>I have been following the suggestions given to Rod with a great deal >of interest because I have a similar gaol. My g grandfather was a >tenant farmer on various properties in the country to the north of >Lewes in the early 1800's until, we are told, the repeal of the >Corn Laws forced him to emigrate to New Zealand where he could, and >did, purchase land of his own. But what was life like for him and >his family in rural Sussex in the early part of Victoria's reign? >Many of the titles suggested appear to be general to England rather >than to Sussex or cover earlier days. Could I have some suggestions >please. Bryan Pannett 11480 > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Barbara Sanders" <bsandbed@tiscali.co.uk> >To: <sfhg@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:01 PM >Subject: Re: [SFHG] life in the ....century (Rod Blaker) > >Both of the Patricia Titles below are readily available from Abe Books. >Robin > > >> Warning, Rod: this can become obsessive. It's led me to spending my >> retirement taking university history courses in >> Sussex, London and Surrey! >> On a lighter note I very much enjoyed a pair of books which are fictional, >> but seem to be soundly based in the social >> history of Sussex: >> 'I am England' (1987) and 'That Near and Distant Place' (1989) by >> Patricia Wright. >> They are set in a Sussex Weald village, between them covering AD 70 to >> 1987. One of its themes which will appeal to >> family historians is the continuity of family characteristics and names, >> and the recognition how a family can rise and >> fall in society over the years. >> Probably out of print now, but I've sometimes seen both in Corgi paperback >> in charity shops (that's where I found >> mine!). > > Barbara Sanders >> >----------------------------- -- --Bryan Pannett 64 Larsen Crescent, Tawa, Wellington 5028, New Zealand