| General
Reading & Photographs |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| Portrait of a Seaside Town |
Doug West |
0950856444
Emprint Publications (1984) |
The most "frequently
referred to" books on Whitstable.
Doug West and his father were local photographers
who produced arguably the biggest and best photo collection on
Whitstable.
The books are packed with shots from the collection
and augmented by Doug's own commentaries. |
| Second Portrait of a Seaside Town |
Doug West |
0950856460
Emprint Publications (1987) |
| Third Portrait of a Seaside Town |
Doug West |
1871716004
Emprint Publications (1988) |
| Fourth Portrait of a Seaside Town |
Doug West |
1871716020
Emprint Publications (1991) |
| Portrait
of a Seaside Photographer (D.West) |
Friends of Whitstable
Museum |
Whitstable Museum (2003) |
Whitstable
History Series #3 |
| Around Whitstable in Old
Photographs |
Cliff Court |
1840151935
0750903988
Alex Sutton Publishing Phoenix Mill, Strood Gloucester
|
Old photos and associated
commentary
From the ‘Britain in Old Photographs’ Series. 159 pages
|
| Whitstable
in Old Picture Postcards |
Michael Trowell |
90 288 3420 6 / CIP
Zaltbommel
Netherlands (1st ed 1986)
(2nd ed 1988)
|
|
| "Then
and Now Whitstable" |
Mick
Glover
|
0 7524 3639 2
Tempus Publishing Ltd (2005) |
Provides old photos
and compares them with the current (2004/5) view. Interesting historical
background. |
| Remembering
Whitstable Cinemas |
Mick Glover |
Chalford (1998)
|
Whitstable Archive
Photographs series |
| "Whitstable"
(Archive Photographs series) |
Compiled by Mick
Glover
(1998) |
0 75241112 8 |
|
Whitstable,
Seasalter & Swalecliffe subtitled
The History of Three Kent Parishes, 1938.
|
R.H.
Goodsall (Robert) |
Cross & Jackman
Canterbury (1938)
|
Out of print as at
Jan 2006 |
| We
Remember Whitstable |
George
& Greta Woodman |
0946014078
1st Ed Shipyard Press (1958)
2nd Ed Pryor
Pryor Publications s 1988 |
102 page 2nd edition by Betsy Innes Smith (daughter)
|
| A
Guide to Whitstable and its Surroundings
|
W.J.
Cox |
W.J. Cox Whitstable (1876)
|
|
| Illustrated
Popular Guide to Whitstable and its Surrounding Neighbourhood |
W.J.
Cox |
W.J. Cox Whitstable
(1884) |
|
| Whitstable
– an introduction to this fascinating coastal town |
|
Whitstable
Improvement Trust |
|
Whitstable
& the Sea
subtitled
Remembering the 1920s-1950s |
Anne
Pope |
1870844246
Canterbury Museum & Galleries: |
|
Strange
Old Whitstable
Book 1 |
Aaron
James |
River
Publications |
Simple
booklets of extracted facts by 14 y.o. |
Strange
Old Whitstable
Book 2 |
Aaron
James |
River
Publications |
| Dickens
Whitstable |
Tony
Blake |
5
Grove Park London |
Small booklet by
local historian and Whitstable Times columnist |
| Wild
About Whitstable |
G.Guilfoyle-Strood |
E.Kircaldie
Whitstable (1992) |
|
Whitstable
Natives
A short study of Whitstable and Oysters |
J.E. (Betty) Stevens |
K.C. Hall (1977)
|
48 pages |
| The
Divers |
Whitstable
Museum |
Canterbury
Museums |
About Whitstable
Divers and their equipment. |
| The
Divers Whitstable |
Helen Evans &
John Bevan |
Canterbury Museums
|
A
town trail tourist leaflet about Whitstable
|
| Farming
Oysters
|
H.Evans |
|
|
Oyster
Seekers
|
Mandy Bruce |
184358039X |
Stories & Recipes
from
Wheeler's Oyster Bar |
| Maritime |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| The
Merchant Ships of Whitstable |
Wallace
Harvey |
Hardback
1 871716 03 9
Softback
1 871716 04 7
Emprint Publications (1983)
|
By the town's most celebrated historian
|
| "Whitstable
Harbour Memories" |
Paul Tritton (1997) |
0 9527789 1 2
Published in aid of the RNLI.
