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.
Priced at £1.00
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.
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Dorking Heritage – Spring 2022
The Membership magazine for Museum and History Group members
SPRING 2022
- • Letter from the Chairman
• Temporary exhibition: ‘Darking 1620’ and the ‘First Thanksgiving’
• Our next temporary exhibition: Rewildings
• A better environment
• What’s new at the Museum?
• A swift addition
• Taking a different view
• Getting up steam
• Dorking Society: Letter from the Chairman
• Dorking Local History Group
• Meet the team: Gwen Wood
• DLHG’s ‘Star Volunteer’: Garry Brooks
• Archive: All change at the archive
• Review of 2021: Another ‘challenging’ year
• New book: Darking Hundred
• The Cockerel Press
• Extraordinary Delights imminent!
• A Hundred Years on a Medieval Manor
• Walks and Tours: Wide open spaces and black holes
• NOTICEBOARD
• One of ’80 trees’ in Dorking
• Obituary: Beryl Higgins
• Making Dorking’s history relevant today
The booklet is 25 pages with colour photographs.
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Surrey History Vol. 1 No. 4
The magazine from Surrey History Centre. Donated by a Museum supporter.
The magazine has age marks on the front cover – but the pages inside are nice and clean
- The Reformation in Bletchingley
- Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
- Account Book of William Gadcum, Carpenter
- A Surrey Man looks at his Ancestors.
Priced at £1.00
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.
Surrey History Vol. VII No. 4 (2007)
The magazine from Surrey History Centre
- The Blossom Air Disaster on Hankley Common
- A brief Look at Brewing in Surrey
- Some Notes on Surrey Tokens of the 19th and 20th Centuries
- Some Public Utilities in Surrey: Water Supply
- Surrey History Centre Accessions of Records in 2006.
There is slight damage to the front cover – but pages inside are nice and clean.
Surrey History Vol. VII No. 5 (2007)
The magazine from Surrey History Centre
- Sir James thornhill and Addiscombe Place
- The YMCA and Guildford
- Some Public Utilities in Surrey: Electricity and Gas
- Accessions of Records in Surrey History Centre in 2007.
There is slight damage to the front cover – but pages inside are nice and clean.
Surrey History Vol. X. 2011
The magazine from Surrey History Centre
Magazine is in good condition.
- Henry VIII, Oatlands and Nonsuch Palace
- The Water Engine House in Betchworth Park, Dorking
- Recording Kingston’s Past in Paint: Reginald Brill and Kingston Museum’s Brill Collection
- Surrey History Centre: Accessions of Records in 2010
- Ex-Service Welfare in Leatherhead and the Thermega Factory.
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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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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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
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Dorking History – No. 17 – Spring 1997
Dorking Local History Group’s Spring 1997 Journal.
- A Holiday Discovery – Rosemary Spiller
- All is not Lost – Victoria Houghton
- Dorking Cemetery – AAJ
- Dorking in the 1830s, 1840s & 1850s – Victoria Houghton
- Pixham: Ripples on the Stream (2) – Patricia Bennett
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Dorking History – No. 18 – Autumn 1997
Dorking Local History Group’s Autumn 1997 Journal.
- A Missing Trust Deed – Brian Overell
- Chart Park Revisited – Beryl Higgins
- Comments on Deepdene
- Conditions in the Dorking Workhouse – Michael Elphick
- More Pixham Memories – John Coombes
- Piranesi and Bury Hill – Mary Day & Martin Stammers
- Rough Rew – Alan A Jackson
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Dorking History 2000
Donated by a Museum supporter.
Dorking Local History Group’s 2000 Journal.
- The Warren of the Manor of Dorking by Vivien Ettlinger
- Year at Townfield – Mary Turner
- London Road, Dorking – Robert Miller
- Hunting and the Railway – Alan A Jackson
- A Westcott Street Pub – Audrey Seeley
- Boxhurst and the Railway – Alan A Jackson
- Leith Hill and ‘Operation Granite’ – Stewart D Robertson
- Church Spires and Major Rhode Hawkins – Lionel Green
- Wimbledon Columns – a second update – Lionel Green
- Surrey Quarter Sessions Records
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Dorking History 2001
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little bit scruffy around the spine – but the pages are clean.
Dorking Local History Group’s 2000 Journal.
- The Great House on Butter Hill – Beryl Higgins & Vivien Ettlinger
- The Origins of the Youth Hostels Association in the Surrey Hills – Valerie Ferry
- According to Station’: Education in Early victorian Dorking (1839-1841) – Allan Brigham
- Responses to the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, 1851 – Bob Humphreys
- The Dorking Bach Choir – Renee Stewart
- Log Book of David Mitchell of Capel 1885-1891 – Vivien Ettlinger
- The Fate of M. Gilbert – Brian Overell
Priced at £1.00.
