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Books and resources on local history:

Here is a list of titles which may help you in your research.  See also our links page.

If you have information on a title which is not included here, please let us know.

Title / Author Author ISBN Publisher/ availability
Sittingbourne - A History John Clancy 978-1-86077-462-1 Phillimore & Co Ltd.
avail. Museum - £12
Long Gone Cinemas John Clancy    0 946406 54 5 Mercia Cinema Society
avail. SHM
The Inns and Pubs of Sittingbourne and Milton Regis SHM (SHM001) Museum, Library, Nickel Books
Sittingbourne Family Businesses SHM (SHM002) Museum, Library, Nickel Books
Sittingbourne in Old Photographs

Eric R Swain

0 86299 543 4 Alan Sutton Publishing
Sittingbourne & Milton Regis Past & Present John Clancy 0 7509 2297 4  
Sittingbourne Ken & Ann Fosbraey   0 7524 0303 6 The Chalford Publishing Company
Sittingbourne Cordel & Lee 0 85033 7135 Phillimore & Co.
Milton Regis Remembered Beryl Kingsnorth & Dennis Smith 0 9520220 28 Freedom Centre Publishing
The Church & Village of Tunstal Kent Arthur a Midwinter 0 948193 697 Reprint Meresborough Books
Just off the Swale D L Sattin 0 905270 053 Meresborough Books
Murston Village & parish Sydney James twist   The Faversham Society for the Sittingbourne Society
Stock Bricks of Swale As Above   As Above
George Bergebrick Esquire Richard Hugh perks 0 905 270 479 Meresborough Books
Life in the Workhouse - the story of the Milton Union, Kent Helen Allinson 0 904 373 096 pub 2005 Synjon Books
avail. SHM
The Church of Holy trinity Milton Regis   leaflet avail. SHM
Thriving Past of Milton Regis Violet ?    
Milton Court County primary School Alan Amos & Ann Fosbraey    
The Story of Sittingbourne & Milton Regis John Clancy 0 7509 2984 7 pub. 2002
Brick & Brickies F G Willmott   Out of print.. see library
A History of Brenchley House Alan Abbey   pub. 2007 avail. SHM or from the library
The Story of Gore Court House and Estate Helen Allinson   pub 2006, from SHM & library
Hollingbourne: A History of a Kentish Parish Helen Allinson   out of print, but could be available from Fleur de Lys, Faversham
Borden: The History of a Kentish Parish  (2nd ed.) Helen Allinson 0 904 373088 pub. 2003 Synjon Books www.synjonbooks.co.uk

avail. SHM

see also. Borden tombstone inscriptions

Bredgar: the history of a Kentish parish Helen Allinson 0 904 373053 pub. 1997 Synjon Books (out of print)
Sittingbourne Town Trail John Clancy   pub. 2007 Sittingbourne Society, avail. library
Stockbury - a stroll through the past     pub. 2002 "the history group"  avail. (lending) library.
Rodmersham - The story of a village     pub. 2000 parish council, avail. (lending) library.
A History of Bobbing Michael Fairley, Dorothy Fairley, Peter Judges   pub 2007 avail. SHM
The Way They Were Barbara Gorf   avail. SHM

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