Publications
William Henry Hudson, A Tribute by Various Writers, by Samuel J. Looker, published 1947 (Worthing Art Development Scheme) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
W. H. Hudson. A Biography, by Ruth Tomalin, published 1 January 1982 (314 pp., Faber & Faber, ISBN-10: 0571105998 & ISBN-13: 9780571105991) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Hudson Family of Hartfield, by Eric C. Byford, published September 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 7, article, pp.247-248) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508814] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Extracts from the biography of Alfred James, known as Jim, Hudson (1901-1987), who grew up in Hartfield, and his wife Elsie Cripps.
The Cripps and Butcher Families of Hartfield, by Eric C. Byford, published June 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 2, article, pp.65-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508817] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Elsie, daughter of Ernest Cripps was born 12 July 1902 at Black Cottage, Parrock Lane, Hartfield and her mother's parents were John and Mary Butcher in whose cottage Elsie was born. Elsie married Jim Hudson on 13 April 1925 at Sevenoaks and they had one child, Oliver. Jim died 1987 and Elsie in 1989.