Dorking Heritage Magazine – Autumn 2017
The Membership magazine for Museum and History Group members
- Current exhibition: Dorking 1917
- Planning ahead for our temporary exhibitions
- Dorking art influence crosses the world
- South Street Caves: TV cameras, spooks and 800 candles
- Coming through the door …
- The Pethick-Lawrences: Local Heroes
- Walks team: A walk on the dark side
- DDPS: Notes from the DDPS Chairman
- Dorking Local History Group
- WW2: Dorking men lead the Normandy invasion on D-Day
- WW2 tank at Denbies
- Return of the town crier
- Still looking for the South Street boat?
- Coffee, bacon and a tale of riches to rags
- Oral histories: Keeping the memories alive
- Meet the team: Robin Cooper
- Then and Now
The booklet is 21 pages with colour photographs.
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Dorking Heritage Magazine – Spring 2018
The Membership magazine for Museum and History Group members.
SPRING 2018
- Letter from the Chairman
- Current exhibition: A New View of Dorking
- Future exhibitions: Coming to a Museum near you
- The Rob Walker Centenary Festival
- And the winner is …
- Passchendaele poppy for a Dorking soldier
- Education: Reaching out to the young
- More hats to try on
- Living History: The WeAreDorking Quilt
- DDPS: Letter from the DDPS Chairman and AGM Agenda
- Dorking Local History Group
- Centenary of Votes for Women – Special Feature:
- The Pethick-Lawrences of Holmwood
- ‘Local Heroes’ 15
- The Hills were alive …
- Suffrage walks and tours
- Museum Visitor Survey: The voice of the visitor
- WW2 plane crash too close to home
- Meet the team: Jayne Kemp
- Then and Now
The booklet is 21 pages with colour photographs.
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Dorking Heritage Magazine – Autumn 2018
The Membership magazine for Museum and History Group members
AUTUMN 2018
- Current exhibition: The Rob Walker Racing Team – Dorking’s Part in
Motor Racing History - The Rob Walker Centenary Festival – 21st October
- Future exhibitions: Coming to a Museum near you – Dorking Home Front 1914-1916: A Dorking Museum exhibition at St Martin’s Church
- Dorking celebrates a musical giant
- Dorking Society: Letter from the Chairman
- Family Activities: Museum Explorers
- Dorking Local History Group
- Dorking Caves a filming location
- A tale of two blue plaques
- Oral History Team: Capturing memories of World War Two
- Working in partnership: eye-to-eye at the Museum
- Walks team: Great-great-grandson follows his relative’s beat
- Meet the team: Graham Speed, Bobbie Rounthwaite
- Then and Now
The booklet is 21 pages with colour photographs.
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Dorking Heritage Magazine – Spring 2019
The Membership magazine for Museum and History Group members.
SPRING 2019
- Letter from the Chairman
- Current exhibition: Lord Ashcombe’s Minerals – the gentlemen
collectors and the advance of science - Our next exhibition: The Days of King Dor
- Good family fun
- Listening to memories
- Want to get Spooky?
- 2018 – that was a year that was!
- Quite a year of … Suffrage
- Quite a year of … Motorsport
- Dorking Society: Letter from the Chairman
- Dorking Local History Group
- Two important diary dates
- Reaching out across the world
- Arrivals at the Museum
- One woman’s contribution to victory in WW2
- Oral History team: Collecting memories of life during WW2
- Meet the team: Jackie Rance
- Bookcase
- Then and Now
The booklet is 21 pages with colour photographs.
Priced at £1.00
Dorking Heritage Magazine – Autumn 2019
The Membership magazine for Museum and History Group members
AUTUMN 2019
- Letter from the Chairman
- Current exhibition: You, Me and Those Who Came Before
- Future exhibitions: Coming to a Museum near you
- Preparing for Mayflower 400
- Dorking Caves: It all happens in the Caves!
- The Cockerel Press: Plenty to crow about!
- Dorking Society celebrates 90 years 10
- Dorking Society: Letter from the Chairman
- Dorking Local History Group
- The signs are on the wall!
- Walking in Dorking: More local insights into the past
- Family Activities: Summer activity hits the high spot
- Meet the team: Peter Sturge
- Then and Now
- Plane down in Holmwood
- Oral History Team: Capturing memories of World War Two
The booklet is 21 pages with colour photographs.
Priced at £1.00
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Surrey History Vol. V No. 4
The magazine from Surrey History Centre
- Rose Hill: adapted from nature (The making of a new townscape – the first residential estate in Dorking)
- From the origins of Parliament to the Reform Act: Surrey M.P.s & elections
- A fearless & unsparing hand (& a cautious defence of ‘Innovation or Inconsistency’ as exhibited by Mitcham Church)
- New material for Surrey historians.
Local History News – Number 126 – Winter 2018
The magazine of the British Association for Local History.
