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Search or browse the list below to see the many booklets that the Marden History Group has produced. You can also click here<\/a> for a downloadable list of those same publications, all available from the Marden Heritage Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publications available to purchase <\/strong>
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Go to the Shop<\/a> page for ordering and payment details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publication List version: March 7th 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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A LIFE AT WORK AND PLAY\u00a0\u2013 a fully illustrated account of the incredibly varied life of a farmer, Edward Day MBE, who won the King\u2019s Cup. 75 pages with colour and B\/W photographs. <\/td>\u00a311.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A POCKETFUL OF MEMORIES\u00a0\u2013 The third volume of recollections from Marden\u2019s oral history project.. <\/td>\u00a313.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A WEALDEN VILLAGE: MARDEN\u00a0by Phyllis Highwood and Peggy Skelton \u2013 the history of Marden. 128 pages paperback, first published by Meresborough Books in 1986. <\/td>\u00a312.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAPTAIN JAMES DAY M.C.\u00a0\u2013 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. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COPT HALL FARM, MARDEN\u00a0\u2013 a painstaking analysis of the income and expenditure of this K.C.C. farm \u2013 six sample years from 1946\/7 to 1976\/7. 37 pages, illustrated. <\/td>\u00a36.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COUNTRY SEATS\u00a0\u2013 A fully illustrated guide to all public outdoor seating in the parish, with map. 58 pages <\/td>\u00a38.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FARMING IN MARDEN 1867-1935\u00a0\u2013 Bob \u00a0 Highwood\u2019s 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. <\/td>\u00a35.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIRE SERVICE MARDEN\u00a0\u2013 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. <\/td>\u00a39.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FRANK COLLINS\u2019 LIFE STORY 1905-1999\u00a0\u2013 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. <\/td>\u00a35.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN RATHER BUSY\u00a0\u2013 Memories of David Galway McFarland (late Chairman of the Marden History Group), 104 pages with B\/W and colour illustrations. <\/td>\u00a314.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0I THINK I HAVE WRITTEN ENOUGH TO FILL A BOOK: Percy Day\u2019s Boer War\u00a0\u2013 Letters home from a Sharpshooter. 89 pages with illustrations and maps. <\/td>\u00a312.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LAUGHING GAS\u00a0\u2013 Memories of Dr Roger Eltringham. 153 pages, B\/W and colour illustrations.\u00a0 ALL PROCEEDS TO\u00a0 SAFE ANAESTHESIA WORLDWIDE.<\/em> <\/td>\u00a0\u00a310.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN 1930-1939\u00a0Ed2\u2013 the shops and businesses of a virtually self-sufficient village in the 1930s. 27 pages with maps. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN AND ITS ARTISTS\u00a0\u2013 the paintings from the Marden Map with details and history. Full colour, 203 pages landscape format. <\/td>A5 \u00a317.50
\nA4 \u00a327.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN AND P.L.U.T.O.\u00a0\u2013 the 1944 wartime oil pipeline running through the parish. 25 pages, map, colour and B\/W photographs. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN AT WAR\u00a0\u2013 A glimpse of how Marden responded to the challenges 37 pages, colour and B\/W photographs <\/td>\u00a36.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN LETTER BOXES\u00a0\u2013 Marden\u2019s 16 letter boxes and some postal history [to 2008]. 23 pages, map, colour and B\/W photographs. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN PARISH BOUNDARY AND ITS BOUNDARY STONES\u00a0\u2013 the history and route of the boundary with details of 29 surviving stones. 19 pages with map and colour photographs. <\/td>\u00a33.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN RAILWAY STATION\u00a0\u2013 its history from 31 August 1842 to the present day. 27 pages, profusely illustrated <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN\u2019S AVIATION HISTORY\u00a0\u2013 everything that happened in (or fell from) Marden\u2019s airspace from 1915 to 2005. 49 pages with map, many illustrations and a comprehensive index. <\/td>\u00a37.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDEN STREET NAMES\u00a0(Edition 8) \u2013 the origin of every street name in the parish. 38 pages with maps, colour and B\/W photographs. <\/td>\u00a36.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS\u00a0\u2013 the \u00a0 second volume of recollections from Marden\u2019s oral history project . 87pages, illustrated. <\/td>\u00a312.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MEMORIES OF MARDEN by our Evacuees 1939-1944\u00a0\u2013 26 pages with colour and B\/W photographs. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MILESTONES IN THE PARISH OF MARDEN\u00a0\u2013 including the story of the turnpike roads. 11 pages (A5) with map and colour photographs. <\/td>\u00a32.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MISS WALTER\u2019S MARDEN\u00a0\u2013 drawings, photos, maps, history and opinions in a 1952 scrapbook. 54 pages landscape format, mostly B\/W. <\/td>\u00a38.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OUR VILLAGE \u2013\u00a0facsimile of a 1955 school project by Ann Coomber, with B\/W and colour illustrations and maps. 178 pages. <\/td>\u00a323.