Books, Guides and Literature

Book Reviews

Please note the books reviewed are not available from the Norwood Society unless they are included in the separate list below.

• A Thing in Disguise - The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton
• Biggin Wood
• Britain in Old Photographs - Around Crystal Palace & Penge
• Britain in Old Photographs - Forest Hill & Sydenham
• Britain in Old Photographs - Norwood
• Brixton and Norwood in Old Photographs
• Canals to Croydon and Camberwell
• Camille Pissarro at Crystal Palace
• Croydon Cinemas
• Croydon from Above
• Croydon Old and New
• Croydon’s Built Heritage, Conservation Areas, Local Areas of Social Character and Locally Listed Buildings
• Crystal Palace and the Norwoods: The Archive Photographs Series
• Crystal Palace, Penge and Anerley in Old Photographs
• Crystal Palace Vistas
• Emile Zola Photographer in Norwood
• FitzRoy
• HMS Beagle
• John Logie Baird - A Life
• Norwood Past
• Norwood Pubs
• Obsession - A Life in Wireless
• People In Glass Houses
• Say Goodbye: you may never see them again
• Sir Ninian Comper - An introduction to his life and work with complete gazetteer
• The Cinemas of Croydon
• The Incurables Movement - An Illustrated History of the British Home
• The search for E.T. Bell, also known as John Taine
• The Story of Norwood
• The Story of William Stanley
• The Tannoy Story
• Thomas Ross of Kilravock House: His Life and Times
• Treetops and Terraces
• Upper Norwood Triangle Memories
• West Norwood Cemetery’s Musicians
• William Stanley’s School

Purchasing Books

You can purchase our books in two ways:

1. By email to books@norwoodsociety.co.uk, by sending us details of the the title and quantity of book(s) you want to order. Please include the delivery address (and invoice address if different) and a name and phone number we can contact in case of query. When we receive your email we will send you an invoice for the book(s).
2. If you want to order in the traditional way please send a cheque made payable to The Norwood Society, to Richard Lines, The Norwood Society, 38 South Vale, London SE19 3BA. Please give the title(s) and quantity of the book(s) you want to order as well as your delivery address. Please include a name, phone number and email address.

The Phoenix Suburb Alan Warwick - reprinted in softback version. PRICE £9.99 + postage and packing £2.30

Camille Pissarro at Crystal Palace Nicholas Reed. PRICE £9.95 + postage and packing £1.50

Biggin Wood D Betty Griffin - Local History Publications. ISBN: 1 873520 6 PRICE £3.50 + postage and packing £1.50

Glimpses of Norwood Alan Warwick - published by the Norwood Society 1961 and reprinted 2008. ISBN 978 1 873 520 71 0. PRICE £1.50 + postage and packing £0.50

The Story of Norwood JB Wilson - a history of Norwood from the Middle Ages to the end of the second World War. PRICE £6.95 + postage and packing £2

Emile Zola in Norwood 1898-1899 A unique collection of photographs by the eminent French Author, Emil Zola. Made during his exile at the Queens Hotel, Norwood. ISBN: 0951538438 PRICE £7.95 + postage and packing £2

On The Trail of Norwood John Yaxley (with Owen Luder and Leo Held) - the guide to a short walk around Upper Norwood including Church Road, Westow Hill and Sylvan Road beginning at the Beulah Spa (now The Harvester) PRICE £1.50 + postage and packing £1

Down at Beulah Joan Warwick - with illustrations. A short history of the Royal Beulah Spa and Gardens by the late Joan Warwick, one of the founders of the Norwood Society. PRICE £1.50 + postage and packing £1

Norwood Cemetery - An Introductory Guide Published by the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery - ISBN: 978 1 873520 65 9 PRICE £2.50 + postage and packing £1

Thomas Ross of Kilravock House: his life and times Eric Kings - ISBN: 1 873520 59 X PRICE £7.99 + postage and packing £2

Upper Norwood Triangle Memories Beryl Cheeseman - ISBN: 978-0-9518803-2-6 PRICE £7.99 + postage and packing £2

Treetops & Terraces "and the walls came a-tumbling down", New Town, Upper Norwood SE19 Beryl Cheeseman - ISBN: 0-9518803-1-4 PRICE £6.00 + postage and packing £2

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