NEW BOOKS

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GENERAL

TRAVELLER'S JOY: Making the most of your area's visitor appeal
by Arthur Percival
This is a new handbook for local civic and history societies providing guidance for those preparing a local history guidebook for visitors.
79 pages, A4, ISBN 1 900214 20 2
£3.95 incl p&p (sterling cheques made payable to 'Faversham Society')
from The Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 8NS. Website: www.faversham.org/society

BOOKS FOR THE LOCAL AND FAMILY HISTORIAN: Author - John Vince
Old Farms: a special edition of John Vince’s descriptive work on the development of the farm and the farmer’s tools. 160 pages, 7.5 x 9in. Special offer price £11.50
SORBUS COUNTRY SERIES; A5 format, 32 pages, £3.00 each:
The Country Kitchen, Bread and Butter, Wells and Pumps, Country Seats (stools and chairs), Watermills and how they work, The Farmer’s Tools, Shepherding, Old Farm Machines, Windmills and how they work, The Village School, The Country House, The Timbered House, Gates and Gateways, Doors and Windows, Laundrywork
Tinderboxes, A Desciptive History, A5 format, 44 pages.
from Sorbus Publications, 91 Chalkshire Road, Butler’s Cross, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP17 0TJ

for FAMILY HISTORIANS

THE STORY OF AN ENGLISH FAMILY
by Freda Zoeteweij
Over 20 years' research into all ancestral lines until they dry up. A total of 61 families and 146 direct ancestors. Each group of related families is discussed in one of 16 sections with a family tree at the end of each for ease of reference. Family names include:
1. Hardman, Walker, Horrocks, Pendlebury
2. Darbyshire, Royle, Henshaw
3. Rogerson, Willcock, Jackson, Green
4. Heaton, David/Devis, Moss, Johnson, Davenport, Parr, Harrison, Royle, Partington, Frisco, Kaye, Barlow?
5. Wood, Ogden, Grime (all in the Greater Manchester area)
6. Dibb, Laycock, Ward, Hodgson (Yorkshire and Manchester)
7. Jackson, Walker, Boothby (Cheshire and Greater Manchester)
8. Wood, Jackson, Garrett? (Yorkshire, Devon)
9. Flintoff/t, Coates, Cartmell, Shaw (County Durham, Yorkshire)
10. Carrington, Hall, Robinson, Seggerson or Seckerson
11. Deakin, Preston, Thorley, Moss, Rhode
12. Chadwick, Lees, Edge
13. Lownd(e)s
14. Fallow(e)s, Allcock, Wint
15. Titterton, Oakden, Phillips
16. Hulme, Brough
(11 - 16 all Staffordshire families – Deakin in Cheadle and the others from the Leek Moorlands, especially Wetton and Grindon)
There are many more surnames not listed here, eg spouses of siblings. There are also 12 Appendices.
A4, vi & 107pages. Includes some photographs.
£9 plus p&p: £3 (Europe) £4 (elsewhere)
from Mrs F J Zoeteweij, 7 Chemin Bouchattet, 1291 COMMUGNY, Switzerland

From the Genealogists Magazine ...
Looking Back 1650-2000 written and published by Keith Judge. 70pp., £6.50 (including post and packing UK). Available from the author, 51 Chapel Street, Long Lawford, Rugby CV23 9BH. The chapters are centred around a character from each generation who vary from a labourer, a soldier, a sawyer and a bailiff, and finally to the author himself and his own personal story. The result is a good mixture of ancestors and their stories, which will provide future generations with a well-balanced, important story of their background, including people they will have known. It is an example for others to follow.

BLOOD'S THICKER THAN WATER shows just what you can do with your family history.
It is a very personal and honest account of the painstaking search by the author and her late father into their paternal Dinsdale ancestry, coupled with a quest for present-day blood relatives.  Concentrating mainly on the direct line, there are nonetheless some sideways excursions along the branches, to allow fascinating glimpses of the vastly different lives of collateral ancestors.
From the first halting stages of investigation in 1960 by the keen but then naïve amateurs, the tale gathers pace, drawing the reader compellingly along its more than four decades’ time-span, to reveal close on 500 years of forebears, back to their roots in a rural farming community in Yorkshire’s North Riding in the reign of Henry VIII.  In-depth research into Manor Court Rolls reveals unusual detail of the everyday lives of folk at those distant times.  How many of us know that our 10 x great-grandparents owned a dog?
Joan has written this book as a story, to be read by anyone, not just those with Dinsdale ancestry.  On the one hand, it’s the account of a family, its trials and tribulations throughout the centuries, whilst on the other, an account of the search for, and through, extensive English records, and the methodologies behind such research.  There is much guidance here for a family historian, as well as inspiration for the recording of research.
A5 softback, 278 pages, with a large number of varied illustrations including charts, documents and photographs, many of these in colour, and a fold-out pedigree at the back in order that the reader may both read the text yet refer to it at the same time.
£12.80 incl pp
from Mrs Joan Dexter, Maplebeck House, Maplebeck, Newark, Notts, NG22 0BS.
E-mail: dexter@maplebeck.freeserve.co.uk

A FAMILY’S HISTORY
by Val Insley
Val Insley has produced an unusual book with the story of his family. But in this case he has not only researched the details of each of the thirty-two families from whom all of his great, great, great, grandparents were descended but he has also gathered personal stories of many of his forebears from cousins both close and far.
With over 450 pages the book is far more than a collection of genealogical trees for all of the families. Indeed the whole purpose of the book has been to provide personal records of the individuals who make up these families.
The story of his branch of the INSLEYs starts about 1600, where the boundaries of Warwickshire adjoin the counties of Worcestershire and Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire. This is, perhaps, not surprising as he tells us that in those early days 88% of all INSLEYs who are listed in the IGI were to be found in those counties. Even today there are only about 350 INSLEYs listed in all of the telephone directories in the whole of Great Britain and 50% of those still live in this same area.
The personal stories of these families have been told by some of the older members of those families, who have recalled stories which were told to them in their youth. One of the members of Val’s Kentish ancestors was reputed to be an illegitimate grandchild of King George IV and Val tells of his attempts to trace this unsubstantiated link.
Those who are interested in any of the eighteen families whose stories feature in this research will be helped by the index of well over 1,450 names who have been identified and the stories which are now available to hand down to the younger generations.
Illustrated, ISBN 0 9540292 0 8
£12 incl p&p
from Val Insley, 11 Riverside, SOUTHWELL, Notts. NG25 OHA

WHAT DATE?
by Anne Matanle
Every family researcher’s dream reference book, this handy little pocket book provides invaluable information about what records are available where, when researching your family history. Book 1 is now available with handy charts, maps and detailed helpful hints from the present day back to 1800.
84 pages, ISBN 0 9541294 0 7
£6.95 incl p&p
from Anne Matanle, 13 Kingston Villas, Chiddingly Road, Horam, Heathfield, Sussex TN21 0JL

WILLIAM ALLEN, Quaker Friend of Lindfield 1770-1843
by Margaret Nicolle
A new assessment of the work of William Allen, Quaker, chemist, social reformer and benefactor of the village of Lindfield, West Sussex.
“This scholarly and very readable account of William Allen’s fascinating life is a welcome contribution to our understanding of early 19th century English social history”. Martin Hayes, Principal Librarian Local Studies, West Sussex County Council
More information at www.williamallenquaker.co.uk
Paperback, A5, 4-colour cover, 50 illustrations, ISBN 0 954301 0 3
£8.95 plus £1.35 p&p
from Margaret Nicolle, Longmead, The Wilderness, Lindfield, West Sussex RH16 2JD. Tel 01444 482685. E-mail margaret @nicollelf.freeserve.co.uk

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS ON THE WEB: A DIRECTORY
Innumerable transcripts of parish registers and other records of births marriages & deaths are now available on the web. These two volumes aim to list them all, and are available, price £15.90, from S.A. & M.J. Raymond, P.O. Box 35, Exeter, EX1 3YZ
Phone: (01392) 252193.
WebPage: www.stuartraymond.co.uk

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

A WARTIME CHILDHOOD
by Audrey Lancemen
This is a small book written by a Second World War evacuee, recounting her memories of the experience.
Audrey Lancemen was evacuated from Islington to the small village of Balsham, near Cambridge when she was 8 years old. She took the whole experience as something of an adventure at the time, and vividly remembers the people she stayed with, the food she didn't like, the countryside - new to a girl from inner London - the school, and her friends. One of the people she met then is still a friend 60 years on, and still lives in Balsham. She was a budding artist and because the small village school could hardly cope with the influx, she had time to draw the people and activities around her.
The book is fully illustrated with photographs and the author's drawings.
Paperback , A5, 56 pages, 4-colour cover, ISBN 0 9514641 1 6
£3.95 plus £1 p&p
from David Brown, 2 West Street Farm Cottages, Maynards Green, Heathfield, Sussex TN21 0DG

