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Blewbury, This Venerable Village – Blewbury
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- Describes the history of the village, and the history of many of the houses and other buildings in the village.
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Bradfield College Register 1888 (CD)
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- Low Price! This is a facsimile copy on CD of the college register in West Berkshire Library.
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Bradfield Union Miscellany
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- Including Informations and Complaints against paupers 1835/1846, Admissions and Discharges for Bradfield Union School between September 1850 and March 1853, a Paupers' Service Book 1851/1911, and abstracts of Boarding Out Committee Minutes 1911/1915
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Brimpton, St Peter Parish Registers, 1607-1992 (CD)
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- This CD contains a full transcription of the parish registers, a brief history of the parish and is fiully indexed. The coverage is Baptisms 1607-1982; Banns 1754-1982; Marriages 1607-1981 and Burials 1607-1982
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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 Contiguous Parishes
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- This research guide lists all parishes alphabetically with their adjoining parishes in Buckinghamshire. Where parishes are contiguous with other counties they are shown using the Chapman County Codes.
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Caversham, St Peter, Monumental Inscriptions (CD)
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- The inscriptions on this CD range from 1629 to 2003.
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Chipping Norton, Faringdon, Witney & Woodstock Registration Districts, Marriage Notices, 1837-1851
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- NEW LOWER PRICE. From 1837, couples who were not marrying in the Church of England were to give notice of their intended marriage at their local Register Office. Transcription of those entries notified to the above Registration Districts are given
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Cholsey, St Marys, Monumental Inscriptions, (CD) OFHS
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- Includes transcriptions of the memorials with a plan of the graveyard and an index of names.
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Coffers, Clysters, Comfrey and Coifs – the lives of our seventeenth century ancestors
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- 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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Compton, Ss. Mary & Nicholas, Parish Registers (CD)
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- Baptisms 1553-1925, Marriages 1553-1963, Banns 1755-1955, Burials 1553-1901
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Criminal Petitions Index 1819-1839 (CD)
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- This CD comprises an index to 10,062 names in Piece numbers HO17/40-79 held in the National Archives. The information given includes name, age (in many cases), offence, place and date of trial, sentence, prison and the full TNA Reference.
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Criminal Register Indexes, Vol CDP2 South-Central (PRO HO27) 1805-1816 (CD)
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- Includes Berkshire and England & Wales Master Index.
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Crowthorne, St John, Monumental Inscriptions 1863-2019 (CD)
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- Transcriptions of all extant memorials, including many colour photographs; an interactive plan; an introduction to the church; and details of memorials in the churchyard and with additional memorials to some burials in the grounds of Broadmoor Hospital.
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Datchet Strict Baptist Church Members Book 1844-1910
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- LOW PRICE This volume contains information extracted from the Members' Book of the Strict Baptist Church at Datchet and includes the admission and/or dismissal or removal of members, baptisms, deaths and other entries of interest.
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Dating Old Army Photographs
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- This book argues that much can be learned from Army photographs even when the regiment can't be identified. Head to toe examination of uniform and accoutrements identifies possible dating clues.
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Death and Burial records for family historians
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- This is the third in the series of Vital Records for Family Historians published by The Family History Partnership. This booklet provides a comprehensive guide to the records available, where to find them, the information they contain and how to use them.
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Dictionary of Saints’ Days, Fasts, Feasts & Festivals
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- Family, local and general historians all rely heavily on dates. This dictionary -160 pages - is a guide to the many special days on which celbrations or annual customs took place, setting them briefly in an historic, religious or social context.
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Didcot Revisited (Images of England)
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- Presents a collection of more than 200 photographs, exploring the history of Didcot during the twentieth century. Every aspect of life in Didcot is captured in this tribute to the town: weddings and parties, schools and sports teams, churches, local clubs and theatre groups, hours of work and of leisure.
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Didcot, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1898
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- Large Scale Town Map approach 152 to the mile.
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Didcot, The Long Years of Obscurity, Volume 1, to 1841
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- NEW LOWER PRICE History of the old town to 1841 (up to enclosures).
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Didcot, Wills & Inventories Vol. 1 – 1530-1851
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- Includes most early wills & inventories of the people of Didcot.
