Publications
Alexander Pope in Sussex, by Ed. Cunliffe, published 1898 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 41, notes & queries, pp.240-241) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2126] & The Keep [LIB/500259] & S.A.S. library View Online
The other Ardingly, by Peter Verrall, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.272-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The story of Colonel Harold Pope who was born in Ealing, Middlesex in 1873, educated at St. Saviour's School, Ardingly 1884-1889, emigrated to Perth in 1895 and joined the Western Australian Government railways.
A Pope family fireback, by J. S. Hodgkinson, published 2013 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 33, article, pp.27-31, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507841] Download PDF
Abstract:A cast-iron fireback has been identified as bearing the arms of the Pope family of Hendall, in Buxted. It has the date 1625 and the initials SP. The fireback appears to have been cast from a one-piece wooden pattern with arms carved in low relief within a shield embellished with strapwork motifs, which were typical of the early 17th century. The styling of the initials, on each side of the shield, suggests that they were carved as part of the original pattern. However, the date, which may well have been carved as a small stamp, appears to have been added to the mould before casting as it obliterates one of the fleur-de-lys embellishments above the shield.