The following books are available for borrowing from the MLHS library. They have been divided into separate categories which can be retrieved via the navigation options on the left side of this page.
| Author | Publisher | Date | Info. | |
| BOOKS ABOUT MAYFIELD (A) | ||||
| Guide to the Church of St. Dunstan’s, Mayfield | Barnes, J. | 2003 | 36 | |
| Mayfield: the Story of an Old Wealden Village | Bell-Irving E.M. | East Sussex County Library (re-issue of 1903 edition) | 1984 | 204p.illus |
| St. Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield: the Story of the Tower and Bells | Boothroyd, J.H. | 1987 | 13p | |
| Educating the Poor: Mayfield School 1750-1771 | Burchall, M.J. | West Sussex Institute of Higher Education | 1982 | 76p.typescript |
| Growing up in wartime Mayfield; 1939-1945 (3copies) | Eldridge, J. | John Eldridge | 1997 | 88p.illus |
| Mayfield Mayday(2copies) | Fisher T. | Post Office | 1979 | 56p.illus |
| Mayfield: a History(2copies) | Foster, R.G.C. | 1963 | 87p.illus | |
| Looking Back (bound with 'Mayfield,70 to 100yrs.ago ' & The diary of John Gale') (2copies) | Lester F. | Mayfield Press | 1953 | 217p .illus |
| Looking Back | Lester,F | Henry Thomas | 1950 | 115p.illus |
| A View from Long Off | McColl P. | Consortium Publshers | 2000 | 143p.illus. |
| Clocks of St. Dunstan’s Mayfield and Mayfield Clockmakers | Money, R. | 1988 | 118 | |
| Windmills and Argos Hill: a Narrative (2copies) | Rogers, T.S. | 1975 | 69p.illus.map | |
| Mayfield Sketch Book: Incorporating Suggested walks around the Village | Sugden, Basil | Sugden Publications | 1990 | 44p.illus.map |
| Ye Historie of Ye Olde Palace from ye 9th to ye 19th Centurye | 53p.illus. | |||
| Hadlow Down (once part of Mayfield) | Hadlow Down Millenium Book Committee | 240p.illus | ||
| Mayfield Guides & Directories | ||||
| Mayfield Sussex:the official guide | Home Publishing Co. | 1949 | 16p.illus | |
| Mayfield: the official Mayfield directory incorporating the guide,3rd.ed.1949-50 | Mayfield Press | 120p.illus. | ||
| Lovely Mayfield.4th ed. 1952-3 | Mayfield Press | 134p.illus | ||
| Short guide to the history of Mayfield | M.L.H.S. | 1976 | 16p.illus | |
| Short guide to the history of Mayfield | M.L.H.S. | 1982 | 28p.illus | |
| Mayfield :a short historic guide | M.L.H.S. | 1992 | 32p.illus | |
| History of St. Dunstan's Church, Mayfield, Sussex | British Publishing Co. | 26p | ||
| BOOKS ABOUT SUSSEX AND KENT (B) | ||||
| Education of Wadhurst | Acott K.F. | Book Guild | 1988 | 286p.illus |
| History of Sussex | Armstrong J.R. | Phillimore | 1995 | 72p.illus.maps |
| Sussex in Bygone Days | Blaker N.P. | Combridges | 1919 | 199p.illus. |
| Sussex. 6th Edition | Brabant, F.G. | Methuen | 1920 | 297p.illus.map |
| Footpaths of the Kent-Sussex Border | Braddock | Chaterston | 1947 | 153 |
| Kent and Sussex Weald | Brandon P. | Phillimore | 2003 | 288p.illus.maps |
| Historic Lewes & its Buildings | Brent C. | Lewes Town Council | ? | 54p.illus.maps |
| Sussex long ago(2copies) | Bunt P. | James Pike | 1976 | 32p.illus.diag. |
| Rotherfield Recollections | Carr E. & Lunt A. | Parish Council | 1993 | 208p.illus |
| Off the Beaten Track in Sussex | Cooke, A.S. | Combridge | 1912 | 375p.illus |
| Wadhurst then and now: a study in pictures | Cosham, & Harte | Greenman Enterprise | 2003 | 173p. |
| East Sussex within Living Memory | Country Books & ESPFWI | Countryside Books | 1995 | 256p.illus |
| Around Rye in Old Photographs | Dickinson A. | Sutton | 1989 | 160p.illus |
| Brighton before Dr. Russell:An Interim Report | Farrant, J. Farrant S. | University of Sussex Centre for Continuing Education | 1976 | 33p. |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells: a pictorial history | Farthing R. | Phillimore | 1990 | 128p.illus,maps |
| Where to see wildlife in Sussex : a visitor's guide to our best nature sites | Fletcher,N. | Sussex Wildlife Trust | 2002 | 128p.illus |