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Drayton, St Peter, Monumental Inscriptions 1451-2015 (CD)
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- The names of almost 1,400 people and transcriptions of their monuments and memorials within the church, in the churchyard and in the nearby Municipal Cemetery are given. Photographs of graves and gravestones were taken during the transcripton are included
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Durham Parish Register Map (IHGS)
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East and West Ilsley, ‘Time, Gentlemen please’
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- (300+ years of pubs and brewing in East and West Ilsley)
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East and West Ilsley, Education – A History of Local Schools 1805-2008
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- The history of schools in East and West Ilsley from 1805 to the present day. Includes lists of the names of headmasters.
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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)
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- A History of East Ilsley's Markets & Fairs
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East Ilsley, Monumental Inscriptions of (CD)
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- Transcriptions of the Memorial Inscriptions from East Ilsley St. Mary's and the Baptist chapel with name index and photographs of many, plus related Census and Parish Register information.
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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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East Ilsley, Transcripts of 190 Wills 1804-1877, ‘In the Name of God: Amen’ – Eric Saxton
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- This publication contains full transcripts, summaries of beneficiaries, executors and witnesses, and a full name index to people mentioned in these 190 wills associated with the village of East Ilsley. A number of these wills (27) pre-date the parish registers and so provide vital information for those researching family history pre-1608. This product will be fulfilled directly by the publisher
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East Ilsley: Monumental Inscriptions of, A Name Index
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- This small booklet is a name index to the "East Ilsley: Monumental Inscriptions of."
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Easthampstead Poor Law Union – Workhouse Births & Deaths 1849-1914
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- The Easthampstead Poor Law Union was formed in 1835 and comprised the parishes of Binfield, Easthampstead, Sandhurst, Warfield and Winkfield with Ascot. This booklet will be of much use to those with ancestors born with in the Easthampstead Union.
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Electoral Registers 1832-1948 and Burgess Rolls (Gibson Guide)
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- This is a Directory to Holdings in Great Britain and provides a very detailed guide to the holdings of the British Library.
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Electoral Roll, Berkshire, 1832 (CD)
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- Electoral Roll of the Freeholders of Berkshire, 1832
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Emmbrook, An Unfinished History
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- 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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Emmbrook, Even More Unfinished History
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- This third volume in the series of Emmbrook history booklets records and makes available information about some of the people and events connected with the village from the recent past.
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Emmbrook, More Unfinished History
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- This is the second booklet in the series of Emmbrook histories and relates histories of villagers and benefactors including the Leverson-Gower, Nicholson, Vialls, Heelas, Skinner, and Dunne families.
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Emmbrook, Much More Unfinished History
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- The sixth volume in the series of the Emmbrook histories on the people, places and activities of the village. This miscellany includes a Korean War soldier, dissent in the adjoining parish, estate developments and misdemeanours of local folk.
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Emmbrook, Yet More Unfinished History
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- A further selection of interesting aspects and stories relating to Emmbrook village, including Emmbrook School; Sports Club; a notable World War One soldier's story, and a very messy divorce from the 1920s and the short lived Toutley Camp
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Enclosure in Berkshire, 1485-1885 (Berkshire Record Society Volume 5)
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- Between the 15th & 19th centuries nearly three quarters of Berkshire was enclosed. Following an introductory survey, this volume provides a parish-by-parish summary of enclosures in Berkshire and includes complete transcripts of a number of key documents.
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Enstone – Lifting the Latch (A Life on the Land)
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- This book describes a vanished way of life on the land as recounted by Mont Abbott of Enstone, Oxfordshire and his deep understanding of the land and his love of the animals that worked alongside him.
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Eton & Eton Wick, Old Ordnance Survey Map, 1899
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- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District – Births
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- NEW LOWER PRICE Workhouse Births 1837-1848, Burnham Sub District Births 1893-1897
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Eton Poor Law Union and Registration District, Deaths
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- NEW LOWER PRICE Workhouse Deaths 1848-1900, Burnham Sub District Infant Deaths 1879-1885
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Fair Mile Hospital: (Cholsey) A Victorian Asylum
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- The author was a fourth generation member of his family to work at Fair Mile Hospital, Cholsey. This book is a richly illustrated history of the hospital drawing upon as much archive material as could be gathered bfore the Hospital closed in 2003.
