Publications

(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…..

(Ian Fox)  This book presents a light-hearted look at Dorset’s loos of yesteryear with local anecdotes and photographs of those buildings still standing. It is fully illustrated. 96 pages.  Soft covers.

Marriage index, transcribed from Phillimore’s. 1702 to 1723, listed by date, with a surname index.

(Hazel Hudson)  A pictorial history of the parish of Wedmore, from the late 1800s to the end of the Second World War. Contains over 100 photographs, with many of the individuals named. 81 pages.  Soft covers.

(Roger Guttridge)  The country clergyman who eloped with a parishioner’s wife … the stranded whale that became a tourist attraction on a Dorset beach … the spinster who kept her companion’s body for almost three years without reporting her death……

Marriage index, transcribed from Phillimore’s. 1724 to 1754, listed by date, with a surname index.

Marriage index, transcribed from Phillimore’s. 1558 to 1673, listed by date, with a surname index.

Marriage index, transcribed from Phillimore’s. 1674 to 1718, listed by date, with a surname index.

Marriage index, transcribed from Phillimore’s. 1719 to 1754, listed by date, with a surname index.

Burial Index for Taunton – St Mary Magdalene and Taunton – St James.

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.