Publications
George Gilbert, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.76-79) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]
Davies Gilbert, Esq., D.C.L., President of the Royal Society, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.212-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]
Elizabeth Gilbert: A Blind Helper of the Blind, by R. S. T. Haslehurst, published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 12, article, pp.797-798) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]
A Sussex Evangelist [George Gilbert of Rotherfield], by Richard Gilbert, published November 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 2, article, pp.54-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library
A Preaching Diary of George Gilbert of Heathfield, by Neil Caplan, published September 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 2, article, pp.72-74) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The name of George Gilbert deserves to be better-known in the annals of Sussex religious dissent because he played so great a part in the religious revival in Sussex during his sixty years of ministry at Heathfield from 1767 to 1827
Old Town schools in Eastbourne, by Helen Warren, published June 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 6, article, pp.323-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508973] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Recorded at the end of the 18th century, the first school in the Old Town educated 15 boys and was in a building (now long demolished) on the side of St Mary's Church tower.
In 1814 the joint Lords of the Manor bought land adjacent to what later became Brightland Road; St Mary's Church of England National School was built. Money provided by the GILBERT family in 1816 allowed the addition of a second floor; this enabled girls to be taught downstairs, while boys were taught upstairs.
In 1853 the Vicar's daughter, Lydia BRODIE initiated the building of St Mary's Infant's School in Church Street, it was enlarged in 1895. Later known as Flint Halls, it still stands and is now divided into residential units.
In 1814 the joint Lords of the Manor bought land adjacent to what later became Brightland Road; St Mary's Church of England National School was built. Money provided by the GILBERT family in 1816 allowed the addition of a second floor; this enabled girls to be taught downstairs, while boys were taught upstairs.
In 1853 the Vicar's daughter, Lydia BRODIE initiated the building of St Mary's Infant's School in Church Street, it was enlarged in 1895. Later known as Flint Halls, it still stands and is now divided into residential units.