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Arnold Nesbitt and the Origin of the Stevenson Family of Winchelsea, by Janet H. Stevenson, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.297-303) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of the two families - Nesbitt and Stevenson. Arnold Nesbitt fathered at least three illegitimate children, of whom John is one born 1761 in Tonbridge. His mother Ann Dryland married in 1763 a John Stevenson. The Stevensons moved to Winchelsea where John Stevenson married Elizabeth Blackman in 1788 at Winchelsea. Article covers the years 1735 - 1895.

Arnold Nesbitt and the Borough of Winchelsea, by Janet H. Stevenson, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, article, pp.183-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Alexander Nesbitt, a Sussex Antiquary, and the Oldlands Estate, by Janet H. Stevenson, published 1999 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 137, article, pp.161-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14439] & The Keep [LIB/500291] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 1931 Sir Bernard Eckstein, Bt, proposed to enlarge the east end of Christ Church, Fairwarp, as a memorial to his father Sir Frederick. Despite local enquiries and advertisements placed in The Times from 1 June to 3 June 1931, it proved impossible to trace the representatives of Alexander Nesbitt to seek their permission to alter the position of the east window, which was dedicated to his memory. Thus, in the space of 30 years, the Nesbitts, for whom Oldlands Hall in Buxted had been built, and who had been instrumental in the establishment of a school and church at Fairwarp, had been forgotten, their presence there for 30 years entirely obscured by the later occupation of the Ecksteins. This paper seeks to redress the balance and to recount the history of the Oldlands estate.