A Catalogue of The Earl Marshal's Papers at Arundel Castle

Compiled from the archives at Arundel castle this includes dated and undated civil cases referred to the Earl Marshall, records of correspondence with the College of Arms and much more.    

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A History of the County of Sussex, Index to Volumes I-IV, VII and IX

Six volumes of the Victoria County History of Sussex were published between 1905 and 1953 . Until now they have been without an index, apart from the Domesday index included in Volume I. The present volume is designed to make their contents far more readily accessible, directing the reader to the pages on which places, persons, and the principal subjects are mentioned. An essential key is thus at last provided to the general chapters in Volumes I and II, to the accounts of Romano-British Sussex and of the City of Chichester in Volume III, and to the histories of the towns and villages in the rapes of Chichester (Volume IV), Lewes (Volume VII), and Hastings (Volume IX). Each futurevolume will, like that on the southern part of Bramber rape (Volume VI, part 1) published in 1980, contain its own index.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22766-4

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A History of the County of Sussex, Volume V Part I Arundel Rape (South-western part) including Arundel

Arundel Rape (South-western part) including Arundel   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22781-7

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A History of the County of Sussex, Volume VI Part I: Bramber Rape (Southern Part)

This volume describes the southern part of Bramber rape, the easternmost of the three rapes of West Sussex. It tells the history of 19 parishes lying along the coastal strip and over the South Downs. The rape takes its name from the castle at Bramber, which was the centre of the feudal honour and in whose shadow the de Braoses, the lords of the rape, planted a new town. Neighbouring Steyning, once one of the chief towns of the county, was a Saxon foundation with a college of secular canons and a port on the river Adur. The port gradually silted up and was replaced by that at New Shoreham, another Norman town planted in a corner of Old Shoreham parish. New Shoreham, once a major channel port and a centre for shipbuilding, has been much affected by changes in the coastline; the modern harbour lies in Kingston Bowsey and Southwick. The silting and reclamation of the Adur estuary has also changed the face of Lancing, where the college and chapel overlook the new ground. Sompting near by has one of the several noteworthy Romanesque churches is the area. The growth of Worthing was impeded in the 19th century by sanitary problems, but thetown is now the second largest in Sussex. It was also formerly renowned for its glasshouse produce. It has swallowed its parent parish of Broadwater and the parishes of Durrington, Heene, and West Tarring, the last named including two fine medieval secular buildings. The urban sprawl takes in part of Findon, scene of the annual sheep fair, which like Clapham and Patching to the west retains extensive downland. Washington, north of the downs is noted for market gardening and sand quarrying, while at Wiston was one of the most important country houses in Sussex. The tally of parishes is completed by the deserted villages of Botolphs and Coombes.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22753-4

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A History of the County of Sussex, Volume VI Part II: Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham

The volume gives the history of the ten parishes that form the north-western part of Bramber rape, from Sullington in the south to Warnharn in the north, lying mostly in the Weald. Horsham is the focus of the area, and its historyoccupies more than a third of the volume. It was a borough by 1235 and developed later as one of the chief towns of the county, hav-ing the county gaol from the 16th to the 19th century and being from 1889 to 1916 joint county town of West Sussex with Chichester. Horsham parish also contained an extensive rural area, and West Grin-stead and Shipley were other unusually large parishes. The land was heavily wooded in the Middle Ages and settlement was scattered; many settlements originated as outlying holdings of manors centred in the south end of the rape. Later, some settlements grew as ribbons along main roads, others around the edges of commons. From the mid 19th century there was an influx of wealthy residents: among the new- comers was Hilaire Belloc, and the large houses built or rebuilt included Warnham Court, seat of the Lucases, and Little Thakeham, designed by Lutyens. Humbler houses in considerable numbers were built at Ashington, Barns Green, Partridge Green, Sullington, and Thakeham, and Horsham more than trebled in size between 1891 and 1971. Agriculture was limited by the extensive woodland; open fields were few and small, and there were many parks and commons. To provide for London and the coastal towns stock raising and dairying came to predominate over arable from c.1850, and was accompanied by poultry farming and market gardening. The mainindustrial activities have been ironworking and brickmaking.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22767-1

