Introduction

INTRODUCTION

To the majority of villagers the past vicars of Nutley are just names on a list. I have tried to create some images of these past influential men of the village. The earliest were quite young and often it was their first post. Many came from families with some wealth and influence, and had family members already as ministers of religion. Copies of the early newspapers from 1847 do exist on film in the Records Office at Lewes but they cover an area from Chichester in the west to Dover in the east, all of Surrey, and some of Hampshire. Looking for news of Nutley is like looking for “a needle in a haystack”. Also the clerical records are not complete. Some of the dates differ slightly from the dates given in previous publications.

Rev. Henry J. Peckham, M.A. 1882-1913 Page 2-8 Rev.Charles Neill, M.A. 1913-1915 Page 9-10 Rev. John S. Phillips, M.A. 1916-1932 Page 11-13 Rev. Stephen Pulford. 1932-1940 Page 14-16 Rev. Herbert P. Walkden, M.A. 1940-1954 Page 17-19 Canon Fisher Ferguson, M.A. 1954-1956 Page 20-24 Rev. Christopher H. Flack, M.A. 1957-1968 Page 25-33 Acknowledgements Page 34

1 The Reverend Henry J. Peckham, M.A. 1882 – 1913

The Rev. Harry John Peckham, was born on 15 April 1841, the son of Charles Peckham Peckham and his wife Sybella Jane, daughter of Robert James Carr, bishop of Chichester and later of Worcester. The Peckham family owned an estate at Aldingbourne, West Sussex. This also included the farmhouse and land at Nyton.

The estate had been the chief seat of the Bishops of Chichester but was sold in 1648 under the Parliament Act for the sale of Bishops’ Lands.

In 1680 the estate passed to Thomas Peckham, on his death the estate passed to John Peckham, whose daughter, Mary inherited when John died in 1782. She married Charles Hewitt Smith and their son Charles took the name and arms of Peckham.

Harry John was educated at Balliol College, Oxford where he obtained a B.A. degree in 1862 and a M.A. degree in 1872. He married Edith Robertson, born on 17 June 1856, daughter of the vicar of Henfield, and a first son, Richard was born in 1877. a second son, Godfrey in 1879, a third Arthur was in 1881, Walter, who later became honorary archivist of Chichester Cathedral, in 1883, and Charles in 1886. Godfrey and Charles died in infancy.

After initially training as a farm manager he was curate in Coventry, Warwickshire from 1873 to 1876. In 1876 he became incumbent of Compton, Sussex, moving in 1880 to Biddenden, Kent. On the death of his widowed mother in 1879 the Aldingbourne estate was sold.

Harry in 1881

In 1882 the living at Nutley church was £120 per annum and residence, a gift of the rector of Maresfield.

The family lived in the vicarage in Bell Lane with a cook, parlour maid and a general maid. Living in Vicarage Cottage was a coachman/groom with his family and whose eldest son was a gardener.

Nutley Vicarage 1884

The Rev. Peter Walkden researched the following paragraph.

“Many of us remember Mr. Peckham, that kindly, humorous man, who lived in the village for 31 years. That he was appreciated is evident as comparatively early in his incumbency here, we read “On Wednesday, May 20 th . 1895, a very handsome standard lamp was presented to the Vicar, the Rev. H.J. Peckham, by upwards of 80 of his parishioners as a slight acknowledgement of his kindly interest in the welfare of the inhabitants.” The plan originated amongst, and almost entirely confined to the cottagers. Mr. Menzendorf kindly undertook the choice of a suitable article, and invited all the donors to The Highlands in order to take part in the presentation.”

It was said that Harry Peckham arrived in Nutley on a Monday morning and was teaching arithmetic and reading in the school in the afternoon. Such was his dedication to the education of his parishioners. He inherited a budget deficit of £25 but was able to reduce that to £10 at the end of his first year. Many of his predecessors had only looked after the finances and administration but he involved himself on almost a daily basis. The vicar was always an important person in running the school. He corresponded with the National Society. Every National School had to have a Committee of Management. This consisted of at least three elected members with the vicar or rector and the curate as ex- officio members. Many alterations and improvements were carried out whilst Harry Peckham was in Nutley. His wife was also involved with the school. In 1891 a committee of ladies to supervise the needlework was set up and included Mrs.Peckham, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Ridley and Miss Cook.

