Project Purley

The Local History Society for Purley on Thames

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Publications

Project Purley has published, or helped with the publication of many booklets and a few books. We also have a publishing company, Goosecroft Publications, which keeps a supply of ISBN numbers that can be used for books published by us, our members or by fellow societies.

In the lists below we indicate what we have done in the past and some thoughts on what we might do in the future

Books

Purley in Old Images - A collection of old photographs with commentary edited by Catherine Sampson and first published in 2010 (ISBN 978-0-9566341-0-8). This is still in print and copies can be obtained at Project Purley Meetings or send a cheque for £25.00 to secretary@project-purley.net

History of St Mary's Church, Purley A comprehensive history of the church from around 850 to 2000 AD. Written by John Chapman and published in 2014 (ISBN 978-0-956634-5-3). This is out of print but copies can still be obtained at Project Purley Meetings or send a cheque for £16.00 to secretary@project-purley.net

A5 Booklets

These have been produced for a variety of reasons over the years and a few can still be obtained at Project Purley meetings. Electronic copies of most of them can be seen by clicking on the title.

A list of books and booklets with a Purley connection This booklet is updated every so often and shows references to Purley in a very wide range of publications.

Sources

Sources for Purley History 1-23 Reproductions or summaries of ancient documents.

Sources for Purley History 24-38

Sources for Purley History 39-61

Sources for Purley History 62+

Index to Sources for Purley History 1-39

Kelly's Directories

Other Directories

Monumental Inscriptions

Introduction to Monumental Inscriptions in Purley

Graves in new churchyard

Graves in old churchyard

Cremation Memorials in churchyard

Attached memorials in St Mary's church

Burials in zone B at Goosecroft

Cremations in Zone A at Goosecroft

Memorials elsewhere

Index to names on memorials

Church

Church Guide

Church History

Potted Church History

Purley History

Place names of Purley on Thames

Early history of Purley C of E school

At the Millennium

Beating the Bounds 2000

Members of Parliament for Purley and Pangbourne

A short history of Purley on Thames

Village History 1 - Prehistory to Tudors

Village History 2 - Stuarts to Victorians

Village History 3 - Twentieth Century

Transport

Road transport services in Purley and Pangbourne

A walk in Purley on Thames

Tilehurst to Pangbourne by rail

Purley features

A bit of a Tell

Purley Parish Council 1927-1973

The Barn

Bill Fisher Remembers

Purley Wills

Purley Baptisms

Purley Park River Estate

Other places

Diary of Reading Corporation

1895 Telephone directory

The Reading we never knew

The Spread of Settlements in Anglo-Saxon England

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