Yapton & Ford Local History Group

• Welcome
  • About Us
    • Our History
  • 25 Years
  • Publications
• History
  • Yapton
  • Bilsham
    • Ancient Hamlet (Part 1)
  • Discovering Your Family History
    • Family History
    • First World War
    • Using the Census
    • Local Newspapers
  • Population
  • Bognor Guide Book of 1828
  • Yapton Registers
  • Protestation Returns
    • Yapton 1641-42
  • Tithes
    • Tithe Map
    • Yapton Tithes 1829-1835
  • Church Minute Books
    • Vestry Annual Minutes 1916-1973
    • PCC Minutes 1924-1937
    • PCC Minutes 1943-1950
    • PCC Annual Minutes 1950-1958
    • PCC Minutes 1950-1956
  • Workhouse / Poorhouse
  • Yapton Village Schools
  • Yapton Parish Council
  • Yapton Place
  • Canada, 1832-37
    • Petworth Emigration Scheme
  • Smuggling
    • Murder of Richard Hawkins
• Places
  • A Sense of Place
  • Parish Churches
    • Yapton Churches
      • St. Mary the Virgin
      • St. Mary the Virgin (SPC)
      • Church Organ
      • Church Bells
      • Fire in the Belfry
      • Leaning Tower
      • Photos of Yapton
    • Ford Churches
      • Ford and Its Church
      • Wall Paintings
      • Dating Ford Church
      • Photos of Ford
      • Ford Church Restoration
      • St. Andrew-by-the-Ford (SPC)
    • Bilsham Churches
      • Bilsham Chapel
      • Bilsham Chapel (SPC)
  • Portsmouth & Arundel Canal
    • Ford to Hunston Canal
  • Ford Aerodrome
    • Ford Airfield 1917-1938
    • 18th August 1940
    • Bombed by the Luftwaffe
    • Lt. Fred Kirk
    • Britannia's Daughters
  • Yapton Railway Station
    • Ford Rail Bridges
  • Yapton Aero Club
    • Robert Hill
  • Yapton Agricultural Engineering Works
  • Houses
    • Oldest House
    • The Lodge / Sandakan
  • Pubs Past & Present
    • Maypole Inn
    • The Lamb
  • Flansham
  • A Walk around Yapton Parish
  • Village Hall
    • Old Village Hall
    • Village Hall
  • Old Post Office
  • Bilsham Stores
  • Disappearing Shops
  • Disappearing Pubs
• People
  • Sparks Family
  • Ethel Sparks
  • Ray Herrington
  • Reg and Belle Baker
  • Leonard Hughes
  • William "Bill" White
  • Sidney Fletcher
    • Update on Sidney Fletcher
  • Andrew Young
  • Yapton's Stokers
  • Dukes of Norfolk
  • Family History
    • Bridger Family
    • Bacon Family
• Articles
  • Open Doors
  • Scratch Dials
  • Marley and the Rat Catcher
  • Fire in the Tower
  • Flint Walls
  • Roe’s Charity
  • Yapton Walk
  • Pub Names
  • Past Events
  • Know Your Village?
  • Heritage - who cares?
  • Village Wells
  • Championship Week
  • Cobwebs
  • Brick Making
  • Gravestone Inscriptions
  • Town Crier
  • School Education
  • Bilsham oil and gas
  • Woodgate Railway Station
  • Cottage Gardeners
  • Flint, Charcoal and Pottery
• Snippets
  • Women's Suffrage
  • 1826 Guide Book
  • Police Occurrence Book
  • Probate Inventory
  • Murder of Richard Hawkins
  • 1919 Peace Celebrations
  • Accident at Barnham Mill
  • Closure of RNAS Ford
  • New Railway Bridge
  • Yapton Poet
  • Domesday Book for Bilsham
  • Tragedy at Bilsham Corner
  • Sussex Agricultural Express
  • History of a House
  • Silent Soldiers
• Memories
  • Bilsham in the 50s
  • Village Postman
  • Climping Seaside
• Projects
  • Through the Ages
  • Oral History
  • Heritage Walks
  • Heritage Yapton
  • Ford 70th Anniversary
  • Church Exhibitions Review
  • Centenary of the Great War
  • Memorial Plaque
    • Memorial Plaque - Photos
  • Somme Exhibition Review
  • Ford Airfield Centenary
    • Ford Airfield Centenary - Review
  • Unknown Photographer
• Reviews
  • Index to Reviews
  • 2022 Review (contd.)
  • 2019 Review (contd.)
  • 2019 Review
  • 2018 Review (contd.)
  • 2018 Review
  • 2017 Review (contd.)
  • 2017 Review
  • 2016 Review (contd.)
  • 2016 Review
  • 2015 Review (contd.)
  • 2015 Review
  • 2014 Review (contd.)
  • 2014 Review
  • 2013 Review (contd.)
  • 2013 Review
  • 2012 Review (contd.)
  • 2012 Review
  • 2011 Review (contd.)
  • 2011 Review
  • 2010 Review (contd.)
  • 2010 Review
  • 2005 Review
  • 2004 Review
• Diary
  • News
  • Calendar Of Events 2027
  • Calendar Of Events 2026
  • Calendar Of Events 2025
  • Calendar Of Events 2024
  • Ford Airfield Centenary 2018
  • Somme Centenary 2016
  • Church Exhibitions 2015
• Contact
  • Links
  • Abbreviations
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

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