The Peckhams were able to travel to far off places. Family letters obtained by the West Sussex Records Office indicate that the Rev. and Mrs. Peckham were survivors of the sinking of the S.S. Victoria in 1887. Also in 1898 there were letters from Japan. Before the outbreak of the First World War they visited their son, Arthur in India.

Walter Arthur Richard Harry among the vegetables in the garden.

Harry Edith

In the porch of Nutley Vicarage 1900

Richard became an officer in the 95 th . Battery Field Artillery and fought in the Boer War. Letters to his parents in Nutley are with the West Sussex Records Office. Tragically he was killed on 24 August 1906 in the Portland Yacht Race.

A memorial window and a plaque commemorating his death are in the church.

Arthur became an architect, and an officer in The Indian Reserve of Officers. He died in Mesopotamia in 1918.

The following extracts from a letter written by his father appeared in the Parish News and was copied by the newspaper.

“ I take this opportunity of thanking you all most warmly on behalf of my wife and myself for your sympathy with us in our great sorrow. Although our dear son was not born in Nutley, he was only a little more than a year when he came. It was the only home he ever knew and he was most warmly attached to it. There will be some who remember him as a child, as a schoolboy, have heard him read the lesson in church, and may know he designed and carried out the latest additions to the church. A keen volunteer from his boyhood at the outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission but the Public Works Department under which he was serving would not sanction him leaving until March 1915. When he was gazetted 2nd. Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers and after a period of training with the Yorkshire Regiment, he joined the Infantry on the north India.

Christmas 1915 he was sent to Mesopotamia”.

A memorial window commemorates the death of Arthur.

Reverend Harry Peckham. 2 nd . Row. 7 th . from left. Mrs. Peckham. 3 rd . Row. 7 th . from left. Arthur Peckham 4 th . Row. 6 th . from left.

Coronation 1902.

The Rev. Harry John Peckham retired from Nutley in 1913, living in Chichester until his death on 4 February 1922.

Rev. Harry John Peckham in his study at Chichester in 1921.

Photographs taken during the ministry of the Rev. Harry Peckham.

Club Day procession leaving for the church service.

Cadets in a procession with Nutley Band circa 1910.

Girls Friendly Society leaving for an outing before 1914

8 The Rev. Charles Neill 1913 – 1915

The Sussex Express newspaper reported the farewell of Rev. Charles Neill on December 3 rd . 1915. The ministration of the vicar had been much appreciated. His final sermon was based on the text “I commend you to God”. He expressed his sorrow at leaving, but said that there were evangelists, pastors, and teachers, and the Church of England should place the proper man in the proper place, though this was haphazard work now. He was going to work for which he was fitted. Too much outside work interfered with preparation, meditation, etc. and it was incumbent of laymen to ease the burden of the spiritual vicar. The vicar and his wife were the recipients of parting gifts of a library chair and travelling clock, subscribed by nearly 200 parishioners. Many people attended the presentation in the school.

Sussex Express report dated December 10 th . 1915 stated that the good air of Ashdown Forest had greatly improved the health of the Rev. Charles Neill. Because of this he wished to work for a larger parish and was to return to his former parish in Liskeard, Cornwall. He was very touched by the presents and the long list of subscribers.

Note. My research into the background of the Rev. Charles Neill has found three vicars of the same name in 1914. The Rev. Charles Neill, M.A. who graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1866 was a minister in London. The Rev. Charles Neill, M.B.M.A. was the vicar of St. Mark’s Church in Cheltenham from 1910 to 1918. This has been confirmed by St. Mark’s Church. Bishop Stephen Neill, born in 1900 went to Dean House School, Cheltenham during the Great War. I personally favour that his father was the Rev. Charles Neill, vicar in Cheltenham.

There were no reported deaths of Nutley men fighting at the front while the Rev. Neill was the vicar.

