James Preston,Malting and Malthouses in Kent. Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2015. 235 × 165mm, 93 pp., b/w and col. illus. throughout. £14.99. isbn 978-1-4456-5306-8

Abstract

Beehive coking ovens had virtually monopolised coke oven design by the middle of the nineteenth century and their physical remains have been described in several recent articles. The following account identifies an alternative oven arrangement on one of the smaller and less well known British coalfields.