Publications by the Banstead History Research Group (BHRG).

SECTION ONE shows a list of BHRG publications in date order.

SECTION TWO is intended to include other generally available publications which contain information on village life in Banstead, in the last century or earlier.
Year
published
SECTION ONE - BHRG Publications
available locally from the IBIS bookshop or the Banstead Library.
coming
in 2008
BEECHHOLME - The residential school (see latest update)
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2007 ... The History of All Saints Church Banstead
2006 BANSTEAD Three Lectures on its History
2006 World War II the Banstead Ammunition Depot
May
2005
The History of Banstead Volumes I and II.
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2004 A History of Poor Law and Charity relief in Banstead
2002 Memories of Wartime Banstead District
2001 Early Banstead
1998 Banstead - Then and Now
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1998 Beechholme...(out of print)
1995 World War II - The Banstead Wood Camp
1993 Banstead - A History...(out of print)
1981 Village School, Banstead and Henry Knibbs, Victorian Schoolmaster
For further details and orders please mail the Publications secretary at BHRG books .
Publications in print can also be obtained from:
The IBIS Bookshop, 109 High St Banstead. tel 01737 353260 .
Year
published
SECTION TWO - Other Publications
.... Home Hills & Beyond by Wendy Henningsson.
The History of All Saints Church Banstead

Published May 2007 ISBN No: 978-0-9550768-3-1
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Author - Geoffrey Robinson
a member of the Banstead History Research Group.

62 pages including 40 colour plates, 14 Black and White and 7 Line drawings.

The parish church of Banstead in Surrey is by far the oldest building in the district. Situated just off the High Street, it is most likely that there has been a church on the site for at least 1,000 years. The book traces the history of the church from the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086 through the restoration in the 1860s to the present day.

It also covers the history of the Manor House which stood nearby in the 13th and 14th centuries.
The history of All Saints Church Banstead
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BANSTEAD Three Lectures on its History - New and updated version published by BHRG in 2006

Banstead Three Lectures on its History - The original book published in 1923
BANSTEAD
Three Lectures on its History


Published 2006 ISBN NO: 0-9550768-2-X
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By the Banstead History Research Group.
(117 pages including illustrations)

This book contains a reprint of the lectures given by Sir Henry Lambert K.C.M.G., C.B. in 1923 at the Council schools Banstead.

The lectures are supplemented in this edition by articles written by Sir Henry Lambert and published in the Banstead Quarterly between 1933 and 1935. The new version also includes many photographs of places mentioned in the text.

BHRG are grateful to Sir Henry Lambert's great grandson, Michael Lambert, for contributing the foreward to this book.

The first lecture starts..." When I was building my present house (Originally known as LARKLANDS, now New Place in Park Road) and making a garden, the ground being on a slope, it was necessary to cut into the hill. On returning from town one evening, I was told that the men had found some old bones............".

The picture on the left shows a rare copy of the original book.
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World War II
The Banstead Ammunition Depot


Published 2006
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BHRG (20 pages)

Banstead seemed to be of little interest from a military point of view. It was an open residential area with no industrial plant or military establishment; It was not on or near a mainline railroad or trunk road.
Perhaps it was for those very reasons, along with its position, beyond but not too far from the outskirts of London, that an important and potentially very dangerous military depot came to be sited in the area. This was what came to be described as "No. 116 Equipment Ammunition Depot". This little book tells a brief story of EAD 116, describes the location and includes many current pictures..
The Banstead Ammunition Depot EAD 116
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THE HISTORY OF BANSTEAD Vol I
(Published 2005)
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By J Sweetman.
(164 pages including illustrations)

The story of Banstead starts with what is known about the occupation of the Romans and the Anglo Saxons in the district. It then proceeds to describe century by century, the major events, people and conditions in Banstead up until 1840, set against the general historical background of the times.



THE HISTORY OF BANSTEAD Vol II
(Published 2005)
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By J Sweetman. (246 pages including illustrations)

This is a revised and updated version of 'Banstead - a History' published by the Banstead History Research Group in 1993.

After a brief summary of the village's early history, this book deals in detail with the story of Banstead from 1841 to the present day.

