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A Reading Scrapbook – a history of the town through printed ephemera
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- Historical ephemera gives us a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in Reading in centuries past. Going back over 300 years these scraps of paper show how the people of the town lived, made their money, were entertained and much more.
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A-Z of Windsor & Eton: places – people – history
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- This well illustrated A-Z journey through Windsor, Eton and surrounding areas throws interesting, sometimes intriguing, light on the significant heritage of the towns and district.
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Abbot Cook to Zero Degrees: an A to Z of Reading’s Pubs and Breweries
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- A comprehensive directory and history of pubs and breweries in Reading, both past and present.
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Archbishop Laud’s Charity – Wokingham Beneficiaries
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- This book contains records of the distribution of money in Wokingham and has lists of of boys apprenticed and maidens receiving marriage contributions in the years 1718 to 1754 and 1776 to 1844 together with lists of Apprenticeship Indentures funded by the charity from 1839 to 1920.
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Coley Talking – realities of life in old Reading
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- These recollections of the Coley area of Reading provide an understanding of the area's social, economic and political history - an area now much changed through clearance of poor housing and demolition to accommodate new roads construction. The story of the area is given through its people, its community activities and the day to day struggles of life.
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Emmbrook – So Much More Unfinished History
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- The seventh book in this series on Emmbrook (or Embrook) village provides a mix of people, places and events in its history.
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Emmer Green – Past & Present
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- This information packed book on Emmer Green traces its history from an estate hamlet to a suburb of Caversham. It is a reprint of the 2003 second edition with additional pages to bring it up to 2022.
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Georgian Newbury
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- This book brings to life Georgian Newbury and Georgian society generally. Covering all aspects of town life from education, trade, health, transport to leisure, crime and religion; no part of daily life is ignored.
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Hinton Waldrist – (A Sense of Place)
- £2.95
- Commissioned by the Hinton Waldrist Parish Council and published by Thematic Trails with the help of Longworth and District Local History Society. Presented in the form of two walks that can also be enjoyed at home.
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- Books, Local and Social History, Poor Law
Hungerford Overseer’s papers 1654-1834
- £25.00
- Berkshire Record Society Volume 27 is a calendar of nearly a thousand poor law cases papers together with other papers relating to attorney bills, and extracts of vestry business, overseer's accounts and Quarter Sessions order books.
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Living in Tudor Windsor: The Records of the Sixteenth-Century Town
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- Using the records of the 16th century town this books traces the changes in the town during the turbulent years of the Reformation and the Tudor m0narchy.
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Maidenhead Through Time
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- A fascinating selection of photographs showing the many ways in which the town has developed over the last century.
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