A New Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Dartmoor 1897

Published by Ward, Lock and Co. and now available on fully searchable CD-Rom. An eminently collectable book containing 200 printed pages and a plethora of photographs, illustrations, maps and hundreds of contemporary advertisements for the holiday trade.

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Memorials of Old Gloucestershire 1912

First published in London and republished here on fully searchable CD-Rom. Fully indexed and containing 385 printed pages, edited by Peter Hampson Ditchfield the prolific author of many authorative publications on rural England. This edition contains well over 100 illustrations and presents a fascinating miscellany on the extremely diverse and fascinating county.

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Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire 1882 The third edition of this popular book presented as a fully searchable CD-Rom. This series of books was renowned worldwide for setting the standard for independent travellers.

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Chavasse's Advice to a Wife (5th edition) 1909. Republished here on fully searchable CD-Rom is the 15th edition of Pye Henry Chavasse's "Advice to a Wife on the Management of her own Health and on the Treatment of some of the Complaints Incidental to Pregnancy, Labour and Suckling". 405 printed pages, revised and edited for the 20th century by G. Drummond Robinson. By 1909 this book had sold in excess of 390,000 copies showing its contemporary relevance. Prior to Dr Spock's self-help books Chavasse's publications were the most widely read throughout Europe and America.

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Diocesan Histories: Worcester 1883

By Rev. I Gregory Smith and Rev. Phipps Onslow.

This book begins with the Princess of Wiccii's conversion to Christianity. The next fifteen chapters document the Diocese's history starting with the supremacy of the Kingdom of Mercia, the arrival of the Danes and later the Normans and the battles fought on the lands of the See of Worcester during the reigns of the Plantagenet Kings. Fully indexed.

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Highways and Byways in Wiltshire 1917

Originally published in London by MacMillan and Co this first edition of The Highways and Byways in Wiltshire is republished here on fully searchable CD rom including a map of the county showing the routes taken by the author, Edward Hutton, who chose a number of circular routes that took him to the four corners of Wiltshire, and almost 90 pen and ink illustrations by Nelly Erichsen; providing a wonderful mix of topography, local history and folklore.

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Guide to North Devon and North Cornwall - Baddeley and Ward

8th and 9th editions originally published in 1904 and 1912 now on fully searchable CD rom including maps and plans by J. Bartholomew. Mountford John Byrde Baddesley (1843-1906) distinguished himself as a guide book writer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fifteen main destinations are included: Exeter, Barnstaple, Dulverton, Lynton, Ilfracombe, Clovelly, Lundy, Bideford, Bude, Boscastle, Wadebridge, St Agnes, Lands End, Lizard and the Scilly Isles, including all major towns inbetween such as Exmoor, Newquay and Penzance.

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Joseph George Nichols - The Topographer and Genealogist - 3 volumes 1846-1858

This publication contains a plethoria of material gathered from numerous sources including monumental inscriptions, estates records, parochial records, leases, family chronicals amd wills as well as work undertaken by much earlier genealogists such as, the herald, Peter Le Neve. It also includes records from various shires and hundreds of England and Ireland.

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The History of Parish Registers in England (also including Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies) - John Southerden Burn, 1829

Published in London by Edward Suter and reproduced here on fully searchable CD rom. 257 pages with an alternative title of Registrum Exclesiae Parochialis also includes information on foreign countries, dissenters, the Fleet, King's Bench, Mint, Royal Chapel etc. with observations on bishops transcripts and the provisions of the Act of 52d George III. Cap 146.

This truely fascinating indexed book is the result of many years of research, and it presents, amongst other things, a thorough critique of the parish registers of England, their origins, anormalies and uses and it is a must for the contemporary user of parish records in England.

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Wills from Doctors' Commons. A Selection of Wills of Eminent Persons proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1495-1695.

Printed and published for the Council of the Camden Society for its 1862-1863 transactions. Edited by John Gough Nichols and John Bruce, the then director of the society. Now published on fully searchable CD rom.

184 pages containing transcripts of thirty two wills and a number of administrations. The importance of these will cannot be questioned as they abound with the manners, customs and laws from 1383 to the date of publication.

All of the wills featured are for eminent personages which include four members of royalty, prelates, nobility, five men who distinguished themselves during the English Civil War, Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Thomas Gresham and the mothers of Queen Katherine Parr and Lady Jane Grey.

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Highways and Byways in Buckinghamshire - 1910

Originally published in London in 1910 by MacMillan and Co.

The original publication contains more than 340 printed pages and almost one hundred pen and ink drawings.

