Publications
William Penn - the Irelands of Highfure - the Hearth Tax, by Walter B. Bartelot, published 1880 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 30, notes & queries, pp.236-239) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2115] & The Keep [LIB/500248] & S.A.S. library View Online
How About Four and a Half, by Rod Burrell, published September 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 3, article, pp.131-133) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508852] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:In the March 2012 issue of the Sussex Family Historian, Susan Martin told a great story of three brothers marrying three sisters. She issued a challenge "Who Can Beat Three?" I accept the challenge. The events recorded happened in New South Wales, Australia.
In the 1880s three sons and a daughter of George and Eliza IRELAND married three daughters and a son of Sam and Jane CLUGSTON. A few years later a granddaughter of Eliza IRELAND married another son of Sam and Jane CLUGSTON. While this last marriage brought the family inter-marriages to five perhaps it should only rank as a half. The bride, although raised as an IRELAND in the IRELAND family, was not a sister of the four IRELAND siblings; she was their niece.
In the 1880s three sons and a daughter of George and Eliza IRELAND married three daughters and a son of Sam and Jane CLUGSTON. A few years later a granddaughter of Eliza IRELAND married another son of Sam and Jane CLUGSTON. While this last marriage brought the family inter-marriages to five perhaps it should only rank as a half. The bride, although raised as an IRELAND in the IRELAND family, was not a sister of the four IRELAND siblings; she was their niece.
Hoops & Signals: The Story of a Sussex Great Grandfather, by John Ireland, published 11 January 2013 (70 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1906789797 & ISBN-13: 9781906789794) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Review by John Wickens in Sussex Family Historian vol. 21 no. 2, June 2014:Thomas Ireland lived in the village of Balcombe all his life. From the age of 11 he was a barrel hoop maker before joining the LBSCR in 1852 as a tunnelman, subsequently being made a signalman. Largely self-taught he kept journals or diaries from the 1860s to the 1890s and it is these that provide the source of much of the information for this book. Subject matters cover his two jobs, current affairs, recipes, gardening, remedies and strong views on religion (anti-popery). Also included are photos and local postcards together with a family tree to 1747 and notes on the origins of the surname. A worthwhile contributions to the county's rich historical heritage.