Trotton with Chithurst Parish

Local History

A report on the Archaeology of Chithurst Church and Churchyard is now available. The files are quite large. One is a lower resolution PDF (1.6mb) and one higher resolution (6.3mb)

Chithurst Church Archaeology Report (1.6mb) Chithurst Church Archaeology Report (6.3mb)

A comprehensive history of Trotton Parish is available by clicking here

A list of parishioners remembered on the Trotton Parish War Memorial is available by clicking here

A life history of Thomas Otway, playwright and poet, who was born in Trotton is available by clicking here

Historic photographs of Trotton

Please contact the webmaster if you can loan a historic photograph of Trotton and Chithurst for scanning. Please click on the images for a larger picture which will open in a separate window

The Keepers Arms (Formerly The Blue Anchor) about 1900 (9kb) The Keepers Arms (A Constable Brewery House) about 1920 (9kb) Alf Witherwick (front) loading flour with Dennis Ayling from Terwick Mill in July 1965 (13kb)