The War in East Sussex - compiled by the Sussex Express and County Herald - August 1945

Bombers over Sussex 1943-45 - by Pat Burgess and Andy Saunders 1995

Sussex - by Desmond Seward 1995

Nigel Draper

Rosemary Wooldridge

Audrey and, her father, Wilfred Barden

Adrian Haiselden

The Ashburnham Archives held at the East Sussex Record Office

The Secret Sussex Resistance – Stewart Angell 1996

Commonwealth Graves Commission website www.cwgc.org

Ashburnham and Penhurst war memorial

The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5

The Domesday Book

Caren Garfen

Malcolm Rickson OBE

Steve Hemmings

Keith Datchler

Warbleton in Wartime 1939-1945 - part one: 1939 - May 1941 - Warbleton and District History Group 1996

The memoirs of Monica Veness (nee Creasey) 1989

The Sussex County Magazine February 1933

Stephen Winborn

John Bester

Claire Wells (nee Collins)

Recommended Reading

A Bygone Age  Ashburnhams and Brasseys - Kathleen Richardson 1990

Ashburnham Place Past and Present - Ashburnham Christian Trust 1990

Ashburnham Place Grounds and Gardens - Ashburnham Christian Trust 1990

Penhurst A Sussex Hamlet - Kathleen Richardson 1994

The Mystery of Town Creep - Kathleen Richardson 1993

Dallington Six Miles from Everywhere - Karen Bryant-Mole 1999

Britain in Old Photographs Battle & Robertsbridge - Alan Gillet 1989

The Turnover of Tenants on the Ashburnham Estate 1830-1850 - Brian Short 1975 (Sussex Archaeological Collections Volume 113)

Bygone Battle - Aylwin Guilmant 1983

The Biography of John Nash of Ashburnham born 1800

About Me

Firstly I'm no expert on Ashburnham!

I'll help where I can - I've read a few books and had a few visits to the East Sussex Record Office. For a few years I've been collecting together any interesting bits I can find about Ashburnham and Penhurst. I've been very lucky to receive photos and information from visitors to my websites (I do love the internet!) and to have a few bits still in the family from my grandfather.

I was brought up in Ashburnham and my mother's family have lived in Ashburnham for nearly 250 years, her maiden name of Hobden was a common family name in the village until the late 1970s (anyone interested in my Hobden family tree can access it at the Rootsweb website)

I have the books mentioned in the Recommended Reading above, and I also have the census information for Ashburnham and the surrounding area for 1841, 1851 and 1881. I'm happy to provide any help I can from these sources. 

I apologise if I've infringed anybody's copyright - please contact me if you would like anything removed from my site, or if you have any photos or stories to share!

Mike Ridley

contact me at: mike@ashburnham-past.co.uk

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