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Pitney, A Letter From

(Maureen Wincott)  The author is a keen local historian, and has explored many topics in and around Somerset. During one of these pieces of research she connected with a previously unknown distant relative in Australia, who shared a letter written…..

£10.00

Somerset Freeholders List 1733

This booklet fills a gap of half a century between the jury books held amongst the Quarter Sessions archive at the Somerset Heritage Centre. It consists of the names, places of abode and occupations where given of all persons qualified…..

£3.45

List of the Officers of the Somerset Local Militia 1808-1811

Transcribed from a list found in a local law firm’s archive, now held in the Somerset Heritage Centre, which was compiled as a result of the disbandment of the Volunteer Infantry in 1813 when many men transferred to the Local…..

£2.50

The Assessment of the Hundred of North Petherton & the Borough of Bridgwater

A list of those required to pay a monthly tax for three months for the maintenance of ‘Forces raised by Authority of Parliament’, with the amount payable. The lists are arranged by tything. A surname index is included. 40 pages. …..

£3.45

Chancellors Farm Accounts 1766-1767

A transcription of the accounts kept by Mr Charles Tudway for Chancellors Farm in the parish of West Harptree for the year April 1766 to April 1767. They are very detailed accounts, covering livestock, the production and marketing of cheese,…..

£3.45

The Building Accounts of Mapperton Rectory 1699-1703

(Ed Bob Machin) – Dorset Record Society Vol 8. Provides detailed information on building practices and costs at a crucially important period, which saw one of the greatest pre-nineteenth century building booms in England. It is rare to find such…..

£3.50

The 1601 and 1628 Subsidy Returns for South Somerset

A listing, grouped by Hundreds, of the names of those paying tax in each of the two years, and the amount paid. The 1601 subsidy consists of the first payment of the fourth subsidy granted to Elizabeth I, and the…..

£3.95

Somerset & Dorset Absconders 1801-1858

A collection of abstracts, covering Somerset and Dorset, from copies ‘The Hue & Cry’ available at the Newspaper Library at Colindale at the end of the 20th century. This publication listed chronologically descriptions of army and navy deserters, including those…..

£3.50

Dorset People Involved in the Growing of Hemp and Flax 1782-1793

An alphabetical index of growers of flax and hemp compiled from bounty claim forms, newspapers, recognisances, pay lists and returns.  All except the newspapers were documents involved in the implementation of the Government act providing for bounties ‘for dressed fibre…..

£2.50

Wilton Gaol Description Register 1806-1818

The description registers for Wilton Gaol (Taunton) contain a wealth of information and form part of a large deposit of records (ref Q/AGw) at the Somerset Heritage Centre. This publication is a compilation of extracts from several volumes, covering the…..

£2.25

Wilton Gaol Description Register 1818-1825

The description registers for Wilton Gaol (Taunton) contain a wealth of information and form part of a large deposit of records (ref Q/AGw) at the Somerset Heritage Centre. This publication is a compilation of extracts from several volumes, covering the…..

£2.25

Wilton Gaol Description Register 1825-1830

The description registers for Wilton Gaol (Taunton) contain a wealth of information and form part of a large deposit of records (ref Q/AGw) at the Somerset Heritage Centre. This publication is a compilation of extracts from the register, covering the…..

£2.25

Wilton Gaol Description Register 1830-1841

The description registers for Wilton Gaol (Taunton) contain a wealth of information and form part of a large deposit of records (ref Q/AGw) at the Somerset Heritage Centre. This publication is a compilation of extracts from the register, covering the…..

£2.25

Index of Census Records for Purbeck Boundary Parishes – 1841, 1861 & 1871

The parishes included are Coombe Keynes, East Holme, East Lulworth, East Stoke, Kimmeridge, Steeple, Tyneham, West Lulworth and Wool. The information is arranged by Parish and in census years, and sorted by surname, folio, page and age, to enable approximate…..

£3.50

Index of Census Records for Swanage, Langton Matravers, Worth Matravers & Studland for 1841, 1861 & 1871

The information is arranged by Parish and in census years, and sorted by surname, folio, page and age, to enable approximate family groups to be established. 161 pages.  Soft covers.  

£3.50

Index of Census Records for the Combined Parishes of Wareham Town and the Parish of Arne for 1841, 1861 and 1871

The information is arranged in census years, and sorted by surname, folio, page and age, to enable approximate family groups to be established. The parishes covered are Lady St. Mary, St. Martins In and Out, Holy Trinity In and Out…..

£3.50