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Historical Books about the Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex that have been encoded into the database
Title Author Publisher Publication Date
Sir Henry Fermor's Will1734
The History of Tunbridge WellsThomas Benge Burr1766
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume IIIEdward HastedW. Bristow, on the Parade, Canterbury1797
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume VEdward HastedW. Bristow, on the Parade, Canterbury1798
Tunbridge Wells and its NeighbourhoodPaul Amsinck and Letitia ByrneWilliam Miller, Albemarle St. and Edmund Lloyd, Harley St.1810
Brambletye HouseThe Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction1827
Sussex Trade DirectoryPigot & Co1828
Tunbridge Wells in 1748The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction1829
Guide of Tunbridge WellsJ. Clifford1830
Sussex Trade DirectoryPigot & Co1833
Hever Castle and Queen Anne BoleynThe Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction1833
The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of SussexThomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A.Sussex Press, Lewes1835
Directory of Kent, Surrey & SussexPigot & Co1839
New Guide for Tunbridge WellsJohn Colbran and edited by James PhippenJohn Colbran, Tunbridge Wells1840
The Church of St Margaret, BuxtedThe Rev. Henry Rosehurst HoareSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 41851
The Free Chapels of Maresfield and DudeneyThe Rev. Edward Turner, M.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 41851
Church of St. Thomas a Becket, FramfieldThe Rev. Henry Rosehurst HoareSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 41851
Fletching, Parish and ChurchThe Rev. Spencer Dodd Wilde, VicarSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 41851
The Post Office Directory of SussexE. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S.Kelly & Co, Old Boswell Court, Strand, London WC1851
Extracts from the Journal of Walter Gale, Schoolmaster at Mayfield, 1750R. W. Blencowe, Esq.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 91857
Richard Kidder, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the Kidders of MaresfieldThe Rev. Edward Turner, M.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 91857
Cowden and its NeighborhoodRobert Willis BlencoweArchaeologia Cantiana1858
Diary of a Sussex Tradesman [Thomas Turner], a Hundred Years AgoR. W. Blencowe, Esq., M.A. and M. A. Lower, M.A., F.S.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 111859
Uckfield, Past and PresentThe Rev. Edward Turner, M.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 121860
Tunbridge Toys - Roundabout Papers No VIIWilliam Makepeace ThackerayCornhill Magazine1860
Waldron: Its Church, Its Mansions, and Its ManorsThe Rev. John Ley, B.D.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 131861
Ashdown ForestThe Rev. Edward Turner, M.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 141862
MaresfieldThe Rev. Edward Turner, M.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 141862
The Worthies of Sussex:
Biographical sketches of the most eminent natives or inhabitants of the county
Mark Antony Lower, M.A.G. P Bacon, Lewes1865
Isfield PlaceThe Rev. Edward Turner, M.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 181866
The Post Office Directory of SussexE. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S.Kelly & Co, Old Boswell Court, Strand, London WC1867
Notes on East GrinsteadJ. C. StenningSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 201868
Ancient Parochial Account Book of CowdenThe Rev. Edward Turner, M.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 201868
MayfieldWilliam Durrant Cooper, F.S.A., V.P.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 211869
Additional Notes on MayfieldWilliam Ansell Day, Esq.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 211869
Notes and Recollections of Alterations and Changes in Hartfield since my ChildhoodGeorge Jenner1870
A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II.Mark Antony Lower, M.A.W. J Smith, Brighton1870
A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I.Mark Antony Lower, M.A.W. J Smith, Brighton1870
