The Society publishes two ranges of inexpensive, illustrated books about the town and its history.
'Monographs' are 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 (please email us beforehand) or at bookshops. 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. For further details of a book, eg its ISBN, click on the image.
Price: 10.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
A smaller, more convenient, version of our earlier atlas, with some 30 maps of Tunbridge Wells and its immediate area.
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
The commemorative Plaques of Royal Tunbridge Wells. 2nd edition including the plaques to be installed in Summer 2025.
Price: 4.95 plus 2.25 p&p (UK only).
The story behind Tunbridge Wells' best-known historic feature. Updated Nov 2024.
Price: 4.95 plus 1.00 p&p (UK only).
How the town fought to save Holy Trinity from demolition.
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Price: 9.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
The history of brewing beer in and around the town.
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Price: 11.95 plus 3.00 p&p (UK only).
The remarkable role of Tunbridge Wells in the development of revolutionary politics in Britain 1884-1919.
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Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
The Unknown Political Agent, The Tory Bloodhound, The Peer Maker - the life and times of William Nevill, KG. 1st Marquess of Abergavenny.
Price: 9.95 plus 3.00 p&p (UK only).
How the people of Tunbridge Wells responded to the war. A collection of essays by members of the Local History Group and others.
Price: 3.95 plus 1.00 p&p (UK only) .
A compilation of previously-published articles, together with new and updated information.
Price: 4.95 plus 1.00 p&p (UK only).
A facsimile reproduction of some 31 steel-engravings of Tunbridge Wells published by Rock & Co between the late 1840s and the late 1860s.
Price: 5.00 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
A compilation of 21 'panoramas' of Tunbridge Wells from the early 18th century.
Price: 9.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
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.
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
An explanation of why Tunbridge Wells is entitled to call itself 'Royal'.
Price: 8.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
Boy Scouts and suffragettes, right to work marchers and d butantes. All this while the House of Lords led the country into a constitutional crisis.
Price: 6.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
Extracts from the writings of thirty-four residents and visitors.
A collection of some 79 maps of Tunbridge Wells and its immediate area, from 16th to 20th centuries.
Please note that the Historical Atlas is now out-of-print. A more compact edition was published in 2026 - see above.
Price: 7.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
The story of how and why the Home Farm Estate of the Marquess of Abergavenny became the Warwick Park Estate and Nevill Ground.
Price: 7.95 plus 2.70 p&p (UK only).
A new history of the town to mark the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the wells.
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
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.
Price: 4.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
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.
Price: 4.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
A bibliography of sources of the history of the town and its inhabitants.
Price: 5.95 plus 2.15 p&p (UK only).
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.