PUBLICATIONS
The Society maintains a collection of books and pamphlets and actively promotes publications relating to Hythe and the surrounding area.Some items are still for sale. (Packaging and postage will be added to prices if items are to be sent outside the Hythe area) To order any item on sale or to arrange to see or borrow items, please telephone Alan Joyce: 01303 267085 or Contact Us Here
In addition to the list below the Society has a large collection of other publications and research material relating to Hythe and the surrounding area. For details of these, see Archives
We are always keen to acquire additions to our library. Anyone wishing to dispose of books relating to Hythe and the surrounding area, please Contact Us Here
We also have a number of digitised publications available to download and read free of charge. You will need a suitable PDF reader to open and read. They can be viewed here: Free Digital Publications
A Walk Around Historic Hythe
A5 | 68 Pages | Full Colour
By Sally Chesters & Christopher Melchers with Jill Ayling, Kim Murton & Michael Tubman
Published: 2022
Price: £5:00
The Deedes Family in Hythe Kent 1580-1800
A4 | 99 Pages | Illustrated
By Christopher McGonigal
Published: 2021
Price: £8:00
Our Time in Hythe
A4 | 24 Pages | An excellent review of significant events in our local area
Edited by Christopher Melchers
Published: 2020
Price: £5:00
The Last Days of Hythe Harbour
A4, 54 Pages | Superb maps and illustrations by janine Umbers | ISBN 1 900101 20 3
Text by Maurice Young | Maps and Illustrations by Janine Umbers
Reprinted: 2019
Price: £5:00
Hythe & Saltwood Remember: 1914-18, The Fallen
Brief biographies researched by Hythe Local History Group and other local researchers | Forward by Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL | A5 | 212 Pages
Edited by Anne Petrie
Published: 2019
Price: £6:00
Echoes From The Sky
New Edition - Revised and Expanded by Peter Osbourne
By Richard Scarth
Published: 2017
Price: £12:95
Parish Pot-Pourri
Published by Penumbra | ISBN 978-0 9931435-9-5 | 151 Pages | All proceeds donated to Friends of St. Leonard's Church
By Mike Umbers
Published: 2016
Price: £6:00
About St. Leonard's
Mostly reprinted from St. Leonard's Parish Review 1909-2015 | Published by AudiaArcadia.com | ISBN 978-1-326-47182-8 | 122 Pages | All proceeds donated to Friends of St. Leonard's Church (Now available online or in hard copy from Amazon)
By Mike Umbers
Published: 2015
Price: £6:00
Hythe Celebrities
J&J Print Hythe | A4 | 34 Pages
John Woodward & John Keeffe
Published: 2010
Price: £1:50
A Saltwood Miscellany: 800 years in the village and parish of Saltwood
Mostly reprinted from St. Leonard's Parish Review 1909-2015 | Published by Penumbra | ISBN | 12 Pages | Out of print but available for Kindle and similar devices via Amazon | Proceeds to the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul Saltwood
By Mike Umbers
Published: 2007
Price: £2:34
Hythe Events - Some National Events and the Nation's Rulers
Hythe Civic Society Publication | A5 | 20 Pages
Compiled by Brian Doorne
Published: 2005
Price: £1:00
Remember Hythe, The High Street 1902-1992
MacSegar Press | ISBN 874638 003 6 | A4 | 40 Pages | Superb drawings by Rufus Segar | PDF Version now available for free from the 'Join Us' page
Design & Drawing by Rufus Segar
Published: 1992
Price: Out of Print. Reprint being considered.
Hythe Police Station 1913-1936 - A History and Personal Memoir
Hythe Printers Ltd | ISBN 900101 25 4 |
By Diana Spencer
Published: Not Listed
Price: £1:00
Dorothy from Hythe in Kent
The first part of the book is Dorothy's recollections of her early life in Hythe during the early years of 20th Century | Plowright Press Warwick | ISBN 0 9543127 0 8 | A5 | 264 Pages
By Dorothy K Thomas and her daughter Ruth I Johns
Published: 1988
Price: £0:50p
The Society has also acquired the following publications, copies of which are held in the archives for loan to members of the Society. Please see above contact for information.
'Echoes from the Sky' by Richard Scarth, it is a New Edition - Revised and Expanded by Peter Osborne. ISBN(13) 978-1-872836 - 17 - 1. Published 2017.
'Hythe - The postcard collection' by Martin Easdown & Linda Sage. ISBN : 978 1 4456 7165 9 (print) & 978 1 4456 7166 6 (e book). Published 2017.
'Hythe - Through Time' A further collection of photographs of Hythe by Martin Easdown and Linda Sage. ISBN : 978 1 84865 919 0. Published 2010.