Publications
Captain Swing, East Preston, Edmund Bushby and East Preston in 1830, by R. W. Standing, published 1989 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Reading, Writing and Riot: Bushby and the East Preston and Kingston Schools, by R. W. Standing, published 1998 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13883] & West Sussex Libraries
The Bushby family of Birdham and Patching (and the value of wills and MIs!, by Juli Chapman, published March 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 5, article, pp.268-271) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508972] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:lf ever you want to discover England, then you should make a trip to Patching in West Sussex. On the lane leading to the village there is a sign that says 'village access only' so it gets no through traffic. Don't expect much there - a farm, a church and a collection of chocolate-box houses either with thatched roofs or made of flint with wisteria around the door. There's not even a pub! Maybe that very fact has enabled Patching to stay virtually frozen in time.
We made the trip to Patching because we knew I had relatives buried there, actually in the church (St John the Divine), beneath a double slab in the floor. I have seen several enquiries on various websites as to the origins of these BUSHBYs and I hope at least some of these people read this article because I am about to tell you all about them.
We made the trip to Patching because we knew I had relatives buried there, actually in the church (St John the Divine), beneath a double slab in the floor. I have seen several enquiries on various websites as to the origins of these BUSHBYs and I hope at least some of these people read this article because I am about to tell you all about them.