Search or browse the list below to see the many booklets that the Marden History Group has produced. You can also click here for a downloadable list of those same publications, all available from the Marden Heritage Centre.
Publications available to purchase
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Publication List version: March 7th 2024
| Title | Price |
|---|---|
| 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 B/W photographs. | £11.00 |
| A POCKETFUL OF MEMORIES – The third volume of recollections from Marden’s oral history project.. | £13.00 |
| 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 |
| 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. | £4.00 |
| COPT HALL FARM, MARDEN – a painstaking analysis of the income and expenditure of this K.C.C. farm – six sample years from 1946/7 to 1976/7. 37 pages, illustrated. | £6.00 |
| COUNTRY SEATS – A fully illustrated guide to all public outdoor seating in the parish, with map. 58 pages | £8.00 |
| FARMING IN MARDEN 1867-1935 – Bob Highwood’s local farming research distilled into the month-by-month tasks of a farm labourer in 1886-87, the origins of the Ploughing Match in 1889 and farm statistics 1867-1935. 35 pages with B/W photographs. | £5.00 |
| 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. | £9.00 |
| 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 B/W photographs. | £5.00 |
| I APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN RATHER BUSY – Memories of David Galway McFarland (late Chairman of the Marden History Group), 104 pages with B/W and colour illustrations. | £14.00 |
| I THINK I HAVE WRITTEN ENOUGH TO FILL A BOOK: Percy Day’s Boer War – Letters home from a Sharpshooter. 89 pages with illustrations and maps. | £12.00 |
| LAUGHING GAS – Memories of Dr Roger Eltringham. 153 pages, B/W and colour illustrations. ALL PROCEEDS TO SAFE ANAESTHESIA WORLDWIDE. | £10.00 |
| MARDEN 1930-1939 Ed2– the shops and businesses of a virtually self-sufficient village in the 1930s. 27 pages with maps. | £4.00 |
| MARDEN AND ITS ARTISTS – the paintings from the Marden Map with details and history. Full colour, 203 pages landscape format. | A5 £17.50 A4 £27.00 |
| MARDEN AND P.L.U.T.O. – the 1944 wartime oil pipeline running through the parish. 25 pages, map, colour and B/W photographs. | £4.00 |
| MARDEN AT WAR – A glimpse of how Marden responded to the challenges 37 pages, colour and B/W photographs | £6.00 |
| MARDEN LETTER BOXES – Marden’s 16 letter boxes and some postal history [to 2008]. 23 pages, map, colour and B/W photographs. | £4.00 |
| MARDEN PARISH BOUNDARY AND ITS BOUNDARY STONES – the history and route of the boundary with details of 29 surviving stones. 19 pages with map and colour photographs. | £3.00 |
| MARDEN RAILWAY STATION – its history from 31 August 1842 to the present day. 27 pages, profusely illustrated | £4.00 |
| MARDEN’S AVIATION HISTORY – everything that happened in (or fell from) Marden’s airspace from 1915 to 2005. 49 pages with map, many illustrations and a comprehensive index. | £7.00 |
| MARDEN STREET NAMES (Edition 8) – the origin of every street name in the parish. 38 pages with maps, colour and B/W photographs. | £6.00 |
| MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS – the second volume of recollections from Marden’s oral history project . 87pages, illustrated. | £12.00 |
| MEMORIES OF MARDEN by our Evacuees 1939-1944 – 26 pages with colour and B/W photographs. | £4.00 |
| MILESTONES IN THE PARISH OF MARDEN – including the story of the turnpike roads. 11 pages (A5) with map and colour photographs. | £2.00 |
| MISS WALTER’S MARDEN – drawings, photos, maps, history and opinions in a 1952 scrapbook. 54 pages landscape format, mostly B/W. | £8.00 |
| OUR VILLAGE – facsimile of a 1955 school project by Ann Coomber, with B/W and colour illustrations and maps. 178 pages. | £23.00 |
| RURAL LIFE IN MARDEN 1920-1980 – The memoirs of Alfred John Collins and Bryan Collins, including charcoal burning and smallholding. 80 pages with B/W illustrations. | £11.00 |
| 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. | £6.00 |
| TEA BEGINS AT LEICESTER: AN INCONSEQUENTIAL LIFE – Memories of local author Chris Gosling. 172 pages, B/W illustrations. | £23.00 |
| 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. | £5.00 |
| THE FALLEN OF MARDEN 1914-1919 – commemorating our WW1 dead. Includes Collier Street. 74 pages with colour and B/W photographs. | £17.00 |
| Abridged to a LIST OF MARDEN’S FALLEN 1914-1919 | P.O.A. |
| THE FALLEN OF MARDEN 1939-1945 – commemorating our WW2 dead. 58 pages with colour and B/W photographs. | £9.00 |
| 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 there and the changes that he witnessed from an early age until his death in 1998 aged 85. 74 pages, colour and B/W photographs. | £10.00 |
| THE HISTORY OF PROVIDENCE CHAPEL MARDEN KENT by A F Baldwin. From 1890 to 1978. 31 pages. | £5.00 |
| THE ITINERANT WALKER ORGAN & THE PERIPATETIC JULIAN HOPPER (A4 Edition) – 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 Oast. 18 pages with colour photographs. | £3.00 |
| THE MARDEN LOCAL: Pubs past and present in pictures – brief histories and illustrations of the once many pubs of Marden. 44 pages, colour photographs and illustrations. | £5.00 |
| THE MARDEN SCENE – Twenty essays by Phyl Highwood. 31 pages, illustrated. | £5.00 |
| THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, MARDEN (3rd edition) – its architecture and history, with plan and many illustrations. 148 pages. | £19.00 |
| THE SUTTON FAMILY OF MARDEN – agricultural merchants and pillars of the community. 66 pages, fully illustrated. | £9.00 |
| THE WW2 SIREN AND TELEPHONE BOX – the histories of these two items and how they came to be where they are at present. 22 pages with colour photographs. | £4.00 |
| THOSE WERE THE DAYS – the first volume of recollections from Marden’s oral history project. 69 pages, illustrated. | £10.00 |
| TREVOR ROYSTON SIMMONS 1944-2016, A COUNTRY MAN OF MARDEN – An appreciation of this polymath agriculturalist, historian, archaeologist and gentleman. 22 pages, many illustrations. | £4.00 |
| WAR OVER THE WEALD by Freda Tomlin – a young farming girl’s diary of the Battle of Britain. 15 pages. | £3.00 |
| WORLD WAR TWO: WOMEN’S LAND ARMY IN MARDEN – The background, the work and the women’s experiences. 23 pages, many illustrations. | £4.00 |
OTHER PRODUCTS
The last Hop Garden in Marden DVD. Bringing in the organic hop harvest in September 2007. 85 mins. £9.99
Marden: A Wealden Village – This film tells a little of Marden’s history and takes a look at the life of its people around the end of the twentieth century. 53 minutes. DVD £12.00
Marden: A Wealden Village 2 – this covers a further ten years in the life of our village. Highlights include a Spitfire flyover and the first sounding of the restored WW2 siren. DVD 40 minutes. £12.00
Marden Map – A useful and picturesque map showing historic and interesting village features, designed and illustrated by local artists. 22” x 16”. £10.00
Marden Design Statement – The past, present and future of Marden. Loose-leaf A4. Free (pay only P&P).
Marden: A Wealden Village – Original music from the film, by Peter Gosling and Bob Kenward. Audio CD £8.00
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