Publications

Information on thousands of servicemen and women with a Somerset connection, and the transcription of their memorials.

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…..

An index originally prepared by the late Lieut Col H R Phipps for all entries found in licence books, bonds and citations for licences issued from Wells between 1583 and 1755. The index to parties does not include the bondsmen,…..

The map covers the same area, is reproduced to the same scale (1:50,000), carries the same map number and uses the same British National Grid Reference, as the corresponding Ordnance Survey Landranger© map.

Over 300 Dorset parish churches photographed and described with brief histories together with information on the location of their records. The area covered is the historical county of Dorset, so excludes churches in Bournemouth and Christchurch which were previously part…..

(Rodney D Goodall)  A study of the development of Frome and its buildings over a period of more than 1300 years, including churches, inns, public building, commercial building and houses. Includes 40 photographs. 149 pages.  Soft covers.

(Penny Copland-Griffiths)  The potteries of Dorset are amongst the most enduring of all the crafts associated with the county.  The clay beds of south and east Dorset have long provided potters with a livelihood. The author traces the history of…..

(ed Derek Gill)  The Diary of Thomas Bunn of Frome.  An extensive introduction to the Bunn family is followed by diary extracts from the 1830s and 1840s. 196 pages.  Soft covers.

A series of articles taken from the Society’s journal ‘The Greenwood Tree’ about individual parishes. Many of the original articles were not illustrated, so the opportunity has been taken to add old and new photographs, many of them in colour.  Note…..

The map covers the same area, is reproduced to the same scale (1:50,000), carries the same map number and uses the same British National Grid Reference, as the corresponding Ordnance Survey Landranger© map.

(Mick Davis & David Lassman)  Behind Frome’s modern day facade lies a more sinister and foul past; full of murder, kidnapping, rioting, witchcraft and rebellion, among other nefarious activities that have taken place over the centuries in the town and…..

(Published 1986) (Rosemary Milward) Derbyshire Record Society Occasional Paper No 1. A listing of words found in the wills and inventories from Chesterfield from the period 1521 to 1700, and no longer used today. Although the sources of these terms…..

A transcription of: Christenings 1539-1949, Marriages 1539-1949, Burials 1539-1949.

The Methodist Centenary Roll is a list of all the people who donated a guinea [£1/1/- or £1.05] to the Wesleyan Methodist Twentieth Century Fund [or The Million Guinea Fund] between January 1st 1899 and September 1909 when the fund was…..

(Godfrey maps)  A map of Blandford Forum in 1901 at a scale of approximately 15 inches to the mile providing great detail, showing individual houses, railway tracks, factories and churches etc, and even minutiae such as pathways, signal posts, sheds,…..

(Barry Brock)  This series of three booklets covers all Sherborne’s old pubs and breweries that the author is aware of, a few of which still operate as pubs.  Many are now private dwellings. A short history of each of the…..