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Village histories

Allhallows

The Story of an Outpost Parish – Allhallows, Hoo, Kent by Frederic John Hammond.

Aylesford, Burham, Wouldham, Eccles

Five Medway Villages by Winifred Bergess and Stephen Sage. Meresborough Books, 1983.

Borstal

Borstal – Past and Present: A History of St Matthew’s Church and the Village of Borstal by Norman Clout. T.H. Printers and Partners, Rochester, 1978.

Cliffe and Cooling

  • A Pictorial History of Cooling and Cliffe by Allan Cherry. Martins News, 2001;
  • Cooling: Dickens of a Village by Margaret Smith. Sawd Books, 2001.

Cuxton

Cuxton: A Kentish Village by Derek Church. A.J. Cassell Ltd, 1976.

Grain

History of the Isle of Grain by Charles Buxton Burnett, 1906.

Gravesend and Northfleet

Gravesend and Northfleet Revisited by Robert H. Hiscock. Stroud, History, 2009

Hoo

  • Hoo St.Werburgh in Old Picture Postcards by D. Worsdale, 1984; The Story of the Hoo Peninsula by Philip MacDougall. Hallewell, 1980;
  • Hoo's Who: A century of memories by Kathy Evans and Douglas Marsh. Running Dog Press, 2008.

Luton

  • Cabbage Island: A Local History of the Parish of Luton, Kent by Alan Heard, 1994.
  • The Story of Luton by Sydney Turner, 1952.

Medway

The Medway Valley: A Kent landscape transformed by Andrew Hann. Phillimore, 2009. This study looks at the development of the industries on the agricultural communities along the lower Medway valley from 1750 to 1900.

Rainham

A Picture Hstory of Old Rainham by Barbara Mackay-Miller. Meresborough, 1982.

Strood

  • Strood: A Pictorial History by Avril Bloomfield. Meresborough, 1977;
  • A History of Strood Rural District by Brian Matthews. SRDC, 1971;
  • Merrily to Frendsbury by D. Barnard. City of Rochester Society, 1996;
  • The History of Strood by Henry Smetham. John Hallewell, 1978 (originally published 1899).

Walderslade

Walderslade: The wooded valley by Edwina Kissick. ID Books, 2009.

Photographs

Search on MedwayImages to view historical photographs of Medway villages.

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For more information contact Medway Archives by telephone: 01634 332714 or by email: malsc@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Medway Archives, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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