td>A list of the historic buildings in the county prepared in the run-up to the local government reorganisation of 1965, including details contributed by local councils, local societies and members of the public covering antiquities in the county with plans.
Guildford Institute logo

If you have arrived here as a result of a search, the term you seek will be somewhere on this page. Alternatively, you can browse the index to find out which books cover the topics in which you are interested. Click here to close this window and return to the main site.

If you have reached this page via a search engine please click here to go to the Guildford Institute Library's Local Books & Pamphlets page. For further information, please contact the Library. Visit, phone 01483 562142, or email The Guildford Institute. © The Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford GU1 4LH, UK.
RUDGWICK Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  The Batsford guide to the industrial archaeology of South East England HASELEFOOT, A J Batsford, 1978 609.4221 Basement pbk., 153pp., glossary, bibliog.., Part of a series covering all manor industrial monuments in the UK
RUNEYMEDE Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  Rambles in Surrey COX, J Charles Methuen, 1910 914.221 Basement hbk., 315pp., illus, bw photos., "unconventional walks in Surrey"
  Wanderings in Surrey PALMER, William T Skeffington, nd 942.21 Basement hbk., 223pp., bw illus., "Every town, river, common, ridge. wood and road in the county has been visited" A topographical description of the country in the post war period. Published about 1950.
  A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Surrey, Containing an Account of its Towns, Cathedrals, Castles, Antiquities Churches, Monuments, Public Edifices [and] Picturesque Scenery. SHOBERL, Mr Sherwood Neely and Jones, 1813 942.21 Basement hbk., 304pp., illus., list of books published on Surrey A description of Surrey, interesting for its historical context. Contains a general survey of the county and then more detailed descriptions; includes a list of Barons having their capital residence in Surrey, a list of baronets.
RUNFIELD Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  Fowler's Guide to Surrey FOWLER, C R S Fowler, 1994 914.221 Main Library pbk., 148pp., second copy - Basement acc=6664 Leisure facts and short history of the county
RUNFOLD Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  The Batsford guide to the industrial archaeology of South East England HASELEFOOT, A J Batsford, 1978 609.4221 Basement pbk., 153pp., glossary, bibliog.., Part of a series covering all manor industrial monuments in the UK
  List of Antiquities and Conservation Areas in the Administrative County of Surrey SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL, Records and Surrey County Council, 1951 720.94221 Basement hbk., 211pp., illus, bw photos, fold out map in endpapers, copy of Emmanuel Bowen map of Surrey in side back cover
  Surrey: Ordnance Survey Historical Guides TURNER, Dennis George Philip, 1988 942.21 Basement hbk., 135pp., gazetteer, illus, col & bw photos., maps, Extracts from the first (19th century) series of OS maps are compared with more modern versions and photographs showing the changes which have taken place over the years.
RURAL LIFE Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  Life of William Cobbett   1111, 18?? 0 Basement hbk., 422pp., Biography of Cobbett dedicated to his sons
  The Charm of Old Surrey ALDERMAN, H M Trefoil Books, 1932 942.21 Basement hbk., 207pp., illus, drawings, plans second copy C1183 Series of sketches of Surrey villages.
  William Smith: potter and farmer 1790 to 1858 BOURNE, George Chatto & Windus, 1920 942.2725 Basement hbk., 230pp., illus, bw plates A story compiled of life in 19th and early 19th century rural England compiled from anecdotes of the subjects children.
  Witley and Milford in living memory: a compilation of oral and archive material for the villages and surrounding hamlets BOX, Valerie Witley Parish Council, 1999 942.219 Basement pbk., 63pp., illus., A history of the villages compiled form memories of residents
  A History of Surrey BRANDON, Peter Phillimore, 1977 942.21 Main Library hbk., 128pp., bibliography, maps, photos., sketches In an analysis of the tensions between the ancient rural county and the metropolitan area. The author traces the history and development of the county from prehistoric times to the present day; Second copy Basement 8577
  Selections from William Cobbett's illustrated rural rides: introduction and notes by Christopher Morris COBBETT, William & MORRIS, Christopher Fraser Stewart, 1992 914.2 Main Library hbk 224pp., bw & col illus a picture of rural life in 18th century England
  The end of tradition: country life in central Surrey CONNELL, John Routledge, 1978 942.2162 Main Library hbk., 231pp., tables,; second copy 88 Basement A survey of the villages of East and West Clandon and East and West Horsley analysing the effects of the coming of commuters and other influence during the lat 19th and early 20th centuries which reduced their isolation
  Remembrances of life and customs in Gilbert White's, Cobbett's, and Charles Kinglesy's country EGGAR, J Alfred Simpkin Marshall, 1920 942.2 Basement hbk., 198pp., illus., bw photos, Recollections of a Surrey resident for Farnham and neighbourhood; includes parts of Surrey and Hants