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A History of the County of Sussex, Volume VI Part III: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town

The volume gives the history of the eleven parishes that form the north-eastern part of Bramber rape, from Upper Beeding in the south to Ifield in the north, together with that of Crawley new town, founded in 1947. The area lies mostly on Wealden sands and clays, where settlement was chiefly scattered. Many settlements originated as outlying holdings of manors centred in the south end of the rape; the parish of Beeding lay in two parts, Upper Beeding astride the scarp of the South Downs, and Lower Beeding eleven miles to the north. St. Leonard's Forest in Lower Beeding was roughly divided in the Middle Ages between woodland and heath; its present appearance is the result of 19th- and 20th -century afforestation and reclamation for agriculture, and settlement was later there than elsewhere. The 19th century saw a great influx of wealthy new residents, some of whom built large houses or laid out parks or gardens like those at Sedgewick Park or Leonardslee. In the mid 20th century the villages or hamlets of Upper Beeding, Hen-field, and Mannings Heath in Nuthurst have been much expanded. Crawley, part of whose built-up area lay in Ifield parish, was already a town by the later 19th century; of other places, only Henfield was larger than the average, offering some urban functions. There is little evidence of open-field agriculture except in the south; St. Leonard's Forest was largely used as rabbit warrens in the 17th and 18th centuries; and market gardening and fruit and flower growing were prominent, for instance around Albourne, in the 20th. Industrial activities before the foundationof Crawley new town included medieval saltworking in the Adur valley, ironworking, quarrying, and fishing, together with varied woodland industries, and cement manufacture at Upper Beeding.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22768-8

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Acta of the bishops of Chichester, 1075-1207

  paperback   ISBN 978-0-907-23904-8

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Eastern Sussex 1885 District Blue Book

This superb directory is a little gem. Each place is described in the tiniest of detail. Does not cover the whole of the county of Sussex.    

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Maps - Vol. 9 - Essex, Kent, Sussex

An incredibly useful resource! Really high quality digitised maps that you can zoom in and in to see the finest detail.    

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Parish Registers of Hove and Preston 1538-1812

A complete transcript of the baptisms, marriages and burials from the parish registers by Ernest Salmon, and published in 1912 by private subscription. (At one time Preston's registers were combined with Hove).    

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Pigot's 1831 Topography and Gazetteer of England

Superb and rare topography and gazetteer of; Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex and Wiltshire.    

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Six Home Counties 1851 Post Office Court & Trade Directory

The ideal companion to the 1851 Post Office Directory for the County. This one contains the Court Directory (private residents, although only the well-off ones who were able to pay to get an entry) and the Classified Trades Directory - combined for the counties of Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Kent and Hertfordshire.    

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Six Home Counties 1851 Post Office Court & Trade Directory

The ideal companion to the 1851 Post Office Directory for the County. This one contains the Court Directory (private residents, although the well-off ones who were able to pay to get an entry) and the Classified Trades Directory - combined for the counties of Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Kent and Hertfordshire.    

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Sussex - Black's Guide 1909

A superb guide book to the county of Sussex. Visit all of the towns and villages and learn about their history and antiquities. The book contains many excellent illustrations.    

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Sussex 1840 Pigot's Directory

One of the later and more comprehensive Pigot's county directories. Covers towns and villages in the county, with detailed information about each place, its churches, schools, institurtons, etc. Lists of people with trades, from the candle makers through to the doctors, etc.    

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Sussex 1851 Post Office Directory

An early Post Office Directory for the county. (Published by Kelly's) Contains descriptions of all towns and villages and their residents with trades.    

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Sussex 1867 Post Office Directory

This Post office Directory, published by Kelly's includes the County Directory, Court Directory and Classified Trades Directory. The book was kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by the Family Records Centre (PRO) in London.    

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Sussex 1873 Return of Owners of Land

Lists every person in the county who owned 1 acre of land or more, with name, place, extent of land and its value.    

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Sussex 1874 Post Office Directory

A very comprehensive directory with descriptions of all of the towns and villages in Sussex. In the County directory you will find the places listed alphabetically with lists of residents and commercial traders. The Court directory has an alphabetical list of private individuals and there is also a classified trades directory which lists the types of occupations and the people who performed them.    