| Old Heathfield & Cade Street in the 19th Century | Galloway,S, Pauline MacIldowie, Roy Pryce, Joanna Williams | Authors & Old Heathfield & Cade Street Society | 2008 | 204p.illus |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells Past & Present | Given J.C.M. | Courier Printing & Publishing | 1946 | 183p.illus |
| Sussex Views: selected from the Burrell Collections | Godfrey, W.H. Salzman, L.F. | Sussex Record Society | 1951 | 191illus |
| Victorian and Edwardian Sussex from Old Photographs | Gray J.S. | Batsford | 1973 | 128p.illus |
| Day Wadhurst Changed: Friday, 20th January, 1956 | Harte, Michael; Ring, Rachel; Woodward, Heather. | Wadhurst History Society | 2006 | 158p.illus |
| Sussex Highlands | Jackson G.G. & Row P. | Homeland Association | 64p.illus.maps | |
| Highways and Byways in Sussex | Lucas, E.V. | MacMillan | 1912 | 444p.illus.map |
| Tudor Rye | Mayhew, G. | Centre for Continuing Education | 1987 | 353p.illus |
| Sussex: The Garden by the Sea | Mee, A. | Hodder & Stoughton | 1956 | 447p.illus.maps |
| Sussex | Mee, A. | Hodder & Stoughton | 1964 | 240p.illus |
| Bygone Crowborough | Payne M. & Batchelor L. | Phillimore | 1987 | 120p.illus |
| Steyning scandals | Pennington,J, | S.B.Pubs | 2007 | 79p. |
| Heathfield Park: A private estate and a Wealden town | Pryce R. | 1996 | 60 | |
| Heathfield & Waldron: an Illustrated Guide | Pryce, R. | Parish Council | 34p.illus | |
| Secret Sussex | Scott, N. | Batchworth Press | 1949 | 125p.illus |
| Folklore of Sussex | Simpson J. | Batsford | 1973 | 187p.illus |
| Wheel of Waldron | Taylor, V. | Heathfield & Waldron Community Association | 44p.illus.map | |
| Lost villages of Sussex | Vigar, J.E. | Dovecote Press | 1994 | 89p.illus |
| Victorian Wadhurst: Glimpses of our past | Wadhurst History Society | Greenham Enterprise | 2005 | 144p.illus |
| Sussex (2copies) | Winbolt S.E. | Bell | 1928 | 252p.illus.maps |
| Frant: the story of a wealden parish (2cpies) | Wright, P. | Frant Publications Project | 1982 | 99p.illus |
| Sussex County Handbook and County Red Book for 1911 | West Sussex Gazette | 1911 | 488p. | |
| Pevensey & Westham: a Pictorial Guide | Historical Society | 1999 | 32p.illus | |
| SUSSEX AT WAR (C) | ||||
| Blitz over Sussex, 1941-42 | Burgess P., Saunders, A. | Middleton Press | 1994 | 96p. Illus |
| Battle Over Sussex | Burgess, A. Saunders, A. | Middleton Press | 1990 | 96p.illus |
| Bombers over Sussex | Burgess, P. Saunders, A. | Middleton Press | 1995 | 96p.illus |
| Sussex Home Guard | Crook P. | Middleton Press | 1998 | 95p.illus,maps |
| Martello Towers: a brief history | Hutchinson G. | 1984 | 24p.illus.map | |
| Royal Military Canal: a brief history | Hutchinson G. | 1995 | 20p.illus.maps | |
| How the Railways Came to Hastings | Johnstone B. & Peak S. | University of Sussex Centre for Continuing Education | 1984 | 37p.ilus.map |
| Sussex Wartime Relics & Memorials | Mace M.F. | Historic Military Press | 1997 | 194p.illus. |
| Monuments of War: the evaluation, recording & management of Twentieth century military sites | English Heritage | 1998 | 24p.illus.map | |
| Twentieth-century military sites | English Heritage | 2000 | 24p.illus.map | |
| 20th century defences in Britain(2) | Council for British Archaeology 2000 | 1995 | 144p.illus.diagr | |
| SUSSEX: LIFE & TMES (D) | ||||
| East Sussex Events: Death, Disaster, War & Weather | Arscott D. | Phillimore | 2003 | 132p. illus |
| East Sussex Census - 1851 Index Vol 14; Rotherfield, Crowborough & Mayfield | Barnes, C.J. | Barnes | 92p | |
| Brickmaking in Sussex: a History & Gazetteer | Beswick M. | Middleton Press | 1993 | 242p.illus |
| Ironworking in Warbleton | Beswick M. | History Group | 2003 | 48p.illus |
| Smuggling Through Sussex (new revised edition) | Brent, C.E. | E.S.C.C. | 1977 | 14p.photocopies |