WIDNALL: A CAPITAL CONTRIVER
The story of a Victorian household in the village of Grantchester.
The Old Vicarage, Grantchester, was the home of Page Widnall, his wife Lilly and her sister Lally. Although the name of Rupert Brooke is more usually associated with the place, their spirits haunt it still.
Samuel Page Widnall (1825-94) himself was not merely a small farmer. He was a romantic, full of curiosity about matters antiquarian and scientific, eager to promote new developments in village welfare and the parish church. In his garden he built a gothic folly, his ‘Castle Ruin’, where in the 1850s he set up a photographic studio, produced amateur theatricals and carried out carpentry and metalwork. He wrote and printed books – stories and local history. His sister-in-law Lally Smith (1821-1908) ran a small school in the house.
‘As an insight into the daily lives of some unusual, enchanting individuals – with asides on the Cambridge characters of the day – [this book] is pure joy’ Clive Aslet, Country Life.
Published by Folly Press.
ISBN 0 9544818 0 1, 296pp, 119 illustrations
£20 in shops or £15 + £3 p&p from the author
Christine Jennings, 61 Bridle Way, Grantchester, Cambridge CB3 9NY

CUMBRIA

DEADLOCK AND DELIVERANCE is the story of the capture and rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong, the most infamous Scottish Border reiver of the 16th century.
He was illegally captured by the English at a ‘Day of Truce’ in 1596 and imprisoned in Carlisle Castle. The Scots were incensed at the capture, and when all diplomatic efforts to free Kinmont Willie had failed, they planned a daring rescue of the great Scottish reiver.
They succeeded with help from the English. The Grahams of Netherby and Mote aided the Scots through English ground to Carlisle, definitely a case of treason. On arrival at the castle of Carlisle there was also English aid from within where friends of the Carletons gave the Scots easy access.
The rescue of Kinmont severely tested the relationships between the two countries for over a year before the two monarchs, Elizabeth I of England and James VI of Scotland, finally agreed that there was nothing to gain from prolonging the feud.
‘Deadlock and Deliverance’ is told from two perspectives, both fact and fiction. It runs to some 290 pages and contains many photographs of southern Scotland associated with the story.
See www.rosecottagepublications for more detail.

LINEN AND LITURGY - THE STORY OF THE MARSHALL FAMILY AND THE PARISH CHURCH OF KESWICK ST. JOHN
by Margaret Armstrong
One of the distinctive landmarks of the Keswick skyline is the soaring spire of the Parish Church of Keswick St. John. Margaret Armstrong's thoroughly researched new book tells of 160 years of unbroken worship and community care and the Leed's linen manufacturing family who funded its building and remained faithful, generous supporters for a century and a half.
"The Marshalls always insisted on the best. They would without doubt have approved wholeheartedly of Margaret's book." George Bott, The Keswick Reminder.
24x17cm. 64 pages. illus. col & b/w, ISBN 0-9515173-1-7
£8.50 post & packing free
Published by Peel Wyke Publications, 22 Brandlehow Crescent, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4JE

DEVON

THE EVOLUTION OF THE FISHING VILLAGE: LANDSCAPE AND SOCIETY ALONG THE SOUTH DEVON COAST, 1086-1550
This book is the first full-length study of medieval fisheries, fishing families and fishing settlements for any stretch of coastline anywhere in Britain. It deals with fishing and other activities of the shoreline (such as the gathering of sand and the making of salt), with the consumption and marketing of fish and with the fishers themselves. Special attention is given to coastal settlement and the evolution of the fishing village. The main focus is on the South Devon coastline but there are references to other south-western places and to other coasts.
Trade enquiries to: Explorations, Marc Fitch Historical Institute, 5 Salisbury Road, Leicester LE1 7QR

DORSET

THE BOURNEMOUTH AND CHRISTCHURCH UNION WORKHOUSE
by Sue Newman, BA
“Outstanding social commentary... it has universal appeal... and makes for compelling reading” (Family Tree Magazine).
National publishing prizewinner. Incorporates general workhouse history both before and after 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Extensive names index.
152 pages, over 100 illustrations.
£12.99 post free
from 18 Riverdale Lane, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 1RL. Tel: 01202 463373. Email: suelindanewman@hotmail.com. Website: www.pastmaster.freeuk.com (disregard email address on it)

ESSEX

THE WELL-ORDERED TOWN: A STORY OF SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX 1792-1862
by Jacqueline Cooper
288 pages
£12 incl. p&p
jacqueline.cooper@virgin.net

HAMPSHIRE

ANDOVER HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY
Andover: An Historic Portrait by John Spaul (1977) 160pp. £5.00
Andover – Civil War and Interregnum by Anthony C Raper. (1994) 85pp. £3.95
Andover Priory by R Arnold Jones. 24pp. £0.50
Andover Town Trail. (1988) £0.50
Andover’s Wartime Years by June Mary Harris. (2000) 119pp. £6.00
Elizabethan Andover by Diana K Coldicott. (2004) 212pp. £9.50
Memebers of Parliament for Andover 1295-1885 by R Arnold Jones (1996) 83pp. Includes a list of the 299 Andover electors in 1833. £4.95
Something in the Water. The Anti-fluoride Campaign in Andover 1955-1958 by David J Borrett. (2002) 104pp. £7.50
They Simply Stole to Live ... Cases before the Andover Courts 1829-1851 by Derek Tempero. (1997) 140pp with over 600 names in the index. £5.00
Aspects of Wherwell Abbey by Kate Clark. The Dacre Lecture of 1999. 19pp. £1.00
Samuel Best and the Hampshire Labourer by Alastair Geddes. 64pp. £1.00
Where the Burdock Grows. A History of the Clatfords in Hampshire. £1.00

‘Lookback at Andover’ is the title of the society’s journal which has been published annually since 1900. The journal for 2000 comes with a cumulative index for the first ten numbers. Back numbers are available as follows:
1993-1999 £2.00 each
2000-2004 £2.50 each

All these publications are available from
Andover History and Archaeology Society, c/o Mill Pound Cottage, Monxton, Andover, Hants SP11 8AW

WESTBOURNE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
Publications
No 1 Tradespeople of Westbourne 1845-1938 by Peter Ellacott £2.75
No 2 The Village Schools 1819-1984 by Nigel Peake £2.00
No 3 The Poor of the Parish and the Work of the Westbourne Select Vestries 1819-1835
by Peter Ellacott £2.75
No 4 Westbourne Then and Now by Stephen Johns £3.50
No 5 The Westbourne Union, Life in and out of the New Workhouse by Ian Watson £3.50
No 6 Westbourne Church Guide by Lindsay Fleming £3.50
No 7 Cleaning up Westbourne by David Hogg £3.50
No 8 Westbourne Worthies by David Hogg £3.50
No 9 The Bastards of Westbourne by Peter Ellacott £3.50
No 10 Westbourne’s War 1939-1945 by Tom Edwards and others £3.50
No 11 A Millennium in Tandem: Westbourne and Stansted by David Hogg £3.50
Add postage to your order at the rate of 50p for the first book adding 25p for subsequent books. Postage costs for overseas orders should be requested before ordering.
Available from John Veltom, Pack Horse Meadow, Sindles Farm, Aldsworth, Emsworth, Hants PO10 8QS. Tel: 01243 370905

HERTFORDSHIRE

BISHOP'S STORTFORD AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
New Publication
Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers
by Cyril Moore
The book fills a gap in the windmill histories of the English counties. Particular attention is paid to the millers, their families and the part milling played in Hertfordshire’s history. The text has stories of frightened horses, lightning strikes and a graphic account of a runaway mill. Illustrated with drawings, maps and photographs the book has 174 pages, A4 size, sewn and perfect bound. Price £10.00 incl. p&p.
from Windup Publications, 121 Sheering Mill Lane, Sawbridgeworth, Herts CM21 9ND

KENT

SEVENOAKS PEOPLE AND FAITH: 2000 years of religious belief and practice
This book is not just about religion it looks at changing beliefs and practices over 2000 years in the Sevenoaks area (the old Hundred of Codsheath). It shows details of the politics, social order, economy, judicial structures, culture and architecture of the area. The book starts with an over-arching view of the locality in the context of the national scene, followed by about thirty contributions by different people. The book is edited by Professor David Killingray.
The book is a record of the Millennium Exhibition held by the five history societies in and near Sevenoaks in the year 2000.
£15.99
from The Secretary, 10 Plymouth Park, Sevenoaks TN13 3RR.

