This virtual book CD resource contains a bundle of Pigot's 1823 Directories; carrying local listings of professions, nobility, gentry, and clergy, of transport and freight services; and information on the education, public services, and public houses of the area. Towns, villages and parishes are listed with background historical and topographical information. A comprehensive resource which gives you valuable insight into the history of London and the Home counties, and enables you to find out wh... More Info
This Directory contains classified lists of all persons in trade, and of the nobility, gentry and clergy resident in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable * Includes county maps... More Info
This CD resource contains residential and trades directories (listing names and addresses) with detailed information about the churches (with names of patrons and incumbents), chief landowners, hospitals and charities of the county. It also includes topographical descriptions of every town, parish and village. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable *Contains over 3000 pages... More Info
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By Joy Gadsby. 138 pp, 10x8 ins. Illustrated. Published 2010. ISBN 0 900992 45 2.
By Rev. Robert Root Resker, Vicar of Purley 1885 - 1916, and Rural Dean of Caterham. First published as a limited edition of 500 copies in 1916. Reset and republished by the Bourne Society in 1994. Revised, reset and published with some new illustrations and an appreciation of Robert Resker by the Bourne Society as a limited edition 2011. 63 pp, A5. Illustrated. ISBN 978 0 900992 61 2.
Contents: The Two Mrs Lowes of Whyteleafe; Bicycling in the Bourne Valleys; A Victorian House - 'Spexhall'; Richard William Hester, Purley Artist, Engraver & Etcher; Court Lodge Farm, Chipstead; Hartley House and Coulsdon in the Early 19th Century; Croydon Crook; 'Drop us a card when you get there'; Coulsdon's Industrial Revolution; Memories of a Guardsman's Daughter; The South Croydon Bus Garage ...More Info
This illustrated Chelsham & Farleigh Village History is the 8th book in the Bourne Society Village Histories series: Editor: Roger Packham. Series editors: Roger Packham & Gwyneth Fookes. Published in 2004. ISBN 0 900992 64 6
This illustrated Whyteleafe Village History is the 9th book in the Bourne Society Village Histories series: Editors: G. Fookes & R Packham. Published in 2006. ISBN 0 900992 67 0