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THE SOMERSET COAST by Charles G. Harper
This is a wonderful publication of over three hundred pages giving a details description of the Somerset Coastline from the River Avon to the border of Devon. Not only does it give geographical details but also literary and historical connections associated with the coast the towns along its length with a number of lined illustrations. The ideal publication to build a picture of this historica...
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THE SOMERSET DIOCESE BATH AND WELLS by William Hunt
This book is a Diocesan history of the diocese of Bath and Wells. Starting with the development of the church in Celtic times through to a chapter called “Our Own Time” which at the time of writing was 1885. An excellent publication to expand your knowledge of Church history of this county. ...
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THE SOMERSET MUSTER ROLL OF 1569
On March 26th 1569, due to the threat of Spanish forces, the Privy Council issued a directive to the counties to hold a general muster of all men over 16 years of age. Certificates of the muster, with the names of the men and their equipment, were to be returned by July 1st though this was later extended to August 12th. First published by the Somerset Record Society in 1904. Fully searchable....
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THE SOMERSET ROLL by Arthur L. Humphries
A book of the famous and not so famous who have had a connection with Somerset. It contains some biographical notes on hundreds people and who knows your ancestor may be one of them. ...
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THE SOUTH WEST MUSTER ROLLS FOR 1569
All four 1569 musters for the counties of Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset and Devon, with the addition of the Dorset Tudor musters of 1539 and 1542 all on one disk. All fully searchable....
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THE STORY OF DARTMOOR PRISON by Basil Thomson
A lot of people know Dartmoor Prison through Arthur Conan Doyle’s book The Hound of the Baskervilles, which builds a very bleak picture on this establishment. In reality this was not so very different than it was, at that time, in the nineteenth century. Even today when the prison is much more accessible it is still a forbidding place, even in bright sunshine. This book published in 1907 is a th...
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THE VISITATION OF CORNWALL 1620 edited Lieut.-Colonel J. L. Vivian and Henry H. Drake, M.A., Ph.D.
The original drafts of the Heralds' Visitation of Cornwall in 1620 are preserved in the British Museum, and form part of the Harleian Collection, being MSS. 1162 and 1164. They are in the handwriting of Camden's deputies, Sir Henry St. George, when Richmond Herald, and Mr. Sampson Lennard, Blue Mantle; and the pedigrees are subscribed in most cases by the then representatives of the families. In e...
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THE VISITATION OF DORSET 1565 by William Harvey edited by Walter C. Metcalfe
The Visitation was a tour of inspection to establish the right of a person to bear arms. These visits usually took during the 16th and 17th centuries, with a number of counties having more than one. This one in this publication was for 1565 of Dorset and contains dozens of pedigrees. Fully searchable and indexed ...
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THE VISITATION OF SOMERSET 1623
This volume contains the original notes of the Visitation of Somersetshire; made in the year 1623 by Henry St. George and Sampson Lennard under Camden, taken from Harl. MS. 1141. Most of the Pedigrees are subscribed by the heads of families, and some are marked with a cross and the word" entered." At the end are some added by Rich. Mundy, with drawings of Coats of Arms. Besides the Pedigrees, The...
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THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE AT WELLINGTON, SOMERSET by Joseph Hoyland Fox
The woollen trade has always been important in England and has played a great part in the economy of the West Country particularly in the area around the Somerset and Devon borders where there were a number of Mills from which a lot of this cloth was exported. The English Civil War was damaging to the whole economy and in particular the textile trade, so much so that during the reign of Charles ...
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THREE PARISH REGISTERS (Four Parishes Actually) by T. L. Stoate
LUCCOMBE Baptisms 1594 – 1839 Marriages 1594 – 1837 Banns 1754 – 1812 Burials 1594 – 1837 Poor rate 1643 – 1730 STOKE PERO Baptisms 1598 – 1836 Marriages 1598 – 1836 Burials 1598 – 1836 SELWORTHY Baptisms 1594 – 1840 Marriages 1594 – 1837 Burials 1571 – 1579, 1594 – 1838 Overseers 1739 – 1782 Settlement Papers 1730 ...
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TRANSCRIPTION OF POOR BOOK OF THE TITHINGS OF WESTBURY-ON-TRYM, STOKE BISHOP AND SHIREHAMPTON 1656 TO 1698 by H. J. Wilkins
This book deals with an unsettled period of English History, for it runs from 1656 to 1698 which is a period that embraces part of the Protectorate (1653 to 1659), the restored Commonwealth (1659), the reign of Charles II (1660 to 1685) the reign of James II (1685 to 1688) and William and Mary to 1689. As with all “Poor Books” it deals with the income and disbursement to the poor. There are...
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VENNINGS AN ILLUSTRATED POSTAL DIRECTORY WITH MAP AND HISTORICAL NOTICES OF TWENTY PARISHES IN EAST CORNWALL FOR THE NEW CENTURY FROM A.D.449 TO 1901
This book is divided into two sections, the first being what you would expect from a postal/trade directory and the second has copious historical notes on the parishes in the postal directory. The following parishes are included; Altarnun, Botusfleming, Callington, Calstock, Gunnislake, St. Dominick, St. Germans, St. Ive, Landrake, Landulph, Lewannick, Lezant, Linkinhorne, St. Mellion, S...
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WESSEX WORTHIES by J. J. Foster F. S. A.
n the introduction the author askes “What defines a Worthy”, which is a very difficult question to answer because this surely must include lesser known people as well as the good and the great. This publication gives details on not only nobility and statesmen connected with Dorset but also artists, authors, merchants, sailors, soldiers plus many more. There is also a list of officers and men f...
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