Clement Shorter undertook more than twenty five tours on which he reported in Highways and Byways in Buckinghamshire, which included the following places in his itenary; Aylesbury and Thame, Aston, Brill, Quamendon and Quainton, Tring, Wendover, Great Missenden, Amersham, High and West Wycombe.

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Charles Darwin: His life - 1902

Released by Archive CD Books to mark the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in Shropshire, England.

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Highways and Byways in Kent - 1907

Written by Walter Jerrold and illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

Another addition to the popular Highways and Byways series, over 440 printed pages including a map of Kent and almost 150 pen and ink illustrations.

Walter Jerrold undertook 21 tours which he reported in this book including Canterbury, the Isle of Thanet, Sandwich, Deal and the Goodwins, Dover, Folkestone, Hythe, Romney Marsh, Ashford, Cranbrook, the Hursts, Maidstone, Tonbridge, the Wells, Penshurst, Westerham, Sevenoaks, Otford, the Hams, Dartford, Gravesend, Cobham, Rochester, the Thames Marshes, Sittingbourne, Faversham, Sheppey and the Kent near London.

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Highways and Byways in Derbyshire - 1905

Written by John Benjamin Frith.

Another addition to the popular Highways and Byways series, over 500 printed pages, maps and illustrations.

Records details of over 30 tours around Derbyshire.

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Guide to South Devon and South Cornwall - 1915

Published as part of Baddeley and Ward's "Thorough Guide Series".

This edition contains 405 printed pages written by Charles Slegg West and edited by W. Baxter with plans by J. Bartholomew and approximately 20 pages of advertisements.

A fully searchable CD rom.

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Highways and Byways in The Lake District - 1903

By A.G.Bradley and Joseph Pennell.

Originally published in 1901, this 1903 edition in republished on fully searchable CD rom. The Highways and Byways series began in 1899 and covered most of England.

320 printed pages including a map of the lakes and more than 100 pen and ink illustrations.

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Genealogia Bedfordiensis - ISBN: 1-84630-138-6

Originally published privately by the editor Frederick Augustus Blaydes 1890, Genealogia Bedfordensis is subtitled Being a collection of evidences relating chiefly to the Landed Gentry of Bedfordshire AD 1538-1700 collected out of Parish Registers, the Bishop's transcripts, early wills, monumental inscriptions, etc. Containing 512 pages, with a comprehensives names index, Genealogia Bedfordensis represents an important collection of genealogical information on a number of the more noted families from the county, as well as copious transcripts of parish registers and other data. Only 100 copies were ever printed, making this one of the rarest, yet most valuable resources for Bedfordshire.

During the course of compiling notes for his publication, Blaydes examined in situ some forty-seven parishes in the county and examined the parish registers held therein in local custody by their incumbents. Of these, ten dated from 1538 and many contained annotations hinting at the customs and habits of the local people. Also contained were curios such as cases of rabies, burials at night and excommunications for fornication as late as 1729. In addition to the examination of the the records for 47 Bedfordshire parishes, Blaydes also undertook what he called the 'dirty but rewarding task' of sifting through the thousands of records held on slips of paper submitted to the Archdeaconry of Bedford, referred to as the 'Bishop's Transcripts'. These mainly date from 1604 onwards and it was from these that the editor was able to fill in many blanks in family pedigrees. The Bishops Transcripts on the whole contained less genealogical information that the parish registers examined, but the former did provide additional information, such as a family's social standing.

The publication is arranged alphabetically by parish and details the baptismal, marriage and burial records from the earliest available date of the parish register until 1700. The second portion of the publication provides some detailed genealogical information on the individuals cited within each section of the parochial register portion of the publication drawn from the Bishop's Transcripts, wills and other sources. The parishes covered in Genealogia Bedfordensis are as follows:

