References on Chislehurst history

High StreetThe following books provide more information and images about Chislehurst past and present.

Many of them are in the local library. Those marked with an asterisk * can be purchased from the Society. You may also be able to obtain them second-hand; try www.abebooks.co.uk. If you cannot get them, ask the library staff for assistance, or contact us for more information.

  • 100 Years in the Wilderness.  Tim Green (now out of print)

  • The Chislehurst Conservation Area.  Mary Holt

  • Chislehurst in Camera.  Pat Bushell (now out of print)

  • Discover Chislehurst.  Darrell Spurgeon with Roy Hopper*

  • Edwardian Chislehurst.  Arthur Battle (now out of print, but second-hand copies are available from us. Contact us for more information))

  • Francis Murray of Chislehurst. Jean Pailing*

  • For King and Country – The Men of Chislehurst who Fell in the Great War 1914-1919. Yvonne Auld

  • The French Imperial Family in Chislehurst.  John Mercer (now out of print)

  • History of Chislehurst.  EA Webb, 1899, reprinted 1999, (now out of print, but copies are occasionally available from us. Contact us for more information)

  • Imperial Chislehurst.  T A Bushell, 1974. (now out of print, but second-hand copies are available from us. Contact us for more information)

  • Kemnal Road – a history.  Tony Allen* (Click here to go the Kemnal Road website)

  • Patchwork of the History of Chislehurst.  Dorothy McCall 1963. (now out of print, but second-hand copies are available from us. Contact us for more information)

  • A Walk from Sidcup to Chislehurst along the old road.  Roy Hopper*

  • The Wood on the Stony Hill – A short history of St Mary’s Chislehurst. Rev T.P. O’Bierne, 1970. (out of print, but second-hand copies may be available. Contact us for more information.)