Publications

Burial index for Lyme Regis – St Michael, Charmouth – St Matthew, Chideock – St Giles, Chideock – Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs and St Ignatious, Symondsbury – St John the Baptist, Whitchurch Canonicorum – St Candida and Holy Cross, Wootton…..

(Brian Gillard)  A day-to-day chronicle of the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry ? Aug to Dec 1914. 164 pages.  Soft covers.

A transcription of East Dorset militia ballots lists, for the years 1757 to 1799.

(Dr Andrew Norman)  An attractive yet simple medieval house, its former inhabitants include figures who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of architecture, art and sculpture.  Their contributions have been not just of local importance but of national, and…..

(Peter Parrish)  An absorbing and interesting account of the Taunton penal institutions, particularly in the 19th century. 60 pages.  Soft covers.

A transcription of West Dorset militia ballots lists, for the years 1757 to 1799.

A record of the recruitment of volunteer soldiers in Dorset in the French Revolutionary War of 1793 to 1802, from their beginnings in 1794 to their peak in 1798, when patriotic fervour was at its height under the shadow of…..

(Andrew Pickering & Nicola Foster)  A fascinating selection of over 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Cheddar has changed over the last century. The pictures are arranged in a ‘then and now’ fashion, so that direct…..

(Will Musgrave)  A selection of over 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Portishead and two local villages, Pill and Long Ashton,  have changed over the last century. The pictures are arranged in a ?then and now?…..

(Henry Buckton)  Somerset?s contribution to the Second World War was extremely varied. This book includes pictures of coastal defences at places like Brean Down and Merryfield, Glastonbury?s preparation for occupation, naval fighter pilot training at Yeovilton and much more.  The…..

(Janet Baillie)  Stories of the people who lived in Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackrell during the years the villages had a station. Includes over 100 photographs, together with maps of the villages. 50 pages.  Soft covers.

Between 1948 and 1982 the Reverend Oliver Willmott wrote three quarters of a million words chronicling the life of his three parishes in West Dorset – Loders, Dottery and Askerwell.  This book provides nuggets from just the first five years of…..

(Pauline Forrest)  An account of a working class childhood in Bath in the 1920s and 1930s. A vivid evocation of a city changed almost beyond recognition – a city of tramcars, lodging houses, street vendors, midwinter dips in the flooded…..

(Tony Scrase)  A perceptive vision of this smallest of cities as seen through over 170 photographs.  (Special price) 118 pages.  Hard back.

(Anthony Windrum)  Starting with the earliest settlement to the 20th Century, the history of the village has been researched thoroughly by the author, a village resident. Includes an index of names. 112 pages.  Soft covers.

(C S John Sparkes)  The story of a Somerset moorland village, located in in the midst of the oft flooded Somerset Levels. Presents many aspects of Burtle, including the earliest settlers, the railway and the important turf trade of recent…..