The Reverend John Samuel Phillips, M.A. 1916-1932

The Rev. Prebendary E. Sanderson, Rector of Uckfield and Rural Dean, inducted the Rev. John S. Phillips. He was educated at Emerson College, Cambridge where he obtained his B.A. degree in 1884 and his M.A. degree in 1893. He was vicar of St. Mark’s Church, Portsea from 1889 to 1892 and vicar of Stoke-next-Guildford 1892 to 1895. In 1895 he became the Church of England Chaplain in Lille, France until 1913. In 1913 he became curate of St. Paul’s Church in Bournemouth until 1915. He succeeded the Rev. C. Neill who relinquished his living three months earlier. As a preliminary introduction to his new parishioners he penned the following letter, which appeared in the Parish magazine. At Lower Beeding Vicarage Horsham. March 25 th . 1916

Dear people, through the courtesy of the Rev. A.C.D. Ryder, I am able to send you a few lines of greeting, and I gladly do so. By accepting Mr. Ryder’s kind offer, as patron of the living at Nutley, I have undertaken the spiritual charge of the parish, and we hope shortly to settle into the Vicarage. My wife and I look on it as a great privilege to be permitted, in God’s Providence, to live and work amongst you and we are looking forward to it as very happy service. We come practically as strangers, and it will take a little time for us to get to know one another. But we trust that we are coming with the old but ever new message of the Gospel of Christ in our hearts and on our lips. It is our hope that we may be enabled to continue the good work carried out by those who have gone before, and whom we have heard with such good report. For this we need, and we are confident we shall have, your earnest co-operation and your prayers, that you and we may be fellow workers unto the kingdom of God. I am yours sincerely, John S. Phillips.

A very large congregation, including Earl Brassey, Lady Stuart Samuel and Sir Francis Champneys, attended the service of induction. Immediately after the service, according to custom the new vicar tolled the bell. In 1921 Albert Turner, local wealthy business man gave Nutley a large brick granary and oast house for conversion into a village hall as a war memorial. The opening ceremony early in May 1924 was a solemn occasion, for 20 Nutley men who went off to the First World War and did not return. The ceremony was performed by Lady Kent, whose husband Sir Stephenson Kent was one of the trustees. She unlocked the door with a key presented by another trustee, Sir Stewart Samuel of The Vetchery. His son in law, Major J.B. Cohen, M.P, who lost both legs in the war , unveiled a tablet on the front of the building bearing the names of the fallen, after the vicar, the Rev. J.S. Phillips, had dedicated it.

The unveiling of the Memorial Hall in 1924 Mrs.Phillips,Lady Samuel and Lady Kent

Major J.B. Cohen

Sussex Express newspaper dated May 20 th . 1932 reported that the Reverend John S. Phillips had been taken ill and rushed to Brighton Hospital for an operation. By July 15 th . 1932 the operation was reported to have been successful, but he needed a complete rest. Several parishioners sent in subscriptions and further contributions would be gratefully received. On September 30 th . 1932 the vicar left Nutley for Highbrook, Sussex, where on the 1 st . October 1932 he was inducted.

13 The Reverend Stephen Edward Pulford 1932 – 1940

The Reverend Stephen Pulford was born in 1895 in London. He served with the Cavalry in the Great War, 1914-1918. He married Eva Grace Spink, born in 1893, just after the war and the couple lived at Helesvean, Cornwall where he was poultry farming. A daughter, Lois was born in 1922 and shortly after he was called to the ministry. He studied at the London College of Divinity from 1924. A son Ian, (later to become a Canon and then Rural Dean of Cirencester and in retirement Canon Emeritus),was born in 1925 at the holiday home of his grandfather in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. The vicar’s first post was as the curate at Iver, Buckinghamshire for three years and then he was the Church of England Chaplain at the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, near Southampton for three years. Another son, Paul was born in 1931. In 1932 he was offered the living at Nutley with Twyford.

The Sussex Express newspaper reported the following,

“The Reverend Stephen Edward Pulford was inducted by the Archdeacon of Lewes, the Ven. F.H.D. Smythe on December 18 th . 1932. There was a large congregation and the collection amounted to £7.11s.6p. The Bishop of Chichester performed the Institution. He had held the post of chaplain at Netley Hospital from 1924, prior to which he served at Iver, Uxbridge”.

Nutley vicarage front Nutley vicarage rear

14 In 1932 paraffin lamps, stoves and coal or wood fires powered the vicarage and church. Electricity came to Nutley in 1933. The present church choir stalls were placed in position in 1935. The vicar employed a maid, a part time gardener and a boy to pump the water from a large underground tank fed by rainwater from the roof, (no mains), and a second pump to bring spring water from the well for drinking. The vicar cut the two lawns and tennis court with a cylinder mower. There was some evidence that the previous vicar had used a horse drawn mower since there were four pads in the outhouses to cover the hooves to save damaging the lawns. Church going was the accepted pattern for Sundays, even the Sunday school in the “Iron Room” opposite the church. The vicar owned a variety of second hand cars whilst in Nutley, the last one being a Lanchester. There were many visitors to the vicarage. Mr. Hill delivered the milk and Mr. Ralph the post.

