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Coker Canvas – The Textile Industry of the Somerset/Dorset Border

(Richard Sims)  Coker Canvas provides the first detailed account of the textile trade in the area around East and West Coker.  Textiles have formed the core of area’s economy from the 17th century and, although not as important as it once…..

£12.00

Traditional Dorset Farmhouses

(Bob Machin)  A major series of essays about the author’s research into old countryside buildings, mostly farmhouses. The book is the result of many years of investigation, stemming from the author’s interest in the houses of ordinary people.  What did…..

£20.00

Somerset Voices – A Celebration of Memories

(Ann Heeley, Louise Clapp & Liz Snelgrove)  Life is shown as it really was in the twentieth century in the words of those who have lived through great changes, drawn from a collection of over six hundred oral recordings of…..

£14.99

Sherborne Almshouse Register

(ed Ann Clark) The Almshouse Register is a rare document.  In the 1590s the governing body, the brethren of the almshouse, began to copy their most important records into this one volume. This transcription is in modern English for accessibility. …..

£12.50

The book of Watchet – A Millennium Portrait

(compiled by David Banks)  This book is a history of the townspeople’s triumphs and tribulations down through the years. Over 400 photographs, nearly all of them previously unpublished, have been gathered together from local inhabitants to bring to life a…..

£12.95

Treasure of the Golden Grape

(Selwyn Williams)  A detailed examination of a 1641 wreck off Chesil Beach in Dorset.  The work includes transcriptions of the HCA Inquiry into the wreck with the names of over 300 local witnesses from Portland, Wyke Regis, Fleet, Langton Herring,…..

£14.95

Leigh Upon Mendip, The Book of

NOTE:  The top corner of the book has slight damage.  The price has been reduced accordingly. (Ed Joyce Jefferson)  The story of a small upland parish in the East Mendips, Somerset, from pre-historic times up to the present day.  Includes…..

£9.50

Dorchester Century

(Steve Wallis)  A fascinating glimpses of old and new Dorchester highlighting the changing face of the town over a hundred years of the 20th century. Includes over 200 photographs. 144 pages.  Hardback.

£19.99

Wedmore – The New Wedmore Chronicles

(Hazel Hudson)  A compilation of one hundred articles, originally written for the local newspaper, about families, properties crimes and traditions of previous generations of Wedmore inhabitants. References and a comprehensive index have been added. Includes 90 illustrations. 296 pages.  Soft…..

£14.99

Crewkerne – Sailcloth, Webbing and Shirts – The Crewkerne Textile Industry

(Richard Sims)  An A4 bound presentation of the history of this vital local industry, as related to Crewkerne. There are a large number of quality photographs, complimented by diagrams. Includes a name index. 166 pages.  soft covers.

£15.00