Publications

The selection of books, pamphlets and back copies of 'Dorking History' listed below may be obtained from the Sales Officer (see Contacts):

Books and Pamphlets:

Dorking: A Surrey Market Town through Twenty Centuries by Vivien Ettlinger, Alan A. Jackson and Brian Overell, 1991, reprinted 1997 pp.124 illus. £5.00 (A history of Dorking from early settlement to modern times)

Early Victorian Dorking by Robert Humphreys, 2002 pp.80, illus. £5.00 (Life in a mid-nineteenth century market town)

William Mullins and his House in West Street, Dorking by Pam Hunter, 2000 pp.12, illus. £2.50 (The story of William Mullins, whose house is the last remaining house of a Pilgrim Father in England)

The Holloway, Dorking by Vivien Ettlinger, 1998 pp.64, illus. £5.40 (The development of a medieval farm into a modern residential estate)

Vaughan Williams in Dorking by Celia Newbury (ed.), 1970, reprinted 2000 pp.42, illus. £6.00 (Personal reminiscences of the celebrated composer)

Living Stream: Pixham and its  People by Patricia Bennett, 1994 pp.48, illus. £4.95 (A history of the village of Pixham)

Dorking's Railways by Alan A. Jackson, 1991 pp.64, illus. £3.50 (A history of the development of railways in Dorking)

The South Street Caves, Dorking by Cliff Weight, 1988, reprinted 2000 pp.28, illus. £2.00 (A history of, and guide to, the extensive centuries-old workings in the greensand near the centre of Dorking)

Growing up in Westcott by David Knight, 1995 pp.27, illus. £4.00 (Reminiscences of Westcott in the 1940s)

Dorking History

Back copies of Dorking History, the research journal of the Dorking Local History Group are offered subject to availability at £1.60 (1999-2000) and £2.00 (2001-2006).

Topics covered are listed below:

2007:

  • The Rangiora Connection (Food parcels from New Zealand after 1945) - Mary Turner
  • Lady Lawrence - an apology
  • The Oliviers in Dorking - Terry Wooden
  • Captain Swing disturbances in the 1830s - Bob Humphreys
  • Cotmandene - The People's Playground
  • Little Dudley House - Beryl Higgins and Vivien Ettlinger
  • An East End Invasion (Box Hill in 1891)
  • Dorking men in the Battle of Trafalgar - Coffey Holland
  • The Holmwood Manoeuvres of July 1876 - Maureen Cole
  • The Double Life of a Capel Yeoman - Pam Palmer
  • The Admiral and the Obnoxious Ornaments - Kathy Atherton

2006:

  • Nurse Children and Foundlings, Early Visitors To Dorking - Vivien Ettlinger
  • Wartime Hazards on the Railway - Alan A Jackson
  • The Howling Terror - Brian Overell
  • 'A Bit of Singing and Dancing' - Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, the Esperance Girls' Club and the Sundial - Kathy Atherton
  • The Hubbard Family in Dorking - A Tale of 'Ernest' Endeavour - Mary Day
  • The Dorking Provident Institution - Terry Wooden
  • Not in My Back Yard - Victorian Version - Bob Humphreys
  • Dorking Chalk and Lime - Chris Childs and Mary Day
  • Nelson at Burford Bridge - Jan Elias

2005:

  •  John Fuller - Apprentice - Terry Wooden
  • Meadowbank - Pasture to Parkway 1649-139 - Mary Day
  • George Smith of Pixham - Norman E. Penty
  • The Story of the Battle of Dorking - Terry Wooden
  • Outrage in Stuart Dorking - Vivien Ettlinger
  • Number 10 Punchbowl Lane - Beryl Higgins and Vivien Ettlinger
  • The Evacuation of the Holmwoods - Kathy Atherton
  • Cold Burial in Canada - Terry Wooden
  • A Case of Urgent Necessity - Bob Humphreys
  • Dorking Petrol Service Station - Christopher Childs

2004:

  • Betchworth Castle - Martin Higgins
  • Looking after the Pennies - Victorian Friendly Societies - Bob Humphreys
  • A Personal Memory of Sherlock's Coachbuilders - Eric Mansfield
  • The Norfolk Arms, Holmwood - S.E. Worrow and Kathy Atherton
  • Big Guns by Rail - Alan Jackson

2003:

  • A Town and Country Gentleman in the Early 18th Century - Pam Hunter
  • The Textile Collection in Dorking Museum - Joyce Foster and Barbara Turnbull
  • Dorking Schools in the 1850s and 1860s - Bob Humphreys
  • Two Train Journeys through Dorking in the 1870s - Alan A. Jackson
  • Dorking Nurseryman Declared Bankrupt! - Vivien Ettlinger
  • Prehistoric Westcott - Gaby Rapson
  • Where's the Water Cart
  • Commemorative Board - St. Margaret's Ockley - Martin and Maureen Cole
  • Pixham Lane in the Old Days - Rose Cottage - David Newman
  • A Museum Adventure in Dorking - Terry Wooden

2002:

  • Dorking and its Members of Parliament 1832-1960 - Pam Hunter
  • Friendly Society Celebrations, Expansions and Benefits Around Dorking in the Nineteenth Century - Bob Humphreys
  • 'Jolywynds' and William Bowman of Holmbury St. Mary - Valerie Ferry
  • The Bell - Beryl Higgins and Vivien Ettlinger
  • Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887 - How Should Dorking Celebrate? - Mary Turner
  • The North Holmwood Pottery - Brian Overell
  • The Cabin, North Holmwood - Alan A. Jackson
  • The Home Guard School at Denbies - Recollections - Felicity J. Medland
  • Submission by Sarah Joyce to Poor Law Commissioners 1843

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Terms and Conditions of Sale: Goods remain the property of Dorking Local History Group until payment received in full. Account customers: Payment due within 30 days of invoice date.