publications

Publications

The History of Westcott School 1854-2004, with 50 pages & 95 illustrations, was published to commemorate the School’s 150^th anniversary. The initial printing quickly sold, as did the second edition that included a reference to the Westcott Reunited Weekend in September 2004 when several hundred former pupils visited the school. This new edition updates ‘Westcott School Today’ with the names of pupils, staff and governors as at September 2006. Copies are available at the School,call 01306 882624 or contact info@westcotthistory.org.uk. Price Ł6 (Ł7 by post). In aid of the School. Cheques payable to Westcott Local History Group and addressed to 6 Heath Rise Westcott RH4 3NN for postal copies.

The History of Westcott and Milton (ISBN 0 9539672 0 4) was published in December 2000 and copies costing Ł6 may be obtained from Kay Meldrum, The Meadow House, Deerleap Road, Westcott Surrey RH4 3LE (01306 885482). The Group also holds a stock of Growing Up in Westcott (ISBN 1 870 912 20 9)by David Knight, published by the Dorking Local History Group, price Ł4. Reproductions of selected Westcott maps and photographs are also available. Enquiries to Terry Wooden or Kay Meldrum (see above) or to info@wectcotthistory.org.uk .

An illustrated history of St John's Free Church, Westcott is also available. Price Ł1 (Ł1.75 by post).

Village Walks: Details of three self-guided walks, starting from The Crown, The Prince of Wales and The Cricketers, will be available at our Reading Room meetings, or on application to Ann Monie (01306 885556), price Ł1 for all three.

The Annual Report is published in June with a selection of articles relating to the history of Westcott. These have included:

2008
Holy Trinity Church Westcott, the War and the W.I. Early Motor Bus Services in Westcott Who was who and Who did what in 1908 From Goods Yard to Car Park Westcott in 1908 Westcott Players

2007	2006
Westcott in 1888 Westcott Rifle Range Post Boxes of Westcott Red Triangle Club Logmore Isolation Hospital Nuisances in Westcott Westcott Ice Houses	My Early Years (Fred Dixon) We Thank You (for service in the Great War) The Sandrock Westcott in The Times The Teapot from Tavistock Mystery George Tunnell's Diary (Richard Ede) Broomfield and the Touche Family

2005	2004
Cottage Holding in Balchins Lane War to Peace at Milton Court (P Bennett) England's Pleasant Land - Pageant 17th Dorking (Westcott) Scout Group William Balchin 1879-1942 (P Chapman) The Bury Hill Observatory Westcott News in 1918 Milton Heath House Manorial Customs & the Mansfields	Milton Court in Wartime Absent with Caccinium Mytillis Barclay, Perkins & Co. Ltd. Westcott in 1950 - Who Lived Where The Great Chestnut Gathering The Westcott Rover Crew The Sandrock Westcott Mill Angling Society

2003	2002
Sidney May - Rookery Valet Uncle Tom's Cabin Westcott Fellowship Cottage Trust Milton Heath and the Nower The Westcott Reading Room Lonesome Lodge	Tom Humphrey - Westcott's Pocket Hercules HMS Westcott The Boycott of the Bloomers 'Hallelujah Horace' Wakeford & Son A Museum Adventure in Dorking The Building of Holy Trinity Church

2001	2000
Local Author – Lady Bray Westcott Ice Houses Parsonage Lane Plane Crash John Evelyn – a Man of His Time The Fairbrother Murder Westcott in wartime	The Westcott Fire Brigade The Heaver Murder of 1901 Messrs Fuller & Co. Bankers St John’s Road Mission Hall Westcott in 1891

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