1841, the seventh child of Charles BAKER, house painter, and his wife Maria (nee COFFRETT). At the 1861 census, aged 20, she was working as a barmaid at the Castle Hotel, Hastings. This may have been her downfall, as I suspect that it was there that she met the man who was to become the father of her three illegitimate children.