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Books and other documents
Published	Title, author and references
1862	Maresfield by The Rev. Edward Turner, M.A. ⇒ p. 145
1870	A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 42
1871	The Parliamentarian Surveys of the County of Sussex by John Robert Daniel-Tyssen, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 268
1902	Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest by C. N. Sutton ⇒ p. 345
1931	Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 247

Historical records

1610		[North] Sussex by John Norden and augmented by John Speed		Pyppenford	John Speed
	The first engraved maps of the counties of Great Britain were the work of Christopher Saxton who, under the authority of the Privy Council, surveyed the English counties in Elizabethan times, from 1574 to 1578. In 1593 he was followed by John Norden who projected an ambitious scheme for a complete series of county histories. He published before his death a number of counties - Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, Northampton, Cornwall, Sussex and Surrey. John Speed's map of Sussex is based upon Norden's map and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius. It occupies pages nine and ten of John Speed's Atlas entitled "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine", is 20 1/4 inches by 15 1/4 inches in size and shows additionally an interesting plan of Chichester and a spirited representation of the Battle of Hastings.

1645		[North] Sussex by Jan Blaeu		Pyppenford	Jan Blaeu

Apr 1658	History			Pippingford	Turner's Ashdown Forest
	In the Parliamentarian Survey, the great Park, with full particulars of the seven wards into which it was divided, and of the lodges standing upon them, are given with their boundaries in detail. The whole park consisted of 13,991 acres; and the seven walks are thus represented:- South-ward and West-ward not then divided. Of this no quantities are stated, nor is the name of the keeper given. Pippinford walk, 704 acres, with the lodge, 21 acres; John Pranke, keeper. Hindeleape walk, 341 acres, with the lodge, 30 acres; Francis Hesmond, keeper Broadstone walk, 1108 acres, and lodge, 37 acres; John Norman, keeper. Coombe Deane walk, 1040 acres, and lodge, 15 acres; James Kingsland, keeper. Wite Deane walk, 1843 acres, and lodge, 10 acres; John Norman, keeper. Duddleswell walk, and lodge, 30 acres; Robert Brookes, keeper There was also Warren lodge and ground, 100 acres in Broadstone walk, and 744 acres in East Grinstead, Richard Gibson, tenant; Old Lodge and ground, 9 acres; In Coombedeane walk, in Hartfield, and waste, 1502 acres, Henry Ford tenant; Also lands called Prestridge Bank, and Footbridge, 417 acres; White House, otherwise Chamberlayne's House, in Maresfield, 20 acres.

19^th Nov 1658	History			Pippingford	Parliamentary Surveys
	Parliamentary Survey of Ashdown Forest & Pippinford Lodge

c 1693		Ashdown Forest by Barry Lucas after Kelton		Pippingford	Straker's Ashdown Forest

1695		[North] Sussex by Robert Morden		Pippenford	Robert Morden
	Robert Morden was a London bookseller from 1669 until his death in 1703. He specialised in the geographical field and was himself something of a cartographer and a publisher. Throughout the 17th and most of the 18th centuries, there was little distinction between the activity of book or print-selling and that of publishing: many booksellers were also printers or engravers. They undertook the sale of each others' work and often combined to meet the high cost of publishing a new map or reissue of an old atlas, even if the original plates were still available. This map was published in Brittania: a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland by William Camden.

c 1795		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream		Peppingford

24^th Dec 1824	Will			Pippingford	Stuart Wilson's documents
	The Will of William Le Blanc, Lawyer of New Bridge Street, Blackfriars in the City of London, drawn up 13 November 1824, and proved 24 December 1824. "I give and devise my Messuage called Pippingford Lodge in the Parish of Maresfield in the County of Sussex with the Garden, Pleasure Grounds outbuildings and all other appurtenances therewith occupied and enjoyed and all other my freehold lands and tenements in Maresfield and Hartfield … to my Eldest Son" (William Elliott Le Blanc). As William was under 21 at the time it was to be held in trust by his wife Ann Le Blanc and his brother Thomas Le Blanc.

c 1825		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood		Peppingford

1828		Le Blanc, Mrs	Ann Le Blanc [Elliot]	Pimford	Pigot's Directory

1833		Shirley, H., esq.	H. Shirley	Pippingford	Pigot's Directory

5^th Nov 1836	History			Pippingford	Turner's Maresfield
	... it [Pippingford] was sold to Mr Henry Shirley, who made large additions to the house, and by the carelessness of whose servants in preparing it for his reception after his marriage in 1836 it was destroyed by fire. Happening on the fifth of November the conflagration was mistaken for a large bonfire, so that but little aid was rendered by the residents of the neighbourhood in the attempt to extinguish it.

1837		[North] Sussex by Thomas Moule		Peppingford	Thomas Moule
	Thomas Moule was a bookseller. He published a number of important works on heraldry and antiquities, including Bibliotheca heraldica Brittaniae in 1822. The English Counties delineated; or, a topographical description of England has a complete series of county maps and was published by Thomas Moule in 1837

1840		[North] Sussex by Joshua Archer, Pentonville, London		Pippingford Park	Dugdale
	Dugdale's England and Wales Delineated

6^th Jun 1841	Census	Robert Henderson, M, Head, age 45 to 49, born Scotland; occupation: bailiff	Robert Henderson, bailiff	Pippingford	1841 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Jent Henderson, F, [Wife], age 45 to 49, born Scotland	Jent Henderson
		Aleson Henderson, F, [Daughter], age 15 to 19, born Scotland	Aleson Henderson
		Jean Henderson, F, [Daughter], age 14, born Scotland	Jean Henderson
		Maron Henderson, F, [Daughter], age 13, born Scotland	Maron Henderson
		Helen Henderson, F, [Daughter], age 8, born Scotland	Helen Henderson

