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- Books, Local and Social History
The People of Didcot
- £9.99
- A fascinating book of aroud 200 photographs illustrating the history of Didcot in the mid-20th century. Includes the history of the Barn Church and its the community activities to the many other social and sporting events taking place in the town.
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- Books, Censuses, Genealogy
The Surnames of Wales
- £9.95
- This book dispels the myths that surround the topic of Welsh surnames. Nearly 40 maps show the distribution of interesting and typical surnames duting the early 19th centiry, and the book decribes both common and more unusual names, and their geographic bases.
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- Books, DNA
Tracing your Ancestors using DNA
- £14.99
- This book provides an accessible, wide-ranging introduction to this subject, and offers a clear explanation and practical guide for family historians to DNA discoveries and their use in exploring our ancestry and their ethical and legal implications.
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- Books, Genealogy
Tracing your Ancestors using the UK Historical Timeline
- £12.99
- This timeline guide to genealogical resources helps the family historian to understand what records are available and from when, and allows to put our ancestors into a historical and socio-cultural context.
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- Books, Parish Registers - all denominations, Religion
Wantage Wesleyan Circuit Miscellany
- £4.00
- Contains a transcription of some of the surviving records relating to the Wantage Wesleyan Methodist Circuit. Included are a register of Baptisms 1829 - 1837 with entries from Wantage, Childrey, Westcott, Letcombe Regis, West Hendred, Farnborough and Sparsholt.
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- Books, Local and Social History
Wokingham, A Potted History
- £12.99
- The town of Wokingham has a long history and this book provides an accessible picture of this typical country town from its settlement in Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. The book traces the town's history through good times and bad, and how its people played their part in great and notable events, and how its buildings have reflected change.
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- Books, Deaths and Burials
Berkshire Coroners Notebook 1775-1813
- £4.00
- Contains transcription of a notebook kept by three Berkshire coroners, who recorded the date, place and subject of the inquests.
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- Berkshire FHS Publications, Books, Genealogy
A Secretary Hand ABC Book
- £10.00
- New and in print, direct from the publisher - £10. With thousands of copies sold, this very popular handy guide to “secretary hand” includes illustrations of characters A to Z, common abbreviations, practice words, numbers and some samples and transcripts of wills 16th to 18th centuries, nursery rhymes and a list of words. Written by former chairman Alf Ison, this…
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- Books, Poor Law
Abingdon Union Miscellany
- £4.00
- A miscellany of records including a Register of Deaths 1866/1894, an Order for Custody of Children 1903, an Order for the appointment of a Guardian for a bastard child 1874 and some Pauper Examinations and Removal Orders dated between 1883 and 1920
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- Books, Local and Social History
Abingdon, Ock Street Remembered
- £5.00
- This well illustrated book published by the Ock Street Heritage Group, describes the trades and people of this historic Abingdon thoroughfare. It also covers the social changes and key events that shaped the area. J Hudson and E Drury, eds (Ock Street Heritage Group, 2008) A4, 44pp
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- Books, Local and Social History, Maps
An Historical Atlas of Berkshire, (2nd Edition)
- £20.00
- This new enlarged edition with 74 articles on Berkshire's history from the Palaeolithic to 21st century each accompanied by maps in full colour, and with numerous illustrations. Indispensable to those with Berkshire ancestors. Joan Dils and Margaret Yates, editors (Berkshire Record Society, 2012) Second edition ISBN: 9780 9548 7169 7
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- Books, Local and Social History
Abingdon, The People of, Vols 1 and 2
- £12.00
- These booklets contain a miscellany of records including Calendars of prisoners, insolvent debtors, bastardy orders Settlement examinations and lunatics and dangerous idiots etc. etc.
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- Books, Local and Social History
Bearwood – 19th Century St. Catherine’s – Glimpses of Parish Life
- £3.20
- Parish Magazine extracts
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- Sale!
- Books, Probate
Berkshire Archdeaconry Probate Records 1480-1652, (3 volumes)
- Original price was: £75.00.£45.00Current price is: £45.00.
- An index to the Archdeaconry probate archive held at the Berkshire Record Office. The archives includes over 10,000 original wills and 2,000 register copies. Published in three Parts: Personal Names; Place Names; Occupations. ISBN: 0954871650 Edition: 2011 (Berkshire Record Society Volumes 15, 16 & 17) Pat NAYLOR (editor) (Berkshire Record Society, Volume 15, 2011; in 3 parts) 155mm x 245mm…
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- Books, Local and Social History
Newbury and Chilton Pond Turnpike Records 1766-1791, Berkshire Record Society volume 22.
- £25.00
- The surviving records of the turnpike trust exist for the period 1766-1791. Through them we learn how the road was planned and how funds were secured to get the turnpike trust established, and is a rich source for the wider story of turnpikes in Berkshire.
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- Books, Religion
Reading Abbey Records, (Berkshire Record Society) Volume 25
- £12.50
- Contains text of four original manuscripts; a set of annals, accounts of miracles from the hand of St James, ceremonial procedures in the annual commemoration of the abbey founder, and special food and drink allowances for feast days.
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- Books, Local and Social History
Berkshire Contiguous Parishes
- £1.50
- This research guide lists all parishes alphabetically with their adjoining parishes in Berkshire. Where parishes are contiguous with other counties they are shown using the Chapman County Codes.
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- Books, Education
Berkshire Schools in the Eighteenth Century
- £25.00
- In 1833 the Government provided the first public money for schools, laying down the basis of our national education system. This volume looks at the wide range of charity, religious and private schooling available in Georgian Berkshire.
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