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Sussex 1878 Post Office Directory

Very similar in content to the 1882 directory described below. It is quite fascinating to compare directories to see how places changed over the years with new people appearing, others moving from one village to another and new institutions like churches, hospitals and schools being built. Kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by the Family Record Centre (the PRO) in London.    

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Sussex 1882 Kelly's Directory

A large and comprehensive directory of the county. Each town, village and hamlet have excellent descriptions of their histories and facilities, plus directories of private residents and tradespeople. There are also county-wide directories of private residents (alphabetical) and tradespeople (classified). The county town, Brighton also has a superb street by street directory which shows private individuals and traders almost house by house.    

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Sussex 1899 Kelly's Directory

An incredibly comprehensive directory of every place in the county with descriptions of local history, topography and facilties. The county town of Brighton has a superb street by street directory with names of the heads of households, each and every other town, village or hamlet has a directory of the local tradespeople too. Also included are county-wide directories of private individuals and classified trades.    

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Sussex 1909 Kelly's Directory

An incredibly comprehensive directory of every place in the county with descriptions of local history, topography and facilties. The county town of Brighton has a superb street by street directory with names of the heads of households, each and every other town, village or hamlet has a directory of the local tradespeople too. Also included are county-wide directories of private individuals and classified trades.    

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Sussex 1911 Kelly's Directory

A huge and incredibly comprehensive directory. Every place in the county is described in great detail with information about churches, schools and other important insitutions. Each town, village and hamlet has its own lists of private residents and comercial traders. There is also a huge county-wide alphabetical list of private residents which stretches to 105 pages (with approximately 200 names to the page) plus a very comprehensive classified trades directory.    

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Sussex 1913 Kelly's Directory

An incredibly comprehensive directory of every place in the county with descriptions of local history, topography and facilties. The county town of Brighton has a superb street by street directory with names of the heads of households, each and every other town, village or hamlet has a directory of the local tradespeople too. Also included are county-wide directories of private individuals and classified trade    

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Sussex 1918 Kelly's Directory

This directory comprises of a general description of the county, its landscape and geology (with map), its infrastructure, council, transport, etc. A county wide directory of places with their facilities, churches, schools, etc. together with their inhabitants with trades An alphabetical directory of people with trades A classified trades and professional directory Superbly detailed colour map.    

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Sussex 1930 Kelly's Directory

This directory has the bonus of a huge, pullout, colour map for the whole county. It contains descriptions of every place and lists private residents and those with trades. People from all walks of life can be found among these pages.    

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Sussex 1938 Kelly's Directory

An excellent and very comprehensive directory. Each town, village and hamlet in the county is described in detail with information about the churches, schools, hospitals and other institutions that your ancestors may have actually used in their daily lives. Each place also has lists of private residents and commercial traders.    

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The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868, Surrey and Sussex

The original Gentleman's Magazine contained articles on a vast array of subjects, including lots of wonderful topographical pieces. In 1891 George Gomme republished all of these topograhical articles but edited and indexed them into county specific order. Each of Gomme's works contains between two and four separate counties, except for the London volumes. An absolute goldmine of information about the county, its people and its places. SEE BELOW FOR A VERY SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL OF THE VOLUMES.    

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The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, Volume I

Natural History, Archaeology, Domesday, Political History.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90585-5

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The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, Volume II

Ecclesiastical History, religious Houses, Maritime, History, Social and Economic History, Industries, Agriculture, Endowed Schools, Sport.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90586-2

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The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, Volume III

Romano-British Sussex, Chichester City.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90587-9

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The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, Volume IV: The Rape of Chichester

Cichester rape, the western end of the county, including Midhurst and Bognor.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90588-6

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The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, Volume IX: The Rape of Hastings

Hastings rape, the eastern end of the county, including Rye and Winchelsea.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90590-9

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The Victoria History of the County of Sussex, Volume VII: The Rape of Lewes

Lewes rape, including Brighton and Cuckfield.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90589-3

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The Visitation of Sussex 1530 & 1633-4

Pedigrees of Sussex families in 1530 and 1633/4    

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The Visitation of Sussex 1662

Pedigrees of Sussex families in 1662.    

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