SAVING TRINITY - by Brian Lippard
Price: 4.95 plus 1.00 p&p (UK only).
How the town fought to save Holy Trinity from demolition.
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The Society publishes two ranges of inexpensive, illustrated books about the town and its history.
'Monographs' are usually 'perfect-bound' and printed on glossy paper. 'Occasional Papers' are slightly smaller, stapled, and on plain paper.
You can buy the books at our meetings (please email us beforehand) or at bookshops. Or you can use the 'Add to Cart' buttons below. Please note that the
postage rates indicated are for UK only. If you are purchasing from abroad, please
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OLD BREWERIES OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS - by Guy Sankey
Price: 9.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
The history of brewing beer in and around the town.
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REVOLUTIONARY TUNBRIDGE WELLS - by Julian Wilson
Price: 11.95 plus 3.00 p&p (UK only).
The remarkable role of Tunbridge Wells in the development of revolutionary politics in Britain 1884-1919.
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THE WRITING ON THE WALL - edited by Alastair Tod
Price: 4.95 plus 1.00 p&p (UK only).
The commemorative Plaques of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
EMINENCE GRISE - by John Cunningham
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
The Unknown Political Agent, The Tory Bloodhound, The Peer Maker - the life and times of William Nevill, KG. 1st Marquess of Abergavenny.
THE SHOCK OF WAR - Tunbridge Wells in the First World War edited by John Cunningham
Price: 9.95 plus 3.00 p&p (UK only).
How the people of Tunbridge Wells responded to the war. A collection of essays by members of the Local History Group and others.
THE PANTILES - A Brief History by Philip Whitbourn & Chris Jones
Price: 4.95 plus 2.25 p&p (UK only).
The story behind Tunbridge Wells' best-known historic feature.
THE NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS AND CHURCHES OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS compiled by John Cunningham
Price: 3.95 plus 1.00 p&p (UK only) .
A compilation of previously-published articles, together with new and updated information.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY compiled by John Cunningham
Price: 4.95 plus 1.00 p&p (UK only).
A facsimile reproduction of some 31 steel-engravings of Tunbridge Wells published by Rock & Co between the late 1840s and the late 1860s.
HISTORIC PANORAMAS OF ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS compiled by Roger Joye and John Cunningham
Price: 5.00 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
A compilation of 21 'panoramas' of Tunbridge Wells from the early 18th century.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE YEARS OF AUSTERITY 1939-1953 by Ann Bates
Price: 9.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
It is over 70 years since the outbreak of the Second World War. Nobody under the age of 67 can claim to have any personal memory of it.
BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT, or "Why do they call it Royal Tunbridge Wells?" by Chris Jones
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
An explanation of why Tunbridge Wells is entitled to call itself 'Royal'.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN 1909 by Chris Jones
Price: 8.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
Boy Scouts and suffragettes, right to work marchers and d butantes. All this while the House of Lords led the country into a constitutional crisis.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN LITERATURE. An Anthology. compiled by Susan Brown
Price: 6.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
Extracts from the writings of thirty-four residents and visitors.
AN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS edited by John Cunningham
Price: 16.95 plus 6.50 p&p (UK only).
A collection of some 79 maps of Tunbridge Wells and its immediate area, from 16th to 20th centuries.
Our apologies - the Historical Atlas is currently out-of-print.
THE ORIGINS OF WARWICK PARK AND THE NEVILL GROUND
by John Cunningham
Price: 7.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
The story of how and why the Home Farm Estate of the Marquess of Abergavenny became the Warwick Park Estate and Nevill Ground.
400 YEARS OF THE WELLS
edited by John Cunningham
Price: 7.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
A new history of the town to mark the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the wells.
THE RESIDENTIAL PARKS OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS
edited by John Cunningham
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
Calverley, Camden, Nevill, Hungershall - by the end of the 19th century, Tunbridge Wells was ringed by residential 'parks'. They continue to add to its pleasant character.
THE SKINNERS' SCHOOL. Its controversial birth and its landmark buildings. by Cecil Beeby and Philip Whitbourn
Price: 4.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
Since 1887 the High-Victorian buildings of The Skinners' School have been a landmark on the main approach to Tunbridge Wells from the north. Their birth involved a tale of rivalry between two local townships.
RESEARCHING ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS. A bibliography of historical sources. compiled by Susan Brown
Price: 4.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
A bibliography of sources of the history of the town and its inhabitants.
DECIMUS BURTON, Esquire. Architect and Gentleman (1800 - 1881) by Philip Whitbourn
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
Decimus Burton is of seminal importance to the history of Tunbridge Wells. In the 1820s and 1830s, he established an architectural and landscape character that remains a prominent feature of the town to this day.
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