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A History of
Poor Law and Charity Relief in Banstead

Published 2004
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By John Sweetman (36 pages)

This book looks at the efforts made through the Poor Law or by charity to relieve at least the extremes of poverty in the Banstead area.

It includes the significant contribution made by organisations such as the Epsom Union Workhouse and individuals such as Henry Smith also known as 'Dog Smith'.
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Memories of
Wartime Banstead District


Published 2002
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By E J Bond. (88 pages including illustrations)

Amply illustrated, this book contains the recollections of people who lived in the Banstead Urban District area during the 1939/1945 war, told in their own way. The result is a convincing account of what it was like to live under a constant threat of bombing and with all the difficulties of rationing and other aspects of wartime. The book includes stories of Home Guard and other Emergency Service activities.
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EARLY BANSTEAD
(Published 2001)
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(27 pages including 12 pages of photographs)

This booklet is an edited edition of talks given by Mark Cory and Richard Mantle. It provides readers with an easy introduction to the story of the Banstead area from the earliest days until the time of the rapid developments between the two World Wars.

Illustrations show various aspects of village life.

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BEECHHOLME.
(Published 1998)

OUT OF PRINT

By Geoff Marshall. (32 pages including plan and photographs)

This was a pioneering Residential School for children from London who were orphans, deserted or otherwise in need. It was planned on the lines of a conventional Boarding School, with strict discipline but good facilities. Changing with the times, the School was ultimately closed in 1974.

This is the story of the school, including the recollections of some of the pupils who went there.

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WORLD WAR II - THE BANSTEAD WOOD CAMP
(Published 1995)
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By John Sweetman (25 pages)

For the whole of the war Banstead Wood was requisitioned by the War Department. Huts were built, and the Camp was used first for the Canadian Army and afterwards as a prisoner-of-war camp for Italians and then for Germans. This is the story of those occupations, based on information from people who were inside or outside the camp.
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BANSTEAD - A HISTORY
(Published 1993)

OUT OF PRINT

(148 pages with index, maps and illustrations)

The book shows how the village and community of Banstead, including Nork and areas from Tattenham Corner to Preston Lane, have grown into their present form. Part 1 starts with a brief account of early history, followed by a description of the village in the 1840s and then, step by step, its growth until recent times. Part II deals with various subjects without limitations of time - e.g. prominent families and persons, transport and the mail.
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Banstead - Then and Now
(Published 1987, with 1998 Supplement)
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We over ordered the number of copies, and our mistake now enables you to buy this great pictorial reference for this knock down price.

(104 pages)

After a short introduction to the history of Banstead, and a map, the book proceeds to illustrate main features of the village and how they have changed over the years, by means of photographs taken long ago and others taken from the same spot some eighty or ninety years later, with explanatory captions. The result is a pictorial passage from the old village to the new.

This book includes many old photos and postcards not shown on this website.
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Village School, Banstead and Henry Knibbs, Victorian Schoolmaster (Published 1981)

By Irene O'Shea (12 pages)
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This small book tells the story of the School which was opened in 1858, and which in 1862 was taken charge of by Henry Knibbs, aged 20. It shows how Knibbs, a man of great energy, played a major part in the life of the village.

He remained Headmaster until 1904.

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For further details and orders please mail the Publications secretary at BHRG books . Please note - prices quoted above exclude p&p
Publications in print can be obtained from:
The IBIS Bookshop, 109 High St Banstead. tel 01737 353260 .
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Home Hills & Beyond
by Wendy Henningsson a member of BHRG.


The book starts with my schooldays in Banstead village school. It includes a chapter describing neighbours in Croydon Lane where I lived until I was about 18. Also included is a group photograph of the VE-day celebration party for children with fancy dress competition which I believe is unique to this book.

One chapter describes my seven years at Wallington Grammar school, and although not Banstead history one could say it is social history of Surrey.

The rest of the book describes student days in the UK and abroad, and then how I adapted to a new life in Sweden where I still live.

Wendy Henningsson.

For further details please visit www.Norkbooks.com
Play from the 1930s? Wendy has sent in this photo which shows her mother in a long white robe.

Can you name the play or any other people in the photo?

Wendy believes the picture was taken in the 1930's.

Please contact the Webmaster with any information.
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As a small voluntary Group we do not have an online order and payment system.

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