All publications available from the Marden Heritage Centre:
A LIFE AT WORK AND PLAY – A fully illustrated account of the incredibly varied life of a farmer, Edward Day MBE, who won the King’s Cup. 75 pages with colour and black and white photographs. £8.50
A WEALDEN VILLAGE – MARDEN by Phyllis Highwood and Peggy Skelton – The history of Marden. 128 pages paperback, first published by Meresborough Books in 1986. £12.00
THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, MARDEN – Its architecture
and history, with plan and many colour, black and white photographs and illustrations. 131 pages. £14.00
CAPTAIN JAMES DAY M. C. – A fascinating account of the life of James Day who farmed in the
Marden area and was a WW1 bomber pilot, receiving the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre.
28 pages with colour photographs. £3.50
COPT HALL FARM MARDEN. T.H. BUTCHER & SONS – Analysis of a complete set
of accounts for the years 1946 – 1980 for Copt Hall Farm in Marden.
35 pages of colour photographs and charts. NEW PUBLICATION £5.00
FARMING IN MARDEN 1867 – 1935 A year in the life of a farm labourer 1886 – 1887.
Marden Annual Ploughing Match and Hop Drying Competitions 1889 – 1914.
Marden area farm statistics 1867 – 1935.
35 pages of black and white and colour photographs, line drawings and charts. NEW PUBLICATION £4.50
FIRE SERVICE MARDEN – From the recollections of former firemen this book demonstrates the great
rapport that exists between these men. From chimney pots to cows in ponds and some major local fires we learn
what it was like to be a fireman in Marden. 68 pages with colour photographs. £7.00
FRANK COLLINS’ LIFE STORY 1905 – 1999 – A first-hand account of life growing up in a Wealden
village throughout the 20th Century. The author depicts the hardships experienced in making a living off the land.
and describes occupations such as charcoal burning and hop picking in detail.
31 pages with black and white photographs. £4.00
HIGHWOOD GREEN STREET NAMES – The names and short biographies of the men who fell in
WW1 and have a road on the Highwood Green estate named after them.
20 pages A5 with colour and black and white photographs. £2.00
“I THINK I HAVE WRITTEN ENOUGH TO FILL A BOOK” PERCY DAY’S BOER WAR
Letters home from a sharp shooter. 89 pages with illustrations and maps. £10.00
MARDEN 1930 – 1939 – Shops and businesses of a virtually self – sufficient village in the 1930s.
24 pages with maps. £3.50
MARDEN AND ITS ARTISTS – The paintings from the Marden map with details and history.
Full colour, 203 pages landscape format.A5 £17.50
ull colour, 203 pages landscape format A4 £22.00
MARDEN AND P.L.U.T.O. – History of the 1944 wartime oil pipeline running through the parish.
25 pages, map, colour and black and white photographs. £3.50
MARDEN LETTER BOXES – Marden’s 16 letter boxes and some postal history.(to 2008)
23 pages, map, colour and black and white photographs. £3.00
MARDEN PARISH BOUNDARY AND ITS BOUNDARY STONES –
The history and route of the parish boundary with details of the 29 surviving stones.
19 pages with map and colour photographs. £3.00
MARDEN RAILWAY STATION – The History of Marden Railway Station from its opening in 1842
to the present day. 23 pages of black and white and colour illustrations and maps. NEW PUBLICATION £3.50
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS – A second book of recollections from Marden’s oral history project.
87 pages of colour and black and white illustrations. NEW PUBLICATION £10.00
TREVOR ROYSTON SIMMONS 1944 – 2016 A COUNTRYMAN OF MARDEN
An appreciation of this polymath: agriculturist, historian, archaeologist and gentleman.
22 pages of black and white and colour illustrations and maps. NEW PUBLICATION £3.50
MARDEN STREET NAMES – The origin of every street name in the parish at the time of its publication
(July 2011). 16 pages with maps, colour and black and white photographs. £3.00
MARDEN’S AVIATION HISTORY – Everything that happened in (or fell from) Marden’s airspace
from 1915 – 2005. 49 pages with map, many illustrations and a comprehensive index. £6.00
MEMORIES OF MARDEN – by our evacuees1939 – 1944
26 pages with colour and black and white photographs. £3.50
MILESTONES IN THE PARISH OF MARDEN – Including the story of the turnpike roads.
11 pages A5 with map and colour photographs. £1.50
MISS WALTER’S MARDEN – Drawings, photographs, maps, history and opinions in a 1952 scrapbook.
54 pages landscape format, mostly black and white. £6.50
OF SHREDS AND PATCHES – Nick and Sue Fenn’s travels around the world on diplomatic service;
casual tales and famous names; many photographs. 402 page paperback. £10.50
OUR VILLAGE – A facsimile of a 1955 school project by Ann Coomber, with black and white and colour
illustrations and maps. 178 pages. £19.00
SOME FARM IMPLEMENTS AND STRUCTURES – An interesting collection of illustrated
agricultural notes relating to the village of Marden and the surrounding area.
37 pages with colour photographs and illustrations. £4.00
THE DIARIES OF PERCY WILDEN JUDD 1892 – 1982
Percy was born at Southon House, Marden, joined up with the Royal Naval Air Service in WW1 and kept the
‘Soldier’s Diary’ from 1st Jan 1917 to 24th Feb 1919. 32 pages illustrated. £4.50
THE FALLEN OF MARDEN 1914 – 1919 – Commemorating our WW1 dead. Includes Collier Street. 126 pages with colour and black and white photographs. £14.00
THE FALLEN OF MARDEN 1939 – 1945 – Commemorating our WW2 dead.
58 pages with colour and black and white photographs. £7.00
THE FRANK WOOD PAPERS – Frank lived all his life in Marden. He would make notes
and jottings about anything that stirred his interest. Recorded here are his memories of Marden,
the families who lived here and the changes that he witnessed from an early age until his death
in 1998 aged 85. 74 pages of colour and black and white photographs. £8.50
THE HISTORY OF PROVIDENCE CHAPEL, MARDEN, KENT – by A F Baldwin.
From 1890 – 1978. 31 pages. £5.00
THE ITINERANT WALKER ORGAN – The story of this organ’s travels around Kent including
residence in St Michael & All Angels church and (now) in Peter Hall’s Little Mill farm oast.
12 pages (A5) with colour photographs £1.00
THE MARDEN LOCAL – Brief histories of both past and present public houses within the Marden
parish. 44 pages, colour photographs and illustrations. £5.00
THE SUTTON FAMILY OF MARDEN – Agricultural merchants and pillars of the community.
66 pages, fully illustrated. £7.50
THE WW2 SIREN AND TELEPHONE BOX – The histories of these two items and how they came to be situated in the Heritage Centre garden. 22 pages with colour photographs. £5.00
THOSE WERE THE DAYS – The first volume of recollections from Marden’s oral history project. 69 pages, illustrated £8.00
WAR OVER THE WEALD – By Freda Tomlin – A young farming girl’s diary of the Battle of Britain.
15 pages £2.50
Go to the Shop for ordering and payment details.