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Victorian Barnet and Barnet Now

18 page A4 booklet of photographs showing the changes that have taken place in Barnet High Street from the late Victorian era. Designed to be particularly useful for children, it is of interest to all ages.

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-013

World War One Memorials in the Barnet Area CD

This CD rom lists all the names appearing on 19 memorials in the Barnet area, and showing which names are on more than one memorial.

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-027

New Barnet War Memorial

18 page booklet dedicated to all the men, women and children who lost their lives in the 2World Wars Sold in Aid of Help for Heroes.

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-057

St John the Baptist Church Memorial Notes

This booklet has exhaustive,details of all memorials, plaques and inscriptions in the Church, together with a plan of the Church, showing their location A5 format 30 pages

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-060

Hertfordshire 1731 -1800 as recorded in The Gentleman’s Magazine

This volume contains all Hertfordshire material of substance published in the Gentleman’s Magazine between 1731 and 1800. There are lists of births, marriages, bankruptcies and deaths. It is also a rich resource for research in many different areas of interest: history, robberies, court hearings, executions, fires and obituaries. There is an extensive index so information is easily accessible.

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-063

Royalty in Barnet - Honouring The Platinum Jubilee of her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II 1952-2022

This book has been created in recognition of the Queen's 70 years of service. It covers royal connections with Barnet from earliest times. The Queen's Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees as well as visits made to Barnet are all included. The book is lavishly illustrated - a delight to the eye.There is much information of interest too.

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-066

Sand, Planes and Submarines, How Leighton Buzzard shortened the First World War

The role of a town far from the sea played in the WWI effort by building planes, making submarines nets and most of all providing sand for the nation's foundries. Plus life in the town and comprehensive lists and details of those who fought and died. Without the sand the big guns could not have been made for the front; planes allowed the Royal Flying Corps to take on the super German airforce and the…

Supplied by: Leighton Buzzard & District Archaeological & Historical Society Product Ref: LBA-LBA 24

Leighton Buzzard's Tudor House, The Story of 17 to 21a Hockliffe Street

A house history of a half timbered building dating back to 1550 or possibly earlier and all the changes made to it during a chequered career.

Supplied by: Leighton Buzzard & District Archaeological & Historical Society Product Ref: LBA-LBA 29

New Family Membership Free P&P

Membership for two family members giving both access to all benefits.

Supplied by: Caithness Family History Society Product Ref: CTS-3

St James’s Fair, Bristol, 1137 - 1837

Joseph Bettey 978 1 911592 16 7 St James’s Fair was the first and for seven hundred years the most famous of Bristol’s fairs. At its height, it drew traders from all over England, and the rich cargoes destined for it were a magnet for pirates. Even at the end it still prospered, albeit more for pleasure than business; and it was the dubious moral character of those pleasures rather than financial…

Supplied by: Avon Local History & Archaeology Product Ref: ALH-16

Gilling East - Memories of the 1940’s and 1950’s

This little piece of personal history aims to give future generations of residents in the North Yorkshire parish of Gilling East, and Ryedale generally, a sense of what ordinary life was like for those of us who lived there as children and young adults in the 1940s and 1950s. Sixty or more years later (between 2008 and 2011), it happened that four Gilling people independently felt the urge to record…

Supplied by: Ryedale Family History Group Product Ref: RFH-misc-bk021

Gilling East - Memories of the 1940’s and 1950’s

Supplied by: Ryedale Family History Group Product Ref: RFH-misc-d030

For the Benefit of the Children: the Battle for a Board School in Keynsham, 1870 - 1893

Elizabeth White 978 1 911592 06 8 Keynsham in the late nineteenth century seemed just the place for a free non-denominational Board School under Forster’s 1870 Education Act. But Vicar Gray campaigned successfully against this, and at the same time expanded the Parochial Schools which continued to provide all the primary schooling for the children of the poor in Keynsham until 1954. Here is…

Supplied by: Avon Local History & Archaeology Product Ref: ALH-6

Taking the pledge: the Temperance movement in Bristol, 1830 - 1914

Alan Clarke 978 1 911592 30 3 This picture of the Bedminster Temperance Hall and Free Library, built in 1853, well brings out the strong religious tone and affiliations of the temperance movement in Bristol. Here Alan Clarke gives a fully documented account of the movement and the opposition to it – not only from the drinks industry. Although never quite achieving its aims, at the level…