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Family Historian’s Enquire Within, The
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- NEW LOWER PRICE This new edition of the standard reference work for family historians, gives clear and concise information on more than 1,000 entries giving explanations, definitions, dates, and useful websites
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Fawley, St Mary, Parish Registers BFHS (CD)
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- Baptisms 1540-1987; Banns 1754-1923; Marriages 1545-1984; Burials 1550-1987
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Finchampstead, St James – A Stroll through the Churchyard
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- Information about the occupants of the churchyard.
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Glossary of Household, Farming & Trade Terms from Probate Inventories, A
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- This booklet is the only separately published glossary of the many technical terms found in both farming and trade inventories and provides definitions that might otherwise have to be sought from dialect dictionaries.
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Goring Heath Charity, Scolars, Apprentices and Almsmen 1737-1927
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- This booklet contains a transcription of the surviving registers and list relating to the scholars and almsmen. The boys who were clothed on a regular basis are listed. There is a name index.
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Granny was a Brothel Keeper; 50 Family History Traps
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- This is an entertaining collection of true stories which illustrate the fascinating and sometimes bizarre world of family history research. It also outlines many of the traps which lie in wait for the family historian.
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Grazeley, Holy Trinity, Parish Registers (CD)
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- Baptisms 1850-1963; Marriages 1850-1987; Banns 1850-1954; Burials 1851-1964. Our Review: Includes a short illustrated history by Jocie McBride. The hamlet of Grazeley, formerly known as Lambwood Hill, is four miles south of Reading, and was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1854 from parts of Sulhampstead Abbots, Sulhampstead Bannister and Shinfield, plus the whole of the Liberty of Hartley Dummer…
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Guide to Reading Hebrew Inscriptions and Documents from your Jewish Ancestors, A
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- This guide is designed to help those people (whether Jewish or non-Jewish) who have difficulty in reading or understanding Hebrew. It includes English explanation, translation and transliteration of the Hebrew in the book.
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Henley Union Workhouse, The Story of Townlands
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- This book is a comprehensive account of the Henley Union Workhouse from its inception in 1652 until its handover to the NHS in 1948. Meticulously researched by local researcher, well - illustrated with eight appendices and a bibliography.
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Henley-on-Thames (North), Old Ordnance Survey Map 1910
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- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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Henley-on-Thames (South), Old Ordnance Survey Map 1910
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- This map is part of a series of town maps with a scale of about 15 inches to the mile. They show not just the streets but virtually every house, track layouts of railways and tramways, factories, mills and docks.
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Henley-on-Thames, A History of
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- NEW LOWER PRICE This comprehensive history of Henley-on-Thames from the earliest times to the modern working and commuter town takes the reader through the many aspects of this delightful riverside town. With a number of black and white illustrations.
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Henley-on-Thames, town, trade and river.
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- This liberally illustrated book draws on extensive research by the author and volunteers and casts new light on Henley and its relationship with the River Thames, allowing visitors, residents and others to view it in a new light.
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History of Greyfriars Church, Reading
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- A well-researched book tracing the history of the church from its medieval origins to the present day. Liberally illustrated.
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Home Front, The, WWII 1939 to 1945 – a guide for family historians
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- The Home Front played a significant role during the Second World War. Millions volunteered to serve part-time in the Home Guard, Civil Defence, WVS, etc. This guide will take the reader through the wide variety of bureaucratic sources available.
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How to get the most from Family Pictures
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- This book is essentially about how to interpret, understand and enjoy inherited portraits. The time period covered is from the late 18th century to around 1950. The emphasis is on Brtitish images and subjects, some originated overseas.