Books based on the Canterbury area
FORDWICH - THE LOST PORT(1975) £3
CHISLET AND WETBERE - VILLAGES OF THE STOUR LATHE (1984) £3
HOATHE AND HERNE - THE LAST OF THE FOREST (1984) £5
VILLAGE VIEWS - THE STURRY AREA IN PICTURES (Sturry, Broad Oak, Fordwich, Westbere and Hersden) (1988) £3
THE SARRE PENN - THE STORY OF A STREAM (1995) £3.50
THE SIX PREACHERS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL 1541-1982 (1982) £4.50
THE BOOTSHOE BOYS - An account of the Elham Charity School by Betty Coton (2001), £10.95.
Available from Derek Butler, 12 St Stephen's Hill, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7AX. (Prices include postage)

FAVERSHAM SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
Website: www.faversham.org/history
These titles are available from the Faversham Society at the Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, 13 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 8NS (01795 534542). Prices are inclusive of inland postage and packing.
Unless otherwise indicated below, titles are in the Society's own series of A4-format 'Faversham Papers', produced in-house by volunteers on a copy-printer to keep costs down. Series of titles marked with an asterisk (*) in the notes below are produced in the same way. All other titles are printed offset litho.
All profits are ploughed back for the Society's work for the care and conservation of the Faversham area.
Personal callers will pay slightly less for each title. The Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre is close to the Station and five minutes' drive from the M2. Faversham is an unspoilt market town and port with nearly 500 listed buildings, and well worth visiting. Bring a camera - it's very photogenic! The surrounding countryside is varied and peaceful and there are many unusual attractions.
Cash with order, please. Our volunteers usually despatch by return.
Notes
(a) Sittingbourne Papers, A4 format*
(b) Reduced facsimile reprints, A5 format*
(c) Nutshell Guides, A5 format*
(d) Reduced facsimile reprints, A4 format*
(e) Reprinted from Archaeologia Cantiana. A5 format
(f) Published by Oakwood Press, A5 format
(g) Privately published, A5 format
(h) Faversham Studies, A5 format*
(j) Limited edition : please order this title only from Arden Enterprises, Ashton Lodge, Church Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8JA
(k) A5 format
(l) Facsimile reprint, A4 format*
(m) Maison Dieu annual lecture
(n) Limited edition: privately published, cloth bound.
A Record of Preston and Preston Street (Peter Stevens), 104pp, ill., £5.95
An Anthology of Porter (Doris Yarde), 56pp, ill., £4.45
Annals of Ospringe (Rev Kenneth Melrose), 134pp, £4.95
Arden of Feversham: A Study of the Play first published in 1592 (Anita Holt), 40pp, £1.95 (k)
Beowulf in Kent (Paul Wilkinson & Griselda Cann Mussett), 38pp, ill., £4.45
Blackpowder Manufacture in Cumbria (Dr Edward Patterson), 52pp, £4.45
Boughton Pottery (L G Welland), 32pp ill., £3.45 (k)
Boughton-under-Blean (Joan White), 59pp, ill., £3.95
Brick Tiles: Mathematical Tiles in the Faversham Area (T P Smith), 45pp, ill., £3.45
Brother's Murder, Lees Court, Sheldwich 1655 (Sir Richard Faber), 83pp, ill., £4.45
Changes in Farming: The Last 100 Years (Michael Austen), 98pp, ill., £4.95
Childhood Memories of Abbey Street and Faversham in the 1930s and 1940s (Peter Stevens), 50pp, ill., £3.95
Chronicles of the Maison Dieu (H A James), 90pp, ill., £4.45
Church & Priory of St Mary Magdalene, Davington (anon., 1852), 24pp, £1.50 (b)
Churches in the Faversham Area: 1: Ospringe and Davington (H A James), 53pp, £4.45
Churches in the Faversham Area: 2: Brents, Oare, Preston and Stone (H A James), 63pp, £4.45
Churches in the Faversham Area: 3: Badlesmere, Buckland and Sheldwich (H A James), 46pp, £4.45
Davington Light Railway (Michael Minter Taylor), 18pp, ill., £3.45 (f)
Davington: Parish and People (Rev Kenneth Melrose), 207pp, £6.95
Drawings of Faversham by Jack Salmon, 88pp, £5.45
Eight Centuries of Education in Faversham (Rev Dr Alan Munden), 163pp, £5.95
Faversham 1900-1910: Syd Twist Remembers, 64pp, £3.45
Faversham 1900-1930 (Eileen English), 65pp, £3.45 (k)
Faversham Abbey and its last Abbot John Caslock (Canon W Telfer), 21pp, £3.45
Faversham and District Bibliography: Primary Sources (Patricia Hyde):
Vol 1: Faversham: Abbey - Gunpowder, 58pp, £2.75 (h)
Vol 2: Faversham: Hundred - Wills; and Faversham Area: Badlesmere – Boughton-under-Blean, 56pp, £2.75 (h)
Vol 3: Faversham Area: Buckland – Luddenham, 64pp £2.75 (h)
Vol 4: Faversham Area: Newnham – Oare, 45pp, £2.75 (h)
Vol 5: Faversham Area: Ospringe – Sheldwich, 47pp, £2.75 (h)
Vol 6: Faversham Area: Stalisfield – Throwley, 65pp, £2.75 (h)
Vol 7: Index to Vols 1-6, 77pp £2.75 (h)
Faversham and District Bibliography: Secondary Sources (Patricia Hyde), 38pp, £2.75 (h)
Faversham Biographical Register 1100-1650 (Kenneth Jacob), 4 vols., 260pp, £12.50 complete
Faversham Book Trade 1730-l900 (Richard Goulden), 53pp, ill., £4.45
Faversham Creek (Arthur Percival), 29pp, £1.50 (c)
Faversham Directory 1862, 38pp, £1.50 (b)
Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its Development (Dr Arthur Percival), 34pp, £3.45
Faversham History Trails (John Cadman & Dr Arthur Percival), 67pp, £4.45
Faversham Legends of Crispin & Crispianus, Princes and Saint (Arthur Percival), 51pp, £3.95
Faversham Parish Church: History and Guide (H A James), 74pp, £3.95
Faversham Poor in the 18th and l9th Centuries (Shirley Smyth) 50pp £3.45
Faversham Porter Club 1793-1885 (Col Stuart Cornfoot), 31pp, ill., £3.95
Faversham Ships & Seamen in the 16th Century (Patricia Hyde), 133pp, ill., £4.95
Faversham Tudor and Stuart Muster Rolls (Patricia Hyde and Duncan Harrington), 252pp, £28.85 (n)
Faversham's Reluctant Exiles (study of 22 'transportees') (John Stevens), 64pp, ill., £4.45
First Anthology of Faversham Verse 1430-1998 (Arthur Percival), fully annotated and indexed, 101pp, £4.45
Foundation of Faversham Abbey (Mike Frohnsdorff), 13pp, £2.95 (m)
Great Explosion at Faversham, 2 April 1916 (Arthur Percival), 39pp, ill., £2.75 (e)
Growing up in Faversham 1918-1938 (Sid Belsom), 48pp, ill., £4.95
Gunpowder: Terminology and Incorporation (Dr Edward Patterson), 32pp, £3.45
Gunpowder Manufacture at Faversham: Oare and Marsh Factories (Dr Edward Patterson), 23pp, £3.95
Guns, Gunpowder & Saltpetre (Dr Ronald Crozier), 97pp, ill., £4.95
Hearth Tax Returns for Faversham Hundred 1662-1671 (Patricia Hyde & Duncan Harrington), 173pp, £25.00 (n)
History of Faversham (Edward Jacob, 1774), 226pp, ill., £4.45 (d)
History of Faversham Cottage Hospital (Col Stuart Cornfoot), 72pp, ill., £2.75 (f)
History of Faversham Cricket (Fred Poynter), 110pp, ill., £4.45
History of Murston (Syd Twist), 25pp, £3.45 (a)
Hop Case: The Brewers' Company against the Faversham District Hop Growers in the late 18th Century (Peter Tann) in Faversham Miscellany No 3, 32pp, £3.45
Inns and Taverns of Faversham (Frank Haley), 65pp, £3.95 (k)
Journal of George Thomas Mann in the Royal Navy 1871-1880, 67pp, ill., £4.45
Journal of my Life 1726-1796 (William Bennett) in Faversham Miscellany No 1, 54pp, £3.45 (k)
Leaves from a Life (Rev H Hugh Gower), 85pp, £3.45
Lees Court, Sheldwich: History and Architecture (Tempest Hay), 40pp, ill., £3.95
Lost Windmills of Faversham (John Viner), 71pp, ill., £4.45
Luddenham and Stone-next-Faversham (Rev Kenneth Melrose), 44pp, £3.45
Maison Dieu, Ospringe and Medieval Faversham (Mike Frohnsdorff), 39pp, £5.45 (m)
Mayoralty of Faversham (Herbert Dane), 26pp, £3.45
Memories of Faversham and its Sailing Barges (Robin Partis), 60pp, ill., £4.45
More Memories of Faversham: West Street (Peter Stevens), 50pp, ill., £4.95
More of Faversham's Reluctant Exiles (John Stevens), 83pp., ill., £5.45
Nash Families of Goodnestone-next-Wingham (David Nash Mills), 90pp, ill., £4.45
Newnham in Kent (W T Berry), 31pp, ill., £3.45 (k)
Oare Gunpowder Works (Wayne Cocroft), 66pp, ill., £4.95
Ospringe: The Village under the Hill, poems by Len Tindall, 28pp, ill., £3.45
Painters Forstal with Ospringe (Phyllis Clinch), 84pp, ill., £4.45
Parish and Town of Faversham (from Hasted's History of Kent (1798) 1, 45pp, £3.95
Sheppey - The Swale - Faversham: Some Connections (L G Welland), 52pp, ill., £3.45
Stock Bricks of Swale (Syd Twist), 20pp, £3.45 (a)
Story of 1,000 Years: A Chronology of Faversham History (Herbert Dane), 61pp, £3.75
Thomas Arden in Faversham: The Man Behind the Myth (Patricia Hyde), 540 pp, hardback, ill. in colour and b&w, £42.00 (I)
Traveller's Joy: Making the most of your area's Visitor Appeal (Arthur Percival), comprehensive guide for all local history/amenity/civic societies, 91pp, £3.95
Village of Selling (Olivia Bovill), llpp, £1.30 (c)
Visitor's Guide to Faversham 1876 (F F Giraud and Rev C E Donne), 107pp, £1.50 (b)
War Years in Faversham and District 1939-1945 (including Rolls of Honour for both World Wars) (Herbert Dane, 1946), 120pp, ill., £4.50 (d)
Wartime Faversham: the Diary of Harold Austin (1940-1944), 75pp, £4.45
Young in the '20s (L G Welland), 41pp, ill., £3.45

