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The Society publishes two ranges of inexpensive, illustrated books about the town and its history. 'Monographs' are between one and two hundred pages, usually 'perfect-bound', and printed on glossy paper. 'Occasional Papers' are slightly smaller, stapled, and on plain paper. You can buy the books at our meetings, at bookshops, or in the Library and Museum. Or you can use the 'Add to Cart' buttons below. Please note that the postage rates indicated are for UK only. If you are purchasing from abroad, please email us to get a quote for sending the item(s) to you. THE SHOCK OF WAR - Tunbridge Wells in the First World War edited by John Cunningham Price: £9.95 plus £2.80 p&p. How the people of Tunbridge Wells responded to the war. A collection of essays by members of the Local History Group and others. Further details. Click below to buy now: THE PANTILES by Philip Whitbourn Price: £4.95 plus £0.52 p&p. The story behind Tunbridge Wells' best-known historic feature. Further details. Click below to buy now: THE NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS AND CHURCHES OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS compiled by John Cunningham Price: £3.95 plus £0.60 p&p. A compilation of previously-published articles, together with new and updated information. Further details. Click below to buy now: TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY compiled by John Cunningham Price: £4.95 plus £0.60 p&p. A facsimile reproduction of some 31 steel-engravings of Tunbridge Wells published by Rock & Co between the late 1840s and the late 1860s. Further details. Click below to buy now: HISTORIC PANORAMAS OF ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS compiled by Roger Joye and John Cunningham Price: £15.95 plus £1.95 p&p. A compilation of 21 'panoramas' of Tunbridge Wells from the early 18th century. Further details. Click below to buy now: TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE YEARS OF AUSTERITY 1939-1953 by Ann Bates Price: £9.95 plus £1.95 p&p. It is over 70 years since the outbreak of the Second World War. Nobody under the age of 67 can claim to have any personal memory of it. Further details. Click below to buy now: BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT, or "Why do they call it Royal Tunbridge Wells?" by Chris Jones Price: £5.95 plus £1.95 p&p. An explanation of why Tunbridge Wells is entitled to call itself 'Royal'. Further details. Click below to buy now: TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN 1909 by Chris Jones Price: £8.95 plus £1.95 p&p. Boy Scouts and suffragettes, ‘right to work’ marchers and débutantes. All this while the House of Lords led the country into a constitutional crisis. Further details. Click below to buy now: TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN LITERATURE. An Anthology. compiled by Susan Brown Price: £6.95 plus £1.95 p&p. Extracts from the writings of thirty-four residents and visitors. Further details. Click below to buy now: AN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS edited by John Cunningham Price: £16.95 plus £6.50 p&p. A collection of some 79 maps of Tunbridge Wells and its immediate area, from 16th to 20th centuries. Further details. Click below to buy now: THE ORIGINS OF WARWICK PARK AND THE NEVILL GROUND by John Cunningham Price: £7.95 plus £1.95 p&p. The story of how and why the Home Farm Estate of the Marquess of Abergavenny became the Warwick Park Estate and Nevill Ground. Further details. Click below to buy now: 400 YEARS OF THE WELLS edited by John Cunningham Price: £7.95 plus £1.95 p&p. A new history of the town to mark the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the wells. Further details. Click below to buy now: THE RESIDENTIAL PARKS OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS edited by John Cunningham Price: £5.95 plus £1.95 p&p. Calverley, Camden, Nevill, Hungershall - by the end of the 19th century, Tunbridge Wells was ringed by residential 'parks'. They continue to add to its pleasant character. Further details. Click below to buy now: THE SKINNERS' SCHOOL. Its controversial birth and its landmark buildings. by Cecil Beeby and Philip Whitbourn Price: £4.95 plus £1.95 p&p. Since 1887 the High-Victorian buildings of The Skinners' School have been a landmark on the main approach to Tunbridge Wells from the north. Their birth involved a tale of rivalry between two local townships. Further details. Click below to buy now: RESEARCHING ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS. A bibliography of historical sources. compiled by Susan Brown Price: £4.95 plus £1.45 p&p. A bibliography of sources of the history of the town and its inhabitants. Click here for further details, and a free update. Click below to buy now: DECIMUS BURTON, Esquire. Architect and Gentleman (1800 - 1881) by Philip Whitbourn Price: £5.95 plus £1.45 p&p. Decimus Burton is of seminal importance to the history of Tunbridge Wells. In the 1820s and 1830s, he established an architectural and landscape character that remains a prominent feature of the town to this day. Further details. Click below to buy now:

Picture: Frontispiece of "Tunbridge Wells: or, A Day's Courtship", a comedy by Thomas Rawlins, 1678. The Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society - Registered Charity No. 276545