| Night of the Fires: Bonfire in Sussex from the Plot to the Present Day | Chapman, B. | S.B. Publishers | 1994 | 96 |
| Mayfield Census 1881 | Church of the Latter Day saints | Phillimore | 1999 | 252 |
| Iron Industry of the Weald (2nd ed) | Cleere, H. & Crossley, D. | Merton Priory Press | 1995 | 475p.illus |
| Smuggling in Sussex | Cooper, W. | Frank Graham | 1966 | 48 |
| Areas of outstanding natural beauty :a policy statement | Countryside Commission | Countryside Commission | 1980 | 11p. |
| Hops & Hop Picking | Filmer, R. | Shire Publications | 1982 | 80p.illus |
| Ironworking | Gale,W.K.V. | Shire Publications | 1994 | 32p.illus.diag. |
| Maritime Sussex | Harries, D. | S.S. Publishers | 1997 | 127p.illus |
| Wealden iron industry | Hodgkinson,J. | History P. | 2008 | 160p.illus |
| Harvey and Son, Bridge Wharf Brewery, Lewes, Bicentenary Year | Jenner, M.A. | Harveys | 1990 | 104p.illus |
| Oasthouses in Sussex and Kent: their history and development | Jones, G. Bell, J. | Phillimore | 1992 | 72p.illus.diag. |
| Charcoal & Charcoal Burning | Kelley D.W. | Shire Publications | 1996 | 32p.illus.diag. |
| Captain Swing in Sussex & Kent: Rural Rebellion in 1830 | Matthews, Mike | Hastings P | 2006 | 118p. |
| In the Wake of the Hurricane | Ogley, Bob | Froglets Publishers | 1987 | 120p.illus |
| Sussex Weather Book | Ogley, Currie, Davidson | Froglets Publishers | 1995 | 176p.illus,maps |
| Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex | Parish W.D. | Gardners of Bexhill | 1957 | 185p.illus |
| Sussex Police Forces | Poulsom,Lt.Col | Middleton Press | 1987 | 144p.illus |
| Smuggling in Kent & Sussex 1700-1840 | Waugh M. | Countryside Books | 1985 | 176p.illus |
| North Wealden Local Plan Part 2 | Wealden District Council | Wealden District Council | 1989 | 142 |
| Nutley School in the Early Years | Wright, S. | Nutley Historical Society | 2001 | 75p.illus |
| North Wealden Local Plan Part 2 | Wealden C.C. | 1989 | 160p.maps | |
| Next Step: Report | Mayfield & Five Ashes Appraisal Committee | 1988 | 52p.illus | |
| BUILDINGS (E) | ||||
| Recording timber framed buildings; an Illustrated glossary | Alcock,N.W, | Council for British Archaeology | 1996 | 66p.diagr |
| Hammerwood Park, East Grinstead, Sussex, 1792: First house of Benjamin Henry Latrobe | Anne-Noelle, & Pinnegar,E | 1992 | 52p.illus | |
| Ancient Stained and Painted Glass | Eden, F.S. | Cambridge | 1913 | 160p.illus |
| Castles in Sussex | Guy J. | Phillimore | 1984 | 162p.illus |
| Parts of a manor house | Heath, S.H. | G.:Philip | 1928 | 48p.illus |
| Historic buildings in Eastern Sussex. ….Vols3-5 & 7:Rape of Hastings Archaeological survey,1982 | Martin,D.& B. | Hastings Area Archaeological Papers | 1982 | 6 vols |
| Framed Buildings of England | Mason R.T. | Coach Publishing House | 137p.illus.diagr | |
| Framed Buildings of the Weald | Mason, R.T. | Coach Publications | 1964 | 111p.illus.diagrs |
| History of Ashdown House | Richmond C. | 1991 | 204p.illus | |
| Checklist for the Structural Survey of Period Timber Framed Buildings | Swindells, D.J., Hutchings, M. | R.I.C.S. | 1993 | 40p.illus |
| Ground Plan of the English Parish Church | Thompson A.H. | Cambridge | 1911 | 138p.illus |
| Historical Growth of the English Parish Church | Thompson A.H. | Cambridge University Press | 1911 | 142p.illus.diag |
| Exploring Sussex Churches | Vigar, J.E. | Meresborough Books | 1986 | 122p.illus |
| Recording a Church: an illustrated glossary 3rd Ed. | Council for British Archaeology | 1996 | 51p.diagr | |
| LOCAL HISTORY STUDIES, ARCHAEOLOGY (F) | ||||
| How to trace the history of your family | Berry,J.A. | East Sussex County Council | 1971 | 16p. |
| East Sussex Record Office: A short guide | Brent J.A. | East Sussex County Council | 1983 | 22p. |
| Sussex in the 16th & 17th Centuries: a bibliography | Brent, C.E. | University of Sussex | !974 | 54p. |