6^th Jun 1841	Census	John Bailey, M, Head, age 60 to 64, born Sussex; occupation: farm labourer	John Bailey, farm labourer	Pippingford	1841 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Frances Bailey, F, [Wife], age 60 to 64, born Sussex	Frances Bailey

1851		Mortimer, John	John Mortimer, farmer	Pippingford Lodge	Post Office Directory

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	John Bailey, farm labourer	Pippingford, Nutley	1851 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Servant, occupation: housekeeper	Ann Britt
		Visitor	Harriet Curtis

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation GROOM	Henry Nye	Pippingford, Nutley	1851 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Wife	Hannah Nye
		Daughter	Harriet Nye
		Lodger; occupation Farm labourer	William Wickham

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, employs 28 people; occupation: farmer	John Mortimer, farmer	Pippingford, Nutley	1851 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Mortimer
		Servant; occupation: farm bailiff	Robert Henderson, farm bailiff
		Servant's wife	Marry Ann Henderson
		Servant's daughter	Elizabeth Young
		Servant's daughter	Emma Young

1867	Directory entry	Henniker Capt. Frederick, Pippingford		Pippingford	Post Office Directory

1867	Directory entry	Mortimer John, esq., Pippingford park		Pippingford park	Post Office Directory

1874	Directory entry	Gray Frederick, Pippingford park		Pippingford park	Post Office Directory

c 1875		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey		Pippingford Park

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	William Gurr, M, Head, married, age 64, born Maresfield; occupation: gamekeeper	William Gurr, gamekeeper	Pippinford Lodge	1881 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Elizabeth Gurr, F, Daughter, single, age 34, born Maresfield; occupation: housekeeper	Elizabeth Gurr
		Fanny Gurr, F, Daughter, single, age 30, born Maresfield; occupation: servant	Fanny Gurr

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Frederick Gray, M, Head, married, age 45, born Somerset; occupation: land proprietor	Frederick Gray, land proprietor	Pippinford Park	1881 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Frances Barnes, F, Servant, single, age 46, born Lewes; occupation: housekeeper	Frances Barnes
		Fanny Dawes, F, Servant, single, age 29, born Uckfield; occupation: cook	Fanny Dawes
		Sarah Lephard, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Newick; occupation: housemaid	Sarah Lephard
		Edith Turner, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Fletching; occupation: housemaid	Edith Dumbrell [Turner]
		Mercy Heasman, F, Servant, single, age 17, born Forest Row; occupation: kitchenmaid	Mercy Heasman
		William Dawes, M, Servant, single, age 26, born Uckfield; occupation: footman	William Dawes

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	George Pankhurst, M, Head, single, age 17, born Hartfield; occupation Groom	George Pankhurst	Pippinford Park	1881 Census Maresfield, Sussex

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Jesse Stevenson, M, Head, married, age 38, born Maresfield, employs 1 men and 1 boy; occupation: farmer	Jesse Stevenson, farmer	Pippinford Park	1881 Census Maresfield, Sussex
		Sarah A. Stevenson, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Maresfield	Sarah A. Stevenson
		Albert C. Stevenson, M, Son, age 12, born Maresfield	Albert C. Stevenson
		George Stevenson, M, Son, age 10, born Maresfield; occupation: scholar	George Stevenson
		Ada Stevenson, F, Daughter, age 8, born Maresfield; occupation: scholar	Ada Stevenson
		Elizabeth Stevenson, F, Daughter, age 6, born Maresfield; occupation: scholar	Elizabeth Stevenson
		Frederick Stevenson, M, Son, age 5, born Maresfield; occupation: scholar	Frederick Stevenson
		Catherine Stevenson, F, Daughter, age 4, born Maresfield	Catherine Stevenson
		Arthur Stevenson, M, Son, age 1, born Maresfield	Arthur Stevenson
		Ruth Card, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Maresfield; occupation: domestic servant	Ruth Card
		John Stevenson, M, Servant, single, age 15, born Maresfield; occupation: farm servant	John Stevenson

1882	Directory entry	Gray Frederick, Pippingford park		Pippingford park	Kelly's Directory

1882	Directory entry	Stephenson Jesse, farmer, Pippingford		Pippingford	Kelly's Directory

1888	Directory entry	Grey, Fredk., Esq., Pippingford park		Pippingford park	Brooker's Guide

1888	Directory entry	Green, James, gamekeeper, Pippingford, Nutley		Pippingford, Nutley	Brooker's Guide

1888	Directory entry	Stevenson, Jesse, farmer, Pippingford		Pippingford	Brooker's Guide

c 1899		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey		Pippinford Park

1904	Reflections			Pippinford Park	Highways & Byways
	Between Withyham and Hartfield in the north, and Crowborough Beacon and Wytch Cross in the south, is some of the finest open country in Sussex, where one may walk for hours and meet no human creature. Here are silent desolate woods - the Five Hundred Acre Wood, under Crowborough, chief of them - and vast wastes of undulating heath, rising here and there to great heights crowned with fir trees, as at Gill's Lap. A few enclosed estates interrupt the forest's open freedom, but nothing can tame it. Sombre dark heather gives the prevailing note, but between Old Lodge and Pippinford Park I once came upon a green and luxuriant valley that would not have been out of place in Tyrol; while there is a field near Chuck Hatch where in April one may see more dancing daffodils than ever Wordsworth did.

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