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The History of Tunbridge Wells, by Thomas Benge Burr, published 1766 (317 pp., Tunbridge Wells: E. Baker) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries View Online
The Tunbridge Wells Guide or An Account of the ancient and present state of that place to which is added a particular description of the Towns and Villages, Gentlemens Seats, Remains of Antiquity, Founderies, &c.&c. within the circumference of Sixteen Miles, by J. Sprange, published 1797 (Tunbridge Wells: J. Sprange) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries View Online
Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions, by Paul Amsinck and engraved by Letitia Byrne, published 1810 (London: William Miller & Edmund Lloyd) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506727] & West Sussex Libraries View Online
An Excursion to Brighton, with an account of the Royal Pavilion: a visit to Tunbridge Wells; and a trip to Southend. In a series of letters to a pupil in Wales, by John Evans, L.L.D., published 1823 (304 pp., London: C. S. Arnold) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Tunbridge Wells, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. I, rape of Pevensey, pp.421-424) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2396][Lib 3211] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500087] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The Southern Watering Places: Hastings, St. Leonard's, Dover, and Tunbridge Wells … With remarks on the remedial influence of climate, by Edwin Lee, published 1856 (76 pp., London: J. Churchill) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Tunbridge Wells, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. II, p.210, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3315] & The Keep [LIB/500158] View Online
Historical associations of the free churches of Tunbridge Wells, &c., 1642-1904: including Pembury, Crowborough, Forest Fold, Forest Row, Matfield Green, by Luke Pearce, published 1904 (Sidney Kiek)
Tunbridge Wells, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter XL, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142] View Online
The Hastings Road and the "Happy Springs of Tunbridge", by Charles George Harper, published 1906 (x + 287 pp., London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries View Online
Notes on the geology and structure of the country around Tunbridge Wells: With report of excursion to Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, High Rocks and Eridge. Saturday, May 20th, 1922, by Henry B. Milner, M.A., D.I.C., F.G.S., published 1923 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 34 issue 1, article, pp.47-55) View Online
Abstract:The following notes describe the geology of some forty square miles of country in the vicinity of Tunbridge Wells, stretching northward almost to Tonbridge and southward to Eridge and Boarshead in Sussex, and as far as Groombridge and Ashurst to the west, of which some of the main features were investigated by members of the Association during the excursion. The six-inch mapping of this area is a continuation of the author's work in the Weald, of which some results have already been published in these proceedings.
The Tunbridge Wells country presents many geological features meriting the attention of those interested in the Weald. Much to be learned from a detailed study of the Lower Cretaceous rocks as developed here, and from their modes of occurrence, has a wider significance than would at first be apparent from casual inspection; thus certain phases in the course of the evolution of the Weald as a whole are realised, the nature of the evidence permitting of a ready appreciation of the factors involved.
The normal Wealden sequence comprises (in descending order) Weald Clay (1200ft.), Tunbridge Wells Sand (180ft.), Wadhurst Clay (150ft.), and Ashdown Sand (400ft.); all four divisionsoccur in this region. In the paper above referred to, the author drew attention to the great practical value accruing from a petrographic study of the individual Wealden beds as an aid to geological mapping. The rocks of the district, by their general barrenness of fossils and by the marked similarities shown frequently by the clays and sands, serve to emphasize this point, especially in cases of repetition or elimination of beds by faulting, a prominent feature of the area. Consequently in the following paragraphs stress is laid on the petrographic criteria which have contributed so largely to the identification and differentiation of horizons in the field.
The Tunbridge Wells country presents many geological features meriting the attention of those interested in the Weald. Much to be learned from a detailed study of the Lower Cretaceous rocks as developed here, and from their modes of occurrence, has a wider significance than would at first be apparent from casual inspection; thus certain phases in the course of the evolution of the Weald as a whole are realised, the nature of the evidence permitting of a ready appreciation of the factors involved.
The normal Wealden sequence comprises (in descending order) Weald Clay (1200ft.), Tunbridge Wells Sand (180ft.), Wadhurst Clay (150ft.), and Ashdown Sand (400ft.); all four divisionsoccur in this region. In the paper above referred to, the author drew attention to the great practical value accruing from a petrographic study of the individual Wealden beds as an aid to geological mapping. The rocks of the district, by their general barrenness of fossils and by the marked similarities shown frequently by the clays and sands, serve to emphasize this point, especially in cases of repetition or elimination of beds by faulting, a prominent feature of the area. Consequently in the following paragraphs stress is laid on the petrographic criteria which have contributed so largely to the identification and differentiation of horizons in the field.
The Boundary Between Sussex and Kent. (i0 The Tunbridge Wells Area, by F. Bentham Stevens, F.S.A., published February 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 1, article, pp.10-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library
Report on the Fracture line of the Kent and Sussex Hospital, by W. Harvey Gervis, F.R.C.S., published 26 September 1936 in British Medical Journal (1936, vol. 2, article, pp.640-641) Download PDF
Tunbridge Wells Through the Centuries, by Arthur W. Brackett, published 1937 (Tunbridge Wells: Courier)
A Promontory Camp above the High Rocks near Tunbridge Wells, by J. H. Money, published May 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 2, article, pp.33-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library
An Interim Report on Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, 1940, by James H. Money, published 1941 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 82, article, pp.104-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2167] & The Keep [LIB/500347] & S.A.S. library
From Tunbridge Wells to Eastbourne via Heathfield, by C. F. Wells, published May 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.291-307) Download PDF
Tunbridge Wells West as a Railway Centre, by F. S. Bond, published January 1956 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.51-53) Download PDF
Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, 1954-1956, by James H. Money, published 1960 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 98, article, pp.173-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2183] & The Keep [LIB/500331] & S.A.S. library
Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, by S.N.Q. Contributor, published November 1960 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 6, note, p.205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library
Excavations at High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells, 1954 - 1956. Supplementary Note, by James H. Money, published 1962 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 100, supplement, pp.149-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11489] & The Keep [LIB/500329] & S.A.S. library
Excavations in the Iron Age Hill-Fort at High Rocks, near Tunbridge Wells, 1957-1961, by James H. Money, published 1968 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 106, article, pp.158-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2191] & The Keep [LIB/500323] & S.A.S. library
Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells (Locomotion Papers), by David Gould, published 1 October 1983 (64 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853612994 & ISBN-13: 9780853612995) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Cuckoo Line, by A. G. Elliott, published 1 September 1988 (76 pp., Wild Swan Publications Ltd, ISBN-10: 0906867630 & ISBN-13: 9780906867631) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
The District Controller's View No. 15: Tunbridge Wells West & East Sussex, by Railway Professionals, published c.2011 (114 pp., Xpress Publishing)