Leatherhead & District Local History Society
Covering ASHTEAD, THE BOOKHAMS, FETCHAM AND LEATHERHEAD
Local History Books
Here is a selection of recommended local history books on the district. Please check for availability. Some books that are now out of print can still be found in libraries or second-hand from websites such as abebooks.com. Specially produced videos, DVDs and booklets are also available at the Museum. Videos £6.50, DVDs £7.50, booklets £3.
Books on Leatherhead Town
Images of England - Leatherhead
Linda Heath
The History Press, (1996), ISBN 0 75240700 5, 128pp £12.99 plus p&p.
Leatherhead in Georgian Days
Linda Heath
L&DLHS, (2012), ISBN 978-0-9552785-8-7, 48pp, £6 plus p&p.
Leatherhead & District Then & Now
Linda Heath
L&DLHS, (2005), ISBN 978-0-7524368 0 7 96pp, £12.99 plus p&p.
Past Industries of Ashtead, Leatherhead and Bookham
Peter Tarplee
L&DLHS, (2010), ISBN 978-0-9552785-5-6, 82pp, £8.99 plus p&p.
Railways Around Leatherhead & Dorking
Peter Tarplee
L&DLHS, (2011), ISBN 978-0-9552785-6-3, 158pp, £10 plus p&p.
Leatherhead in the Great War
Lorraine Spindler
Pen & Sword, (2016), ISBN: 9781473843929, 239pp, £14.99 plus p&p.
The Swan Leatherhead and its Brewery
Mary Rice-Oxley
L&DLHS, (2001), ISBN 09506009 8 9, 47pp, £5.95 plus p&p.
The Inns and Public houses of Leatherhead and District
Goff Powell
L&DLHS, (2006), ISBN 0-9552785-0-3, 65pp, £5.50 plus p&p.
Over the Bridge
Brian Hennegan
L&DLHS, (2009), ISBN 978-0-9552785-4-9, 65pp, £8 plus p&p.
Over the Bridge the Southern Side
Brian Hennegan and Goff Powell
L&DLHS, (2011), ISBN 978-0-955278570, 98pp, £9 plus p&p.
Over the Other Bridge
Brian Hennegan and Goff Powell
L&DLHS, (2015), ISBN 978-0-95724-082-7, 66pp, £8 plus p&p.
Struggle and Suffrage in Leathrhead:
Women's Lives and Fight for Equality
Lorraine Spindler
Pen & Sword, (2018), ISBN 978-1526712424, available online.
Books on Ashtead
Images of England - Ashtead
Jane EM Jones and Ken Rogers
The History Press, (1999), £12.99 plus p&p.
Memories of Ashtead - A Surrey Village in WWII
John Rowley & Patricia Jenkins
L&DLHS (2018), ISBN 978-0-9572408-6-5, 98pp £12 + p&p
Books on Bookham and Fetcham
Great and Little Bookham The North End
Stephen Fortescue
Colin R Wright (2006) ISBN 0-9528139 3 9, 59pp, £5 plus p&p.
Images of England - Bookham and Fetcham
Linda Heath
The History Press, (1999), ISBN 0 75241825 4, 128pp, £12.99 plus p&p.
Great Bookham - The Development of a Surrey Village in Maps
Lyn Spencer
L&DLHS, (2016), ISBN: 9780957240834, 86pp, £10 plus p&p.
Mary Chrystie and her Family
Judith Witter
L&DLHS, (2013), ISBN 978-0-9572408-03, 88pp, £10 plus p&p.
Bookham in Edwardian Times
Peter Tilley
L&DLHS, (2014), ISBN 978-0-9572408-1-0, 102pp, £10 plus p&p.
Bookham in the Twentieth Century
Bill Culley
Published by Bill Culley, (2000), ISBN 09506009 7 0, 83pp, £6.50 plus p&p.
The Bookhams in World War II
Bookham U3A Military History Group
L&DLHS, (2012), ISBN 978-0-9552785-9-4, 118pp, £10 plus p&p
Tales from the Bulletins
Martin Warwick
Bookham Community Association/L&DLHS, 91pp, £12.99 plus p&p.
Aerial Photographs of Bookham C1922
This CD with seven full size digital high resolution images is available for £5 plus £1 postage by mail from the Leatherhead Museum
L&DLHS, (2012)
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Little Bookham in World War I
Vivien White
L&DLHS (2018), ISBN 978-0-9572408-4-1, 63pp £8 + p&p
A Salute to Fetcham
Lyn Rozier & Janice Steele
L&DLHS (2018), ISBN 978-0-9572408-5-8, 129pp £10 + p&p
Book on Headley
A History of Headley
J.C. Stuttard
L&DLHS, (2001), ISBN 09506009 9 7, 92pp, £7.95 plus p&p.
Earlier Publications Now out of Print
The following publications are no longer available for sale although may be found in local libraries and occasionally second hand. These continue to be used as invaluable research sources.
Leatherhead - A History
Edwina Vardey
Phillimore, 2001, ISBN 1 86077 189 0, 130pp
Note: This is an abridged version of the original book shown below.
A History of Leatherhead
Edwina Vardey
L&DLHS, (1988)
A Short History of Leatherhead
J.C. Stuttard
pub J.C. Stuttard, (2000)
A History of Fetcham
J.C. Stuttard
L&DLHS, (1998), ISBN 0506009 5 4, 148pp,
A History of Ashtead
J.C. Stuttard
L&DLHS, (1995), ISBN 09506009 2 X, 247pp,
Surrey and the Motor
Gordon Knowles
Surrey Industrial History Group, (2005), 225pp