The Parliamentarian Surveys of the County of SussexJohn Robert Daniel-Tyssen, F.S.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 23/24/251871
Memoir of The Rev. E. TurnerThe Rev. F.H. ArnoldSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 251873
The Post Office Directory of SussexE. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S.Kelly & Co, 51 Great Queen Street, London WC1874
Ecclesiastical History of the Deannery of South MallingEdwin Hadlow W. DunkinSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 261874
The Skeffingtons of TunbridgeRobert ChapmanArchaeologia Cantiana1876
The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 1William Augustus Raper1878
The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 2William Augustus Raper1878
The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 3William Augustus Raper1879
The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 4William Augustus Raper1879
The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 5William Augustus Raper1879
Brenchley, Its Church and Ancient HousesJ.F. Wadmore, A.R.I.B.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1880
Tonbridge PrioryJ.F. Wadmore, A.R.I.B.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1882
Kelly's Directory of KentE. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S.Kelly & Co, 51 Great Queen Street, London WC1882
Kelly's Directory of SussexE. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S.Kelly & Co, 51 Great Queen Street, London WC1882
Richard Tichbourne's House of Crippenden, in CowdenRev. W.A. Scott RobertsonArchaeologia Cantiana1882
Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge WellsJ. Radford Thomson, M.A.Richard Pelton, Tunbridge Wells1883
Observations upon the Topogarphy and Climate of Crowborough Hill, SussexDr Charles Leeson PrinceH. Wolfe, 64 High Street, Lewes1885
Cobbett's Rural RidesWilliam CobbettReeves and Turner, 196 Strand, London1885
Southborough - Its Chalybeate Springs, Climate and Attractions as a Health ResortE. Paget Thurstan, M.D., B.A., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.The Courier, Tunbridge Wells1885
Squerryes Court, The Camp, and The PicturesCanon Scott RobertsonArchaeologia Cantiana1886
Tonbridge Castle and its LordsJ.F. Wadmore, A.R.I.B.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1886
Chevening ChurchCanon Scott RobertsonArchaeologia Cantiana1886
Local Blue Book and Directory of East SussexW. T. Pike, 62 Queen's Road, Hastings1886
Chevening HouseCanon Scott RobertsonArchaeologia Cantiana1886
Scotney CastleEdward HusseyArchaeologia Cantiana1887
Brooker's Guide and Directory for Uckfield and DistrictJ. Brooker, High Street, Uckfield1888
Field and Hedgerow, The Last Essays of Richard JefferiesRichard JefferiesLongmans1889
An Illustrated Guide to CrowboroughBoys FirminThe Hansard Publishing Union Ltd1890
List of Incumbents of St Peters, SealRev. T. Shipdem Frampton, M.A., F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1893
Edenbridge ChurchJ. Oldrid Scott, F.S.A. & Granville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1895
Notes on Three Ancient Houses in the Parish of CowdenGranville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1895
Inventory of Church Goods at EdenbridgeGranville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1895
Extracts from the Parish Registers of EdenbridgeGranville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1895
Notes on EdenbridgeGranville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1895
The Rectory of CowdenLeland L. DuncanArchaeologia Cantiana1895
Churchwardens' Accounts, EdenbridgeGranville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1895
Cowden ChurchJ. Oldrid Scott, F.S.A. & Granville Leveson-Gower, F.S.A.Archaeologia Cantiana1895
Old Cottages and Farm Houses in Kent and SussexW. Galsworthy Davie & E. Guy DawberB.T. Batsford, 94 High Holborn, London1900
Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown ForestC. N. SuttonA.K.Baldwin1902
Hookers Household Almanack and DirectoryHooker Brothers, Westerham1903
Mayfield - The Story of an Old Wealden VillageElizabeth Margaretta Bell-IrvingWilliam Clowes & Sons1903
