Publications
Towner - A Sussex Surname, by R. N. Towner, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.174-176) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Towner Wills, by R. N. Towner, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.261-264) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
A Concise History of the Towner Family, by Reg Towner, published December 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 8, article, pp.266-267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/501178] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Genealogy is getting easier, by Reg Towner, published June 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 2, article, pp.63-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:List of the most popular forenames given to the Towner children between 1520 and 1875
John Towner of Bishopstone, by Reg Towner, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.195-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:John Towner was a fisherman and spent his adult life in the service of Bishopstone Parish Church where he was parish clerk and sexton for 42 years. He married Mary about 1744 and they had eight children between 1744 and 1765. He died in 1794.
John Towner: The Missing Blacksmith of Piddinghoe, by Kevin Towner, published June 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 2, article, pp.60-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509232]
Preview:The TOWNER surname seems to originate in a cluster of small villages around the town of Lewes in East Sussex (see the articles by Reg Towner in Sussex Family Historian vol. 8, p. 174 and vol. 13, p.266). Untangling the different TOWNER families during the period 1600-1800 is rather complicated as many individuals with identical first names lived within a relatively small area. However, the available evidence suggests that John TOWNER, my great x 6 grandfather, was most likely the eldest son of James and Ann TOWNER (née SHOULDER), born on 8 May 1701 and baptised at Chalvington St Bartholomew on 18 May 1701.