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RURAL LIFE IN MARDEN 1920-1980\u00a0\u2013 The memoirs of Alfred John Collins and Bryan Collins, including charcoal burning and smallholding. 80 pages with B\/W illustrations. <\/td>\u00a0\u00a311.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SOME FARM IMPLEMENTS AND STRUCTURES \u2013\u00a0an interesting collection of illustrated agricultural notes relating to the village of Marden and the surrounding area. 37 pages with colour photographs and illustrations. <\/td>\u00a36.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TEA BEGINS AT LEICESTER: AN INCONSEQUENTIAL LIFE\u00a0\u2013 Memories of local author Chris Gosling. 172 pages, B\/W illustrations. <\/td>\u00a323.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE DIARIES OF PERCY WILDEN JUDD 1892-1982 \u2013\u00a0Percy was born at Southon House, Marden, joined up with the Royal Naval Air Service in WW1 and kept the \u201cSoldier\u2019s Diary\u201d from 1st Jan 1917 to 24th Feb 1919. 32 pages, illustrated. <\/td>\u00a35.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE FALLEN OF MARDEN 1914-1919 \u2013\u00a0commemorating our WW1 dead. Includes Collier Street. 74 pages with colour and B\/W photographs. <\/td>\u00a317.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abridged to a\u00a0LIST OF MARDEN\u2019S FALLEN 1914-1919 <\/td>P.O.A. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE FALLEN OF MARDEN 1939-1945 \u2013\u00a0commemorating our WW2 dead. 58 pages with colour and B\/W photographs. <\/td>\u00a39.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE FRANK WOOD PAPERS \u2013\u00a0Frank 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. <\/td>\u00a310.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE HISTORY OF PROVIDENCE CHAPEL MARDEN KENT\u00a0by A F Baldwin. From 1890 to 1978. 31 pages. <\/td>\u00a35.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE ITINERANT WALKER ORGAN & THE PERIPATETIC JULIAN HOPPER\u00a0(A4 Edition) \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 the story of this organ\u2019s travels around Kent including residence in St Michael & All Angels church and (now) in Peter Hall\u2019s Little Mill Oast. 18 pages with colour photographs. <\/td>\u00a33.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE MARDEN LOCAL:\u00a0Pubs past and present in pictures \u2013 brief histories and illustrations of the once many pubs of Marden. 44 pages, colour photographs and illustrations. <\/td>\u00a35.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE MARDEN SCENE\u00a0\u2013 Twenty essays by Phyl Highwood. 31 pages, illustrated. <\/td>\u00a35.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, MARDEN (3rd edition) \u2013\u00a0its architecture and history, with plan and many illustrations. 148 pages. <\/td>\u00a319.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE SUTTON FAMILY OF MARDEN \u2013\u00a0agricultural merchants and pillars of the community. 66 pages, fully illustrated. <\/td>\u00a39.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE WW2 SIREN AND TELEPHONE BOX \u2013\u00a0the histories of these two items and how they came to be where they are at present. 22 pages with colour photographs. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THOSE WERE THE DAYS \u2013\u00a0the first volume of recollections from Marden\u2019s oral history project. 69 pages, illustrated. <\/td>\u00a310.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TREVOR ROYSTON SIMMONS 1944-2016, A COUNTRY MAN OF MARDEN \u2013\u00a0An appreciation of this polymath agriculturalist, historian, archaeologist and gentleman. 22 pages, many illustrations. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WAR OVER THE WEALD\u00a0by Freda Tomlin \u2013 a young farming girl\u2019s diary of the Battle of Britain. 15 pages. <\/td>\u00a33.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WORLD WAR TWO: WOMEN\u2019S LAND ARMY IN MARDEN\u00a0\u2013 The background, the work and the women\u2019s experiences. 23 pages, many illustrations. <\/td>\u00a34.00 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE UNICORN: The history of The Unicorn pub over the centuries, with drawings and photographs showing the development of the building, details of its owners and occupiers, and photographs of some of the many social events held there over the years. 66 pages Colour & B\/W images<\/td>\u00a39.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

OTHER PRODUCTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last Hop Garden in Marden <\/strong> DVD. Bringing in the organic hop harvest in September 2007. 85 mins. \u00a39.99<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marden: A Wealden Village<\/strong> – This film tells a little of Marden\u2019s history and takes a look at the life of its people around the end of the twentieth century. 53 minutes. DVD \u00a312.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marden: A Wealden Village 2 \u2013<\/strong> 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.  \u00a312.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marden Map<\/strong> – A useful and picturesque map showing historic and interesting village features, designed and illustrated by local artists. 22\u201d x 16\u201d. \u00a310.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marden Design Statement<\/strong> – The past, present and future of Marden. Loose-leaf A4. Free (pay only P&P).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marden: A Wealden Village<\/strong> – Original music from the film, by Peter Gosling and Bob Kenward. Audio CD \u00a38.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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