Highways and Byways in SussexE.V. LucasMacMillan and Co1904
Historic Hever - The ChurchJohn Eastman, Parish Clerk1905
SussexWilfred BallAdam & Charles Black, Soho Square, London1906
The Family of TribeArthur W. Tribe1906
The History of East GrinsteadWallace Henry HillsFarncombe & Co. Ltd, Publishers1906
Notes on the Family of MichelbourneCol. F.W.T. Attree, F.S.A., late R.E.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 501907
Richard Jefferies: His BiographyEdward ThomasHutchison1909
Bolebroke HouseW.D. ScullSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 521909
English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex)Lady HopeJ. Salmon, 85 & 87 High Street, Sevenoaks1909
Notes on the Parish Church of St Nicholas, SevenoaksJohn Rooker, M.A., RectorJ. Salmon, 85 & 87 High Street, Svenoaks1910
Old BuckhurstW.D. ScullSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 541911
Society at Tunbridge Wells in the 18th centuryLewis MelvilleEveleigh Nash, London1912
EdenbridgeHenry L. Somers-Cocks, M.A. & V.F. BoysonEdenbridge Chronicle Office1912
Historical Associations of FrantLuke PearcePearce & Co., Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells1912
The Story of WadhurstAlfred A. WaceCourier Printing and Publishing Company1923
Monumental InscriptionsLeland Lewis Duncan, M.V.O., O.B.E., F.S.A.1923
Some of the Smaller Manor Houses of SussexViscountess WolseleyThe Medici Society1925
The 'Soul Surgery' - Sir Conan Doyle Talks of Many ThingsThe Sussex County Magazine1926
The Sussex HighlandsThs Homeland Association Ltd, Covent Garden, London1927
Sheffield Park: A Beautiful Sussex HomeM. S. Russell-GoggsThe Sussex County Magazine1927
Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden ManorsCatharine PulleinCourier1928
"Mad Jack", The Honest Sussex SquireArthur BeckettThe Sussex County Magazine1928
Early Sussex MapsEthel Gerard M.L.A.The Sussex County Magazine1928
Historic Houses of Sussex - Rotherfield HallViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1928
Buxted The BeautifulK. H. MacdermottPell & Son, Brighton1929
Wealden IronErnest StrakerG. Bell & Sons1931
Historic Houses of Sussex - The Marshall's Manor, MaresfieldViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1931
History of Forest Fold Baptist ChapelS. DelvesFarncombe & Sons1932
Historic Houses of Sussex - The Hermitage, BuxtedViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1932
Historic Houses of Sussex - BolebrokeViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1932
Historic Houses of Sussex - Bassetts Manor, HartfieldViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1932
Country Houses of KentArthur OswaldCountry Life Ltd.1933
The Story of CrowbroughCourier Co Ltd1933
The Tonbridge of YesterdayArthur H. NeveTonbridge Free Press, Ltd1933
The Buckhurst Terrier 1597-1598Ernest Straker, F.S.A.Sussex Record SocietyVolume 391933
A History of LingfieldArthur B. Hayward and Stanley HazellCourier Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., Tunbridge Wells1933
Richard Realf: Sussex Poet and AbolitionistDavid McLeanThe Sussex County Magazine1933
Historic Houses of Sussex - Bletchingley Farm, RotherfieldViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1933
Historic Houses of Sussex - Chartners Farm, HartfieldViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1933
Historic Houses of Sussex - Tablehurst ManorViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1934
Men of Sussex - Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.DThe Sussex County Magazine1934
Men of Sussex - George Watson, The CalculatorThe Sussex County Magazine1934
Rudyard Kipling's VillageWilliam A. RamseyThe Sussex County Magazine1934
Historic Houses of Sussex - Heronsdale Manor, WaldronViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1935
Turner Trove - A Link with a Famous Sussex DiaristL.B. Smith and E.A. HadleyThe Sussex County Magazine1935
Historic Houses of Sussex - Lightlands, FrantViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1935
Windmills in SussexPeter HemmingThe C. W. Daniel Co. Ltd1936
Edward Lear on Sussex Roads - A Record of 1829The Sussex County Magazine1936
