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Sites of Archaeological Interest in West Sussex, mid 20th century (WDC/PL18/1)

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Chosen by John Mills, Senior Archaeologist, West Sussex County Council Archival records provide a vital resource for archaeological research, as maps, plans, photographs, and many other records document the historical topography of the county. The Record Office also holds examples of the research and reports generated through archaeological study, and copies of the Sussex Archaeological Society's journal 'Sussex Archaeological Collections'. The…

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Chichester – Parking of Cars in the Highway, 1936 (WDC/CL28/1)

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Chosen by Matt Dell, member of staff Although our oldest record here at West Sussex Record Office dates to 780AD, you would be mistaken in thinking that only historic records live under our roof. In addition to the collections of religious records, military records, estate papers and more, we are also home to the Records Management Service, which manages the County…

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List of medicines, c.1776 (Add Mss 2122)

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  Chosen by Timothy J McCann, former member of staff This is, at first sight, a printed list of ‘All Sorts of Medicines and Drugs, Prepared and Sold, on the most Reasonable Terms, by E. Axford, Practitioner in Physick, Surgery, and the Eyes, at Glauber’s Head, in the East Street, Chichester.’ It is interesting as a…

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‘Swing Riots letter’, 2 Dec 1830 (Goodwood Mss 1446 fA18)

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Chosen by Susan Millard, member of staff This anonymous letter was addressed to the Duke of Richmond and was sent to his estate at Goodwood. We can see from the reverse page that it was considered important enough to be forwarded to his London home. Such letters, written during the agricultural disturbances in the winter…

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‘Parham in the War’, 1940-1947 (Parham 1/4/10/3/3)

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 Chosen by Lady Emma Barnard This remarkable notebook was kept by my great-aunt Veronica, the daughter of Clive and Alicia Pearson, who lived at Parham. Veronica deposited it with West Sussex Record Office before her death in 1993; it is a moving record of wartime life on the estate, a vignette of an extraordinary time.…

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World War 2 Ministry of Food recipe leaflets (Add Mss 54,872)

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Chosen by Holly Wright, member of staff These Ministry of Food recipe leaflets were produced during World War 2 to help the nation make the most of their food in spite of rationing, a necessary measure first enforced on 8th January 1940 as a result of the enemy bombing or blockading of the supply ships heading for…

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Steyning School Register, 1840-1876 (Acc 10206)

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Chosen by Joyce Sleight, researcher Some years ago I attended a talk on the work of WSRO at Worthing Library given by a member of the Searchroom staff. In the informal chat that followed I mentioned that as a history teacher and librarian at Steyning Grammar School I had charge of some of the school archive. He…

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Billingshurst Oral History Project collection, 2015 (Acc 18164)

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Chosen by Andrew Rackley, member of staff Archives aren’t all about paper. Technology has changed significantly over the last 70 years and the Record Office has been changing with it. As records are increasingly produced solely in a digital format (‘born-digital’), the content held here increasingly goes beyond what you might think of as traditional…

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Deed of Paines in Thakeham, 1799 (Add Mss 198)

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 Chosen by Annabelle Hughes, researcher I came across this deed in my work as a researcher of historic buildings. I had been trying to find a link between what was thought to be an early 19th century house in Thakeham called Cumberland House and an earlier farm dating from around 1349 belonging to William Payn,…

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Brighton Railway (Selsey Tramway) poster, c.1910 (Add Mss 13773)

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Chosen by Bill Gage, member of staff I found this poster whilst I was researching the history of the Selsey Tram which operated from 1897 until its closure in 1935. The Selsey Tram, as it was known locally, was in fact a light railway which ran from Chichester all the way down the Selsey Peninsula.…

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