Chapel Cottage, Llanishen, Chepstow NP16 6QT
Email info@chapelbooks.co.uk
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SUSSEX
UK Customers please add postage @ £2.00
per book (£4.00 maximum)
Overseas customers will be charged Surface or Airmail as requested
Items marked * are post-free in UK
Some Account of the Child Family 1550-1861
Kenneth Child, 1973. A5 booklet in blue card covers, 52pp, 15 ills,
double-page pedigree commences with William Child's marriage to Elizabeth Warren in 1576.
A Sussex family with Kentish roots. Some damage to front cover. (ref
5383) *£4.50
The Comber Family
Geoffrey B Barrow, 1980. 35pp, 4to, 2 multifolding pedigrees. An old Sussex
family with branches in Surrey and Yorkshire and elsewhere. F in F d/w. (ref 5645) £10.00
The Family Face - A History of the Dicker
Family
Geoffrey Dicker, 1998. 252pp, 45 ills. Still in print at £20.00, this M copy
in F d/w (ref 40/50) £14.00
[Ingall] A Guide to Battle Abbey
Undated but reasonably early guide which mentions (and has a picture of)
Isaac Ingall who died in 1798 aged 120, having been employed as a domestic for upwards of
90 years. The guide is very worn and browned. (ref 0000) *£6.00
[Ridge] A Sussex Family
Dudley Ridge, 1975. 92pp inc index, 14 plates. The family from 1500 to the present
day. F in G d/w. (ref 1628) £8.50
The Wagners of Brighton
Wagner & Dale, 1983. 4to, 180pp inc index, 16pp of photo & other
plate-ills, multifolding pedigree at end. Though the price on the d/w is £9.95, the title
was certainly still in print a couple of years ago at £17.99. This G copy in G d/w much
more affordable at (ref 7807) £8.50
Ancient Arundel - Its Churches, Town, Earls
and Castle
Mervyn D Francis, 1918. Small 8vo in soft card covers, 127pp inc index, 20
full-page photo plates. Rather dogeared, especially the last few leaves & cover.
(ref 210/53) *£6.00
Ancient Arundel
R O Dunlop, 1953. Small 8vo, 58pp, 22 full-page ills inc 12 photos. A
short history of the castle and town from Saxon times. Slight damage to top corner
of front board but easily a G copy. (ref 7204) £10.00
[Billingshurst] Sale Particulars for 4
Farms
Printed particulars for the 1853 sale of 4 farms, the sale a consequence of
the death of the late owner Charles Farhall:
1. The 142 acre Marringdean Farm.
2. The 35 acre Jackmans.
3. The 12 acre Middle or Little Gillmans Farm.
4. The 23 acre Great Gillmans Farm.
Produced without plan - nevertheless, particulars of this relatively early date are few
and far between. The breakdown of field names & acreages etc is especially
useful to the local historian. Nice clean condition. (ref 3656) £18.00
post-free
Bygone Bosham
Angela Bromley-Martin, 1978. 4to, unpaginated but an evocative gallery
of 156 mostly photo ills with captions. Several copies available, evidently stored
in less-than-suitable conditions as the d/ws have begun to get stuck to each other and in
some cases to their respective pastedowns. Some will be damaged in trying to free
the d/ws, and these are on offer at £5.00. The not-so-bad ones are
£6.50. Within these two broad categories the better copies will be
sold first.
