The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Ash near Wrotham, Kent by John Newman.
21x15cm, 12 pages, 7 illustrations. Paper cover. Price: 50p
This is a well-written and produced guide to this parish church written by one of our members who lives in the parish. John Newman is better known for his authorship of the Kent volumes of Penguin Books' Buildings of England series, but this booklet is of course considerably more detailed than any of his notes in those books.
The architectural details are particularly clearly explained and the pictures are well chosen to illustrate the text. One small criticism - the plan lacks a scale and no measurements of the church are given anywhere.
A Village School 1850 - 1970 Boughton Monchelsea by Denis Tye. 140 pages, 44 illustrations, 2 pages plans. Price: £3.50 (£3.85 by post from Mr D.F. Tye, Boughton Monchelsea C.P. School, Near Maidstone, Kent.)
The author of this well-illustrated history of a typical village school near Maidstone has been headmaster there since 1955. He shows how changes in the school's life and curriculum mirror changes on a national scale.
Mr Tye uses both school records and the memories of former pupils, parents and one of the school's managers to make the story come to life. The illustrations include examples of the actual documents used by Mr Tye to prepare his history.
The Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral 1541-1982 by Canon Derek Ingram Hill
144 pages with illustrations, price: approx £3.50 to be published by Miss K.H.McIntosh.