| Further Notes on Deserted & Shrunken Mediaeval Villages in Sussex | Burleigh, G.A. | Sussex Archaeological Society | 1976 | 8p |
| Romano-British Industrial Site at Bardown, Wadhurst | Cleere H. | Phillimore | 1970 | 23p.illus |
| Sussex Wealth and Society in the Reign of Henry VIII | Cornwall, J. | Sussex Archaeological Society | 1976 | 26p. |
| Sussex in the 18th and 19th Centuries: a bibliography | Farrant, J. | University of Sussex | 1973 | 48p. |
| Museum of Country Life and Industry in Queen Victoria’s Royal Box at Heathfield Wildlife Park, East Sussex: A personal collection | Figes, Derek | Author | 1977 | 19p.illus |
| Fieldwalker’s Guide and an Introduction to the Iron Industries of the Weald | Herbert, B.K. | Wealden Iron Research Group | 1985 | 66p.illus. |
| Fieldwork in Local History | Hoskins W.G. | Faber | 1987 | 192p.illus.diag. |
| Sussex Coroner’s Inquests, 1485-1558 | Hunisett, R.F. | Sussex Record Society | 1985 | 105p. |
| Historical Atlas of Sussex | Leslie, K. Short, B. | Phillimore | 1999 | 166p.maps |
| Gunfounding | Local History Research Unit No. 2 | E.S.C.C. | 1976 | 37p.photocopies |
| Local Museum: Notes for Amateur Curators 2nd Edition | Paine, C. | Area Museums Service | 1986 | 60p.illus |
| Group Projects in Local History | Rogers, A. | Dawson | 1977 | 246p.illus |
| Census of England & Wales 1901; Rural Enumeration volume, Mayfield Parish | UK Census | Pdf copy | 44p. | |
| East Sussex Record Office: Searchers’ Guide | East Sussex County Council | 1972 | 25p. | |
| Exploring Museums in Sussex | East Sussex County Council | 1979 | 20p.illus | |
| Day at the Wells: exhibition catalogue | Museum and Art Gallery | 20p. | ||
| County Structural Plan: 1978 Review | East Sussex County Council | 1977 | 19p. | |
| BIOGRAPHICAL (G) | ||||
| No Soldier: The Diary of Miss Editha Blaikley of Wren Cottage, Tidebrook, Sussex | Blaikley, Miss Editha | Blaikley,N | 1992 | 224p.illus |
| Tunbridge Wells: I was born on the Pantiles | Butcher, J. | Turney Publishers | 1990 | 90p.illus |
| Still Life: Sketches from a Tunbridge Wells Childhood | Cobb, R. | Chatto & Windus | 1983 | 161p. |
| Lewes Diary 1916-1944; edited by Diana Crooke | Dudeney, Mrs Henry (Alice Dudeney) | Tartarus Press | 1998 | 254p.illus |
| Children of the Weald | Edwards S. | Edwards | ? | 192p.illus |
| In a Country Churchyard | Fletcher, R. | Granada | 1980 | 155p.illus |
| Fuller of Sussex: A Georgian Squire (Rev. Ed.) | Hutchinson, G. | 1997 | 152p.illus | |
| Rogues, rascals & rebels of Kent & Sussex | McCooey,C. | JAK Books | 2006 | 146p.illus |
| Sussex Women: famous, infamous, unsung | Searle, S. | JAK Books | 1995 | 69 |
| Queen’s Gunmaker: Being an Account of Ralphe Hogge, Elizabethan Ironmaster and Gunfounder | Teesdale E. | Lindel | 1984 | 125p.illus |
| Hillaire Belloc | Wilson A.N. | Mandarin | 1984 | 408p. |
| GENERAL (H) | ||||
| Country Life Book of Britain in the Seventies | Allison, R. | Book Club Associates | 1980 | 288 |
| Britain's haunted heritage | Brooks, J.A. | Jarrold | 1990 | 223p. |
| Three Important Calls and Other Short Articles together withMemoirs of some young believers | Daw, J. | 1898 | 124p. | |
| Priories and Abbeys of England | Hogg,G. | David & Charles | 1972 | 112p.illus.map |
| Passport: the history of man’s most travelled document | Lloyd M. | Sutton Publishing | 2003 | 282.illus |
| Remembered Land: Recollections of life in the countryside 1880-1914 | Street S. | Claremont Books | 1996 | 149p.illus |
| Domesday: a Search for the Roots of England | Wood M. | BBC Publications | 1986 | 224p.illus.maps |
| Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: a Policy Statement | Countryside Commission | 1980 | 11p | |
| Mayfield 1881 census (click here to view) | ||||
| 1911 property valuations (click here to view) | ||||