Researching Tunbridge Wells Additional titles published since 2003
ARCHITECTURE
WHITBOURN, Philip Noteworthy buildings facing the Common. Friends of the Commons, 2013
BIOGRAPHY
BEALE, Peter Beale and Sons, Builders, Tunbridge Wells, Kent Author (Australian publication), 2002
CUNNINGHAM, John Eminence Grise: the life and times of William Neville K.G. 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, 5th Earl of Abergavenny and 21st Baron Bergavenny (1826-1915) Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society Occasional Paper, 2015
FRIENDS OF WOODBURY PARK CEMETERY Celebrating Jeffery Hale, the poor man’s friend. FWPC, 2016
HUDSON, Briony and BRIDGEMAN, June Jacob Bell, a useful and honourable life. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2009
JONES, Chris The Story of Clayton Stanford Willicombe. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2005
McCHESNEY, Ruth and BRIDGEMAN, June William Charles Cripps and Son: solicitors serving Victorian Tunbridge Wells. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2010
MAINGAY, Russell William Maingay 1791-1862: a St. Petersburg merchant and his family. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, n.d.
MELLORS, Carol and BRIDGEMAN, June William Brentnall 1829-1894 Surveyor and engineer: a many-sided man. Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, 2015
TOD, Alastair ‘The Writing on the wall’: the commemorative plaques of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2017
WAKEFIELD, David Frederick Joseph Barraud, 1785-1859: Victorian clock and watch maker. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2009
WHITBOURN, Philip Charles Tattershall Dodd, 1815-1878: Tunbridge Wells’ Victorian artist. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2011
WHITBOURN, Philip Decimus Burton Esquire: architect and gentleman (1800-1881) Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2nd edition updated and with 20 page appendix, 2006
WHITBOURN, Philip Twenty noteworthy people commemorated on memorials set in Woodbury Park Cemetery, Royal Tunbridge Wells. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2006/7
WHITBOURN, Philip Where they lived in Tunbridge Wells: residences and lodgings of some of those buried in Woodbury Park Cemetery. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2011
WHITBOURN, Philip William Willicombe (1800-1875): the “Cubitt” of Tunbridge Wells. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2009
CHURCH HISTORY
AVIS, Paul The Spire within our midst: an abridged history of St. Mark’s Church, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. The Author, 2016
BRIDGEMAN, June Canon Edward Hoare, 1812-1894: vicar of Holy Trinity, Tunbridge Wells, 1853-1894. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, n.d.
BUSHELL, David The Revd. Joseph Ridgeway of Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells, 1802-1871. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, n.d.
BUSHELL, David William Law Pope and Henry Bishop: two clerics in Victorian Tunbridge Wells. Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery, 2009
CUNNINGHAM, John The Nonconformist chapels and churches of Tunbridge Wells: a compilation of previously published articles, together with new and updated information. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society Occasional Paper, 2013
GENERAL HISTORY
BATES, Ann Tunbridge Wells in the Second World War and the years of austerity, 1939-1953. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2009
CHALKLIN C.W. Estate development and the beginnings of modern Tunbridge Wells, 1800-1840. In Archaeologia Cantiana, vol.100, 1983
CHALKLIN, C.W. Royal Tunbridge Wells: a history. Phillimore, 2008
CUNNINGHAM, John (editor) 400 years of the Wells: a history of Tunbridge Wells. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2005
CUNNINGHAM, John The Origins of Warwick Park and the Nevill Ground. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2007
CUNNINGHAM, John (editor) The Residential parks of Tunbridge Wells. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2004
CUNNINGHAM, John (editor) The Shock of war: Tunbridge Wells: life on the Home Front, 1914-1919. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2014
FARTHING, Roger A History of Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells. Phillimore, 2003
JONES, Chris ‘By Royal appointment’, or, ‘Why do they call it Royal Tunbridge Wells?’ Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2009
JONES, Chris Tunbridge Wells in 1909: the year we became ‘Royal’. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2008
JOYE, Roger and CUNNINGHAM, John (compilers) Historic panoramas of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2009
WHITBOURN, Philip The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society Occasional Paper, 2014
WYNN, Stephen Tunbridge Wells in the Great War. Pen & Sword, 2016
ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
BOLLAND, Jonathan and LANGRIDGE, Ed The Time travel tour of Tunbridge Wells. The Authors, 2017
CUNNINGHAM, John (editor) Tunbridge Wells in the mid 19th Century: a facsimile reproduction of some 31 steel engravings of Tunbridge Wells published by Rock & Co between the late 1840s and the late 1860s. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society Occasional Paper, 2013
TURCAN, Robert Tunbridge Wells through time. Amberley Publishing, 2012
LITERATURE
BROWN, Susan Tunbridge Wells in literature: an anthology. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2008
ORAM, John (editor) The Vanishing Elephant. Camden Road The Musical and Claque Theatre, 2009. [Text of the play, with essays on the people and events portrayed]
MAPS AND PLANS
CUNNINGHAM, John (editor) An Historical atlas of Tunbridge Wells. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2007
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS
FRIENDS OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS CEMETERY Memorial symbols: a walk in Tunbridge Wells Borough Cemetery. Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, 2016
FRIENDS OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS CEMETERY A Walk round some interesting memorials: Tunbridge Wells Borough Cemetery. Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, 2015
WHITBOURN, Philip and BEAVIS, Ian Grosvenor and Hilbert Park. Friends of Grosvenor and Hilbert Park, 2012
WOTTON, Pam and Peter The Pantiles clock history. The Authors, 2016
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
BEEBY, Cecil and WHITBOURN, Philip The Skinners’ School: its controversial origin and its landmark buildings. Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society, 2004
TRANSPORT
ARKELL, Joh Private owner wagons of the south-east: the lines of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and Southern Railway (Eastern Division) Lightmoor Press, 2016
WEBSITES www.thecivicsociety.org (Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society) www.fwpc.org.uk (Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery) www.thetunbridgewellsproject.co.uk (Photographic project of Tunbridge Wells) www.fotwc.wixsite.com/fotwc (Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery) www.allabouttunbridgewells.com (Miscellany of historical articles, changed monthly) www.fogh.og.uk (Friends of Grosvenor and Hilbert Park) www.friendsofthecommons.c.uk (Friends of Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Commons)
Susan Brown. Tunbridge Wells Local History Group. Dec. 2017.