The following is taken from information given by the vicar’s son, Ian.

“During his eight years ministry he held several well attended Conventions and always had a good congregation, based on the Book of Common Prayer. He will always be remembered for his forthright preaching, both at Morning and Evening Prayer, and also in the little church at Twyford in the afternoon.

Nutley Church Twyford Church circa 1935

15 When war was declared on 3 rd . September 1939, Mr. Ryall the headmaster came into the church to ask my father to announce that war had been declared with Germany. In the ensuing Battle of Britain, 1940, a Messerschmitt was shot down in a local field. As a boy I was looking around for “souvenirs”, and it was then that a Mr. Judd, a choir member who lived in the village discovered the pilot’s thumb. All that was left of his remains. My father had to oversee the internment in St. James’ churchyard, but that was not discussed.”

In November 1940 with the threat of invasion the Reverend Pulford decided to move his family to Cornwall and accepted a living at St. Keverne with Coverack on the Lizard.

He died in Ross- on- Wye, Herefordshire aged 78 years.

16 The Reverend Herbert Peter Walkden M.A. 1940 – 1952

The Reverend Herbert Peter Walkden obtained a Diploma in Theology in 1921, a B.A. degree in 1922 and a M.A. degree in 1925 from St. J. College, Durham. His first ministry was as curate of St. Paul’s Church, Bolton from 1922 to 1926. He then was vicar of All Saints, Preston from 1926 to 1928, followed by vicar of St. George Mart, Bolton from 1928 to 1935. From 1935 to 1938 he was Minister of Trinity Episcopal Church in Buxton. In 1938 he was vicar of St. James, Clapham Park, the first church to be destroyed during the Battle of Britain. He came to Nutley in 1941.

Details compiled by the Rev. Herbert Peter Walkden in 1952.

On the night of the 24 th . of March 1944 a stick of bombs straddled the village and the East Window of the Church was badly shaken and holed in several places and since then has twice had to be repaired and strengthened. By the Mercy of God, there was little damage done to the property. In the Second War, Canadian Troops largely surrounded this part of Sussex. Many of them were regular members of the congregation and several keep in touch with the vicar constantly by letter and are interested to have news of the village and the church. A Canadian Officer, Capt. E.R.G. Addye, C.C.S. and his wife, Edith Addye, presented the Silver Box used for the Bread in the Service of Holy Communion to the Church. Superintendent F.J. Kilgour of the Canadian Auxilliary Services presented the Brass Book Rest on the pulpit in thankfulness for the safe return of his son from operations over enemy territory, June 1943 After the War German Prisoners, stationed at Chapelwood Manor, used the Church every Sunday afternoon. Occasionally the services were conducted by a German Padre but more often by a layman, Mr. Ransome Cooper. The present Vicar, also took part and many of the prisoners were allowed to the regular services. The year 1944 saw the Centenary of the Church and it was decided by the Parochial Church Council to reseat the Church as soon as possible after the War. The old pews were unworthy of the Church and vastly uncomfortable. Unfortunately, it was found that the cost of oak pews would be prohibitive and finally chairs were decided upon. It was, also, decided to have a system of concealed lighting. All this at a cost of £1,175. The various organizations of the Church were soon busy and with the help of many friends within and without the Parish, this sum was soon in hand and everything paid for in the course of a few years.

One may remember a gift of dollars from interested friends in Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.A. with whom the Vicar had been in correspondence for some years. The gift in English pounds amounted to £36 13s. The Lord Bishop of Chichester, Dr. George Bell, dedicated the new seating at the evening service on Sunday, August 13 th . 1950. The Draught Screen to the East of the South Door was dedicated by the Rt. Rev. Bishop of Lewes on Sunday, February 3 rd . 1952 at the Morning Service. This cost a further £68. The new Oak Collecting Plates, presented by members of the congregation, were used for the first time at the Harvest Festival Service, in 1952, and electric organ blowers were installed in time for this service at a cost of £60.

In 1941 the services at Twyford Church ceased and the building deteriorated until it was demolished.

Nutley Church before the new seating.

The Rev. Peter Walkden conducted this wartime wedding.