History of Brighthelmston or Brighton as I
View it and Others Knew it, with a Chronological Table of Local Events
John Ackerson Erredge, 1862. 383pp, aeg. Recently resewn and
rebacked incorporating remains of original backstrip, corners renewed, new eps, now a very
nice tight & serviceable copy . (ref 7272) £70.00
Brighton College - Examination Prizewinners
1881/82
Printed pamphlet, 16pp full of names. 2 copies available, the better
one will be sold first. (refs 436/5 & 6) each *£3.00
Fashionable Brighton 1820-1860
Antony Dale, 1987 rep. 4to, 192pp inc index, 91 plates, good
bibliography. '....an entertaining yet authoritative account of the architecture,
planning, development and social life of the city......a must for all amateurs of late
Georgian architecture and for all students of the early nineteenth century...'. Nice
clean copy, VG in VG but scored d/w. (ref 1901) £14.00
[Brighton] Sale Particulars for 3 Houses
Printed particulars for the 1925 sale of 8 St Michaels Place and 57
& 59 Islingword Place (let respectively to H Macey and B Jeal). Creased and torn
along the edge. (ref 578/3) *£6.00
Another Copy - and a better one. (ref 578/4) *£8.00
[Brighton] 2 Deeds to a Pair of Houses
in Marlborough Street
An 1834 mortgage and an 1835 conveyance concerning 13 & 14 Marlborough
Street, both the concern of Charles Duke, who in fact built the properties. Both
these parchment deeds have rodent damage, the conveyance having lost a corner which when
unfolded reveals a hole about an inch or so square in each of the 3 sheets with loss
of text. Priced accordingly. The pair (ref 88/314) *£12.50 Not for export
Old Brighton, Old Preston, Old Hove
Frederick Harrison and James Sharp North, 1937. Tall 8vo, 199pp
followed by 4pp index, copiously ill'd with reproductions from old paintings, drawings
etc. The foreword commences 'DEMOLISH! That one word will explain the title
above. Houses and shops, mansions and hovels, all alike have gone through the hands
of the housebreakers.'. So even in 1937 there was much concern about what was being
swept away - 'There are still a few houses of character that have so far escaped the hands
of the destroyers' - and this book was intended to take the reader on a perambulation
round the streets and lanes giving little histories of the older and more interesting
buildings. The book is not uncommon, but this copy is better than most, so VG - a
nice clean copy with no faults worth mentioning. (ref 3262) £18.00
City of Chichester
Chichester City Council, 1957 16th ed. Small 8vo, 72+24pp, index, 20 photo
plates, 5 maps, other ills in text. This is essentially a Guide, the bibliography provides
details of local history material. VG. (ref 6804) *£4.50
Chichester Past and Present
Kenneth Green, 1986. Oblong 8vo, 94pp, almost every one bearing a
full-page captioned photo enabling us to compare modernviews with those of yesteryear.
Nice copy, VG in VG d/w. (ref 210/26) *£5.00
[Chichester] A History of the Prebendal
School
Neville Ollerenshaw, 1984. 88pp inc index followed by list of
subscribers, 11 photo-ills. Still in print at £9.95, this VG copy in VG d/w (ref
550/37) £4.50
[Chilgrove] Sale Particulars of Trees
1887 printed particulars of 14 Beech, 12 Ash and 5 Tellows on Upton's Farm,
and 3 Oaks and 23 Ash on Chilgrove Tenant Down. Paper, single sheet, quite nice condition.
(ref ST35/18) 2 copies available, each *£3.00
[Chilgrove] Plan of Charity Land
Approx 1880 plan measuring approx 25"x35", hand coloured. Indicates
several plots of land & woodland to be sold. Few other details, but the White Horse
Inn is shown, & the adjacent smithy & pond, also Yew Tree Cottages & Chilgrove
House. A few other unidentified buildings are shown. Several copies available, clean but
with some tears along old folds. (ref ST35/19) Each *£6.00
Coldwaltham - A Story of Three Hamlets
Sandra Saer, 1987. 228pp, many photo and other ills, good bibliography at
end, location map on front pastedown. F in VG d/w. (ref 7480) £7.50
Guide to the Church of Holy Trinity, Cuckfield
9pp pamphlet produced in perhaps the 1950s/1960s. (ref 100/37) *£1.50
[Dallington & Hailsham] Sale
Particulars of Cottages
Printed particulars for the sale of 3 cottages known as Sunnyside,
tenanted by A Burgess, B Oliver and J Winchester; a pair of cottages tenanted by Messrs
Watts and Cox; and 32 & 34 Bellbanks Road, Hailsham, tenanted by J Smith and J R
Cottingham. This 1911 sale was held at the Crown Hotel, Heathfield. (ref
578/1) *£9.00
[Eastbourne property deed] Mortgage
of 3&4 Mark Terrace, Taddington Road
Mark Terrace seems either to have been demolished or possibly re-named -
however Taddington Road still exists. On offer here is an 1879 mortgage taken out by
local plasterer William Hookham on these 2 'newly erected messuages tenements or dwelling
houses'. The document records that he increased the mortgage in 1880, and that the
mortgage was paid off in 1897. Lengthy document in manuscript on parchment, nice and