Ampthill, Arlesey, Aspley-Guise, Astwick, Barford Great, Barford Little, Barton-le-Cley, Battlesden, Bedford, Bedford St. John, Bedford St. Paul, Bedford St. Mary, Bedford St. Peter Martin, Biddenham, Billington, Biggleswade, Bletsoe, Blunham, Bolnhurst, Bromham, Caddington,Campton Cum Shefford, Cardington, Carlton, Chalgrave, Chellington, Clapham, Clifton, Clophill, Cokayne-Hatley, Colmworth, Cople, Cranfield, Deane, Dunstable, Dunton, Eaton-Bray, Eaton-Socon, Edworth, Elstow, Eversholt, Eyworth, Farndish, Felmersham, Flitton, Flitwick, Goldington, Gravenhurst Lower & Upper, Harlington, Harrold, Hawnes, Henlow, Higham- Cobton, Hockliff, Holwell, Houghton-Conquest, Houghton-Regis, Hulcote, Husborne-Crawley, Kempston, Keysoe, Knotting, Langford, Leighton-Bussard, Lidlington, Luton, Marston Morteyne, Maulden, Melchbourne, Meppersall, Millbrooke, Milton-Bryan, Milton-Ernest, Northill, Oakely, Odell, Padenham, Pertenhall, Pottesgrove, Potton, Pulloxhill, Ravensden, Renhold, Riseley, Roxton, Salford, Sandy, Sharnbrook, Shelton, Shillington, Souldrop, Southill, Stagsden, Steppingley, Stevenington, Stondon Upper, Stotfold, Streatley, Studham, Sundon, Sutton, Tempsford, Thurleigh, Tilbrook, Tilsworth, Tingrith, Toddington, Totternhoe, Turvey, Warden, Westoning, Whipsnade, Wilden, Willington, Wilshamstead, Woburn, Wootton, Wrestlingworth, Wymmington and Yeldon.

Genealogia Bedfordensis is a must for anyone interested in the noted families of Bedfordshire from 1538 until 1700 and is republished here in fully-searchable CD-Rom.

"Pure family history gold" - BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine May 2009.

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John Wallis, The Cornwall Register, 1847 - ISBN: 1-84630-143-2

Published at Bodmin in 1847 and compiled by the Vicar of Bodim, John Wallis, the full title of this publication provides a clear insight into its contents: The Cornwall Register; containing Collections Relative to the Past and Present State of the 209 Parishes, forming the County, Archdeaconry, Parliamentary Divisions and Poor Law Unions of Cornwall. To this was added brief information on some of the adjoining towns situated in Devon from Hartland to Plymouth.

The Cornwall Register is much more than an ecclesiastical register, although it also serves this purpose. The Cornwall Register for 1847 is a continuation of the Bodmin Register, first published in 1838, and the successor retained a particular interest, descriptive and statistical, in parishes within the Bodmin area.

Containing over 470 printed pages and a full index, the Cornwall Register is prefaced by an alphabetical list of the 209 parishes extant in Cornwall in 1847, their location on a map and population as per the 1841 Census of Population, the largest being Madron with 11,144 and the smallest, Temple with a mere 37 souls. The Register continues with a description of the soon to be created Bishopric of Cornwall and the Tithe Apportionments returned to the 209 parishes in 1846, an alphabetical list of the clergy, their parish and benefice, followed by a chronological list of the same incumbents.

Apart from ecclesiastical data and statistics, the Cornwall Register also contains a miscellany of historical information such as the assemblage of three rebel armies at Bodmin between 1497 and 1549, namely Flammock's, Perkin's and Arundel's and a description of each of these rebellions is given by the author in some detail, together with the names and heights of the mountains and hills, the rivers and streams, where they rise and empty and the overall length of each. There follows a description of the 209 parishes of Cornwall arranged under their various deaneries, together with the amounts of "collections for the Irish" for each. The remainder of the Cornwall Register, more than 200 pages is dedicated a descriptions topographical, historical and statistical for each of the 209 parishes and this perhaps presents the most interesting and substancial portion of the Register. These descriptions include an historical account of each parish from its inception, descriptions of the churches, history of the parishes' patrons, genealogy and any other outstanding feature both physical and historical, hence providing a detailed account of the county of Cornwall between the enumeration of the 1841 and 1851 Population Censuses.

Republished here on fully searchable CD-Rom format, the Cornwall Register should appeal to anyone with an interest in the county in general, its parishes and perhaps more especially the Bodmin area of the county.

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Harvey's Bristol: A Historical and Topographical Account of the City (1906) - ISBN: 1-84630-142-4

Written by Alfred Harvey, M.B. Bristol: A Historical and Topographical Account of the City was first published in London in 1906, containing some 300 printed pages it includes more than forty pen and ink drawings by E.H.New.

Harvey's history of Bristol is less a chronological account of the city and more a thematic account of some of the city's history and better-known institutions. The history is introduced by an account of the early origins of the city, both Celt and Dane, before moving onto the history of the city during the reigns of the Norman and Plantagenet Kings. Harvey provides an interesting account of the city a witnessed by the Normans, it was then ranked as one of the largest and most important cities in the kingdom. Accounts of the historical events which beset the city between the reigns of William I and Edward III include the granting of the Charter to freemen of the city by King John, the disastrous reign of King Stephen and the plague years of the fourteenth century.

