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Parson Levett, by Ernest Straker, published May 1929 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 6, note, p.190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Parson Levett's Penstock, by Ernest Straker, F.S.A., published February 1935 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. V no. 5, article, pp.134-137) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2204][Lib 8223][Lib 8862] & The Keep [LIB/500207] & S.A.S. library

Notes on the Levetts of Wilmington, by Gillian Couper, published September 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 2, article, p.63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Parson Levett and English Cannon Founding, by Brian G. Awty, published 1989 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 127, article, pp.133-146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10604] & The Keep [LIB/500302] & S.A.S. library

A Brave Son of Sussex: Nicholas Levett 1816-1885, by Mrs. G. M. Couper, published March 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 5, article, pp.177-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Nicholas Levett was born in 1816 at Goring, the fourth son of Nicholas Levett and Sarah Stace who had married in 1806 at Seaford. Nicholas married Ruth Beale in 1844, and they had one daughter, Selina in St. Ives in 1857. Nicholas was coxswain of a lifeboat in St. Ives that rescued the crew of a French brig in heavy seas in1865. Article covers the years 1751 - 1981.

Berwick Windmill, Alfriston, by Mrs. G. M. Couper, published December 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 4, article, pp.145-146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Berwick Windmill was operated for five generations by Levetts, from father to son beginning with James (1615-1680), Robert (1656-1709), James (1683-1765), William (1722-1777) and William (1749-1828) in the parish of Alfriston

Arlington to Australia: Half-way Round the Wold in 110 Days, by Gillian M. Couper, published September 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 7, article, pp.259-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 1 December 1838 six people from Arlington on board SS Buckinghamshire left London for Australia. They were Leonard and Ruth Levett and their daughter Elizabeth, Benjamin and Susannah Lambert and Susannah's brother James Levett. This is a detailed narrative of the family and their life in Australia.