Contents
- DI Crosby on the case
- WWI Conscription, Conscience and Courage in Herefordshire
- The Yorkshire Historic Dictionary
- Searching for Theatrical Ancestors
- Bob Read ‘Our genial historian’
- David Sankey A ‘cornerstone of the community’
- Personal Achievement Award ‘commended’
- Methodist Records and the Local Historian
- CELEBRATING CIVIC LIFE
- Public Art in the Landscape
- Strange spellings and scribal errors: difficulties encountered when transcribing wills
- Film and local history
- Proposing a county societies network
- GDPR AND LOCAL SOCIETIES:GENERAL ADVICE
- The happiest place for local history?
- Mary Brown’s story
- Societies News
- Archives News
- Museums News
- Libraries News
- Education News
- Guided Walks 1 June 2018 YORK
- Trustees’ Report 2017
- BALH Trustee profile – Jonathan Mackman
- Yorkshire Dales Life and Tradition: a Celebration
- Jane Austen and Southampton Spa
- Local history en vacances
- Minutes (abridged) of the Annual General Meeting
- Notes / News / Issues
The booklet is priced at £1.00
The Local Historian Magazine. January 2018
Journal of the British Association for Local History88 page journal
- Local societies on the move in the middle ages: migration and social mobility in England 1100-1500ages: migration and social mobility in England 1100-1500
- Parish bede rolls during the English Reformation
- Witchcraft and evidence in a Somerset parish in the seventeenth century
- The bewitching of Emma Smith
- Evacuation to Northallerton in 1939-1940: a community divided?
- Review article: books on the local history of drink, drinking and public houses
Reviews
- PEOPLE, PLACES AND CONTEXT: essays in local history in honour of Joan Dils
- JONAS MOORE’S MAP OF THE GREAT LEVELL OF THE FENNS1658 edited
- THE FIGHTING ESSEX SOLDIER Recruitment, war and society in the fourteenth century edited
- FARMERS, CONSUMERS, INNOVATORS The world of Joan Thirsk edited
- BIRMINGHAM WILLS AND INVENTORIES 1512-1603 edited
- HISTORY IN THE SOUTH PENNINES The legacy of Alan Petford edited
Dorking History – No. 1 – Spring 1989
Dorking Local History Group’s Journal.
- All Lit Up by Electricity Alan A Jackson
- More on ‘Dorking Abbey’ Michael Elphick
- New Archeological Finds Vivien Ettlinger
- Powell Corderoy School During World War II Edwin Sykes
- Royal Occasions Patricia Bennett
- The 1851 Census: A Window on Early victorian Dorking Vivien Ettlinger
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little scruffy around the edges – but the articles are completely readable.
Priced at 50p.
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Dorking History – No. 2 – Autumn 1989
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1989 Journal.
- Dr Susan Beattie – Alan A Jackson
- Henry Talbot of Chart Park (1700-1784) – Edith & Doris Mercer
- The Last Otters in Dorking? – David Knight
- The Mickleham Connection – Patricia Bennett
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Dorking History – No. 3 – Spring 1990
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1990 Journal.
- A Wedding to Remember 100 Years Ago – Victoria Houghton
- Belladonna Farming in dorking, in World War I – David Knight
- Digging in Dorking – Vivien Ettlinger
- Medicine in the 18th Century – Brian Overell
- Nathaniel Wix, An 18th Century Dorking Worthy – Frances Mountford
- Recent Acquisitions of Dorking Museum – AAJ
- The Reigate & Dorking Bank – David Harding
- The Westcott Road on Saturday Night – David Knight
- Who was Lady Dorking? – AAJ
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little scruffy around the edges – but the articles are completely readable.
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Dorking History – No. 4 – Autumn 1990
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1990 Journal.
- Bookham – Another Brixton?
- July Jaunt or Time Tripping – Patricia Bennett
- Radiation in Dorking – David Knight
- The Great By-Pass Controversy – Alan A Jackson
- The Reigate Road – Walter Moore
- Unwelcome Travellers – Robert Humphreys
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Dorking History – No. 5 – Spring 1991
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1991 Journal.
- A Skid on Pebblecombe – John Day
- History and the Mobile Library – June M Spong
- J. Beetham Wilson, Chemist Extraordinary – Mary Day, John Callcutt
- Little Known Dorking Streets and Courts – Alan A Jackson
- No. 7 Junction Road, Dorking – Victoria Houghton
- Not so Bright – Vivien Ettlinger
- Our Cottage Hospitals – Carole Townsend
- Pilgrim Cottage, South Street – Beryl Higgins, Vivien Ettlinger
- Roman Dorking – Vivien Ettlinger
- The Youngest Army Casualty in WWI
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Dorking History – No. 6 – Autumn 1991
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1991 Journal.
- But What About Mr Powell? – Edwin Sykes
- Discovering Dorking – Vivien Ettlinger
- Dorking’s Last Duke – Alan A Jackson
- Dorking’s Shrove Football – Graham Walker
- Hanging out the Washing – Vivien Ettlinger
- Poverty in Dorking 1909-10
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little scruffy around the edges – but the articles are completely readable.
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Dorking History – No. 7 – Spring 1992
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1992 Journal.
