Either drop into Dorking Museum to buy any of these books or contact Chairman with details for any purchases from this list. For mail order, please add £3 postage and packaging per book.
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
When John Aubrey visited Dorking by Julian Womersley. £5. Printed 2026, 68 pages. Learn all about “The Birth of the Great Cherry Wine Myth” of Dorking
The Deepdene, Dorking by Doris Mercer and Alan A Jackson, 1996, pp76, illus. £6.50
The history of the Deepdene mansion and estate from the 1400s to early 1990s
A Living Stream by Patricia Bennett, 2018, pp 52, illus. £5.00
The story of Pixham and its people.
The South Street Caves, Dorking by Cliff Weight, 1988 pp. 28, illustrated £2.50.
The history of the famous network of caves that run underneath the centre of Dorking
Early Victorian Dorking by Robert Humphreys, 2002 pp.80, illus. £5.00
Life in a mid-nineteenth century market town
Dorking’s Railways by Alan A. Jackson, 1991 pp.64, illus. £3.50.
A history of the (often surprising) development of railways in Dorking
Dorking: A Surrey Market Town through Twenty Centuries by Vivien Ettlinger, Alan A. Jackson and Brian Overell, 1991, reprinted 1997 pp.124 illus. £5.00. A history of Dorking from early settlement to modern times
William Mullins and his House in West Street, Dorking by Pam Hunter, 2000 pp.12, illus. £2.50. The story of William Mullins, whose house is the last remaining house of a Pilgrim Father in England
Vaughan Williams in Dorking by Celia Newbury (ed.), 1970, reprinted 2000
42 pages, illustrated. £6.00
Personal reminiscences of the celebrated composer
Pippbrook House by Jim Docking, 2016 pp.64, illus. £5
The story of Pippbrook Estate and House in Dorking, from the 14th century to the end of 2015
The Holloway, Dorking by Vivien Ettlinger, 1998 pp.64, illus. £5.40
The development of a medieval farm into a modern residential estate
Chart Park, Dorking illus. £7.50
A history of the Chart Park mansion and the development of the estate
A Scent of Violets: Glimpses of Victorian Dorking by Patricia Bennett, 1985, pp.12, illus. £1.40.
An account of correspondence in the 1880s between a family nurse in Pixham and the mother in Kensington
Back copies of the yearly Dorking History booklet are available at £3 each. Contact Chairman for further details and which year(s) your require’
Members’ and other group publications:
The Lost Villages: a history of the Holmwoods by Kathy Atherton
A history of Holmwood Common and the villages and farms surrounding it from the Stone Age to the present day.
2008 pp112 illustrated £8.00 Available via Holmwood Histories or by mailing Kathy Atherton directly.
A Dorking Foundry Scrapbook by Julian Womersley, 2021. £5-50. 52 pages with 59 illustrations (36 In colour). Tells the story of the Dorking Foundry with pictures, press cuttings and more.
Available at Dorking Museum
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