The Plantagenet history of Bristol is followed by a description of the city from the fourteenth to the fifteenth century, a period the witnessed Bristol ranked as the second most important city in the kingdom next to London and a port that was easily the most pre-eminent in the country. The chapter entitled "Bristol under later sovereigns" opens with the reigns of the early Stuart monarchs and the growing favour of trade from London rather than Bristol. Throughout Harvey's history of Bristol it is the mercantile question that dominates rather than the politics of Kings and parliament. With the coronation of Charles II the rejuvenation of Bristol is witnessed through its near monopoly of trade with the West Indies and the vast wealth that this trade generated for the city.

Apart from the almost chronological account of Bristol from the early middle ages to the reigns of the later Stuart Kings Harvey also views the history of Bristol through the eyes of some of its best known edifices, which includes the abbey and other monastic and collegiate establishments and the city's parish churches. Religion aside Harvey returns time and time again to trade as the lifeblood of the city and the root of its foundation. A further chapter covers the city's municipal institutions before presenting the reader with a description of some of the better known amusements, streets, houses and residents of the city. The History of Bristol is concluded by a walking itinerary of the city providing a good description of the city as it was more than a century ago.

Republished here on fully-searchable CD-Rom, Harvey's History of Bristol with it many sketches must appeal to anyone interested in the history, culture and commerce of the City of Bristol spanning more than 2,000 years.

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The (Quaker) Annual Monitor for 1849 or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends In Great Britain and Ireland for the year 1848

ISBN: 1-84630-146-7 Published in London 1849, this edition of the Annual Monitor or Obituary of Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1848 presents a complete list of members of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, who died in 1848 with a few of the deceased who died at the very end of 1847. This published list of obituaries and death notices was compiled from the annual returns made by each of the Society's Meeting Houses in Great Britain and Ireland, those that had the greatest knowledge on the life of its members. In each instance the obituaries provide the age of the deceased, the date of death, the particular Meeting House attended and in most instances the marital status of the deceased. In many cases the obituaries given are fulsome. This should come as little surprise to those familiar with the Birth, Marriage and Death Records kept by the Society. Dating from the foundation of the Religious Society of Friends these records exhibit the Society's great interest in keeping records of its growing membership and their achievements for the benefit of God and society as a whole. However, the registers also exhibit the decline in membership from the first decades of the 19th century. Having said this, the Society's Birth, Marriage and Death Registers provide the greatest detail on individuals prior to the introduction of the Civil Registration in Great Britain in 1837 and 1864 in Ireland and in most cases extend far beyond the parochial records kept by the established Churches. For those of a genealogical bent, this edition of the Annual Monitor pre-dates the introduction of Civil Death Registration in Ireland by some eighteen years. Even a quick glance at the obituary list shows that many of the deceased attended meeting houses in Ireland and died during the height of the Great Famine in that country. While some of the obituaries provide the barest of details, many are accompanied by the quite lengthy death notices if not eulogies provided by the elders of deceased's Meeting House. For example, one of the last entries for 1848 concerns a young man named Cuthbert Wigham, a member of the South Shields Meeting House, who died aged only 26 in Madeira. Wigham's death notice recalls that as a youth he was drawn towards the 'powerful convictions of sin', but by the time of death had been forgiven for his sins. Suffering from consumption, Wigham spent the last months of his life at Funchall and extracts from his diary for this period accompany his obituary. Republished here on fully searchable CD-Rom, the Annual Monitor for 1849 will appeal to anyone interest in the Religious Society of Friends in general and more specifically those with a genealogical interest in members of the Society.

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Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories, from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester - Chetham Society Vol XXXIII - ISNB 1-84630-137-8

Re-published here on fully-searchable CD-Rom format is volume XXIII of the Chetham Society. Established for the promotion, collection and publication of the 'remains, historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester', this volume was original published in 1853-4.

Volume XXXIII of the Chetham Society's publications is drawn from the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester, and the contents transcribed by the incumbent of Farndon, the Rev. John Piccope, M.A. These wills and inventories, more than fifty in total, formed part of a collection of eminent Lancashire and Cheshire families held at the Registry of the Chester Ecclesiastical Court, which had attracted the paricular attention of the Chanceller of the Diocese, the Rev. Henry Raikes, M.A. With Raikes' permission, the wills and inventories contained in this volume were transcribed.

The majority of the wills and inventories contained in this volume treat on some of the most eminent families of Lancashire and Cheshire in the first half of the 16th century. The wills and inventories transcribed by Piccope are presented almost in their original form, minus a few contractions and repitions and include all legacies and useful biographical noted on the testators throughout.

