Publications
A Famous Firm of Sussex Shipowners: The Story of the Robinsons of Littlehampton, by A. W. Robinson, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 1, article, pp.30-32; no. 2, pp.91-95) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]
Some Notes on William Robinson, by Ruth E. Duthie, published Summer 1974 in Garden History (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.12-21) View Online
William Robinson: A Portrait, by Betty Massingham, published Spring 1978 in Garden History (vol. 6, no 1, article, pp.61-85) View Online
A Woodman in Heyshott Village, published December 2000 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 13 Number 2, article, pp.9-11, Winter 2000) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]
Abstract:Life in the 1840s, according to Charles Robinson aged 83, who was interviewed in 1904. He was the brother of Midhurst GP, John Robinson.
William Robinson: Renowned and influential gardener of Gravetye Manor. 1838-1935, by Kay Coutin, published 2002 (pamphlet, 8 pp.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Joseph Robinson, master mariner, by Roy Boydell, published June 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 2, article, pp.70-73) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508969] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:My maternal grandparents, George John BROOKER and Mary Mabel ROBINSON. were married on 17 February 1908 at St Paul's, Rusthall, near Tonbridge, Kent. Their marriage certificate gives Mary Mabel's father as Joseph ROBINSON (deceased), Master Mariner. Mary Mabel's birth certificate gives her parents' names as Mary ROBINSON formerly MOCKETT and Joseph ROBINSON, Master Mariner Merchant Marine.
Joseph ROBINSON was christened at Lyminster on 16 December 1849. He was the sixth of ten children of James and Eliza (LEGGATT) ROBINSON. I have been unable to trace his birth certificate and I suspect that his birth was not registered. Joseph ROBINSON married Mary MOCKETT on 24 April 1880 at the Trinity Chapel, Grove Street, Liverpool Mary was the fourth of six children of Henry and Fanny (STEVENS) MOCKETT and was born in Newhaven, where her father, Henry, was a harbour pilot.
Joseph ROBINSON was christened at Lyminster on 16 December 1849. He was the sixth of ten children of James and Eliza (LEGGATT) ROBINSON. I have been unable to trace his birth certificate and I suspect that his birth was not registered. Joseph ROBINSON married Mary MOCKETT on 24 April 1880 at the Trinity Chapel, Grove Street, Liverpool Mary was the fourth of six children of Henry and Fanny (STEVENS) MOCKETT and was born in Newhaven, where her father, Henry, was a harbour pilot.