clean. (ref 3002) *£10.00 Not
for export
The String Town - Hailsham 1870-1914
Edited by Brian Short, University of Sussex Centre for Continuing Education,
1980. Photo card covers, A4, 86pp, several ills inc maps of 1871, 1873 and 1908.
We're now down to 2 copies of this study of Hailsham's growth and changes during
Victorian and Edwardian times. The best copies have already gone, so expect scruffy
covers. (ref 0000) each *£6.00
Hardham - Its History and Its Church
Undated pamphlet, perhaps 1970s, 4pp only, photo. "Its History"
consists of a few lines on the origin of the name and the Roman occupation. (ref 0000)
*£0.50
[Hove] Property Deeds for 26 Lansdowne
Place
These 4 conveyances trace ownership from 1857 to 1917. All are on parchment and
bear signatures & seals. The 4 (ref 8/104) *£15.00 Not for export
[Kingsfold] Sale Poster for Cottages and
Land
This 1841 printed poster announces the forthcoming sale at The Wheatsheaf Inn
of:
1. A cottage on the East side of the turnpike road, occupied by Henry Charman,
2. A cottage adjoining, occupied by William Charman.
3. 2 plots of land on the West side of the turnpike road, occupied by Henry Charman.
4. A cottage occupied by James Redford.
5. An adjoining cottage, occupied by Richard Cheesman.
6. A cottage occupied by William Booker
7. A cottage 'now or late in the occupation of Matthew Napper'.
Large poster [approx 18"x25"], terribly torn along folds, but nothing
missing. Unfold with great care to avoid further damage. We've reduced the
price by a third because of the extensive tears. (ref 557/3) *£12.00
A History of Lewes
Walter H Godfrey, 1971. 12mo, 80pp inc index, 16 photo ills (mostly
full-page), 3 plans. VG. (ref 2253) *£8.00
An Illustrated Guide and Souvenir of Pevensey
A J Jinks, nd, could be anydate from 1920-1950. Oblong blue printed paper
covers, 40pp, 33 mainly photo-ills. The Mint House, The Castle, The Church, The Village
and a couple of pp on Westham Church. G though middle pp detached (rusty staples). (ref
100/44) *£5.00
[Pevensey] Sale Particulars for Part of
Rickney Marsh
Printed particulars for the sale of 42 acres of Rickney Marsh.
This 1926 sale was held at the Crown Hotel, Hailsham. From the way the top edge is
rough, we assume a blank page has been removed. With the particulars comes a nice
coloured plan, approx 13"x13". (ref 578/2) *£8.00
A Portrait of Portslade
A G Elliott, 1980 rep. 29pp booklet in photo card covers, each of the 29pp
containing an early photo accompanied by its 1977 counterpart; captions explain the
changes over the years. VG. (ref 0000) *£2.50
Pulborough - A Pictorial History
Ivy Linda Strudwick, 1983. 4to, unpaginated but 165 mostly photo ills
with captions accompanied by short introductory chapters on various aspects of the town
such as the church, schools, postal history, bus service, historic houses and bridges etc
etc. VG copy in G price-clipped d/w. (ref 0000) £8.00
[Rodmell] Sale Brochure for Northease
Manor
15pp printed brochure for the sale of this 'beautiful Queen Anne house'
'one of the foremost properties in Sussex' which was due to come up for sale at The
Shelleys Hotel in Lewes in 1962. As well as extensive details on the manor and the
cottages that came with it, the brochure also contains 8 tipped-in real photographs.
(ref 578/5) *£15.00
Another Copy - not quite as nice - the tipping-in of the photos is showing through to the other sides of the pages - but this copy comes with a site plan. (ref 578/6) *£15.00
Rustington - A Pictorial History
Mary Taylor, 1998. 4to, unpaginated but 182 captioned ills (nearly all
are photos) followed by index, tithe map eps show names and sizes of the various fields
together with names of owners and tenants at the important date of 1839. Still in
print at £13.99, this VG clean copy (ref 0000) £8.00
Another copy
though this one has a dent at the foot of the rear board. (ref 0000) £7.50
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye
Undated (but 1974) 16pp church pamphlet, coloured photo covers, ground plan
& 10 coloured photos inside. (ref 0000) *£1.50
Story of Christ Church, St Leonards on Sea
Henrietta Catherine Nicoll, 1909. 79pp, 29 ills, mainly photos. Red cloth
boards with gilt lettering, boards badly splashed & water-stained, spine more so,
a complete contrast to the contents which are surprisingly clean. 4to. (ref 1087) £15.00
St Mary the Virgin, Shipley
M M Hickman, undated (1960s?) church pamphlet containing 16pp, 8 ills. The
final 5pp are about the registers and contain selected entries, the most poignant of which
is the burial of all 4 of John & Jane King's week-old quadruplets in one coffin in
1709. (ref 0000) *£1.50
[Stansted] A Place in the Forest
The Earl of Bessborough, 1958. Small 8vo, 128pp, many photo and other ills.