- Arthur Joseph Munby at Dorking – Alan A Jackson
- Arundel Walk; Chop-Stick Place, Vincent Walk – Alan A Jackson
- Coinage of Dorking – Ted Molyneux
- Conkers, Cordite and Powell Corderoy School – Edwin Sykes
- Dorking Defences – Alan A Jackson
- Dorking: A Surrey Market Town through Twenty Centuries: errata – Alan A Jackson
- Hampstead Lane Cottages – Ted Molyneux
- John Edward Nowell Walker – Violet Whitehead
- Myrtle House – Ted Molyneux
- Sounds & Smells of 19th Century – Dorking Graham Walker
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Dorking History – No. 8 – Autumn 1992
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1992 Journal.
- A Bridge Too Much – Alan A Jackson
- A Tenement Called Godfreys – Beryl Higgins & Vivien Ettlinger
- Dorking Tradesmen 1: John Thomas Maybank – Alan A Jackson
- Impressions of Dorking Fair – David Knight
- Mrs Belloc Lowndes at Dorking
- Saved by Mother -in-Law – Alan A Jackson
- Surrey at Work
- Townfield – Alan A Jackson
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Dorking History – No. 9 – Spring 1993
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1993 Journal.
- Bridge Guards at Deepdene – Alan A Jackson
- Chitty’s Shop & Slaughterhouse – Mary Day
- Curiosities from the Vestry Minutes
- Sir Arthur & Dorking Water – Graham Walker
- The Treasures of Dorking Museum (1): Newspaper Cuttings
- The Treasures of Dorking Museum (2): Not only for the Children – Patricia Bennett
- The Trial of Dorking Rioters – Mary Day
- Walter Godfrey – V. Whitehead
- Wotton House Fifty Years ago – V. Whitehead
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Dorking History – No. 10 – Autumn 1993
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1993 Journal.
- Crime & Punishment in Nineteenth Century Dorking – Alan A Jackson
- Dorking Cinemas
- Dorking Tradesmen 2: T. H. Sherlock & Son – Alan A Jackson
- Eating in Dorking 230 and 160 years ago – Eric J Mansfield
- The Rickman and Marsh Families in Dorking
- Visit to the Minet Library – Sue Tombs
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Dorking History – No. 11 – Spring 1994
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1994 Journal.
- Cricket in Dorking – Kenneth Cole
- Taking a Census, or Censor-ship? – Patricia Bennett
- The House at Pump Corner – Vivien Ettlinger, Victoria Houghton, Beryl Higgins
- The Maltings that Never Was – Vivien Ettlinger
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Dorking History – No. 12 – Autumn 1994
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1994 Journal.
- A Brockham Brickmaker – Victoria Houghton
- Dorking in New Zealand
- Dorking Tradesmen 3: Geo J Arthur & Sons Lts (1) – C. R. Arthur
- Dorking’s Victoria Cross – Bob Miller
- Early Dorking Cricketers (1) – Kenneth Cole
- Just Before D-Day in Dorking – Paul Rammage
- NEWRA – Mr Layton
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Dorking History – No. 12 – Autumn 1994 with Index
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1994 Journal.
- A Brockham Brickmaker – Victoria Houghton
- Dorking in New Zealand
- Dorking Tradesmen 3: Geo J Arthur & Sons Lts (1) – C. R. Arthur
- Dorking’s Victoria Cross – Bob Miller
- Early Dorking Cricketers (1) – Kenneth Cole
- Just Before D-Day in Dorking – Paul Rammage
- NEWRA – Mr Layton
Includes an index to issues 1 – 12
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Dorking History – No. 13 – Spring 1995
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1995 Journal.
- A Late Use of a Horsebox on the Railway – Maureen Cole
- David Knight N.E.C.M.
- Early Dorking Cricketers Part 2 – Kenneth Cole
- George Bernard Shaw at Dorking – AAJ
- On the Buses around Dorking
- The Army at Holmwood in 1876 – Maureen Cole
- The Puttock Family – AAJ
- We Have Them All – Victoria Houghton
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Copy of Dorking History – No. 14 – Autumn 1995
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1995 Journal.
- Dorking Riflemen – N.E.C.Molyneux
- Dorking Tradesmen 3: Geo J Arthur & sons Lts (2) – C. R. Arthur
- Nearer to Heaven: Leith Hill Tower 1910-1920 – Patricia Bennett
- Provident Dorking – Bob Humphries
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Dorking History – No. 15 – Spring 1996
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1996 Journal.
- An Old Map – AAJ
- Gilliam & Sons
- The Deepdene Organ Lives!
- The Sad Tale of Richard Uwins – Mary Turner
- William Usherwood: An Internationally Famous Dorking Photographer – Brian Overall
- Woodcock’s Pharmacy – Allan Woodcock
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little scruffy around the edges, and has a name written in the inside cover – but the articles are completely readable.
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Dorking History – No. 16 – Autumn 1996
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1996 Journal.
- Changing Fortunes of a Small Westcott Farm – Audrey Seeley
- Dorking Artists
- Jane Austin in the Mole Valley – Vivian Waymouth
- Pixham: Ripples on the Stream (1) – Patricia Bennett
- Road Work in Progress – Patricia Bennett
- Some Cuttings from Dorking Advertiser – AAJ
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little scruffy around the edges, and has a name written in the inside cover – but the articles are completely readable.
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