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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

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

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

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…..

£4.95

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

(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

Lamb’s Tail Soup – Shepton Beauchamp in Pictures

(Patricia Pearce)  A collection of pictures from Shepton Beauchamp, spanning the 20th century, together with informative captions and explanatory text where more information is available. 54 pages, soft covers.

£4.50

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

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

£5.50

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

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

£6.90

Rode Parish Registers

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

£5.50

Weston-super-Mare – Only our Best Was Good Enough

(Pam Woodburn)  Memories of Locking Road School.  The school was opened in 1899, and the author was a pupil there for six years from 1945.  She provides her own memories of the school, and has collected the memories of several…..

£5.25

Timberscombe Parish Registers

A transcription of: Christenings 1598-1837, Marriages 1598-1837, Burials 1598-1837.

£7.20

Wareham Non-conformist Registers

A transcription of: South St Presbyterian: Births & Baptisms 1789-1837 West St Independent: Births & Baptisms 1740-1837, Baptisms 1837-1845, Burials 1821-1830 Old Meeting Independent Baptisms 1828-1857, Burials 1824-1857.

£4.50

Your Somerset House

(Derek Shorrocks)  A guide to tracing the history of your house in the Somerset Record Office, first published in 1988 and revised in 1998. The book includes a short section providing notes on a few successful case histories. 23 pages……

£3.50