Sussex Industrial History

Editor Dr Geoffrey Mead

SIH is the Society’s journal for articles of research and recording of the industrial past of the county. It has been published yearly since 1971 and has been the recipient of the Association for Industrial Archaeology’s best publication award three times.

The Editor would be interested to hear from prospective contributors with suitable articles.

The current year’s issue is free to members or non members at £5 plus postage, providing stocks remain. Some back issues are available price £1.

Enquiries as to availability should be sent using the contact form here

Recent publications

  • No. 54 2024
    SIAS –  Its Founding Years
    300 Years of Transport in the Lavant Valley
    The Sussex Weekly Advertiser 1804
    The Building of Newhaven’s Breakwater
  • No. 53 2023
    Brighton Photographic Portrait Studios –  Part 2
    The Selsey Tramway
    Barnham Windmill
    The Chalk Pit Furlong, Brighton – Part Two
    The Original Southdown Garage at Lewes
    A Bus Station and New Bus Garage for Lewes
  • No. 52 2022
    Tivoli Mill, St Leonards
    Post Medieval Minepits in Horam
    Photographic Portrait Studios in Victorian Brighton
    The Chalk Pit Furlong, Brighton
    Barrow Mills
    A Sussex Industrial Village – South Heighton
  • No. 51 2021
    A History of Newhaven Cement Works
    Chichester Gasworks
    Bond Street, Brighton – A Street at Work over Time
    Reconstructing the Past
    Bishopstone Tide Mills and its Impact on Landscape
  • No. 50 2020
    The Railway Architecture of James Rob Scott
    The Demise of Vernacular Housing Materials
    Malting in West Sussex
    Turnpike Survey Addendum -Part Two
    Southerham Cement Works

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