FLEUR DE LIS HERITAGE CENTRE in 15/17th buildings in the town centre, takes its name from an inn which once occupied part of them. Open daily from 10 to 4 (Sundays 10 to 1), it comprises a museum, bookshop and tourist information centre, all run by the Faversham Society by 100% voluntary effort. Currently it is being expanded and updated with the aid of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
CHART GUNPOWDER MILLS is the oldest of their kind in the world. Saved from the jaws of the bulldozer, and then restored, by the Faversham Society thirty years ago, they are open from 2 to 5 at weekends and Bank Holidays from Easter to the end of October. The surviving mill has served as a prototype for replicas at Ballincollig, Co Cork, and Launceston, Tasmania.
MAISON DIEU formed part of a 13th-century complex which served as a royal lodge, pilgrims’ hostel, hospital and home for retired royal retainers. Now managed by the Faversham Society and featuring museum displays, it is open from 2 to 5pm at weekends and Bank Holidays from Easter to the end of October.

THE STORY OF BIDDENDEN
by The Biddenden Local History Society
This booklet contains 36 pages, which include the history and architectural features, with illustrations, of the church, school and notable properties in and around the village. Also is a map showing their location. Biddenden is well know for the legend of the Chalkhurst Siamese twins, who are said to have lived together from 1100 until 1134. Details of their bequest, the Chalkhurst charity, are included.
£2.50 incl p&p
from David Waterman, Froyden, Cloth Hall Gardens, Biddenden, Kent TN27 8AT

LONDON

A WARTIME CHILDHOOD
by Audrey Lancemen
This is a small book written by a Second World War evacuee, recounting her memories of the experience.
Audrey Lancemen was evacuated from Islington to the small village of Balsham, near Cambridge when she was 8 years old. She took the whole experience as something of an adventure at the time, and vividly remembers the people she stayed with, the food she didn't like, the countryside - new to a girl from inner London - the school, and her friends. One of the people she met then is still a friend 60 years on, and still lives in Balsham. She was a budding artist and because the small village school could hardly cope with the influx, she had time to draw the people and activities around her.
The book is fully illustrated with photographs and the author's drawings.
Paperback , A5, 56 pages, 4-colour cover, ISBN 0 9514641 1 6
£3.95 plus £1 p&p
from David Brown, 2 West Street Farm Cottages, Maynards Green, Heathfield, Sussex TN21 0DG

A C.O's WAR
by Percy G C Wilding
A factual account of the life of a conscientious objector during the 1939-1945 war.
44 pages, 16 photographs, A5 format, ISBN 0 9526980 0 5
£3.95 plus 40p p&p. Trade terms available for booksellers.
from Percy G C Wilding, 21 Turner Road, London E17 3JG Tel 020-8520-0579

TRANSPORT IN PECKHAM AND NUNHEAD
by John D. Beasley includes 87 pictures.
South Riding Press, 6 Everthorpe Road, London SE15 4DA. £5.95 post free.

THE CATORS OF BECKENHAM AND WOODBASTWICK
by Pat Manning
Published May 2002. The rise of the family of Quaker John Cator from Ross-on-Wye to financial success in London and acceptance into the world of the landed gentry (1638-2002).
ISBN 0 7552 0043 8, 175 pages, 66 b&w pictures
Available in electronic format from www.authorsonline.co.uk with family pedigree £2.95, and in softcover printed format from bookshops at £9.95

THE ROAD NAMES OF BECKENHAM TELL THEIR TALES
by Pat Manning
Published June 2003. The stories behind the names of two thirds of the roads of Beckenham BR3.
85 pages, 50 b&w pictures.
£4.95 from the Beckenham bookshop
£5.50 include p&p from the author at 29 Birchwood Avenue, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3PY

THE ISLE OF DOGS, A BRIEF HISTORY. Volume I 1066-1918
by Eve Hostettler
In this area of East London the pre-industrial life of farming and fishing was followed by the construction of the West India and Millwall docks, a boom in ship-building, then came engineering and food production. From a handful of people in 1800, the population grew to over 20,000 by 1900, swelled by migrants from all over the UK. The research is enlivened by photographs and memories, including the First World War diary of a young soldier.
120 pages illustrated, ISBN 0 9508815 4 6
£12.00 by post
from Island History, 197 East Ferry Road, London E14 3BA. Tel 0207 987 6041
THE ISLE OF DOGS, A BRIEF HISTORY. Volume II The Twentieth Century
by Eve Hostettler
The story continues with detailed descriptions of family life, work, school and leisure in this classic East End community before, during and after the second World War. The author makes extensive use of personal memories, documents and photographs, and brings the account up to date with a short chapter on the changes witnessed in the 1980s and 1990s.
136 pages illustrated; includes index to both volumes; ISBN 0 9508815 5 4
£12 by post. (Boxed set of both volumes £25 by post)
from Island History, 197 East Ferry Road, London E14 3BA. Tel 0207 987 6041

MAID IN WEST HAM
by Ivy Alexander
‘Maid in West Ham – My formative years – 1924 to 1948’, spans the period from the author’s birth to 1948. Ivy Alexander, née Hicks, was born in Old Canning Town, a deprived area of West Ham. The third of six children, her father was a former professional boxer who had suffered brain damage, which gave rise to aggressive behaviour.
From attendance at the local Bidder Street School, she attended the Russell Central School, in Upton Park, in 1936. At the onset of war, the family split up. The book includes an account of her schooling, evacuation and the blitz. From 1941 to 1946 the author worked in the West Ham TB Clinic and the influence this had on her, together with the effects of war, led her to question the values of the society into which she had been born. This questioning was reinforced by teaching educationally deprived children at Three Mills School in Stratford, East London. Their notes, written over 50 years ago and reproduced in the book, show a touching eagerness to learn.
The account is both an historical record based on archival research, letters and diaries, and also personal recollections. Finally, she reflects on the competing influences of genes, circumstances and individual effort.
This book has been welcomed by readers both at home and abroad and received excellent reviews. The Journal of the British Sociological Association praises the books as being “beautifully written and thought provoking. A very stimulating book, reflecting many of the major themes of life in the 20th century”.
161 pages, over 50 illustrations, maps and photos.
£10 incl p&p from Ivy Alexander, 4A Fordington Road, Winchester, Hants SO22 5AL or
£8.99 from the Newham Bookshop, 745-747 Barking Road, London E13 9ER, The Bookshop, 71 High Street, Epping, The Bookshop, High Street, Loughton and the Museum in Docklands shop.

