Publications
"Pelling Otherwise Young" - Five Generations of Pellings, by Julia Rayner, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.169-173) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Research into the Pelling family and covers the years 1732 - 1970 in the parish of Clapham.
Life of a Country Carpenter: The Story of Harold Pelling's Early Life in Offham and His Service in the First World War, edited by Susan Rowland, published 1993 (48 pp., published by the editor, ISBN-10: 1898950008 & ISBN-13: 9781898950004) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
An unfortunate family, by R. W. Gillett, published June 2001 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 6, article, pp.208-209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:James Pelling married Emma Parsons at Hellingly in 1835 and after the birth of their first child they entered the Hailsham Union Workhouse. They had three more children: James, Emma and Patience before both parents died - Emma in 1841 and James in 1843. The living children were raised in the workhouse.