The Rev. Herbert Peter Walkden died in Framfield in 1975 aged 83 years.

19 Canon Fisher Ferguson 1954 – 1956

Canon Fisher Ferguson, instituted and inducted as rector of Maresfield in November, went through a similar ceremony at Nutley Parish Church , when the Bishop of Lewes (the Rt. Rev. Geoffrey H. Warde) officially welcomed him as vicar of Nutley, the legal processes in connection with the plurality of the two benefices having just been completed. The institution was performed by the Bishop and the induction by the Arch – deacon of Lewes (the Ven. J. H. L Morrell).

He had a wide and varied experience. Ordained in the diocese of Newcastle–on–Tyne, he later worked in the mining area of North West Durham, where he had the unique experience of serving six years as curate of Collierley, and then six years as vicar of Collierley, to which he was appointed by Archbishop W. Temple of Manchester.

From Durham, Canon Ferguson moved to the parish of Hyson Green, Nottingham, where he stayed for five years, and then for fifteen years was rector of Carlton, a large parish on the outskirts of Nottingham. He was vicar of Patcham for the next six years. Canon Ferguson graduated at Durham University in 1914, passing to his degree of M.A. in 1917. For eight years he was Proctor in York Convocation for the Diocese of Southwell, and for ten years was appointed an honorary Canon in Southwell Cathedral. On leaving that diocese for Patcham he was made Canon Emeritus of the Cathedral. During the last war he served for five years as an officiating chaplain to the Forces. Canon Ferguson was an evangelical Churchman, who had long worked in happy co-operation with the Non Conformist Church. Mrs. Ferguson had taken an active share in her husband’s ministry. They had two sons, both doctors. The Canon had been chaplain to the Patcham branch of the British Legion and of the local unit of the Air Training Corps.

Canon and Mrs. Ferguson resided in the vicarage in Nutley.

20 His curate was the Rev. Albert Lees Chapman who had been Rector of Denton and South Heighton with Tarring since 1941. His home was the Maresfield Rectory.

21 Nutley School Sports 1955

Fine weather favoured the Nutley School Sports at Fords Green. Winning house was Acquilla and runners-up Gaunt House who won the shield in the two previous years. The shield was presented to Acquilla’s boy and girl captains, Gilbert Keeys and Rita Morphew, by Mrs. Fisher Ferguson, wife of the vicar of Nutley.

Nutley Church Free Of Debt

Presiding at the vestry and annual parochial meeting of Nutley parish the vicar, Canon Fisher Ferguson, thanked the council for so bravely facing the problem that a plurality of benefice involved. He was grateful also to those who had arranged events to raise money needed to get the church out of debt and as a result they now had a credit of £15. At the vestry meeting Mr. Sidney Marsh was appointed Vicar’s warden and Mr. C.J. Ryall people’s warden. Mrs. Cornwell was reappointed to the Diocesan Conference and Miss White and Miss Hazell to the Ruri-Decanal Council.

The Diocesan Dilapidations Board has agreed to the sale of Nutley vicarage and to the erection of a smaller modern house on a gift site behind the parish room. Nutley vicarage was built at a time when help was plentiful and money had its true value. It has 17 rooms and with it are six and a half acres of land.

22 Rector’s Five Hours in Church: £182 Gift Day at Maresfield Church, organised by Canon Fisher Ferguson and the Parochial Church Council , has liquidated a debt on the heating system, recently modernised. The rector sat in church for nearly five hours to receive the donations. Reports written in the local newspapers

1955 Date of death January 10 th . 1956

Canon Fisher Ferguson announced at the annual parochial church meeting at Nutley that his retirement would take effect towards the end of May. He would then have completed 42 years in the ministry. He said there seemed little likelihood of Maresfield and Nutley returning to individual ministries. In view of the plurality and the impending interregnum, it was decided to re-elect the Parochial Church Council en bloc.

23 On the proposition of Mrs. Cornwell and seconded by Mr. Marsh, a resolution of thanks for all that Canon Ferguson had done during the time that he had been in Nutley was carried.

May 2 nd . 1956

Mr. Ryall, Miss D. Mordaunt, Mrs. Ryall, Mrs. Woodroof, Mrs. Sygrove, Canon Ferguson

Canon Ferguson died on Feb. 9 th . 1966 in hospital after a long illness. His final address was in Bournemouth.