NUNHEAD AND PECKHAM PUBS – Past and Present
by Ron Woollacott
Public houses have played a central part in the social life of Nunhead and Peckham (Southwark) for many hundreds of years. By 1840 there were at least 20 licensed houses in Nunhead and Peckham, and by 1900 the number was well over 150. Today less than 60 remain open for business and many of these are under threat.
Illustrated with 11 b&w drawings and 8 b&w photographs. ISBN 0 9526142 4 3, A5, card cover, 48 pages.
£4.50 incl. p&p
from Ron Woollacott, 185 Gordon Road, London SE15 3RT

BRENTFORD & CHISWICK LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Flood! The Brentford Flood of 1841
by Val Bott
A sudden thaw after freezing weather on a night in January 1841 caused a disastrous flood to sweep down the canal at Brentford, ripping boats from their moorings, smashing property and leaving death and destruction in its wake. This beautifully designed book uses eye-witness accounts from The Times, with contemporary illustrations, other documents and a special foldout map to tell the story of this event, revealing much about the way the people of Brentford coped with this crisis.
Val Bott is a well known local historian who has lived in the area for many years.
2002, 54 pages, ISBN 0 9508025 0 6
£7.95 plus 80p p&p.
from The Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society, 25 Hartington Road, Chiswick. London, W4 3TL

MANCHESTER

THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF FARNWORTH AND DISTRICT (GREATER MANCHESTER)
by Alan Wolstenholme
Having witnessed many changes taking place in his home town of Farnworth during his 74 year lifetime, the author felt compelled to record them for posterity and to outline the industrial history of the town from its very beginning up to the present time. All kinds of industrial activities are described including cotton spinning and weaving, mining, engineering, paper manufacture, chemicals and plastics, in an area of about one and a half miles radius from the town centre. New industries in old mill buildings and new trading estates are also described to illustrate how the region has avoided a massive unemployment problem.

Several large scale Ordnance Survey maps from 1850 onwards are included, together with aerial photographs of the town.

ISBN 0-9539230-0-2, 176 pages (A5 size), 101 illustrations and photographs, including 3 aerial views, 8 maps, paperback.
£9.95, plus £1.50 post and packing (cheques payable to Alan Wolstenholme)
from Alan Wolstenholme, 104 Downlands Way, South Wonston, Winchester SO21 3HS. Tel: 01962-882566. E-mail: Gordon3041@tiscali.co.uk

MIDDLESEX

HEATHROW: 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY
by Philip Sherwood
This illustrated history of Heathrow tells the extraordinary story of the district from the distant past to the present day. In the 60 years since the Second World War the isolated hamlet of Heathrow, which was surrounded by fields and market gardens, was transformed into the largest international airport in the world.
£10.00 plus £1.00 pp
from P. T. Sherwood, 5 Victoria Lane, Harlington, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 5EW

BRENTFORD & CHISWICK LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Flood! The Brentford Flood of 1841
by Val Bott
A sudden thaw after freezing weather on a night in January 1841 caused a disastrous flood to sweep down the canal at Brentford, ripping boats from their moorings, smashing property and leaving death and destruction in its wake. This beautifully designed book uses eye-witness accounts from The Times, with contemporary illustrations, other documents and a special foldout map to tell the story of this event, revealing much about the way the people of Brentford coped with this crisis.
Val Bott is a well known local historian who has lived in the area for many years.
2002, 54 pages, ISBN 0 9508025 0 6
£7.95 plus 80p p&p.
from The Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society, 25 Hartington Road, Chiswick. London, W4 3TL

NORFOLK

A GOOD IMPRESSION
by Jim Baldwin and Mark Baldwin
The story of two centuries of printing in the Norfolk market town of Fakenham, which once produced millions of books for the world market.
£4.50 + £1 p&p
Send an SAE for a list of other local history books
from Jim Baldwin, Publishing Solutions, 11 Smiths Lane, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8LQ
jbaldwin6@gold.esinet.org.uk

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

SIR THOMAS STANHOPE OF SHELFORD: local life in Elizabethan times
by Beryl Cobbing and Pamela Priestland
Relying on the patronage of Lord Burghley and the favour of the queen, Sir Thomas Stanhope (c.1540-1596) was determined to recover his family’s status after the execution of his father. He consequnetly earned himself a reputation as an ambitious and quarrelsome Midlands landowner. The Fletchers of Stoke Bardolph, the Zouches of Codnor, and the Molyneux, Sacheverell and Markham families were amongst those involved in disputes which reached Star Chamber or the Privy Council. His greatest enemy was the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury whose wife claimed that Sir Tomas’s wickedness had caused him to become ‘more ugly in shape than the ugliest toad in the world’. She hoped he would ‘be damned perpetually in hell fire’, a view possibly shared by some members of his own family. Despite dying in debt, he managed his estates sufficiently well for his grandson to become the first Earl of Chesterfield.
Paperback, 382 pages, 233 x 153mm, over 100 illustrations, ISBN 1 8723 5610 9
from ASHBRACKEN, 14 Cropwell Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham NG12 2FS
Tel 0115 933 2430; email pamneal@ashbracken.u-net.com

OXFORDSHIRE

WOMAN IN A SHABBY BROWN COAT
by Vida Henning
An intimate and thoughtful account of the life of a twentieth century working class communist mother of Oxfordshire and Sussex.
£7.99 incl p&p
from Vida Henning, 23 Park Lane, Havant, Hants PO9 3HG

SCILLY

BOOKS ON THE ISLES OF SCILLY
Scilly at War. 17th century and two World Wars. £9.60
The Fortunate Islands, 8th edition. £7.50
The Scilly Guidebook, 54th edition, 2002. £3 plus 46p p&p (inland)
from Bowley Publications Ltd, P.O. Box 1, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. TR21 0PR

SHROPSHIRE

LANDED ESTATES AND THE GENTRY
by Anthony Ruscoe
A study of the landed estates – large and small – of north-east Shropshire. Looks at the families involved and the origin and development of their estates. Looks at each geographical unit – usually at township level – to discuss the history of land ownership at that location. General chronological section to give snapshots of whole area and discuss general, legal and social issues which are relevant to the study.
Vol 1 – Haughmond & Grinshall Areas. £8.50 incl. p&p. 100 pages.
Vol 2 – High Ercall and Hodnet Areas. £8.50 incl. p&p. 131 pages.
Vol 3 – Market Drayton Area. £9.00 incl p&p. 130 pages.
Vol 4 – Weald Moors and Newport Areas. £9.00 incl p&p. 112 pages.
Vol 5 – Wrekin and Telford Areas. £10.00 incl p&p. 124 pages
from William Ruscoe, 6 Claremont Drive, Ormskirk, Lancs L39 4SP

SOMERSET

MARK. A Somerset Moorland Village
by Pamela M Slocombe
Fully illustrated, 480 pages and covering manorial and social history, buildings and dialect.
ISBN 0 9537353 0 3, published 1999
£10 plus £4 p&p (cheques to P M Slocombe)
from Belcombe Books, 11 Belcombe Place, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1NA

STON EASTON PERAMBULATION
by G A J Loxton, illustrations by J Connell-Loxton
A detailed Somerset gentry village history from largely manuscript sources (from 1296). Manor rolls, deeds, leases, inventories, accounts, surveys, letters, etc, Domesday, manor courts, Black Death,open fields, impounded livestock, absconding villeins. In-chief, Kights-fee, freehold, customary, copyhold, life-leasehold and annual tenures. Enclosures, Civil War, New Mansion, mortgages, debts, land tax, tithe, religion, vestry government, education, health, poor law, 400 family names, full index.
A4, paperback, xiv and 186 pages, 23 maps, 10 b&w photos, 35 b&w drawings, 30 documents part reproduced, ISBN 0 9537458 1 3. Snowdrop Publishing, 2000, now reprinted.
£11.95 post free
from G A J Loxton, Snow Drop, Ston Easton, Radstock, near Bath BA3 4DF
Also available: ‘Emborough Perambulation’ and ‘Queen Charlton Perambulation’

