There are a multitude of references of Lamberhurst in many excellent books and many detailed subject short stories. However after completing a history of the house that I lived in at Coggers Cottage on The Broadway Lamberhurst I felt that the village lacked a book that recorded its history of the village and the development of its industries in an easytoread format that could be used to share as many people as possible. So that is what I have attempted to do.The written word is our ancestry but I also believe the old adage a picture tells a thousand stories so therefore where possible I have included as many illustrations as possible as I could.My reference list is long and I acknowledge the research of my author sources for that reason I regard myself of not as a soloist but as the conductor of a large orchestra of talent in the hope of producing a piece of work that readers will find interesting.Finally I wish to record my thanks to the residents of the village who I have not lived here for fifty years and I am very much a newcomer have been friendly and I regard them as my friends.