Publications
Two Sussex archaeologists: William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., and Mark Antony Lower, M.A., F.S.A., by Henry Campkin, F.S.A., published 1857 (39 pp.) View Online
The late William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A. and the late Mark Antony Lower, M.A., F.S.A., by Henry Campkin, F.S.A., published 1877 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 27, pp.117-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2112] & The Keep [LIB/500245] & S.A.S. library View Online
Obituary: The Rev Canon J H Cooper, by Walter C. Renshaw, published 1909 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 52, obituary, pp.199-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2137] & The Keep [LIB/500270] & S.A.S. library View Online
Obituary: Miss M. H. Cooper, F.S.A., by F. B. S. [F. B. Stevens], published May 1952 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIII nos. 9 & 10, article, p.225) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8231] & The Keep [LIB/500215] & S.A.S. library
William Cooper - Millwright and Engineer (1825-76), by D. H. Cox, published 1990 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 20, article, pp.2-15, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506526] Download PDF
Abstract:Windmills and watermills have been places of interest and admiration by many for a very long time. It is perhaps thanks to the landscape painter in particular that we have a record of many mills now destroyed or altered beyond recognition. However, not too much thought has been given to the men who created and improved the mills and the machinery that they contain. The name 'millwright' is well known but few details exist of their work. We can see the results of their labours but who did what and at which mill?
William Cooper was one of those millwrights. He came to Henfield in Sussex in 1854 with his wife and three children to work with James Neal in his millwright's business. .After a short partnership with Neal, W. Cooper carried on the business on his own until his death in 1876. His wife then continued the business until about 1876, with the High Street premises being sold in 1905. The site remained in much the same condition for a further 60 years or so being used in part for storage purposes. The buildings were eventually demolished in 1967 and nothing remains apart from the name which is preserved In the road leading to the Village Hall now called 'Coopers Way'.
William Cooper was one of those millwrights. He came to Henfield in Sussex in 1854 with his wife and three children to work with James Neal in his millwright's business. .After a short partnership with Neal, W. Cooper carried on the business on his own until his death in 1876. His wife then continued the business until about 1876, with the High Street premises being sold in 1905. The site remained in much the same condition for a further 60 years or so being used in part for storage purposes. The buildings were eventually demolished in 1967 and nothing remains apart from the name which is preserved In the road leading to the Village Hall now called 'Coopers Way'.
Searching for the man with no birth, by Jerry Harbour-Cooper, published June 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 6, article, pp.292-293) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508990] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The search for William Frederick Harbour Cooper who married Mary King on 19 November 1865