Publications
The Private Memorandum of William Roe of Withdean in the County of Sussex, edited by C. Thomas-Stanford, published 1928 (iii + 89 pp., Brighton: Southern Publishing) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Review in Sussex Notes and Queries, August 1928:This is the careful record by a distinguished civil servant of events, great and small, affecting himself and his family. Its Sussex interest arises in various ways; his wife was a daughter of Sir William Thomas, Bart., of Yapton and Ratton in Willingdon; many visits were paid to Brighthelmstone and for a time they had a house, Norton, in Aldingbourne. In 1794, Mr. Roe became a Sussex landowner by the purchase of an estate at Withdean in Patcham, and his notes concerning this property and its manorial associations constitute a record of real value.
William Roe of Withdean. the Purchase and Management of a small Estate on the South Downs 1794 to 1808 and its Consequences for the Modern Landscape, by S. Farrant, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.173-180) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library