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South West Family Histories

South West Family Histories

(Stuart A Raymond)  A listing of all published histories and pedigrees relating to families which were resident in the historic counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It includes published books and journal articles, but not notes…..

£7.50

North Cadbury Parish, A Social History of

North Cadbury Parish, A Social History of

(Sam Miller)  A series of 32 chapters deal with many aspects of life in North Cadbury, Galhampton and Woolston, covering information such as parish registers, doctors’ remedies, law and order, the militia, parish poor houses, apprentices, tradesmen and poor/church rates……

£5.00

Researching Ancestors in the East India Company Armies

Researching Ancestors in the East India Company Armies

(Peter A Bailey)  This book is designed to assist research into the reader’s ancestors who served in these armies, and that this work will aid their exploits to remain alive in the memory of the British people. A thoroughgoing analysis…..

£6.95

Shipwrecks

Shipwrecks

(Maureen Attwool)  Dorset’s coast is notorious for the number of ships which have been wrecked along its length.  Vessels of every description have foundered on the rocks, ledges, beaches and bays that lie between Poole Harbour and Lyme Regis. This…..

£6.00

Stone Quarrying

Stone Quarrying

(Jo Thomas)  Stone quarrying is the most important of Dorset’s industries, with a history that reaches back to Roman times. The limestones from the Isles of Purback and Portland are amongst the most famous of all building stones, but elsewhere…..

£4.95

Victorians, The

Victorians, The

(Jude James)  No period, except perhaps the present, has had a greater impact than the sixty three ‘Glorious Years’ of Queen Victoria’s reign. Dorset was a rural backwater when she came to the throne, but by the time of her…..

£4.95

West Bay - Swimming and Some More

West Bay – Swimming and Some More

(Elizabeth Buckler Gale)  This book looks at the history of Bridport Harbour, now known as West Bay, and the Bridport Swimming Club which was founded in 1898, along with the author’s family’s ties to the town.  Includes over 70 photographs……

£7.75

Clevedon St. Andrew's Churchwardens' Accounts, 1730 - 1801

Clevedon St. Andrew’s Churchwardens’ Accounts, 1730 – 1801

A transcription of the Churchwardens’ Accounts of Clevedon Parish Church, made in the period up to 1994, from 1730 to the end of the 18th century, from the original at the County Archives. In the index of names spellings have…..

£7.20

Oake Parish Registers

Oake Parish Registers

A transcription of: Christenings 1594-1837, Marriages 1594-1837, Burials 1594-1837.

£5.50

WORLD WAR I ARMY ANCESTRY

WORLD WAR I ARMY ANCESTRY

4th EDITION 2003 (Norman Holding & Iain Swinnerton) This book sets out to provide family history researchers with a list of sources available to them so that they may reconstruct the career of a soldier. Although it provides a few…..

£6.95

The Love Poems and Letters of William Barnes and Julia Miles

The Love Poems and Letters of William Barnes and Julia Miles

(Ed Charlotte H Lindgren) – Dorset Record Society publication 10. William Barnes was eighteen years old when he first glimpsed a lively young girl, whose name was Julia Miles, he believed to be ‘about sixteen’ with bright blue eyes and…..

£3.50

Barwick & Stoford - Chatterbox Revisited

Barwick & Stoford – Chatterbox Revisited

Chatterbox, “The Voice of Barwick & Stoford” was the villages’ quarterly magazine  from August 2004 to September 2014. The history items from the magazine have been brought together in this booklet to ensure that these important articles are not lost…..

£6.00

Puncknowle Parish Registers

Puncknowle Parish Registers

A transcription of: Christenings 1730-1880, Marriages 1632-1836, Burials 1631-1867. 1861 and 1871 Census Records.

£6.90

Wells and the Great War

Wells and the Great War

(Eric Galvin)  This book is based on detailed research into the lives and experiences of the nineteen men, from twelve families, listed on the roll of honour in the Catholic Church of SS Joseph and Teresa in Wells. Starting from…..

£9.99

Rode Parish Registers

Rode Parish Registers

A transcription of: Christenings 1653-1713, Marriages 1653-1711, Burials 1653-1713.

£5.50

Yetminster, St Andrew’s Church,

Yetminster, St Andrew’s Church,

(Jocelyn Berthoud & Nora Windridge)  Published by the Yetminster Local History Society, this books present a history of the church, from the possibility of a Saxon building, and pre 1700 times, to the 19th century. Also included are short chapters…..

£2.50