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Constable Properties, by Mrs. J. W. Marlowe, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.280-281) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of properties owned by George Constable, proprietor of the Swallow Brewery, Arundel as recorded in his Will proved 23 December 1878

William Constable: Brighton's first photographer, by Philippe Garner, published September 1991 in History of Photography (vol. 15, no. 3, article, pp.236-240, ISSN: 0308-7298)   View Online

Number 57 Marine Parade is a large, four-storey house along Brighton's sea front, about half a mile east of Nash's Royal Pavilion, within the stretch of terraces and crescents developed during the Regency period when Brighton first regularly played host to the royal Court.

Reform in the Air, by Jennifer Smith, published September 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 3, article, p.114) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from the journal of Daniel Constable (1775-1835) and his friends in Brighton who were followers of Thomas Paine and involved in parliamentary reform.

The Constables of Brighton and Reigate: William - the Photographer, Clair - the Town Clerk, by Claire Constable, published 2005 (xiii + 272 pp., Lewes: Book Guild Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1846240050 & ISBN-13: 9781846240058) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This work presents a detailed picture of middle-class family life in mid-Victorian England, which is full of charm and wit and is almost without parallel. Claire Constable's happy discovery of the vast Constable family archive of letters and personal journals has allowed her to share this remarkable story of one of photography's pioneers. In the current digital age, when pictures are instant and disposable, it is hard to imagine the excitement that greeted the opening of William Constable's Photographic Institution in Brighton in 1841. However, the excitement was such that even Prince Albert and his brothers came to have their portraits made. Before taking up photography, William Constable's life had been far from dull. In 1806, William, his brother Daniel and their dog Frank went to America and travelled for two years. They covered thousands of miles, largely on foot, while writing letters home that vividly described the new world. The Constables of Brighton and Reigate also details William's nephew Clair James Grece who was also a pioneer, but in the field of local democracy.

Remembering little Alice, by Sheila Smith, published June 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 6, article, pp.279-281) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508973] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

This is the story of a series of discoveries that enabled me to trace the short life of Alice CONSTABLE.

John Constable's house in Brighton, by P. Harrap and S. Lancaster, published 2013 in Burlington magazine (vol. 155, no. 1321, article, pp.250-251)