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Hungerford Poor Law Union, Workhouse Births and Deaths, 1866-1914 & Paupers’ Service Book, 1877-1917
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- Workhouse Births & Deaths 1866-1914, Paupers' Service Book 1877-1917
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Hungerford Primitive Methodist Circuit Baptisms 1869-1937
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- Names the child, baptismal date, parents, their residence and occupation and (often) the date of birth. Includes chapels in Eastbury, East Garston, Hungerford, Kingbury, Lambourne, Shalbourne, etc, etc
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Hungerford Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Volume 1, Baptisms 1810-1880
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- The Hungerford Wesleyan Methodist Circuit includes churches in Eastbury, East Garston, Hungerford, Hungerford Newtown, Lambourne, Lambourne Woodlands, Shalbourne and Shefford Woodlands with some Wiltshire churches.
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Hungerford Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Volume 2, Baptisms 1881-1937 and Marriages 1886-1897
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- The Hungerford Wesleyan Methodist Circuit includes churches in Eastbury, East Garston, Hungerford, Hungerford Newtown, Lambourne, Lambourne Woodlands, Shalbourne and Shefford Woodlands with some Wiltshire churches.
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A History of Hungerford
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- Published as a Millennium project, this book covers the history of the town from the Stone Age to the year 2000. It includes major events and prominent families with sections on taxes, manorial changes, industry, religion, war and people.
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Aspects of the Early History of Hungerford
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- This book contains the research notes and articles collected by Norman Hidden. It begins with the origins of the town and includes notable events and townspeople.
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Hungerford, Marlborough and Wantage Wesleyan Methodist Circuit Historic Roll 1899-1904
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- NEW LOWER PRICE Hungerford, Marlborough and Wantage Wesleyan Methodist Circuit Historic Roll 1899-1904. Includes churches at Lambourne, Blewbury, Didcot, Childrey, etc
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Hungerford, Reminiscences of 20th Century Hungerford
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- This book depicts life in a small market town from the first decade and beyond through the eyes of its inhabitants. Includes a map and photographs.
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Hw 2*t ur Fmly Hstry (How to start your Family History)
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- NEW LOWER PRICE. "Where do I come from?" is a question asked by most children at some time. Aimed at children aged 9 to 16 tells them how to go about starting their family history and contains puzzles and snippets of interest that can be enjoyed by all.
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Index to Parishes in Phillimore’s Marriages
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- This booklet lists those parishes for which Phillimore transcribed marriages, usually up to 1812, but sometimes beyond. There may be a later version (2295)
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Jewish Ancestors? A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in the United Kingdom
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- The Guide includes detailed information about the holdings of the various resource centres throughout the UK including archives, libraries, museums, record offices, synagogues, etc.. It is designed specifically with family historian in mind, whether or not a beginner.
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Jewish Family History Records, A Guide to organising
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- This book provides numerous suggestions to help family historians who have gathered a lot of information about their family and need help with putting it in order. The guidance will be of use to all family historians.
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Kelly’s Directory of Berkshire, 1920 (CD)
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- This publication comprises: Berkshire information, towns and villages directory, private residents directory, trades directory and advertisements. Includes the county map (scanned as 10 overlapping pages) and a plan of Reading.
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Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor, a short history of, ‘ Village Millennium’
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- This book was published for The Village Millennium celebrations in 1970 and is now reprinted. It describes the history of the two villages with illustrations and maps.
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Knowl Hill, St Peter, Monumental Inscriptions 1842-2002 (CD)
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- Gravestone and other inscriptions from Knowl Hill, St Peter
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Latin Documents for family and local historians, Making Sense of
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- NEW LOWER PRICEThe aim of this book is to act as a crib; to set out and translate the basic form of the most useful and common Latin documents and gives translations one sentence at a time as the standard phrases do not always occur in the expected order.
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Latin for family historians, Glossary
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- This book aims to include most of the commoner Latin words which occur in parish registers, wills, title deeds, manorial records, etc and gives guidance to their meanings in English.
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Life in the Victorian Asylum – The World of Nineteenth Century Mental Health Care
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- NEW LOWER PRICE From the author of Broadmoor Revealed, this book reconstructs the lost world of the nineteenth century public asylums. Why were they built? Who were they for? And what is the legacy of these remarkable institutions?
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Longworth (A Sense of Place)
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- This booklet describes the way that life in the village has been transformed during the last century as remembered by long standing inhabitants. Fully illustrated and includes a map and village walk.
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