STAFFORDSHIRE

BURNTWOOD FAMILY HISTORY GROUP
Meetings take place at the Old Mining College Centre, Queen Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffs., the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of the month, 7.00pm until 9.30pm.
The Monday meetings include a guest speaker.
Publications
Surname Index, Christchurch, Burntwood Parish Register £3.00
Surname Index, Christchurch, Gentleshaw Parish Register £3.50
Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Chasetown with St John’s, Chase Terrace, St Anne’s £5.00
Monumental Inscriptions of Christchurch £3.50
Surname Index, Burntwood area Census 1841-1871 £3.50
Surname Index, Burntwood area Census 1881 & 1891 £3.50
Burial Records, St Matthew’s Hospital, Burntwood £4.00
Surname Index, Methodist Chapels, Burntwood £3.50
St John the Baptist, Hammerwich - General Register 1724-1812. Index and transcription. £5.00
St Joseph’s, Chasetown - Baptisms, Marriages and Confirmations 1883-1940. Surname Index £3.00
Burntwood Board School - Infant Department - Admissions - 1900-1931. Index and transcription. £5.00
Burntwood Board School - Mixed Department - Admissions - 1902-1931. Index and transcription. £5.00
P&p extra on all publications - some are available on 3.5” floppy disc @ £3.00 incl p&p.
Order from Len Wenman, 10 Squirrels Hollow, Boney Hay, Burntwood, Staffs Tel: 01543 672946

SUFFOLK

THE HOUSE OF THE HILL – THE SAMFORD HOUSE OF INDUSTRY, 1764-1930
by Sheila Hardy
Paperback, 240 pages, illustrated
£10 incl p&p
Was the Workhouse really as grim as Dickens painted it? Were the Guardians unfeeling or simply concerned citizens making the best use of the Poor Rate?
This detailed study of a Suffolk Union House attempts to throw some light on the life of the period and dispel some misconceptions. Chapters include how the Poor Law worked, why the House was necessary, life of the inmates, what happened to the children, medical matters, care of the elderly, staffing, etc.
For the writer, it is people who are of paramount interest. As reader, you will become involved in the fate of individuals, be amused or frustrated by the bureaucracy and even laugh at the more audacious inmates. You may be in for some surprises!
Name Index included.
from Sheila Hardy, 8 The Close, Tattingstone, Ipswich IP9 2PD
For full list of other works on Suffolk, email: shehardy@ntlworld.com

BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF ANOTHER WORLD
by Brian Cobb
Reviewed as “A well-written and beautifully crafted memoir” and “an exciting work of depth and quality”, here is your chance to relive the excitements and anxieties of the second world war as seen through the eyes of a schoolboy living on the coast of East Anglia.
A5. limpbound, 77 pages
£7.50 incl UK p&p (overseas add £1.50). Cheques etc payable to B Cobb.
at 39 Adelaide Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PS, UK

IS IT WISTON OR WISSINGTON?
Part 1 is a study of the Suffolk village of Wiston, Nayland’s second parish, from the Middle Ages until 1883 (when it was forcibly joined to Nayland), mainly from original sources. Part 2 gives historical details of local houses and land.
123 pages, 62 illustrations, maps and index.
£8.80 including postage
from Rosemary Knox, Maltings Chase, Nayland, Colchester CO6 4LZ

SURREY

LEATHERHEAD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
History of Fetcham edited by J C Stuttard.
The first book on this Surrey village
160 pages with illustrations. ISBN 0 9506009 5 4.
£8.95 plus £1.50 postage in UK only.
Bookham in the Twentieth Century by Bill Culley.
Recent history of Great and Little Bookham.
83 pages with illustrations. ISBN 0 9506009 7 0.
£6.50 plus £1 postage in the UK only.
The Swan, Leatherhead and its Brewery: 300 years of history
An old coaching inn now demolished. ISBN 0 9506009 8 9
£5.95 plus 50p postage in the UK only
History of Headley edited by Jack Stuttard
The first full history of this Surrey village. 92 pages with illustrations. ISBN 0 9506009 9 7
£7.95 plus £1.00 postage in the UK only.
Available from the Sales Secretary, Leatherhead Museum, Hampton Cottage, 64 Church Street, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8DP
E-mail: localhistory@free-online.co.uk
Website: http://freespace.virgin.net/frank.haslam/sites/ladhistsoc/index.html

THREE ACRES AND A COW is about the life and works of one of the greatest rural philosophers of the nineteenth century. He was a true successor to William Cobbett, being the seventh son of an agricultural labourer born into poverty in the village of Ewhurst on the Surrey/Sussex border.
Self educated, he wrote to all the leading politicians of the day such as Bright, Gladstone and Chamberlain about his radical ideas for land redistribution. He felt that if every family had 'three acres and a cow' then poverty would be eradicated.
Eli was a besmocked, bearded giant of a man who expounded all his ideas on rural poverty, agriculture, vaccination, smoking, drinking and tight corsets in a book he published himself in 1892.
'Three Acres and a Cow' incorporates all Eli's written work, in prose and poetry, and includes a fascinating account of the family's history from Elizabethan times with over 60 illustrations.
240 pages, ISBN 0 9525910 5 7
£12.50 incl p&p in UK
from David Stemp, 27 Netley Close, Cheam Surrey SM3 8DN. Tel 0208 641 5765; E-mail david.stemp@virgin.net

SHERE: A SURREY VILLAGE IN MAPS is part of the Surrey Archaeological Society's 'Villages Project' aiming to illustrate settlement patterns in the county. It has maps on nearly every page, some in colour, and explanatory text giving an overview of Shere’s history from the Tithe Map to Domesday. A4 format, soft covers, comb-bound, 48 + x pages. ISBN 0 9541460 0 X. (2001)
Cheque for £6 (incl p&p) to Shere, Gomshall & Peaslake LHS (who did the research)
from Ann Noyes, Twiga Lodge, Wonham Way Gomshall Guildford, GU5 9NZ.

SURREY HEATH
These three volumes tell the illustrated story of the local county borough of Surrey Heath in its local, national and international setting - all wire bound, A4 format
‘Surrey Heath in the Dark Ages’ (50 pages £3.99 + £1.50 p&p)
‘Medieval Surrey Heath’ (100 pages £6.99 + £1.50 p&p)
‘Surrey Heath under the Tudors and Stuarts’ (200 pages £9.99 + £2 p&p)
from Phil Stevens (author), 22 The Avenue, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3NE. Tel 01276 506182

DISEASES, PRIVIES AND RUBBISH, With Highlights from Guildford’s Past
by Helen Chapman Davies
The archaeology of public health. How archaeological excavation, documentary research and scientific investigation have uncovered the antiquity of diseases, the evolution of water supplies, sanitation and medical provision.
ISBN 0 9543753 0 0
£3.00 plus 50p p&p
from Helen Chapman Davies, 6 St Omer Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2DB

SUSSEX

PORTRAIT OF PIDDINGHOE 1900 - 2000
by Valerie Mellor
A meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated book, it has been judged to be ‘a good read’. It offers insights into a hundred years of life in this small Sussex village, the detail of which illustrates many of the general themes underlying rural areas at this time.
128 pages, 68 photographs, 6 maps, 148 x 210mm, paperback, ISBN 1 85770 213 1
Published October 2000 by SB Publications, 19 Grove Road, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 1TP at £7.99.