24 The Reverend Christopher Harold Flack M.A. 1957-1968

The Reverend Christopher Harold Flack was awarded a B.A. degree in 1922 and a M.A. degree in 1926 from Christ’s College, Cambridge. His first ministry was as curate of St. Michael’s Church, Ipswich from 1924 to 1927. From 1927 to 1931 he was vicar of Holy Trinity, Heigham, from 1931 to 1933 vicar at Walsham, rector of St. Augustine, Norwich from 1933 to 1943 and vicar of St. Mary’s, Coslony, Norwich, and then from 1943 to 1957 at Arminghall.

The institution and induction of the Rev. Christopher Harold Flack as vicar of Nutley took place on Saturday January 26 th . at Nutley Church. There was a large congregation.

The institution was performed by the Bishop of Lewes (the Rt. Rev. G.H. Warde) and the induction by the Archdeacon of Lewes (the Ven. J.H.L. Morrell). The Rural Dean of Uckfield (the Rev. P.G.P. Cornish) assisted. The Bishop, who welcomed the new vicar and his wife and son, thanked those who had carried on during the interregnum.

The Rev. Flack was a well-loved vicar. He was seen on most days pedalling his bicycle to visit his parishioners. Many sought his advice and he was welcomed into many homes for a cup of tea. Later in his ministry the parishioners collected money and bought him a second hand car, an Austin A40 model. One assumes that he held a licence to drive a car. Mrs. Flack was in charge of the Sunday school, and when the time for their retirement was close the teachers and helpers involved were invited to a special tea at the Rectory. She also ran the Women’s Fellowship with meetings in the “Iron Room”.

The church organist was Mrs. Freeland who lived on Fords Green. Prior to his retirement in 1960, Mr. Ryall the school headmaster also played the organ at times. The organists for the children’s Sunday school and services were Miss Shirley Hood and Miss Vivien Sayers. By the sixties the organ, installed in 1878 was showing it’s age and so an organ fund was set up. Fundraising events were organised and on 14 th . of July 1968 a new organ, bought from Wood Wordsworth of Leeds at a cost of approximately £2000 was dedicated.

The first issue of Nutley’s Parish Magazine was introduced in December 1957. This gave Nutley it’s own identity.

NUTLEY CHURCH SOCIAL 1958

NUTLEY SUNDAY SCHOOL PARTY JANUARY 3 rd . 1958

About 40 Nutley Sunday School children attended a party at the Memorial Hall. They were entertained to tea, and handed presents by the Vicar’s wife, Mrs. C.H. Flack. The party was made possible by the donations of parishioners and the organisers were Mrs. C. Sayers, Mrs. E. Wheatley, Mrs. B. Manners, Mrs. Harlow and The Rev. C.H. Flack.

NUTLEY HARVEST FESTIVAL 1961

Afternoon tea at Little Ashes, Crowborough Road. 1961. Nutley Choir members.

Church Handicraft Exhibition held in the Church Room (Iron Room), July 1963.

Sunday School outing August 1963 with Rev. C.H. Flack.

The History of Twyford Church.

RETIREMENT OF THE REVEREND C.H. FLACK NOVEMBER 1968

VICARS FAREWELL

After the Rev. C.H. Flack had preached his last service presentations were made by Miss Shirley Hood and Miss Vivien Sayers. The Vicar received a Watercolour of the vicarage, Glebe Field, painted by local artist, Miss Pamela Henry, and his wife received a Flower stand.

32 Farewell letter from the Rev. C.H. Flack, 1968.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

East Sussex Records Office, Lewes. Extracts from the Sussex Express newspaper. Extracts from the Courier newspaper. The Women’s Institute Scrapbooks, 1952 and 1965. The Ruth Wells Scrapbooks. The Connie Sayers Scrapbooks. The 1841, 1851, 1871, 1881 and 1901 Census records. The Weald Website. Kelly’s Directories of Sussex. 1882. The Post Office Directories. 1867 and 1874

Bibliography

Nutley School, the early years by Simon Wright. Burke’s Peerage.

My thanks to Canon Ian Pulford for the information and photographs of his father and family, whilst at the vicarage in Nutley.

Mary Browning Carole and Bruce Morley Vivien Woods

My thanks to Mr. Charles Bethune for the photographs and information of his great great uncle and family of the Rev. Harry John Peckham.

Written by Mollie Smith 2009

Published and printed by Mollie Smith.

Updated in 2015