Supplied by: Avon Local History & Archaeology Product Ref: ALH-30

Bootham School Register 1935

Bootham School Register 1822 to 1935. The School was opened in January, 1823. This Register was intended to cover the whole period of the School’s history from 1822 to 1935, however, the early records are very imperfect, and it was impossible to ascertain the names of all the pupils who attended the School during the first years of its existence. In this Register are 2,853 names of pupils and staff,…

Supplied by: Ryedale Family History Group Product Ref: RFH-misc-d031

Bootham School Register 2011

Bootham School Register 2011. This is the fourth edition of the School Registers. The first printed register (the Red Book) containing details of 1,988 Old Scholars was published in 1914. The second (the Blue Book) published in 1935 included 2,853 names, whilst the third edition published in 1971 (the Gold Book) had 4,570 names. This fourth edition (the Green Book) has 7,340 entries. To include details…

Supplied by: Ryedale Family History Group Product Ref: RFH-misc-d032

Gilling Castle Estate Sale Catalogue 1929

The Gilling Castle Estate was sold in 1929 in 62 Lots. All lots are described in detail, with many images of the houses. This book comprises 36 pages plus a colour map.

Supplied by: Ryedale Family History Group Product Ref: RFH-misc-d034

Behind the Battle of Barnet Banners: People of the Wars of the Roses

This book explores the lives of many of the people who fought at the Battle of Barnet. This person-by-person approach gives a picture of the life, society and culture of the late fifteenth century that goes far beyond the fight for the throne. This A4 format book of some 152 pages has been extensively researched. It is lavishly illustrated and a delight to read, being divided up into articles and…

Supplied by: Barnet Museum and Local History Society Product Ref: BTM-070

The Streets of Westminster in the Census of 1851

A 28-page A5 illustrated LWMFHS booklet contains a list of all the street names in Westminster which appear in the 1851 census returns, which it is hoped will be useful information for the genealogical researcher. This area was in the county of Middlesex but is now in the City of Westminster London Borough.

Supplied by: London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society (LWMFHS) Product Ref: LWM-CG001

St James Hampstead Road - Monumental Inscriptions

**This Burial Ground, recently excavated to make way for HS2, is featured in the BBC programme ‘Britain’s Biggest Dig’** One of our LWMFHS series of Monumental Inscriptions, this 88-page A5 booklet contains all the known monumental inscriptions of St James Hampstead Road, the burial ground which belonged to St James Piccadilly. This area was in the county of Middlesex but is now in the London Borough…

Supplied by: London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society (LWMFHS) Product Ref: LWM-MI003

The Streets of the City of London in the Census of 1851

A 48-page A5 illustrated LWMFHS booklet contains a list of all the street names in the City of London which appear in the 1851 census returns, which it is hoped will be useful information for the genealogical researcher.

Supplied by: London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society (LWMFHS) Product Ref: LWM-CG002

Donation to London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society Free P&P

LWMFHS appreciates all donations. These enable us to continue our aims to help members with their family history research and have access to unique resources not found elsewhere, which we are indexing and transcribing. If you would like to help, please click on "Donation £5" and then, on the 'My Basket' page, you will be able to adjust the quantity to indicate how much you wish to donate. Thank you! …

Supplied by: London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society (LWMFHS) Product Ref: LWM-DONATE

Kent FHS CD 30 Dymchurch St Peter & Paul Graves and Memorial Inscriptions

The CD contains photographs taken by Dymchurch and District Heritage Group.of all surviving graves

Supplied by: Kent Family History Society Product Ref: KFS-CD 30

Collier Street, Kent monumental inscriptions

Monumental inscriptions for St Margaret's Church, Collier Street, Kent with photographs of all surviving headstones and selected entries from the school log book Kent Family History Society members receive a 50% discount on purchases made through our web shop https://www.kfhs.org.uk/downloads-247

Supplied by: Kent Family History Society Product Ref: KFS-DLMI-101

West Farleigh, Kent - burials 1905-2022 and MIs

A transcript of the burial register for West Farleigh for 1905-2022 together with photographs of the burial register. Photographs of all surviving headstones in the churchyard plus a transcription of the memorial indexes. Kent Family History Society members receive a 50% discount on purchases made through our web shop https://www.kfhs.org.uk/downloads-247

Supplied by: Kent Family History Society Product Ref: KFS-DL327