The Public Subscription Wind Mill and The Round House At Lewes tells the fascinating story of why the smock mill was built in the centre of Lewes, by public subscription, just 200 years ago. The Shelley family (not the poet) worked in the mill, lived in the round house from about 1837 and ran the bakery shop somewhere on Lewes High Street. Thorough research has led to an intriguing history of the family and their place in Lewes ' social, religious and political history. It tells the lives of an ordinary family whose history is oft left untold.
After the Round House went out of the Shelleys' ownership other Lewes people moved in and made this unusual and, thought by many, to be the most unusual house in Lewes, their home.
In 1919, Virginia Woolf saw the house, fell in love with it and bought it, all in one afternoon. A lovely description of this can be found in her diary entry for this date. Sadly Leonard was not so enamoured with the property and wanted a country garden, so the house was then sold on to John Every of the Phoenix Iron Works.
The book is printed in paperback with 104 pages and 80 black and white photographs, maps drawings and diagrams.
ISBN: 0-9541462-0-4
Price: £4.99 plus £1.50 (Europe) postage and packing
From: Pipe Passage Books, The Round House, Lewes BN7 1YQ
Email: anniecrowther@btinternet.com
web page http://www.theroundhouseatlewes.co.uk

BRICKMAKING IN SUSSEX
By M. Beswick
First published in 1993 for the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, Brickmaking in Sussex tells the story of bricks and tiles from their first appearance in Sussex 2000 years ago until the present day. Topics covered include: the raw materials available for brickmaking in Sussex, kiln design and operation, the subsidiary products of brickyards such as pottery, teracotta and mathematical tiles, the economic factors which influenced both the progress of the industry and the lives of the brickmakers, and an account of some of the brickmaking families which flourished in the county for many generations.
The second part is a gazeteer of over 850 brickyard sites, giving their location, approximate dates and names of the operators, where known.
The author has been active in the field of local history for many years, having written articles for Sussex Industrial History, compiled booklets on local village trades, and contributed a section on ‘Brick Tile and Pottery Manufacture’ to the new Historical Atlas of Sussex.
This second edition of Brickmaking in Sussex includes a number of additions to the gazeteer reflecting new information which has come to light since 1993.
49 illustrations, including maps, drawings and photographs.
£12.90 including p&p. Cheque payable to M. Beswick
from Mrs M Beswick, Halcyon, Punnetts Town, Heathfield, Sussex TN21 9DR

A HISTORY OF THE DICKER
by Lez Smith
The story of two small rural villages in Sussex near the ancient market town of Hailsham, and with a somewhat diminutive, obscure history and an out-of-the-ordinary placename. Dicker inherits its name from an area of land as opposed to an early medieval settlement, and shares its history with the neighbouring parishes of Arlington, Chiddingly and Hellingly. Over the centuries absent manorial landlords administered feudal rights to tenant farmers and impoverished agricultural workers and their families. The Dicker’s once thousand-acre common, now framed by scattered woodland and hedged fields, remains a tangible reminder of rural heritage.
Resulting from 15 years of dedicated research, lavishly illustrated with 140 photographs and an extensive index, this superb book is a must for everyone with an interest in the two villages of Lower and Upper Dicker, describing a rural populace in work and leisure hours.
£17.00 plus p&p
from Lez Smith, 9 Falcon Way, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 1HY. Tel 01323 840795

THE MANOR OF CRAWLEY 1200-1792
This book will be published at the end of November in a limited hardback edition of 500 copies, available from the author. The book seeks to find the owners and occupiers, and trades of persons living within the manor from the period commencing with the large medieval ironworking era to its gradual decline in the late 16th century. The area then re-emerges as a farming community whilst retaining its links to the past due to being in a prime position on the route from London to Shoreham.
The boundaries of the manor extended into three parishes, which sometimes presents problems when trying to locate specific landholdings. Anyone who has researched their family back to Crawley during the 17th & 18th centuries may find this publication of interest. Family descendants of the following are mentioned in particular: Bristow, Eason, Elphick, Fenner, Guilliam of Slaugham, Harding, Hogg, Holcombe, Jupp, Martin, Penfold, Pennifold, Robinson, Smith, Snashall, Waller and Weller.
£20 plus £5 p&p; overseas surface mail £11 p&p (for airmail apply)
from, Nadine Hygate, 216, Ifield Road, Westgreen, Crawley, RH11 7HY

WOMAN IN A SHABBY BROWN COAT
by Vida Henning
An intimate and thoughtful account of the life of a twentieth century working class communist mother of Oxfordshire and Sussex.
£7.99 incl p&p
from Vida Henning, 23 Park Lane, Havant, Hants PO9 3HG

WILLIAM ALLEN, Quaker Friend of Lindfield 1770-1843
by Margaret Nicolle
A new assessment of the work of William Allen, Quaker, chemist, social reformer and benefactor of the village of Lindfield, West Sussex.
“This scholarly and very readable account of William Allen’s fascinating life is a welcome contribution to our understanding of early 19th century English social history”. Martin Hayes, Principal Librarian Local Studies, West Sussex County Council
Paperback, A5, 4-colour cover, 50 illustrations, ISBN 0 954301 0 3
£8.95 plus £1.05 p&p
from Margaret Nicolle, Longmead, The Wilderness, Lindfield, West Sussex RH16 2JD. Tel 01444 482685. E-mail margaret @nicollelf.freeserve.co.uk

OF “BRUITE BEASTS AND HORSES’ LEGS”
by Anne Holman
An account of the famous 154-year-old Nicholls’ barrel organ still being played in Thomas à Beckett Church, Brightling in East Sussex. Including a fascinating history of country church music over the last 400 years.
23 pages, 5 photographs, ISBN 0 9529310 0 2
£2.00 plus 50p p&p
from Anne Holman, Bramble Cottage, Twelve Oaks, Brightling, E Sussex TN32 5HT. Tel 01424 838468

A TAPESTRY OF BATTLE
by Battle Writers’ Group
A collection of stories put together by the Battle Writers’ Group in their own words about the interesting people who have contributed to the growth of Battle since 1066. A rich tapestry of shopkeepers, businessmen, clerics and aristocrats whose lives are woven together with the histories of places such as workhouses, hospitals, schools, churches, shops, pubs and gunpowder mills. It is a fascinating account of the progression of Battle into the twenty-first century.
200 pages, paperback, 49 photographs and line drawings. ISBN 1 85770 248 4
£5.00 (reduced from £12.99) plus £2 p&p
from Anne Holman, Bramble Cottage, Twelve Oaks, Brightling, E Sussex TN32 5HT. Tel 01424 838468

HOP SCOTCH AND SPINNING TOPS
by Julia Chapman
Sedlescombe Primary School, 1748-1980
20 pages of history, photographs and memories from former pupils
£4 plus 50p p&p
from Mrs J Chapman, Ashdown Cottage, Sedlescombe, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0RR. Tel 01424 870520

DAVID ARSCOTT'S SUSSEX BOOK CLUB
brings its members news of all the latest titles. Membership is free; there's no obligation to buy, and any books you order are sent within the UK completely free of postage and packing. To join, write to David at 3 Dolphin House, St Nicholas Lane, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2JZ or email him at sussexbooks@compuserve.com
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THE DIARY OF THOMAS TURNER 1754 - 1765
Edited by David Vaisey
This book is a unique record or life in a rural Georgian village, detailing Thomas Turner's everyday dealings with the inhabitants of East Hoathly. He was shopkeeper, undertaker, schoolmaster, tax-gatherer, churchwarden, overseer of the poor and much more. He tells of his family life, his diet (mostly "leftovers from yesterday"), parties, cricket matches, births, marriages and deaths.
This book is a must for the student of Georgian village life, and also for those researching their East Hoathly ancestors.
386 pages, illustrated.
£9.00 plus £2.70 p&p. Cheques payable to K. Seabrook, please. Credit cards accepted.
from Jane Seabrook, CTR Publishing, The White House, 20 High Street East Hoathly, Sussex BN8 6EB. Email jane@claras.eclipse.co.uk

IN LOVING MEMORY
Gravestone Inscriptions and Memorials in East Hoathly Churchyard.
compiled by Jane Seabrook
This book is a valuable tool if you are searching for the burial place of an East Hoathly ancestor. Each gravestone has been given a number and is plotted on a map. It gives the full inscription making the task of reading a worn stone so much easier. There is also a selection of obituaries.
212 pages with index, ISBN 0 9524516 3 8
Price: £8.00 plus £2.70 p&p. Cheques payable to K. Seabrook
from Jane Seabrook, CTR Publishing, The White House, 20 High Street East Hoathly, Sussex BN8 6EB. Email jane@claras.eclipse.co.uk

AS CLEAN A LOT OF CHILDREN AS HE HAD EVER SEEN
Edited by Jane Seabrook
Using extracts from school log books from 1865 until just after the First World War, this book traces the life in East Hoathly schools during that period. Because the log books are contemporary, the immediacy of the event seems to be much more compelling. We hear about the building of the schools, the teaching methods and punishments, treats and reports by visiting inspectors. We also obtain an insight into aspects of village social life: poverty, epidemics and the constant struggle to educate children against all the odds.
124 pages, illustrated with photographs and line drawings
£8.00 plus £1.75 p&p. Cheques payable to K. Seabrook, please. Credit cards accepted.
from Jane Seabrook, CTR Publishing, The White House, 20 High Street East Hoathly, Sussex BN8 6EB. Email: jane@claras.eclipse.co.uk

