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A narrative of the conduct and adventures of Henry Frederic Moon, alias Henry Frederic More Smith, alias William Newman, a native of Brighthelmstone, Sussex, and now under sentence of imprisonment in Connecticut, North America? , by Walter Bates, published 1817 (84 pp., London: Allman & Co.)   View Online

The Three Smiths, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (pp.35-37) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

Memoir of Henry Smith Esq, commonly known as 'Dog Smith', with a brief Account of his Sussex Charities, by Rev. Edward Turner, published 1870 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 22, article, pp.30-49) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2017] & The Keep [LIB/500240] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Three Smiths of Chichester, by Rev. A. A. Evans, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 2, article, pp.98-100) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500172]

George Smith of Chichester, 1714-76, by Peter Mitchell, published September 1983 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 26, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/26] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

The Smith Brothers of Chichester, by Sibylla Jane Flower, published May 1986 (96 pp., Pallant House Gallery Trust, ISBN-10: 1869827007 & ISBN-13: 9781869827007) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9704] & West Sussex Libraries

No More Cast Iron: the true story of a Sussex builder told by his daughter, by Beryl Golding, published 1987 (Lantern Press, ISBN-10: 1850930589 & ISBN-13: 9781850930587) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9920][Lib 17287] & West Sussex Libraries

The story of Major George James Smith, Royal Engineers

Life at Streel Farm near Billingshurst in 1832, by Sarah Smith (1818-1907), published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.243-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

When I kept house for Grandpapa, as a girl, he and I were very happy together. He had retained a great many ideas of his Saxon forefathers . . .
Copied in 1971 from a manuscript in the possession of Mrs. Smiths' grandson Evershed Heron (1892-1983)

My Sussex Ancestors, by J. A. Beaden, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.31-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of John Smith gent of Northamptonshire born c.1700 and his descendants at Graffham and Woolavington. Article covers the years 1700 - 1889.

Holidays in Old Hawkenbury, by Dorothy Joan Smith née Goodger (1918-1994), published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, pp.44-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The writer's grandparents were Amos Crouch (1859-1937) and Mary Maria née Hammond (1857-1937). They lived in an old cottage at Old Hawkenbury in the parish of Frant

Parliamentary corruption in 19th century Rye, by Peter Baigent, published June 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 6, article, pp.193-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508821] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Jermiah Smith, the grandson of Tilden Smith (1721-1801), was a colourful and interesting character who was involved in parliamentary corruption in the mid-19th century.

The Smith Brothers of Chichester, by Pat Saunders, published 2002 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14956]

They Came Before: A Family History 1610-1958, by Caroline J. Ansell, published 2003 (212 pp., New South Wales, ISBN-10: 0646423495 & ISBN-13: 9780646423494)

The story of Tilden Smith and Mary Furmenger who married on 20 February 1748 and their familly which prospered in East Sussex for 100 years. Their son, also named Tilden, became a co-founder of a bank in Hastings renamed later as Hastings Old Bank. Two generations later brothers Richard and Charles Smith emigrated to Australia.

Memoirs of William Smith, LL.D., Author of the 'Map of the Strata of England and Wales', by Hugh Simon Torrens and John Phillips, published 2003 (Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution)

The Brighton School: George Albert Smith, James Williamson and the early development of film in Brighton & Hove, 1895-1901, by William Francis Drayton Gray, 2004 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)

This study is devoted to the work of two early English film-makers, George Albert Smith and James Williamson, and the films that they made around 1900. Internationally, they are known collectively as the "Brighton School" and positioned as being at the forefront of Britain's contribution to the birth of film language. The years 1895 to 1901 provide this study with its focus as it was during this short period that film emerged as a new technology and a new form of entertainment. Smith (1864-1959) established his film factory at Hove in 1897 and from here produced his major films. For this work, he drew upon his knowledge of contemporary music hall, theatre, pantomime, popular literature, mesmerism, the magic lantern and the work of other film-makers. Out of this context, Smith made two very significant edited films: The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899) and Grandma's Reading Glass (1900). Williamson (1856-1933) drew on similar impulses for his films as well as photography and current events such as the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion. His films of 1900 and 1901 were inspired by Smith's concept of the edited sequence and, as a result, he produced his first multi-shot narrative films, Attack on a China Mission (1900) and Fire! (1901). This work by Smith and Williamson provided their contemporary film-makers with a new understanding of the edited film - a concept which would enable film-makers to move beyond the paradigm of theatre and into a consciousness determined by the developing nature of cinematography itself.

Joshua Smith, by Norman Crofts, published December 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 8, article, pp.362-365) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508841] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Captain Joshua Smith (1821-1910) was master of one vessel The Syren, a coal carrier, for 23 years. He was the son of Joseph Smith and Mary née Merchant and born in Hollington. He married Sarah Fairall on 16 June 1844 at Hastings and had a family.

Andrew Smith (died 1937), Charter Showman of the South, by John Hurd, published Autumn 2006 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 75, article, p.58) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/75] & The Keep [LIB/500499]

A photograph from my album, by Lesley Yates, published September 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 3, article, pp.134-135) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508844] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The photograph is old, sepia toned. The man in the picture wears a military uniform: smart battle-dress and trousers neatly tucked into polished, knee length boots. He wears a stiff military cap upon his head and tucked under his arm, a military staff, which gives him an air of authority. He looks nervous, as he stands in front of a white army tent, though there is a faint smile and hint of pride on his face. Closer inspection of the photograph reveals that it is a studio shot and not taken in front of a real military tent - the plume of smoke rising from an explosion in the background gives the game away. I don't know the exact date of the photograph, but I do know that it was taken in 1916 or 1917. The photograph is precious to me: it is the only picture I have, and as far as I am aware, it is the only image that exists, of my great-grandfather, my dad's grandfather - Arthur George SMITH.

Pillars of the Primitive Methodist Church, by Peter Foreman, published December 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 8, article, pp.380-383) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508849] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

When I started researching my ancestors I had no trouble tracing my father's Horsham forebears through the censuses back to 1841 and beyond through other sources. Both my parents died many years ago and I knew very little about my mother's family apart from having a vague idea that a Methodist minister was in the branches of her tree somewhere.
My mother's parents were William SMITH and Eva May DENNES but they both died before I was born. I was able to locate and trace my grandmother's family back to her grandfather William PIKE, 1805-1886, who was the subject of an article I wrote for the March 2010 issue of Sussex Family Historian. My grandmother Eva May was the daughter of Fanny PIKE, who was born in Hastings in 1852, and Thomas DENNES, a blacksmith, who was born in Hailsham in 1851.

My Tudor Connections: Sir John Gage of Firle and his family, by Colin Smith, published March 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 1, article, pp.25-27) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508980]

I have been researching my family tree for over 35 years, not an easy task with a surname like SMITH! The SMITHs were Kent based, at a village called Westwell, near Ashford and were the usual agricultural labourers. However, the marriage of my 3 x great-grandparents, William SMITH (1791-1873) and Charlotte WALKER (1795-1866) on 18th October 1813 at Westwell has provided me with the 'stepping stone' to an ancestral line that includes the well-known family of GAGE, based at Firle Place, near Lewes.