|
Memories of a Brett’s
employee at Brett’s Harbour plant.
|
| The
Seasalter Company – A smuggling fraternity 1740-1854. |
Wallace
Harvey |
095085641X |
By the town's most
celebrated historian |
| By
Sea to Whitstable |
|
Whitstable
Museum |
|
Kathleen
subtitled
The Biography of the barge Kathleen |
Richard Walsh
1986 |
Hardback,
0861380460
Terence Dalton Ltd., |
The story of one of
the town's most famous Thames Barges |
| Mainline
to London
|
G. Pike |
Whitstable
Improvement Trust |
Heritage Series issue
2 |
| The
Happy Fishing Ground
|
J. Hollingshead |
|
From
‘All The Year Round’ Nov 1859 & Jan 1860 edited by Charles
Dickens |
| Another
Whitstable Trade (Diving)
|
J. Hollingshead |
|
| The
Infernal Diver
|
John Bevan |
|
|
| Oysters
and Dredgermen
|
G.Pike, J.Cann,
R.Lambert |
Compass Publications
Seasalter (1992) |
|
Oyster
Dredgers of Whitstable
|
Allan Ovenden
Collard, 1902 |
Published
Joseph Collard London (1902) |
|
| People
& Places |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
|
History
in Whitstable
Places & People |
Pike
& Cann |
0951582852
Whitstable Improvement Trust (1995)
|
167 pages
|
| People
& Places |
The
Quill Club1984 |
0951005006
|
147 pages
Sponsored by Canterbury City Council
|
| My
Whitstable- 1920-1939
|
Jean Skinner |
Oyster Press Whitstable
|
|
| A
History of All Saints Church
|
I.W.Green |
|
|
| The
History of Whitstable Baptist Church
|
Edited by Tony Harris |
|
Available from
self-publishing firm lulu.com. Click
here.
|
| Chestfield
- 1000 Years of History
|
Wallace Harvey |
|
|
| Starvation
Point
|
G. Pike |
Whitstable Improvement Trust
|
Heritage Series issue 1
|
| Copperas
& the Castle
|
G. Pike |
Whitstable Improvement Trust
|
Heritage Series issue 3
|
| Chestfield
Manor Estate
|
Perkins |
Chestfield Parish Magazine (Nov 199)1
|
|
Melon
& Lemon Jam, The History spanning 400 years of the Whitstable Dyason
family
|
R.W.Dyason |
Self published, Melbourne Australia in 1991
|
|
| Canterbury
& Whitstable Railway Line |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| "The Canterbury
& Whitstable Railway" |
Brian Hart (1991)
|
0906867975
Wild Swan Publications Didcot (1991) |
The definitive book on the old railway
Out of print |
| In
the Tracks of Railway History |
Mike
Page |
095158281X
Whitstable
Improvement Trust (1990) |
22 page booklet. A described walk along the C&W
trackway. |
| The Canterbury & Whitstable Railway
1830-1980 A Pictorial Survey |
R L Ratcliffe |
0905270118
Locomotive Club of Gt. Britain |
A short overview of the World's first
passenger line with photographs and maps. The line closed in 1953.
24 pages drawing on the works of Rev. R.B.Fellows
‘The Romance of a Railway’ 1930 commemorating the 150th anniversary
of the C&W Railway
|
| The Canterbury & Whitstable
Railway |
Ivan Maxted
|
Oakwood Press Dorset
(1970) |
|
History
of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
|
Rev. R.B. Fellowes
1930 |
Published by
Jennings, Canterbury |
|
| The 150th Anniversary of the opening of the
Canterbury & Whitstable Railway.
|
|
1980 issue |
Souvenir
commemorative booklet 32 pages |
| A walk along the
C&W line today |
|
|
|
| Public
Houses |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| Ales
& Tales
subtitled
Pubs in the Story of Whitstable |
Geoffrey Pike, Mike Page & John
Cann (1993) |
0951582836
Whitstable Improvement Trust (1993)
|
Traces the pubs of
Whitstable past and present. |
| Alleys
and Byways |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| The
Alleys & Byways of Old Whitstable - A stroll through history |
Mike
Page |
Whitstable
Improvement Trust (1990) |
22 page booklet |
| Schools |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| Bell, Book and Boys |
|
|
Impressions of Whitstable Boys
School snatched from the school's 100 year history to celebrate its
centenary in 1977 |
| St.