The Sussex Tales of Rudyard KiplingGilbert PassThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Rudyard Kipling and SussexArthur BeckettThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Major R. Lawrence ThorntonThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Old Crowborough WindmillG. H. PaynterThe Sussex County Magazine1936
William Augustus RaperThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Richard Jefferies in SussexThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Sussex and the Stories of Conan DoyleGilbert PassThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Historic Houses of Sussex - Bentley, FramfieldViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Arms of Some Famous Sussex FamiliesHelena HallThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Historic Houses of Sussex - Hunt's Barn, MayfieldViscountess WolseleyThe Sussex County Magazine1936
Wren, The Uckfield MartyrWilliam AlberyThe Sussex County Magazine1937
Richard Jefferies and SussexA. H. AndersonThe Sussex County Magazine1937
The Sussex Weald and Other PoemsReverend Albert J. Treloar, B.D.The City Press, 35 Sheep Street, Northampton1938
Sir William Burrell - A Great Sussex Antiquarian and his WifeJohn PlayfordThe Sussex County Magazine1938
Lost Mills of AshdownErnest Straker, F.S.A.The Sussex County Magazine1938
Kipling's Sussex PoemsW. G. B. MaitlandThe Sussex County Magazine1938
A Buckhurst DiaryHenry ChealThe Sussex County Magazine1938
The Sussex Side of E. V. LucasArthur BeckettThe Sussex County Magazine1938
Horsted Keynes, Sussex - The Church and Parish of St GilesF. Stenton EardleyMacmillan & Co Ltd1939
The Sackvilles of WithyhamG.R.A. DickThe Sussex County Magazine1939
Lost Mills of Waterdown ForestErnest Straker, F.S.A.The Sussex County Magazine1939
The Gateway of Bolebrook, 1809The Sussex County Magazine1939
Lost Mills Around East GrinsteadErnest Straker, F.S.A.The Sussex County Magazine1939
TunbridglographiaJohn PlayfordThe Sussex County Magazine1939
Lost Mills of MedwayErnest Straker, F.S.A.The Sussex County Magazine1939
A. A. MilneThe Sussex County Magazine1939
Uckfield's Postman-PoetArthur BeckettThe Sussex County Magazine1939
East Grinstead's ArchitectureR.T. MasonThe Sussex County Magazine1939
Ashdown Forest and its inclosuresErnest StrakerSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 811940
The Parliamentarian Surveys of Ashdown Forest - Topographical DetailsIvan D. Margary, F.S.A.Sussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 811940
The Squire of CrowboroughElsie IndermaurThe Sussex County Magazine1940
The Story of Nan Tuck: A Sussex LegendDorothy E. M. SiversThe Sussex County Magazine1940
Frant - A Parish HistoryHenry S. EelesCourier Co., Ltd, Grove Hill Road, Tunbridge Wells1947
Coventry Patmore in SussexJohn WrightThe Sussex County Magazine1947
The life story of a very ordinary personElla Mary Harmana private contribution from Fred Harman1970
The Crowborough Warren EstatePamela CombesSussex Archaeological SocietyVolume 1231985
Crowborough - The Growth of a Wealden TownMalcolm PayneK.A.F. Brewin1985
Along the horse's neckMalcolm Payne, Dip. L. Hist.The Gild of St George1987
Sir Henry Fermor School 1744-1994 - A HistoryJohn HackworthThe Ashdown Press1994
The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882Professor Brian ShortSussex Record SocietyVolume 801997
The Jane Austen Connection2000
Richard Realf, Poet, Orator, Journalist, WorkmanSheila Smith2001
Ursula Bysshe Thompson Mottrom ColcloughAlice Wright AlgoodA.A. & R.C. Algood2002
The Life & Work of Walter Delaplaine ScullSusan Connor2003
Historical Essays and IllustrationsMalcolm Payne, Dip. L. Hist.Mrs Barbara Payne2004
The Manor of DuddleswellColin J Hobbs2004
The Mystery of Edward RealfSheila Smith2005
The Taylor Family of the Sussex Weald - 1675 to 1930Linda Neal2005
Groombridge WillsPrivate contributor2006
The Life and Times of Benjamin Slight (1800-1889)Keith Bulley2007
Images of the Castles in KentAndrew Rowland2007
Currently The Weald is at  Database version 6.14 - 15th July 2008 and contains information on 256,693 people; 8,395 places; 613 maps; 2,080 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 162 books © The Weald and its contributors
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