Books
KENT TOWN GUIDES 1763-1900 by R. J. Goulden. An important new publication by the British Library.
Mr. Goulden works at the British Library in the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue Section. His family was actively involved in publishing, printing, and bookselling in Kent from 1850 until the closure of the Goulden and Curay bookshop in Tunbridge Wells. Early provincial printers commonly supplied guidebooks for visitors. Mr. Goulden's bibliography makes a major contribution to the study of the spread of printing and bookselling in Kent. Published by the British Library, price £30.
KENT DISSENTING MINISTERS DECLARATIONS 1689-1836. This volume is the latest in the series of useful books by our member, Miss G. Rickard. It lists the 291 Kent non-conformist ministers who signed the required declaration at Quarter Sessions at Canterbury and Maidstone under the terms of the Toleration Act of 1689 which required Ministers or teachers to assent to the 39 Articles of the Church of England. Brief details are given about some of the Ministers who signed - and some who did not. There is also an introduction to the legal background to these declarations and details of the documents from which the Ministers' names are taken. Finally, there is an index to places of residence given by some of the Ministers. Paperback. 32 pages. Price: £3.50 or £3.90 inc. P&P. from Miss G. Rickard.
ROMNEY MARSH: THE DEBATABLE GROUND. The second Romney Marsh Monograph, which was published in 1995, contains 13 papers varying in content from changing coastlines and river courses, field walking, medieval salt-making, and a day-to-day account of maintenance of the Dymchurch Wall in 1620. Price to friends of the Romney Marsh Research Trust: £22.50. Price to non-members: £25.00. (Plus £2.50 each for P&P)
Available from Mrs. E. Keeling.
THE ROMAN VILLA SITE AT ORPINGTON, KENT. by Brian Philp. This comprehensive volume covers the complete excavations of 1988-1989, undertaken by the Kent Archaeological Unit, with the financial support of the L.B. of Bromley, of the Roman Villa site of Crofton, Orpington. It contains many detailed plans and sections, about 200 drawn objects, and also photographs, with supporting specialist reports. Rigid case binding. 110 pages. Price: £12.00 (plus £2.50 P&P per volume) May be obtained from KARU Roman Painted House, New St, Dover, Kent CT17 9AJ (Cheque to be made payable to KARU).
Books for Sale
Mr. Ralph Lovegrove has a number of back volumes of Arch. Cant. he wishes to dispose of. These are from years 1966 to 1993, some 26 volumes altogether. Mr. Lovegrove does not wish to split the collection and is asking £78.00 for the entire sequence. Anyone interested should contact: Mr. Lovegrove.
Mr. Robert Baldwin has a number of volumes of Antiquity for sale. These are Vols. 51-54, 59-67, and other issues. 72 issues total. Price: £150 ONO. Contact: Mr. Baldwin.