HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
by Malcolm Payne

Malcolm Roger Payne (1927 - 1997) was Crowborough's first real historian as well as being a teacher and author of a number of papers on education, short stories, essays and poetry. His historical works include:

• Crowborough - The Growth of a Wealden Town (1985)
• Bygone Crowborough (1987) written in conjunction with Luther Batchelor

This set of historical sketches and essays and the related documents are reproduced with the permission of Malcolm's wife Barbara and his three sons Kevin, Andrew and Jeremy