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Mrs Steere, the Lewes Grave-Digger, by M. L. Scott, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 9, article, pp.611-612) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Obituary: Dr. Francis Steer, by K. M. E. M., published December 1978 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 26, article, p.159, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library   Download PDF

Obituary: Francis William Steer, by Katherine Maud E. Murray, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, obituary, pp.359-361) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

The black sheep of the family, by David Steer, published December 2001 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 8, article, pp.334-335) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Steer (1817-1848), son of James Steer, lodge keeper at Petworth Park, and Ann née Rapson, married Jane Norris in Petworth on 24 July 1844. Daniel committed a number of offences, found guilty of extortion and sentenced to transportation for life which was commuted to life imprisonment. Daniel died in Milbank Prison in London 28 April 1848.

300 years, two names, by Susan Martin, published December 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 8, article, pp.390-393) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508992] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of the ancestors of James Edward Steer, born 13 January 1921 in Lancing, who married Doris Hill on 23 December 1944 in Walburton and died in Ferring in 1992.

Steers in 19th century Lancing, by Susan Martin, published September 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 7, article, pp.328-332) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508848] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

During the 19th century all the families in the coastal village of Lancing apart from one were descended from my ancestor Thomas STEER who settled in the village with his bride Martha MERRIT in 1798. There had been STEERs recorded in the parish registers earlier but no family spanning more than one generation.

Which William?, by Sue Martin, published December 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 4, article, pp.180-182) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508975] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The STEERS were historically concentrated in Sussex, Kent and Surrey (along with Devon) and in West Sussex they were particularly numerous in the parishes between Arundel and Horsham, one of which is Wisborough Green. William was the first or second most popular names in most parishes, where most boys were usually named out of a pool of no more than eight Christian names.

Frances W Steer, the publication of 'Local records, their nature and care' and archivists' attitudes to researchers in the 1950s and 1960s, by Richard Childs, published 2014 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 82, article, p.12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/82] & The Keep [LIB/508014]

Name Games, by Susan Martin, published December 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 4, article, pp.156-159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509472]

There are very few records of men in Sussex with the name Ambrose Steer - were they all related?