Books about Kentish History
As the gateway to Europe - or from Europe to the UK, depending on your perspective - Kent is a county full of fascinating history. We have published several books looking into different facets of this ‘Garden of England’ throughout the ages. Click on each image for more details.
Misadventures at Margate
A Legend of Jarvis’s Jetty
by Thomas Ingoldsby, illustrated by Ernest Jessop
Published 1 December 2021
ISBN 978-0-9931587-9-7
62 pages, Letter full colour premium facsimile hardback
A lavishly illustrated fable about the perils of a trip down from London…
Hoodening is an old custom unique to East Kent, indeed almost unique to the village where Ozaru Books is based, St Nicholas-at-Wade.
Discordant Comicals
The Hooden Horse of East Kent
by George Frampton
Published 1 December 2018
ISBN 978-0-9931587-7-3
250 pages, Royal Octavo colour hardback
The Hooden Horse of East Kent
Annotated edition
by Percy Maylam, ed. Ben Jones
Published 21 December 2021
ASIN B09NZ582G3
55,000 words, Kindle eBook
Stephen and Shirley Channing have written three books about the history of Kent, and Margate in particular.
A Victorian Cyclist
Rambling through Kent in 1886
by Stephen & Shirley Channing
Published 1 December 2011
ISBN 978-0-9559219-7-1
300 pages, Royal Octavo hardback (and Kindle)
The Margate Tales
by Stephen Channing
Published 1 April 2011
ISBN 978-0-9559219-5-7
306 pages, Royal Octavo hardback
Turner’s Margate Through Contemporary Eyes
The Viney Letters
by Stephen Channing
Published 1 December 2009
ISBN 978-0-9559219-2-6
92 pages, Royal Octavo paperback
In addition, Steve has written a more general historical book (following on from Victorian Cyclist above) about the early days of cycling.
Bicycle Beginnings
The Advent of the Bicycle or Velocipede… and what people of the 19th century were really saying about it
by Stephen Channing
Published 1 December 2017
ISBN 978-1-5210-8632-2
495 pages, Royal Octavo paperback (and Kindle)
Watch and Ward
A History of Margate Borough Police 1858 to 1943
by Nigel Cruttenden
Margate was once a bustling resort for daytrippers from London - indeed some say it is destined to achieve this again. With prosperity often comes a seedy underbelly, and this new book looks in great detail into the police force and their ‘clients’.
Coming soon
ISBN 978-1-915174-03-1
Family histories can be dull for those not in the family concerned… unless the family has had a history as exciting as the Curlings!
Curling Wisps & Whispers of History
Vol. 1: Thanet to Tasmania
by LucyAnn Curling
Coming soon
ISBN 978-1-915174-02-4
274 pages, Royal Octavo colour hardback