Dorking History 2002-3
Donated by a Museum volunteer. It is in good condition.
Dorking Local History Group’s 2002-3 Journal.
- Dorking and its members of Parliament, 1832-1960 – Pamela Hunter
- Friendly Society Celebrations, Expansions & Benefits around Dorking in the Nineteenth Century – Bob Humphreys
- Joldwynds & William Bowman of Holmbury St Mary – Valerie Ferry
- Submission by Sarah Joyce to Poor Law Commission, 1843 – via Mary Day
- The Bell – Beryl Higgins & Vivien Ettlinger
- The Cabin, North Holmwood – Alan Jackson
- The Home Guard School at Denbies – Felicity J Medland
- The North Holmwood Pottery – Brian Overall
- Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, 1887 – How Should Dorking Celebrate? – Mary Turner
Dorking History 2003
Dorking Local History Group’s 2003 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – there is a small mark on the front cover of the booklet – but the pages inside are clean.
- A Museum Adventure in Dorking – Terry Wooden
- A Town & Country Gentleman in the early 18th Century – Pamela Hunter
- Commemorative board – St Margaret’s Ockley – Maureen & Martin Cole
- Dorking Nurseryman Declared Bankrupt! – Vivien Ettlinger
- Dorking Schools in the 1850s and 1860s – Bob Humphreys
- Pixham Lane in the Old Days – Rose Cottage – David Newman
- Prehistoric Westcott – Gabby Rapson
- The Textile Collection in Dorking Museum – Joyce Foster & Barbara Turnbull
- Two Train Journeys through dorking in the 1870s – Alan Jackson
- Where’s the Water Cart? – A A Jackson
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Dorking History 2007
Dorking Local History Group’s 2007 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – the journal is in good condition.
- The Rangiora Connection – Mary Turner
- Lady Lawrence – an Apology
- The Oliviers in Dorking – Terry Wooden
- Captain Swing Disturbances in the 1830s – Bob Humphreys
- Cotmandene – the Peoples’ Playground
- Little Dudley House – Beryl Higgins & Vivien Ettlinger
- An East End Invasion
- Dorking Men in the Battle of Trafalgar – Coffey Holland
- The Holmwood Manoevres of July 1876 – Maureen Cole
- The Double Life of a Capel Yeoman – Pam Palmer
- The Admiral and the Obnoxious Ornaments – Kathy Atherton
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Dorking History 2008
Dorking Local History Group’s 2008 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter. The journal is in good condition with no marks or inscriptions.
- John Langden Davies – Kathy Atherton
- Making History – The Dorking Bombard – Eric J Mansfield
- The Strange Case of the Amoebic Shape-Shifting Common – Kathy Atherton
- Tracing the Ownership of Waterlands Farm – Mary Day
- Flushed with Success? – Mary Day
- A Narrow Escape – Kathy Atherton
- Is This Dorking? – Jane Austen and the Watsons – Kathy Atherton
- The Two Pageants – Renee Stewart
- Twenty Years after on Dorking’s Model Farm – Pam Hunter
- Tommy Warner – A citizen of Dorking – Nigel Evans
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Dorking History 2009
Donated by a Museum supporter – journal is in good condition.
- History of Hoyle, Capel – Bridget Paterson
- Local Boy Makes Good in Ontario – Pam Palmer
- New Light on William Tilt’s Emigration – Kathy Atherton
- The Three Olympias, Holmwood’s Hugenot Connections – Kathy Atherton
- Letter from Wotton Emigrants
- Francis Seymour Larpent – Vivian Timke-Burdett
- Charles Darwin, The Past and Future of Leith Hill Place – Kathy Atherton
- The Diaries of Sarah Hurst 1759-1762 – Susan J Djabri
The booklet is priced at £1.00.
Dorking History 2011
Dorking Local History Group’s 2011 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – journal is in good condition.
- 19th Paid Century Policing of Surrey Before a Paid Police – Robert Bartlett
- Charles Graham Robertson; A Great Eastern Railwayman and Holder of the Victoria Cross – Stephen Sellick
- The Dorking Mendicity Society – Bob Humphreys
- Transport of Goods and Personnel around Nineteenth Century Mid Surrey – Bob Humphreys
- Ascertaining the boundary between the Manors of East Betchworth and Headley – 1801 Style – Jane Le Cluse
- A Child’s Shoe – Kathy Atherton
The booklet is priced at £1.00.
