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Introduction
The Society has over 50 titles in its current Publications List.
Most of these are produced in-house, but we also commission some professionally printed paperback volumes.
These include our latest book, Judith Goodman's Coal and Calico: Letters and Papers of the Bennett and Leach families of Merton and Wandsworth at £7.50 (members' price £6), as well as Lionel Green's A Priory Revealed, using material relating to Merton Priory at £7.50 (members' price £6).
Eric Montague's series of Mitcham Histories is also printed professionally in paperback. So far nine volumes have been completed, which leaves another five to come! Each volume covers one area of Mitcham.
In-house publications include a series of A5 booklets on a variety of local subjects, including historic buildings and estates, industries and Merton's railways. David Luff's account of Textile Printing at Liberty Printworks and Merton Printers Ltd, Trouble at Mill is an A4 booklet.
Our series of Local History Notes is also in A4 format, and consists mainly of original sources, including editions of important documentary sources and also the very popular reminiscences of local residents.
Another series of A4 booklets is Studies in Merton's History. This is an ideal format for the publication of studies undertaken as part of an academic course, as well as non-academic in-depth studies.
The Publications Secretary is grateful to the Society for allowing him to publicise his privately published booklets in the series Discovering the Past.
Merton Library Service has also published some books on our behalf, and these are available at local libraries and at Merton Heritage Centre at The Canons, Mitcham. They have also produced books in association with other local organisations and with the Museum of London.
A list of contact addresses for other sources of local history books is appended.
