Details of the Publications & other Merchandise you can buy from the Plaxtol Local History Group, and of how you can buy them.
You can buy any of our publications or other merchandise at any of our Talks, or by post from:
The Archivist, Plaxtol Local History Group, Yopps Green Cottage, Yopps Green, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0PY
The Archivist, Plaxtol Local History Group, Yopps Green Cottage, Yopps Green, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0PY
All post & packing quoted is for 2nd class post within the United Kingdom.
We will calculate post & packing for multiple orders (or for posting to addresses outside the United Kingdom) on a case by case basis - please contact the Archivist (at the address above) with details of your order, and we will let you know the cost of post & packing for your order, so that you can send us a cheque for the appropriate amount.
Cheques should be made payable to Plaxtol Local History Group.
Cheques should be made payable to Plaxtol Local History Group.
Most of our publications are also available for purchase at Plaxtol Village Stores, The Street, Plaxtol.
Mill Life in Victorian Plaxtol by Vanessa Dussek Published October 2011 44 page A5 booklet with 39 photos, maps, graphs, tables and other illustrations (many in colour). The booklet covers the Victorian history of the six watermills in the Plaxtol area, with particular focus on the papermaking process, working conditions, wages and the owners, occupiers and millworkers. £5.00 Post & packing £1 extra. |  |
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School Life in Victorian Plaxtol by Tom Hogg Published December 2010 52 page A5 booklet with 49 photos, maps, drawings, tables and other illustrations (many in colour). A short history of education in Victorian Plaxtol, including the establishment of the National Schools, headteachers, monitors, pupil numbers, welfare issues, evening classes and other Plaxtol schools. The booklet includes many fascinating details from the schools' log books and other sources. £5.00 Post & packing £1 extra |
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CD of Plaxtol Parish Registers, published Find your Plaxtol ancestors. This searchable CD has details of all the thousands of entries of baptisms, marriages and burials in Plaxtol Parish Registers from 1648 to 1931, plus an alphabetical index. £10.00 Post & packing £1 extra See also our Plaxtol Censuses CD below |
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Beerhouses and Inns of Victorian Plaxtol by Haydn Puleston Jones Published March 2010 40 page A5 booklet with 35 photos, maps, drawings and other illustrations (9 in colour). A short history of the 12 hostelries that served Plaxtol in Victorian times, with details of their colourful licensees and amusing anecdotes from local newspapers and other sources. £5.00 Post & packing £1 extra |
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Church Life in Victorian Plaxtol by Haydn Puleston Jones Published December 2009 48 page A5 booklet with 44 photos, drawings, plans, graphs and other illustrations (18 in colour). A short history of church life in Victorian Plaxtol, covering Plaxtol Parish Church, Dunks Green Chapel and Plaxtol Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, the Rectory and statistics on baptisms, marriages and burials. £5.00 Post & packing £1 extra |
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Plaxtol in the Seventeenth Century by Mary Lewis A4, 96 pages, 27 illustrations, fold-out map A larger-sized reprint of Mollie Lewis's best-selling history of Plaxtol in the 17th century, including chapters on Village Industries, Plaxtol Houses and Families, Life in Plaxtol from Wills and Inventories,Law and Order, Helping the Poor and the Sick, the Civil Wars, and Church Life. £9.50 Post & packing £1.65 extra |
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CD of Plaxtol Censuses 1841-1901 - published December 2007 Find your Plaxtol ancestors, or who lived in your Plaxtol house. This searchable CD has details of all the thousands of entries in the seven 10-yearly censuses for Plaxtol from 1841 to 1901, plus an alphabetical index. £10.00 Post & packing £1 extra See also our Plaxtol ParishRegisters CD above |
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The Posts and Postcards of Plaxtol By David Gurney Published November 2007 8 x 8 inches, 48 pages, 65 pictures A postal and social history to 2007 of life in Plaxtol, illustrated with drawings, maps, photographs and postcards. £6.00 Post & packing £1 extra |
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Plaxtol in the past (2003 edition) 8 x 8 inches, 48 pages, 80 photographs, 3 maps A pictorial history of Plaxtol from the 19th century to 2003, illustrated with old photographs and postcards, all with captions. £6.00 Post & packing £1 extra |
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Plaxtol within Living Memory
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| Stitches in Time By Jayne Semple & Mollie Lewis 7 x 9 inches, 47 pages, 21 drawings A description of historical Plaxtol characters from the Iron Age to the 20th Century, with drawings in costume. £4.00 Post & packing £1 extra |
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A Short History of Plaxtol By Mollie Lewis 5 x 7 inches, 16 pages, 4 photos £2.00 Post & packing 50p extra |
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The Old Green Hut By Jean Leftley |
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The History of Cooper's Pitt Field By Jean Leftley 8 pages, A5 leaflet, 2 illustrations A history of Plaxtol Garage from £1.00 |
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Pack of 8 notecards & envelopes 2 x 4 inches 2 each of 4 designs taken from old photographs of Plaxtol, in a cardboard wallet showing the 4 designs - the Street, hop pickers, the Church and Allens Lane. NOW ONLY £3.00 Post & packing £1 extra |
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Plaxtol tea towel 8 old village scenes from old photographs Brown sepia printed on white linen £4.00 |
| Plaxtol Heritage Walks
Folded A5 leaflet mapping a walk around £0.50 |
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Churchyard Walk 2 page A5 leaflet with details of many gravestones of interest in Plaxtol churchyard. £0.50 Post & packing if sent individually 50p extra |