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LEVEL 8
The Local History Society for Purley on Thames
T1800 10/7/2020
Publications
Purley has been mentioned in lots of books and periodicals over the years. Below we list some of them to providec a link to an article which contains a transcript. Additionally various groups within Purley have published their own newsletters or journals and we are trying to digitise copies of these to make them available. Finally there are books written by Purley residents which provide further information about Purley.
Purley Journals and Newsletters
Purley Parish News
Project Purley Newsletter and Journal
Purley Parish Council Newsletter
Project Purley Publications
Project Purley Booklets
Goosecroft Publications
Purley in Old Images
Article Series
These are mainly articles written for a number of consecutive Purley Parish News
From my History Notebook Articles by Jean Debney in Purley Parish News
Potterings and Ponderings Articles by Fred Rawlins reminiscing about his early days in Purley
A bit of a Tell Articles by Rita Denman in Purley Parish News
District Notes Articles written by John Chapman as member for Purley on Newbury/West Berkshire Councils. (1979-2006)
Tales of West Berkshire Similar articles written by Rick Jones from 2006 as representative on Eest Berkshire Council
History on our Doorstep A series of articles mostly written by John Chapman
Miscellaneous Extracts
These are extracts from books giving the Purley relevant textsWe start with a selection of text extracts from a number of various books
Then move to extracts from individual books
Stories about Purley
The Berkshire Book Purley extracts from Women's Institute books about Berkshire Villages from 1939 to 1990
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1849
Survey Gazeteer of the British Isles
The Thames Valley A survey by the Earl of Mayo
The King's England by Arthur Mee
Thames Valley Villages by Charles G Harper 1910
The Historic Thames by Hilaire Belloc 1914
Berkshire and the Cotswolds by P H Ditchfield
Berkshire by Ian Yarrow
The Thames by Mortimer Menpes
Carlisle Cartiograohic Dictionary
Buildings of Berkshire by Nicklaus Pevsner
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