Horsham
Images
Around 1500 images of Horsham can be found on our West Sussex Past Pictures website.
Go to 'Advanced Search: Catalogue' and search for 'Horsham' in 'Any Text'.
For more recent images of Horsham, the Horsham Photography Blog aims to be a photographic record of everyday Horsham.
For more information or enquiries, please fill in an Ask a Librarian form.
Newspapers
The current edition of the West Sussex County Times (Horsham edition) is available to view at Horsham, Billingshurst, Henfield, Pulborough, Southwater, Steyning, Storrington and Worthing libraries. Paper copies are kept for one month in all libraries except Horsham, where they are kept for one year. A browsable collection of newspaper cuttings on local topics is kept at Horsham Library.
Back issues of the West Sussex County Times are available on microfilm at Horsham Library for the years 1871-2016. The newspaper was known as the Horsham Advertiser 1871-1888 and the West Sussex Times 1888-1893.
Search the library catalogue for more details.
Back issues of the West Sussex County Times 2017 and 1914-1926 and 1939-1945 are available to view on the public computers in all West Sussex Libraries, as searchable digital copies.
The West Sussex County Times (Horsham edition), The Argus, Mid Sussex Times and West Sussex Gazette are available to library members from home via Press Reader.
Further coverage of Horsham can be found on the All About Horsham Magazine website.
The Times Digital Archive includes some coverage of events in Horsham and West Sussex from 1785-2019 and is available to all library members from home. The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of the West Sussex County Times 1874-1893 and 1901-1958. You can access the British Newspaper Archive for free through the public computers in any West Sussex Library.
For any enquiries about newspapers, please use our Ask a Librarian form.
Maps
A current map of Horsham can be found on the Ordnance Survey website.
Current maps can also be viewed on the Horsham District Council Local Plan Mapping Portal: an interactive web based mapping tool which enables members of the public to search and locate policy areas.
Historic maps of Horsham are also available on the National Library of Scotland Maps Database.
Directories
Some Kellys Sussex Directories can be found on Ancestry - available free in all West Sussex Libraries. Some directories are available as digitised copies on the public computers in all libraries - see our Digitised Directories Helpsheet. You can search the library catalogue to see which directories are available on microfiche. For any queries, please use our Ask a Librarian form.
House History
If you are researching the history of your house, the National Archives House Research Guide is a good place to start.
West Sussex Record Office also have many sources to help with your investigations.
Online Resources
Official Guide to the Horsham District (Including Maps)
Local and Neighbourhood Plan Consultations
Slaugham, Handcross, Pease Pottage, Warninglid and Staplefield Archives
Talks and armchair tours about places of interest in Sussex including Horsham Museum, Woods Mill and Rudgwick.
Places of Interest
Information about the history of the school.
Horsham Museum and Art Gallery
Headquarters of the Sussex Wildlife Trust.
Local Walks
Horsham District Heritage Trails
Horsham District Council Walking Routes
Local Infomation
Horsham District Visitor Information
Business Advice
Local Organisations
Horsham District Archaeology Group
A voluntary archaeological group for the Horsham District.
Horsham Natural History Society
Website includes publications about and photographs of Warnham.
West Sussex County Council Local Clubs and Societies Database
More Help and Information
For further information and help with any of these resources, please fill in an Ask a Librarian form and the Enquiries Team will be happy to help.