Volume XXIII of the publications of the Chetham Society should appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the counties in question.

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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley's Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey was first published in 1867 and proved so popular that it was reissued repeatedly. The current volume published here, is the eighth edition. The book provides a lively account of the tombs and memorials that are to be found throughout the Abbey, as well as the many 19th century investigations of the tomb contents which the author seems to have particularly enjoyed. Needless to say much of the volume is given over to the large number of royal tombs, with extended discussions of royal coronation ceremonies. The main body of the book contains a thorough catalogue of all the monuments and memorials to be found in the Abbey from its foundation in 1050 to 1881. A more extended treatment is given to groups of memorials with a common theme, e.g. Poets corner (with memorials for Chaucer onwards). The last 200 pages of the book contains a detailed history of the Abbey from earliest times, with much detail about the people connected with its activities. This fascinating book, copiously illustrated with over 540 pages of text was reviewed in the September issue of BBC Who do you think you are? magazine and described as "an amazing insight into the world-famous abbey"

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This republication of Letters of Denization & Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England & Ireland, 1603-1700, was edited by William A. Shaw and published by the Huguenot Society of London in 1911.

The first instance of legislatively making a foreigner into an English subject was recorded in 1295, when Elias Daubeny was granted by the grace of King Edward I, the right to be held as an Englishman.

The distinction between denization and naturalization can be traced to the early 15th century and was inextricably connected to the King's finances and the taxation on foreign merchants. Although denization conferred certain rights on a foreign merchant, it also meant that as an 'alien' he was subject to twice the taxation of a natural subject. However, by the reign of the Tudors the distinctions between denization and naturalization became clearly defined. Naturalization provided full rights to a citizen, especially the right and ability to own and transmitting land, whereas the rights of denization, superior to that afforded an alien, did not include the right to own or convey land. Denization became stereotyped as the favour of the Monarch and naturalization the right of Parliament and as such a number of Acts, such of the Irish Naturalization Law and the Plantation Naturalization Law, passed into English Common Law, which codified the criteria for naturalization.

Documentary sources for denization are drawn from the Patent Rolls and a number of subsidiary sources including the Signet Office Docquet Book and the Privy Seals as well as the Patent Rolls of Ireland. The Letters of Denization & Acts of Naturalization covers the periods from the accession of James I until the end of the reign of William III and is especially interesting during the period of the so-called 'Great Migration', when England and Ireland became the refuge for Protestants fleeing religious persecution. During this period grants of denization were made without fee on 'humanitarian' grounds and included large numbers of Huguenot refugees in England and Ireland. Numbered amongst the denizens were foreign soldiers and officers in the employ of William of Orange before and after he acceded to the throne.

In the main the records for naturalization are more fulsome than those for denization, requiring as they did a bill of Parliament. The records of Irish Denizations and Naturalizations date from the third year of the reign of James I are draw almost exclusively from the Irish Patent Rolls. In total the Letters of Denization & Acts of Naturalization is republished in 457 pages over 100 of which treat on Irish denizations naturalization and is fully indexed and fully searchable on this CD-Rom publication.

Reviewed in BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (October 2008) "You may strike gold with this disc".

Adey's Abbey Guide. A brief history of Kirkstall Abbey from its Foundation to its Dissolution. Published in 1877 by J W Bean and Son of Leeds, believed to have been written by the Reverend William Thomas Adey, baptist minister, and author. William Thomas Adey was an ancestor of the directors of Family History Research Limited and this CD is exclusive to Family History Research Limited.

The author states that the guide has been adapted for the common use of all intelligent and appreciative visitors to the ruins of that Cistercian monastry

38 pages of easy to read history with a complete list of abbots from 1147 to 1540.

A plan of the abbey is printed on the outside back cover.

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Index to Phillimore's Parish Registers. Two PDF files created by Family History Research Limited to serve as an index to the marriages on the 29 English Phillimore Parish Register CDs.

Both files contain the names of the parishes included in each county and the dates covered by Phillimore's transcriptions of the marriage registers. One file is sorted by the name of the parish and the other file is sorted by county.

Please note that names of people are not included, these files are indexes of places and dates only.

The Counties included are Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire West Riding.

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Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1903. Full searchable republished edition.

Inludes a coloured map of the county of Buckinghamshire, every parish in the county, a thorough topographical description of every town, parish, village and hamlet, descriptions of principal buildings and geographical objects of interest, the usual directory sections and much much more.

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