Alphege centenary Year 1875-1975 |
W. Harvey |
|
Booklet produced for the school |
| The
Story of Tankerton
College |
Jean Martin |
978-1-899177-19-6 |
Story
of one of the town's most prominent private schools. |
| Churches |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| A
History of All Saints Church |
I.W.Green |
Published by the
Church 2nd ed. 1970 |
History of the town's
main C of E church in Church Street |
| The
History of Whitstable Baptist Church
|
Edited by Tony Harris |
|
Available from
self-publishing firm lulu.com. Click
here.
|
| Specific
Aspects |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| Whitstable
& the French Prisoners of War |
Wallace
Harvey |
0950856428
Emprint Publications (1971) |
Account
by the town's most celebrated historian. Invetsigates Whitstable's
association with escaping PoWs in Napeleonic times
|
| Seasalter
& the Mystery of Robinson Crusoe |
Wallace
Harvey |
0950856487
Emprint Publications (1989) |
An interesting
exploration into one of the great enigmas of national literature – did
Daniel Defoe find inspiration for his famous adventures of Robinson
Crusoe in the then north Kent parish of Seasalter?
|
| Natural
History |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| Natural
History (1983) |
|
O-8924-0-8
Published by Whitstable Natural History Society |
Specialises in local
area
|
| Art |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| Art
Souvenir of Whitstable Past and Present (circa
1902) |
|
|
Colour archive
photo illustrations.
|
| Other
Related Publications |
| Title |
Author |
ISBN No |
Comment |
| The
History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent |
E. Hasted |
2nd Ed. In 12 vols
1797-1801 |
Ref Vol 8 ‘The
hundred of Whitstaple’ area.
|
| Heritage
Walking Trails |
|
0950998400 |
East Kent Book 1
Described walks around Whitstable/Canterbury with
historical focus
|
| A
Saunter through Kent with Pen and Pencil |
Charles Igglesden |
The Kentish Gazette
(1914) |
Whitstable and district
references
|
| Illustrated
History of Kent |
Anthony Procser |
|
Whitstable and district
references
|
| Life
in Kent at the Turn of the century |
Michael Winstanley |
|
Whitstable and oyster dredgers
|
| The
North Woods |
Flavia Taylor |
1 8717 1605 5 |
208 pages with maps covering 500
years of local history (Herne, Chestfield, Whitstable, Seasalter &
Graveney ) between the 11th & 15th centuries
|
| The
Blean – Woodlands of a Cathedral City |
Ed. W.Holmes &
W.Wheaton |
Blean Research Group
(2002) |
About Blean Woods
|
| Grit
in the Oyster |
Mike Page |
Whitstable
Improvement Trust (1991) |
Somerset Maugham’s formative
years in Canterbury & Whitstable
|
| An
Autobiography and Past |
Peter Cushing |
Midnight Marquee
Press |
|
| The
Precarious Crust |
Laurance Irving |
Chatto & Windus (1971)
|
References to Borstal Hill
windmill etc
|
| The
Windmills of Kent |
J.West |
Charles Skilton
(1973) |
History of Borstal Hill windmill
|
| Frontline
County - Kent at War 1939-1940
|
Andrew Rootes |
0709034733 SB Robt.Hale Ltd
1st
Ed 1980 Paperback 1988
|
Details every known fatality
through airborne attack – Whitstable included.
|
| Submarine
Researches (1835) |
C.A.Deane |
Historical Diving
Society (2001) |
Ed M.Fardel & N.Phillips.
The inventon of the hard hat divers suit is attributed to John Deane
from an idea developed by his brother C.A.Deane in Whitstable
|
| Copperas |
G.Herrill
M&G Pigie
|
1870545087 |
An account of the Whitstable
works, the first industrial scale chemical production in England
|
| Bygone
Kent |
A monthly
journal |
See back copies for Whitstable
related articles <http//www.bygonekent.co.uk>
|