REMEMBER THEM WELL
Lest we forget
Stories of life in the villages of East Hoathly and Halland during the 1st and 2nd World Wars; stories of the men who fought, returned or who died and are commemorated on the War Memorial in the Churchyard.
It tells of the trials and tribulations of coping with shortages and with evacuees, the valiant fund raising activities, and much more. And there are biographies of many of the men who fought in both World Wars and also who took part in the Indian Mutiny, the Boer War, etc.
And lastly, there are transcriptions of letters sent home by the “boys”, showing the brave face they put on their own trials and tribulations, making light of living in the trenches, the bullets overhead and the fear of death or injury.
Paperback illustrated with black and white photographs
160 pages
Price: £10.00, p &p: UK £1.75; overseas surface £3
Cheques payable to K. Seabrook, please. Credit cards accepted.
from Jane Seabrook, CTR Publishing, The White House, 20 High Street East Hoathly, Sussex BN8 6EB. Email: jane@claras.eclipse.co.uk

WARWICKSHIRE

From the Genealogists Magazine ...
Looking Back 1650-2000 written and published by Keith Judge. 70pp., £6.50 (including post and packing UK). Available from the author, 51 Chapel Street, Long Lawford, Rugby CV23 9BH. The chapters are centred around a character from each generation who vary from a labourer, a soldier, a sawyer and a bailiff, and finally to the author himself and his own personal story. The result is a good mixture of ancestors and their stories, which will provide future generations with a well-balanced, important story of their background, including people they will have known. It is an example for others to follow.

WEST MIDLANDS

TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT IN 19TH CENTURY KINGSWINFORD
64 pages of text and diagrams in A5 card covers - ironworks, brickworks, pits, canal and railway.
£3.50 post free
from Michael Hale, 132 Sedgley Road, Woodsetton, Dudley DY1 4LJ

YORKSHIRE

William James Boddy, (1832-1911) York Artist
ISBN 978 0 9506405 1 8, 58 pp, 7 b/w illus., over 500 titles listed £2.90

SCARBOROUGH BOOKS:
Scarborough’s MPs (1832-1906) & Mayors (1836-1906)
ISBN 978 0 9506405 7 0, vi + 114 pp, 66 entries, 58 b/w illus. £5.25
Scarborough Hospital & Dispensary 1852-1902
ISBN 978 0 9506405 6 3, vii + 102 pp, 25 b/w illus, 15 tables. £5.25
The Medical Profession in Scarborough 1700-1899
ISBN 978 0 9506405 5 6, xv + 134 pp, 260 entries, 25 b/w illus. £5.25
Architects and Civil Engineers of Nineteenth Century Scarborough
ISBN 978 0 9506405 4 9, 116 pp, 140 entries, 8 b/w illus. £4.95
Photographers in Mid Nineteenth Century Scarborough
ISBN 978 0 9506405 3 2 , 98 pp, 118 entries, £4.50
Scarborough Artists of the Nineteenth Century
ISBN 978 0 9506405 2 5, 52 pp, 116 entries, £3.50

Prices include postage in UK.  Overseas clients please add £2.00 per order, payment in sterling only (cheques to A. M. Bayliss).
A. M. Bayliss, 2, Cooks Gardens, Scalby, Scarborough YO13 0SU
Email p.f.c.b@tesco.net

A NORTHALLERTON MISCELLANY
by Dr David F. Severs
A fascinating glimpse into various aspects of the history of this prosperous North Yorkshire market town on the old Great North Road. It includes a detailed description of the contents of a financial notebook kept by a local businessman (1809-33); a transcript of the personal diary of a sixty-nine year old widow (1832); a letter written to his father by a London medical student including a description of body snatchers (1828); Romanby Football Club roll of honour (1914-18); the author’s father’s own life story (1904-80) including descriptions of Stockton on Tees c1910; the history of the first North Riding police headquarters (1856-1910); guidance on tracing the history of properties using the town’s rating records (17thC to 19thC); and a detailed index to Saywell’s History and Annals of Northallerton (1885).
A4, softback, 130pp, illustrated and indexed.
£9.99 plus £2.50 p&p.
from the author at 59 Trinity Gardens, Northallerton, DL6 1GA

MONASTERIES AND LANDSCAPE IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND
by Bryan Waites
This important new book examines the impact of the monasteries in changing the landscape of the North York Moors and surrounding areas. A rare classic.
A5 paperback, 225 pages, 48 illustrations, ISBN 0 9524544 3 2, numbered, limited edition of 500 copies (150 remaining).
£15.95 plus £2 p&p (UK), £5 p&p (overseas). Cheques only payable to 'Multum in Parvo Press'.
from Multum in Parvo Press, 6 Chater Road, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6RY. Tel 01572 722893

GLIMPSES OF JEWISH LEEDS
by Douglas Charing
£4.00 (UK), £5.00 (elsewhere)
from Jewish Education Bureau, 8 Westcombe Avenue, Leeds LS8 2BS

A GUIDE TO THE LANDSCAPE OF OTLEY: SEVENTH TO SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
A landscape history of Otley’s place in mid-Wharfedale from the Anglo-Saxon period.
“An excellent book full of fascinating material; the diagrams and maps reconstructing the medieval landscape are superb,” Angus Winchester, Senior History Lecturer, Lancaster University.
£8.50 plus £1 p&p
from Paul Wood, 5 Garnett Street, Otley, West Yorkshire LS21 1AL

STARBECK , A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST
by Stephen G. Abbott.
Highly acclaimed book (excellent reviews available on request) .
92 pages packed with interesting information and includes a selection of old maps advertisements and many pictures.
£6 including p&p
from 4 Avenue Place Starbeck Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 7PJ

LEVISHAM: A CASE STUDY IN LOCAL HISTORY
A book that illustrates the PROCESS of local history investigation from work done in a small North York Moors village. Based on work started by village group, covering pre-history to 19th century; fully referenced.
Further information from website www.levishamhistory.co.uk

SICKLESMITHS AND SPEAR CARRIERS – A Story of the Staniforths
by Rosamund Du Cane
This book tells the story of a family from the environs of Sheffield and of how one branch turned the manufacture of sickles and other tools from a rural craft into a worldwide business. From Tudor times to the 20th century, war and peace, the enclosures, emigration, local, national and international events all affect the family. This is a book for anyone interested in the history of Sheffield and north Derbyshire or the families of the area, to which there are many references, and it will appeal as well to the student of tools and their history.
306 pages; illustrated, indexed, with maps and pedigrees.
£11.99. Inland p. & p. £1.75
from Rosamund Du Cane, Forest Cottage, Pilley Bailey, Lymington, Hants, SO41 5QT
e-mail: rosducane@supanet.com

SCOTLAND

DEADLOCK AND DELIVERANCE is the story of the capture and rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong, the most infamous Scottish Border reiver of the 16th century.
He was illegally captured by the English at a ‘Day of Truce’ in 1596 and imprisoned in Carlisle Castle. The Scots were incensed at the capture, and when all diplomatic efforts to free Kinmont Willie had failed, they planned a daring rescue of the great Scottish reiver.
They succeeded with help from the English. The Grahams of Netherby and Mote aided the Scots through English ground to Carlisle, definitely a case of treason. On arrival at the castle of Carlisle there was also English aid from within where friends of the Carletons gave the Scots easy access.
The rescue of Kinmont severely tested the relationships between the two countries for over a year before the two monarchs, Elizabeth I of England and James VI of Scotland, finally agreed that there was nothing to gain from prolonging the feud.
‘Deadlock and Deliverance’ is told from two perspectives, both fact and fiction. It runs to some 290 pages and contains many photographs of southern Scotland associated with the story.
See www.reivershistory.co.uk for more detail.

PEOPLE AND PLACES IN NEWMACHAR PAST AND PRESENT
by Roy Bridges
This is the first history of this Aberdeenshire parish and covers the period from the late Pleistocene to the present with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Based on archival and printed sources, it also incorporates testimony from present and former residents.
240pp. 112 illus. and maps. ISBN 0-9540701-0-0
£10.40 incl. p&p. Cheques should be made payable to 'Newmachar Community Council'.
from Prof. Roy Bridges, Newmachar House, Newmachar AB21 0RD. e-mail rbridges@globalnet.co.uk.