A History of Charing: The Parish from Earliest Times to 1900
Charing and District Local History Society, 2011, ‘A History of Charing: The Parish from Earliest Times to 1900’.
Ditton: The Story of a Kentish Village
Dodge, A., 2011, ‘Ditton: The Story of a Kentish Village’ (Ditton: Ditton Heritage Centre).
Evil Counsel: The Propositions to Bridle the Impertinency of Parliament and the Critique of Caroline Government in the Late 1620s
Millstone, N., 2011, ‘Evil Counsel: The Propositions to Bridle the Impertinency of Parliament and the Critique of Caroline Government in the Late 1620s’, Journal of British Studies, 50, 4, 813-839. [Significant references to Sir Robert Filmer.]
Leaving Woodchurch: Emigration from Woodchurch, near Ashford, Kent since the Seventeenth Century
Woodchurch Village Life Museum, 2011, ‘Leaving Woodchurch: Emigration from Woodchurch, near Ashford, Kent since the Seventeenth Century’.
Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley : High Speed excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent... 4 vols
2011, Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley : High Speed excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent... 4 vols., Oxford : Oxford Wessex Archaeology.
Allinson, H. (ed.), 2011, ‘The Journal of a Victorian Lady: Louisa Thomas of Hollingbourne’ (Borden: Synjon Books).
Biddenden in Pictures
Biddenden Local History Society, 2011, ‘Biddenden in Pictures’ (Biddenden: 2010).
The Life of Thomas Munn Alias, The Gentleman Brick-Maker, Alias, Tom the Smuggler Publishd from the Copy all Wrote with his Own Hand…
Browning, T., 2011, ‘The Life of Thomas Munn Alias, The Gentleman Brick-Maker, Alias, Tom the Smuggler Publishd from the Copy all Wrote with his Own Hand…’, Cranbrook Journal, 22, 3-6.
Victorian Herne Bay: an Illustrated History
Bundock, M., 2011, ‘Victorian Herne Bay: an Illustrated History’, Herne Bays Past Series No. 6 (Herne Bay: Historical Records Society).
An archaeological watching brief at land at Ecclestone Road, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent
Priestley-Bell, Greg, 2011, An archaeological watching brief at land at Ecclestone Road, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent, East Sussex: Archaeology South-East.
The Red Dean of Canterbury: the Public and Private Faces of Hewlett Johnson
Butler, J., 2011, ‘The Red Dean of Canterbury: the Public and Private Faces of Hewlett Johnson’ (London: Scala Publishers). [Based on the Hewlett Johnson Papers at the University of Kent.]
Memories of the Mary Sheafe School
Camburn, M., 2011, ‘Memories of the Mary Sheafe School’, Cranbrook Journal, 22, 19-20.
Mysterious Wisdom: the Life and Work of Samuel Palmer
Campbell-Johnston, R., 2011, ‘Mysterious Wisdom: the Life and Work of Samuel Palmer’ (London: Bloomsbury).
The Naval Mutinies of 1797: Unity and Perseverance
Coats, A. and MacDougall, P., 2011, ‘The Naval Mutinies of 1797: Unity and Perseverance’ (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer).
Fort Halstead, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent: a Brief Assessment of the Role of Fort Halstead in Britains Early Rocket Programmes and the Atomic Bomb Project
Cocroft, W.D., 2011, ‘Fort Halstead, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent: a Brief Assessment of the Role of Fort Halstead in Britains Early Rocket Programmes and the Atomic Bomb Project’ (Portsmouth: English Heritage Research Department, 2010).
South African War (1899-1902) Memorials in Britain: a Case Study of Memorialization in London and Kent
Connolley, M. and Donaldson, P., 2011, ‘South African War (1899-1902) Memorials in Britain: a Case Study of Memorialization in London and Kent’, War & Society, 29, 1 (2010), 20-46.
Awakening the Sleepy Village of Orpington
Copus, G., 2011, ‘Awakening the Sleepy Village of Orpington’, Bromleag, 2, 19, 18-20. [Development of Orpington, late 1800s, with special reference to architect George St Pierre Harris.]
Out of the Hay and into the Hops: Hop Cultivation in Wealden Kent and Hop Marketing in Southwark, 1744-2000
Cordle, C., 2011, ‘Out of the Hay and into the Hops: Hop Cultivation in Wealden Kent and Hop Marketing in Southwark, 1744-2000’ (Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press).
Canterbury Then & Now
Crampton, P., 2011, ‘Canterbury Then & Now’ (Stroud: History Press).
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The Books section of the Kent Archaeological Society website provides a growing bibliography of publications relating to the archaeology, history, and heritage of Kent. This resource brings together recently published works alongside earlier titles, reflecting the breadth of research and writing connected with the county—from academic monographs and excavation reports to local history studies and specialist catalogues . We invite individuals, local societies, publishers, and researchers to contribute details of relevant publications to help expand and maintain this comprehensive reference.
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