Dorking History 2012
Dorking Local History Group’s 2012 Journal
Donated by a Museum volunteer. Journal is in good condition.
- Retail changes since the mid nineteenth century – Bob Humphreys
- Dorking in the news
- Denham Jordon – Rod Cooper
- Surrey Association of Church Bell Ringers; First World War Roll of Honour – David Underdown
- The water engine house in Betchworth Park, Dorking – Alan Crocker
- The Great Bridge at Brockham – Jane le Cluse
- Mullins’ or Sheffield’s? – Vivien Ettlinger
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Dorking History 2013
Dorking Local History Group’s 2013 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – journal is in good condition.
- Post Office in Dorking – Bob Humphreys
- Working on the Home Front, Great War 1914-1918 – William Dinnage
- From Goods Yard to Car Park – Terry Woden
- 300 Years of Family Connections with Dorking – Charles Gordon Clark
- The Brockham Park Estate: Origins and Owners – Albert Bird
- The Star Pub, some Reminiscences – Pamela Greenwood
- John Robert Verton (1783-1849): a Dorking Linen Draper – Judy Buckley
- The early Years of St Paul’s School, Dorking – Helen Wharmby
Priced at £1.00
Dorking History 2014
Dorking Local History Group’s 2014 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – journal is in good condition.
- Joining Up and the Army of Occupation 1918-1919 – William Dinnage
- Vaults found in Betchworth Church – Jane Le Cluse
- Researching the Grenehurst Park Estate – Carol Cobb,Bernice Forsyth, Mary Day, Bridget Paterson, Dick Thomas
- John Henry Gordon Lee-Steere 1895-1914 – Kathy Atherton
- Rose Hill, Alfred Russel Wallace’s House in Dorking – Michele Kohler
- The Sisters of Edward Kerrich of Capel – Mary Day
Priced at £1.00
Dorking History 2015
Dorking Local History Group’s 2015 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – journal is in good condition.
- Revisiting the Memory of William Dinnage (1900-1982) – Nicky Dunsbee
- St John the Evangelist Church, North Holmwood War Memorial, The Great War 1914-1919 – Jim Edwards
- Tomb of a Highway Man? – Sue Tombs
- Obituary for Christopher Gordon Childs – Jane Le Cluse
- The Dorking Joint Isolation Hospital – Jane Le Cluse
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Dorking History 2016
Dorking Local History Group’s 2016 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – journal is in good condition.
- Charles Collins: Artist, Fireman and Model Maker – Mareen Shettle
- Mrs Florence Coulson: A Formidable but Forward-looking Headmistress – Jim Docking
- Aldhurst and Henfold, Contrasting Capel Farms – Mary Day
- The Family Background of Henry Goulburn of Betchworth House; Chancellor of the Exchequer – Karin I Wilson
- Mickleham’s First National School 1832 – Judy Kinloch
Priced at £1.00
Dorking History 2018
Dorking Local History Group’s 2018 Journal. Donated by a Museum supporter.
- Here Runneth Under. Article 1 of Dorking’s hidden underground spaces
- From Navvies’ Rest to Children’s Church: St Michaels Chapel Westhumble
- Headley’s Lost Pub
- The Lipscombe Family and the Plough, Coldharbour
- A Dorking Common: Uses and Abuse through a Millenium
- Fool’s Gold Under St Martin’s?
- A Case of Blocked Drains
40 pages
Priced at £1.00
Dorking Local History Group’s 2020 Journal.
Donated by a Museum supporter – the journal is in good condition.
- Early Memories of a Dorking Lad
- Hidden Histories: Charles Milner of Mickleham
- Charitable Donations from Wills
- Memories of Ye Olde Oake Shoppe
- Victoria Houghton
- 2020 for DLHF
- News from the Dorking Archives
- Unwanted Situations
- Earthquakes in England
- Caroline Cooper
- The Esperance Dancers in Holmwood
Priced at £1.00
Dorking History 2021
Dorking Local History Group’s 2021 Journal.
A donation by a Museum supporter – the journal is in good condition with no marks or inscriptions
- Life in Service – U3A
- St. Margaret’s American Connection – Gordon Lee-Steere
- Dene Holes – Sam Dawson
- Mrs. Spratley and her cat – Jane le Cluse
- Obituary of Nigel Edward Campbell (Ted) Molyneux
- A Tale of Vaughan Williams – Tony Matthews
- The Isolation Hotel Elizabeth Holmes
- An Incident in Dorking during the Napoleonic Wars – Jane le Cluse
- Dorking Greystone Lime Company “Coffee Pot” No. 1 1871-2021 – Julian Womersley
The journal is priced at £1.00.
