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THE DEVON CARYS - Privately Printed by The De Vinne Press

The name of Cay is synonymous with the West Country and in particular the county of Devon. This history published in two volumes in 1920 concentrates on the Devon family, Cary of Cary, with sections on the descendants who moved away. This family appears in records at the start of the 14th Century and there are suggestions that they were land holders in the previous century. Over 700 pages in two volumes.…

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The Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe' by Michael P Conroy

This CD contains a digitised version of the book that was first published by the Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society in 1999. It is not only an account of the Shuttleworth family, but it provides invaluable background information for both family and local historians. Family historians, and those interested in heraldry, will be fascinated by the unique fireplace inscriptions and the wooden…

Supplied by: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society Product Ref: LFH-CD011

Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Marsden (1194 - 1901)

The surname of Marsden is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from places called Marsden in Lancashire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is derived from the Old English "mearc" meaning boundary, and "denu", valley; hence, "a valley forming a natural boundary". The original book by the Revd Benjamin Anderton Marsden, James Aspinall Marsden & Robert Sydney…

Supplied by: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society Product Ref: LFH-CD013

SOMERSET QUARTER SESSIONS 1646 to 1660 edited by Rev. E.H. Bates Harbin

Quarter Session Records are one of the most useful sources for both Local and Family Historians, as they mostly deal with the less serious crimes that occurred in the county. Ranging from the parish officers presenting the father of an illegitimate child, settlement cases, rent and rate disputes, theft, lewd behaviour and fighting to name a few. This volume was produced by the Somerset Record Society…

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THE PARISH OF SELWORTHY Some Notes on its History by Frederick Hancock

The subtitle of “Some Notes on its History” does not do this book justice in that it is over three hundred pages and has been thoroughly researched by the author, task that must have taken many years to complete. There are chapters on the Manors, Ancient Chapels in the Holnicote Valley, Selworthy Registers, parish accounts and many other subjects of interest to the family and local historian. This…

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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 II…

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Three Women of 17th Century Langham

This booklet is an account of three women living at different social levels in Langham during the 17th century. Women leave fewer records behind than the men, looking at their lives often means looking at the wills and inventories of their husbands. Grace Fracey is an exception to this. Whilst research about 17th century society in general, and these women in particular, underpins the accounts of their…

Supplied by: Langham Village History Group Product Ref: LVH-3W-1

Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham FHS NEW UK SINGLE Membership Free P&P

In return for your subscription, membership of CFHS includes; a quarterly journal; access to the Members Only section of our website containing regional records and the database search facility to view members’ surname research; attend Zoom meetings and to vote at the AGM. Your name, membership number, e-mail and address will be kept by the society to administer your membership, to contact you when…

Supplied by: Cleveland, North Yorkshire & South Durham Family History Society Product Ref: CYD-M10