Time Line ReferencesList of References Available on the Time Line Website
Rev C.Q.Phillipson - Guide to St Nicholas Church 1962
Introduction to Thorney Island, Historic notes and a description of St Nicholas’ architectural features.
4 pages; Select Image to View
Rev Crookshank - Story of Thorney Island
History of Thorney from Roman into Reformation (plus RAF days). Good detail from quoted texts.
10 pages: Select Image to View
Flying Officer Turner - Thorney Island Story 1968
Extends Crookshank’s history: Pre-History, Anglo-Saxons, Power Politics (Normans), Doomsday, St Nicholas’ built, Thorney Manors & Advowsons, Reclamation, Pilsea, Pattern of Life, Epilogue & References.
24 Pages: Select Image to View
The King Flies In- Air station commissioning
Account of commissioning of RAF Thorney Island in 1938. Includes images of visit and aircraft. Good details of squadron aircraft of Coastal Command, 3 Page press cutting: Slect Image to View
The Rambling Reporter - Southern Weekly News 14 March 1936
Press cutting of report with images during the building of the Thorney Island RAF base, with comments from inhabitants.
2 Page press cutting: Select Image to View
Alan Davis' 1930 Recollections
The recollections of a Thorney Island resident in the 1930s. Lists families and farms remembered, the Pilsea Anomaly and snatches of island life.
4 pages: Select Image to download
Short Guide to St Nicholas Church, West Thorney - by Cathy Rudkin 2019
An updated guide with modern images in black & white of St Nicholas artifacts and views after its 2018 renovation.
28 Pages: Only available in print - £2
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Short Guide to St Nicholas Church, Thorney Island and its War Graves - by Cathy Rudkin and Jennifer Bishop
A fuller guide to St Nicholas Church with colour images. The lives of those commemorated in the war memorial and of those resting in Commonwealth graves are remembered. A supplement covers a short history of Thorney Island.
78 pages: Only available in print - £6
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The Place-Names of West Thorney- by Richard CoatesEnglish Place Names Society Supplementary Series 1 Nottingham 1999
A five part tome in 5 parts with a comprehensive reference section an some interesting images. Gives details from historic land transfers and enclosures on Thorney Island and likely derivation of field names.
66 pages: published by the EPNS
c/o School of English Studies,
Nottingham University,
Nottingham NG7 2RD
