| Homesdale [a.k.a. Homestall] Farm Sheffield Forest Fletching |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1997 | The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882 by Professor Brian Short ⇒ Notebook extract |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1610 | ![[North] Sussex](images/t/Speed1610E.jpg) | [North] Sussex by John Norden and augmented by John Speed | Holmsdale | 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](images/t/Blaeu1645E.jpg) | [North] Sussex by Jan Blaeu | Holmsdale | Jan Blaeu | |
| 1695 | ![[North] Sussex](images/t/Morden1695E.jpg) | [North] Sussex by Robert Morden | Holmsdale | 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 | Homestall Farm | ||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Homestall Farm | ||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | William Wheeler, M, Head, age 40 to 44, born Sussex; occupation Farmer | William Wheeler | Homesdale | 1841 Census Fletching, Sussex |
| Elizabeth Wheeler, F, [Wife], age 40 to 44, born Sussex | Elizabeth Wheeler | ||||
| Anne Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 17, born Sussex | Sarah Ann Wheeler | ||||
| Elizabeth Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 16, born Sussex | Elizabeth Wheeler | ||||
| Elenor Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 9, born Sussex | Eleanor Wheeler | ||||
| Mary Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 5, born Sussex | Mary Wheeler | ||||
| William Stapley, M, age 30 to 34, born Sussex; occupation: servant | William Stapley | ||||
| John Brasier, M, age 25 to 29, born Sussex, occupation: servant | John Brasier | ||||
| Edward Turner, M, age 18, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Edward Turner | ||||
| William Cherryman, M, age 15 to 19, born Sussex, occupation: servant | William Cherryman | ||||
| Emily Oliver, F, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation: visitor | Emily Oliver | ||||
| Caroline Butt, F, age 15 to 19, born Sussex, occupation: visitor | Caroline Butt | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | William Brooker, farm labourer | Homesdale | 1851 Census Fletching, Sussex |
| Wife | Lucy Brooker [Crowhurst] | ||||
| Daughter | Fanny Heasman [Brooker] | ||||
| Grand-daughter; occupation SCHOLAR | George Sparrow | ||||
| Lodger's wife | Ann Clark | ||||
| Lodger, occupation: pedlar | John Clark, pedlar | ||||
| Grand-daughter | Anne Sparrow | ||||
| Father; occupation: annuitant | Edward Crowhurst, farmer | ||||
| 1874 | Directory entry | Page Thomas, farmer, Holmesdale | Holmesdale | Post Office Directory | |
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Holmesdale | ||
| 1888 | Directory entry | Butcher, Jas., stud groom at Searles, Holmesdale | Holmesdale | Brooker's Guide | |
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