Essentially the history of Stansted Park. Nice clean copy, VG in G d/w, signed by author
in 1981. (ref 2538) £10.00
History of St Mary's Church, Storrington
13pp undated church guide, printed card covers, several ills. (ref 0000)
£1.00
Storrington - The Parish Church and Village in
earlier times
R L Hayward, 1955. Small 60pp booklet with thick paper covers, several ills
inc full-page plate 1789 view taken from a drawing in 'Sussex Views'. A clean but
damp-rippled copy. (ref 1161) *£2.50
Tangmere - A Village with Two Stories
George Harper, 1983. A5 booklet in blue paper covers enclosing 36pp, 8ills
from drawings by Reginald Wakefield. The stories of a Sussex farming community and of the
aeorodrome which played such a vital role in WW2. Crease in bottom corner but G. (ref
150/66) *£2.00
Guide to St Mary's Church, Thakeham
Undated but perhaps late 1960s church pamphlet in paper covers, 5pp of text,
ground plan on back cover. 8th edition. G. (ref 0000) *£1.00
Tortington Church and Priory
Philip Mainwaring Johnston, nd (c1910) rep from Sussex Arch Coll. 15pp
booklet with 6 ills, disbound from a collection of articles & therefore damaged down
the left-hand side, no rear cover. Nice clean copy, though. *£2.00
The Poor of the Parish and the Work of the
Westbourne Select Vestries 1819-1835
Peter Ellacott, Westbourne Local History Group, 1986. A5 in card covers,
32pp, 3 ills of documents. Very good little booklet with plenty of extracts from vestry
minutes & overseers accounts. F. (ref 0000) *£1.50
[West Grinstead property deed] Lease
of Huckmans/Tuckmans
This is a 1695 lease for a year of 'all that messuage or tenement barne
garden orchard farme lands and premises.....in the parish of Westgrinsted in the county of
Sussex commonly called or knowne by the name or names of Huckmans als[o] Tuckmans.....'.
The lease - though for 'one whole yeare' at a peppercorn rent - would almost
certainly have been followed up immediately by a release [ie sale] of the property.
Manuscript on parchment, signed by the lessor, Rotherfield yeoman John Moone. (ref
236/16) *£22.50 Not for export
Sussex Notes and Queries
Approx 20 individual journals in stock dating from the late 1940s to the
early 1960s. A detailed list will be sent on request. Each *£2.00
East Sussex Highways and Byways
E V Lucas, 1937. Small 8vo, pp276-458 2nd ed. This is one of three parts
(each with its own index) into which the 1903 1st ed was updated split for 'readers who do
not require the complete work'. Original orange & white boards (though now very
browned as though wiped with a very dirty wet cloth), contents nice and clean. VG except
for the discolouring of the boards & spine. (ref 7811) £4.50
Field Paths and Green Lanes
Louis J Jennings, 1877. 293pp, 8 plates from sketches & photos. A series
of walking tours almost exclusively in Sussex and Surrey. Occasional underlining, cracked
internally in several places & thus a rather loose copy , G. (ref 8297) £15.00
Genealogists Guide to the West Sussex Record
Office
Peter M Wilkinson, 1983 2nd. Oblong A4, plastic spiral bound, 123pp.
Though nearly 20 years old, there's plenty of detail in here to whet the appetite,
including a folding map of the various parishes. G. (ref 350/60) £4.50
Sussex Record Society
The following vols are available. All are VG except where noted:
Vol 61, 1962. A Catalogue of Sussex Estate and Tithe Award
Maps. Some spotting, so only G. £15.00
Vol 70, 1976. The Town Book of
Lewes1837-1901. Slightly stacked. £15.00
The following are the larger format vols in d/ws. Assume the d/ws are only G.
Vol 72, 1981. Printed Maps of Sussex
1575-1900. £15.00.
Vol 78, 1992. Chichester Diocesan Surveys 1686 & 1724. £15.00
Pub at £29.00, now in print at £19.95