25 July 2008Finding out about out about the history of Sevenoaks District
A comprehensive range of books about local history can be found in Sevenoaks Library, or purchased at the Sevenoaks Bookshop. A Tourist Information Centre is annexed to the library and is a good first point of call for visitors to Sevenoaks. The Centre holds a number of local history books. Great British Heritage passes can be purchased over the counter.
A full account of the history of Sevenoaks is available in the Tourist Information Centre published by Design Practitioners Ltd, entitled The History of Sevenoaks and District, by Philip Clucas, priced £3. Please contact:
Sevenoaks Library
Buckhurst Lane
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1LQ
Tel: 01732 452384Sevenoaks Bookshop
147 High Street
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1XJ
Tel: 01732 452055
E-mail: codex@sevenbooks.fsbusiness.co.uk
www.sevenoaksbookshop.co.uk
Sevenoaks Tourist Information Centre
Buckhurst Lane
Sevenoaks
Tel: 01732 450305
E-mail: tic@sevenoakstown.co.uk
Frequently read books on the history of Sevenoaks District
Availability of any given book changes with demand. The list below includes the most frequently borrowed books from Sevenoaks Library and current bestsellers about local history, stocked at the Sevenoaks Bookshop.
Sevenoaks Library
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Date |
ISBN |
Anckorn, Gordon |
A Sevenoaks Camera Owen |
Newman Publications Ltd, Tunbridge Wells |
1979 |
0906798019 |
Anckorn, Gordon |
Sevenoaks Memories |
Owen Newman Publications Ltd, Tunbridge Wells |
1984 |
0906798558 |
Camerton, Julia |
The Church That Went Under |
Paternoster Press, Carlisle |
1999 |
0853649375 |
Dunlop, Sir John |
The Pleasant Town of Sevenoaks |
Caxton and Holmesdale Press, Sevenoaks |
1964 |
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Ogley, Bob |
In the Wake of the Hurricane |
Froglets Publications, Brasted Chart |
1987 |
095130190X |
Rayner, Christopher |
Sevenoaks Past with the Villages of Holmesdale |
Phillimore &Co, Chichester |
1997 |
1860770568 |
Richards, Frank |
Old Sevenoaks |
1901 |
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Scragg, Brian |
Sevenoaks School: A History |
Owen Newman Publications Ltd, Tunbridge Wells |
1993 |
01853980633 |
Smart, K J |
Cricket on the Vine: 1734-1984 |
Biddles Ltd, Guildford |
1984 |
095091410X |
Thompson, Edwin |
Sevenoaks Recollections |
Circa Publishing, Hildenborough |
1994 |
095244450X |
Ward, Gordon |
Sevenoaks Essays |
Metcalfe & Cooper Ltd |
1931 |
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Where there is no ISBN, the book was published before the international standard was introduced |
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Sevenoaks Bookshop
Author |
Title |
ISBN |
Anckorn, Gordon |
A Sevenoaks Camera |
090678019 |
Barty-King, Hugh |
New Beacon 1900-2000 |
0356219518 |
Kearns, Ann and Harper, Patrick |
Sevenoaks | 0951994603 |
Ogley, Bob and Perkins, Roger |
Sevenoaks Chronicle of the Century |
1872337260 |
Rayner, Christopher |
Sevenoaks Past |
1860770568 |
Sackville-West, Vita |
Knole and the Sackvilles |
070780132X |
Scragg, Brian |
Sevenoaks School: A History |
1853980633 |
Various contributors |
History of the Parish of Chevening |
095362420 |
Contacts for further information on these books
Circa Publishing
The Old Cobblers
Church Road
Hildenborough
Kent
TN11 9JL
Tel: 01732 459766
Fax: 01732 462967Froglets Publications
Brasted Chart
Westerham
Kent
TN16 ILY
Tel: 01959 562972
Fax: 01959 565365
Owen Newman Publications Ltd
Langton Green
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN3 OEG
Tel: 01892 863766
Fax: 01892 863503Phillimore & Co Ltd
Shopwyke Manor Barn
Chichester
West Sussex
PD20 6BG
Tel: 01243 787636
Fax: 01243 787639
Local history services
A Local Studies Centre is available at Kaideidoscope (Sevenoaks Library). All microfilm, including Sevenoaks Chronicle, Census and Parish Registers, Map cabinets, a selection of local history books, illustration collection and pamphlet collections are available here.
The Sevenoaks Society
Bishops Mead
39 Main Road
Sundridge
Sevenoaks
TN14 6EQ
call 01959 561714
e-mail brucewalkr@aol.com
The Sevenoaks Historical Society
122 Kippington Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 2LN
contact Mr A R WilkinsonEdenbridge & District Historical Society
6 Delaware Cottages
Hever Road
Edenbridge
Kent
contact Mrs C.Minahan 01732 865634
The Sevenoaks Society was formed before the Second World War and currently has around 1000 members.
The Society has an active schedule, including evening meetings, monthly walks, summer outings and an annual summer party.
As well as focusing upon local history, the society has a link with local resident societies, whilst some members also form part of the planning sub-committee.
The Sevenoaks Historical Society focuses specifically upon local history.It holds monthly meetings with a speaker, apart from the months of July August and September.
A number of tours take place each year, to such locations as Roman Palaces and First World War battlefields.
The Sevenoaks Historical Society is associated with The Sevenoaks Society.
Sevenoaks District in music, film and literature
Sevenoaks has been the setting, or inspiration, for a number of literary and musical works.
In early 1967, the Beatles came to Knole Park in Sevenoaks to film the video for Strawberry Fields Forever. During the brief visit, John Lennon found a Victorian circus advertisement in a local antique shop. The wording on the ad inspired him to compose Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!, which can be found on their best-selling album, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. (Information supplied by Revolution in the Head by Ian McDonald, published by Pimlico, 1998).
Virginia Woolf wrote the biographical Orlando, about Vita Sackville-West and Knole House.
The science fiction writer, HG Wells lived in Eardley Road in the centre of Sevenoaks.