  The story of Tilford from prehistoric times to 2000AD: a short history of a Surrey Village and its people FRANKLIN, John e Tilford Parish Council, 2000 942.219 Basement pbk., 149pp., illus., maps, glossary, further reading Historical survey of the Village
  Newdigate: a Surrey wealden parish, its history and houses. HARDING, Joan & BANKS, Joyce The Author, 1993 942.218 Basement pbk., 227pp., line drawings, diagrams, glossary, transcriptions of some source documents A history of the parish drawing on sources documents and work done by the Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey)
  Godalming in old picture postcards HEAD, R e European Library, 1985 942.219 Basement hbk., 80pp., illus Postcards giving a flavour of long gone Godalming
  Dorking: a Surrey market town through twenty centuries JACKSON, Alan Dorking Local History Group, 1991 942.2165 Basement pbk, 124pp., bibliog., illus., maps, a concise account of the history of the town of Dorking
  Old West Surrey: Some notes and memories JEKYLL, Gertrude Kohler & Coombes, 1978 942.21 Main Library hbk., 320pp., photographs, facsimile reprint of the 1904 edition A detailed account of country life in Victorian England; includes hand written notes of gardens planned or advised on by Gertrude Jekyll. Facsimile of 1904 edition. Second copy L:8570
  With the woodlanders; and, By the Tide, by a son of the Marshes JORDAN, D Willaim Blackwood, 1893 507.724221 Basement hbk., 305pp., stories of rural life and folklore
  Boot saddle to horse and away LAMB, Roger Manor House Press, 1978 914.2 Basement pbk., 48pp., illus cartoons. a modern day "Rural Ride"
  Unknown Surrey: being a series of unmethodical explorations of the county illustrated in line and colour by the author MAXWELL, Donald Bodley Head, 1924 914.221 Basement hbk., 210pp., sketch maps, col illus, line drawings, A series of sketches in words of the authors travels through the County
  Puttenham and Wanborough: the past in pictures SAUNDERS, Margaret E 1111, 2000 942.2162 Basement hbk., 100(?)pp. Illus, bw photos., A pictorial record of life in a Surrey village in the 19th and 20th centuries
  Upland Rambles in Surrey & Sussex SHELTON, Harold Pitman, 1932 942.2 Basement hbk., 126pp., suggested itinerary, maps, illus, A series of suggested rambles and walks through Surrey and Sussex.
  A Farmer's Life: with a Memoir of the Farmer's Sister STURT, George Caliban, 1979 307.72 Main Library hbk., 208pp., drawings, notes. Facsimile of 1922 edition published under the name George Bourne Sequel to Sturt's biography his uncle
  Change in the village STURT, George Caliban, 1984 942.219 Basement pbk., 206pp. The author managed a wheel wright's shop in Farnham from 1884 to 1920 and lived in the village of Bourne. He sets out to describe and account for the changes occurring in rural life . First published in 1912
  Lucy Bettesworth STURT, George Caliban, 1978 307.72 Main Library hbk., 280pp., facsimile of 1913 edition. Last of three biographical studies of Frederick Grover, aka Bettesworth and his wife Lucy. It presents the dramatic changes taking place in early 20th century rural life.
  Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer by George Bourne [Sturt]: a record of the last years of Frederick Bettesworth STURT, George Duckworth, 1907 920.221 Basement hbk., 318pp., stories of the life of a rural labourer at the turn of the 19th/ 20th century
  The Wheelwright's Shop STURT, George Cambridge UP, 1958 688.6 Basement hbk., 236pp., illus., bw photos., diagrs., notes. Described in the preface as an autobiography of the years 1884 to 1891, the years just before the author engaged a foreman to manage his wheelwright's business in Farnham
  William Cobbett's Rural rides revisited VULLIAMY, Laurence Leatherhead and District Local History Society, 1977 914.22 Main Library hbk., 175pp., illus, photos, maps The author retraces three of Cobbett's journeys from the 1830s to see what changes have taken place in the intervening 150 years
RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN, LORD, LCJ OF ENGLAND Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  Summer Number 1899 SURREY TIMES Surrey Times, 1899   Basement bound pbk, 48pp. Illus, contemporary advertisements, bw photos. Some pages in fragile condition. The summer 1899 number of the Surrey Times, includes short descriptions and some photographs of Surrey towns
RUSSELL, BERTRAND Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  The Authors' Circle [the homes of famous authors who have lived in the Surrey Hampshire borders] BONE, Charles Tremlett's Books, 1998 920.98 Basement hbk., 47pp., illus Records the association of a selection of internationally known authors with the area. Signed by the author.
RYDINGHURST Title Author(s) Publisher DDC Location Notes Abstract
  Surrey: a Photographic Record 1859 to 1920 JANAWAY, John Countryside Books, 1984 942.21 Basement pbk., 95pp., photo Photographic survey of Surrey from Victorian times to the end of WWI
  Surrey Gardens PARKER, Eric Batsford, 1954 712.6 Main Library hbk., 259pp., An informed appreciation of 80 Surrey gardens which were open to the public

Click here to close this window and return to the main site.

If you have reached this page via a search engine please click here to go to the Guildford Institute Library's Local Books & Pamphlets page. For further information, please contact the Library. Visit, phone 01483 562142, or email The Guildford Institute. © The Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford GU1 4LH, UK.

© The Guildford Institute, 2005-2011. An Oppo site.