Westcott Local History Group – 2005 – Annual Report
- Cottage Holding in Balchins Lane
- War to Peace at Milton Court (P Bennett)
- England’s Pleasant Land – Pageant
- 17th Dorking (Westcott) Scout Group
- William Balchin 1879-1942 (P Chapman)
- The Bury Hill Observatory
- Westcott News in 1918
- Milton Heath House
- Manorial Customs & the Mansfields
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little scruffy around the edges, with marks to the cover, and a couple of the pages insider have been folded over – but the articles are completely readable.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2006 – Annual Report
- My Early Years (Fred Dixon)
- We Thank You (for service in the Great War)
- The Sandrock
- Westcott in The Times
- The Teapot from Tavistock Mystery
- George Tunnell’s Dairy (Richard Ede)
- Broomfield and the Touche Family
Donated by a Museum supporter. It is a little scruffy around the edges, with marks to the cover, and a little bit of water damage inside – but the articles are completely readable.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2007 – Annual Report
- Westcott in 1888
- Westcott Rifle Range
- Post Boxes of Westcott
- Red Triangle Club
- Logmore Isolation Hospital
- Nuisances in Westcott
- Westcott Ice Houses
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet is in good condition.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2008 – Annual Report
- Holy Trinity Church
- Westcott, the War and the W.I.
- Early Motor Bus Services in Westcott (Richard Ede)
- Who was who and Who did what in 1908
- From Goods Yard to Car Park
- Westcott in 1908
- Westcott Players
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet has marks on the front – and is a little bit ‘twisted’
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2009 – Annual Report
- Peppermint & Lavender Growing in Westcott
- Milton Street in 1823
- Philip Greathurst’s Tankard (Richard Ede)
- The Westcott Anti-Vaccinationists
- The Assassination of Pimpernel Smith
- Memories of Peasmount (Maurice Balchin)
- Westcott Poem
- Lord Haw Haw of Westcott Street
- Mrs Hibbert’s Cottage Ornee
- My Westcott Life Part I (Iris Lucas)
- Operation Pied Piper – Survey of Accommodation
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet has marks on the front and back covers, and a few small marks on the inside pages.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2010 – Annual Report
- Grave News
- Leslie Howard – a little more about his life and death
- Westcott Fair
- A Look Back to the 1920s and 1930s (Jim Aslett)
- Operation Pied Piper – Destination Westcott
- My Westcott Life Part II (Iris Lucas)
- Westcott in 1910
- The 1911 Census
- A Schoolboy’s Life in Westcott (Tony Allen)
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet has marks on the front and back covers, and a few small marks on the inside pages.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2011 – Annual Report
- A Coming of Age
- Westcott in the War – the Dynamo Specials
- A Westcott Windmill
- Cecil Lewis – The man who did nearly
- Charles Joseph Wills of Westcott House
- Westcott’s Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Keeping Calm and Carrying On in 1940
- ‘Up the Surrey’
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet has a few small marks on the front cover, and there are a couple of marks on the first page – but the other pages inside are nice and clean.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2012 – Annual Report
- Westcott & Domesday
- Our Lords of the Manor
- Village Life Between the Wars
- Royal Celebrations
- Roy Bennett’s War
- The Olympic Torch of 1948
- A Twenty-first in the ‘Twenties
- A Victorian Cricket Match
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet has been read but pages inside are nice and clean.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2013 – Annual Report
- Westcott & the Leith Hill Musical Festival
- Heath Cottage
- Jacques Doneux – Secret Agent
- Life with “Wobbles” – A Westcott Childhood
- Upholders of the Law
- In Memory of the Crown
- Eyewitnesses to History
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet has a mark on the front cover, the pages are a little creased – but the booklet is perfectly readable.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2014 – Annual Report
- A Fateful Year
- What Happened to Mr Roberts?
- How Westcott has Grown
- Lucy Ellis – A Life
- The Story of the Westcott Scouts
- Westcott’s Wonder Horse
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet is marked on the front cover, the inside pages have a few marks on them – but the booklet is perfectly readable.
Priced at 50p.
Westcott Local History Group – 2015 – Annual Report
- The Building of Holy Trinity Church
- From Goods Yard to Car Park
- Dorking – a By-Pass?
- The Red House and the Cory-Wrights
- Dating Old Postcards
- Westcott Then and Now
Donated by a Museum supporter.
The booklet is marked on the front cover, the inside pages have a few marks on them – but the booklet is perfectly readable.
Priced at 50p.
