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  • Berkshire Contiguous Parishes Quick View
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    • 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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  • Blewbury, This Venerable Village – BlewburyBlewbury, This Venerable Village – Blewbury Quick View
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    • Blewbury, This Venerable Village – Blewbury

    • £6.50
    • Describes the history of the village, and the history of many of the houses and other buildings in the village.
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  • Broadmoor Revealed – Victorian Crime and the Lunatic AsylumBroadmoor Revealed – Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum Quick View
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    • Broadmoor Revealed – Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum

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    • LOW PRICE! Mark Stevens of the Berkshire Record Office reveals what life was like for the criminally insane 100 years ago. Mark has uncovered the lost lives of patients whose mental illnesses led them to become involved in crime.
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  • Buckinghamshire,  Shire County Guide Quick View
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    • Buckinghamshire, Shire County Guide

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  • Coffers, Clysters, Comfrey and Coifs – the lives of our seventeenth century ancestorsCoffers, Clysters, Comfrey and Coifs – the lives of our seventeenth century ancestors Quick View
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    • Coffers, Clysters, Comfrey and Coifs – the lives of our seventeenth century ancestors

    • £12.95
    • Our seventeenth century ancestors may be people that we can identify, or may be nameless waiting to be discovered, and we should find out more about their way of life. This book sets out to provide us with some context with which to view them.
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  • Didcot, The Long Years of Obscurity, Volume 1, to 1841Didcot, The Long Years of Obscurity, Volume 1, to 1841 Quick View
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    • Didcot, The Long Years of Obscurity, Volume 1, to 1841

    • £3.50
    • NEW LOWER PRICE History of the old town to 1841 (up to enclosures).
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  • East and West Ilsley,  ‘Time, Gentlemen please’East and West Ilsley,  ‘Time, Gentlemen please’ Quick View
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    • East and West Ilsley, ‘Time, Gentlemen please’

    • £8.00 Original price was: £8.00.£2.00Current price is: £2.00.
    • (300+ years of pubs and brewing in East and West Ilsley)
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  • East Ilsley “A Drunken Worthless Creature” Notes on parishioners, 1831East Ilsley “A Drunken Worthless Creature” Notes on parishioners, 1831 Quick View
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    • East Ilsley “A Drunken Worthless Creature” Notes on parishioners, 1831

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    • A series of notes on about 130 parishioners and their families prepared in 1831 by the Rev. George Thomas, curate of East Ilsley, for the benefit of his successor. Includes a coloured map that accompanies the Town Terrier and a list of occupiers.
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    • East Ilsley Parish Council – The First 100 Years

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    • 1895-1995 Includes list of Parish Council Chairmen & details of various issues discussed at meetings etc.
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  • East Ilsley, ‘Far Famed for Sheep & Wool’. (A History of East Ilsley’s Markets & Fairs)East Ilsley, ‘Far Famed for Sheep & Wool’. (A History of East Ilsley’s Markets & Fairs) Quick View
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    • East Ilsley, ‘Far Famed for Sheep & Wool’. (A History of East Ilsley’s Markets & Fairs)

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    • A History of East Ilsley's Markets & Fairs
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  • East Ilsley, The Origins of its nameEast Ilsley, The Origins of its name Quick View
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    • East Ilsley, The Origins of its name

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    • Berkshire East Ilsley Local History Society
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  • Emmbrook, An Unfinished HistoryEmmbrook, An Unfinished History Quick View
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    • Emmbrook, An Unfinished History

    • £5.00
    • Gives the history of the village and the Village Hall with tales of the activities carried on there. Includes many references to characters in the village and photographs and some maps.
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Berkshire Family History Society works to meet the needs of those researching their ancestry across the UK and overseas – as well as those looking for former relatives in historic Berkshire.  You do not need to be a member to benefit.

The society offers:

  • Research Zone in central Reading that is free to use and open to all

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