This volume contains a translation of the Dorset section of Domesday Book with a commentary and index. The Exchequer and Exeter texts of the Survey are printed side by side for purposes of comparison. The text of the Dorset section of the Geld Rolls with translation and commentary is appended.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22718-3

Price:  £60.00

The story of Corfe Castle and of many who lived there. Collected from ancient chronicles, records, and private memoirs of residents.    

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An excellent county gazetteer and directory covering Dorset and Wiltshire    

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One of the earliest directories. A huge amount of early 19th century information of interest to historians and genealogists.    

Price:  £9.79

A fantastic resource, especially for those looking for leads in the 1841 census.    

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Surveyed in 1841, in the same year as the first census. That makes this directory particularly useful for finding any person, and then locating them in the census.    

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Lists every person in the county who owned 1 acre of land or more, with name, place, extent of land and its value.    

Price:  £8.94

This is a particularly important and useful reference book for those with Dorset ancestors.    

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A comprehensive directory of the county. Each place has a description of its history, details of local institutions and directories of trades people and private residents.    

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A superb bi-county directory which will be of enormous benefit to those struggling to find ancestors in the 1851 census.    

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All 7 volumes of the Phillimore's marriages transcripts, making up the county set.    

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Excellent desriptions of each place's history and local facilties plus directories of private residents and tradespeople.    

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A typically comprehensive county directory. Wonderful descriptions of facilities and local history in every town village and hamlet. plus directories of private residents and tradespeople.    

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A comprehensive directory of pivate residents and tradesmen plus detailed descriptions of each place in the county. Also a wonderfully detailed county map.    

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Explains the customs and superstitions associated with dates, birth, death and marriage customs, weather lore, witchcraft, legends and songs, and children's games and rhymes.    

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This book is always popular with those having Dorset ancestors. Lots of excellent illustrations too.    

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With forty illustrations and maps. The book covers the history of Beaminster starting as far back as Pre-historic Man and discussing every period following that up to 1914 when the book was published.    

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A wonderful collection of West Country maps.    

Price:  £9.79

Complete set of the first 6 volumes. Fascinating articles relating to the two counties, amounting to hundreds of articles in total. A phenomenal resource for those with Somerset and Dorset ancestors and those interested in the history of the two counties.    

Price:  £46.81

Superb and rare topography and gazetteer of; Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex and Wiltshire.    

Price:  £15.11

This CD contains two small books, the first, The Story of Shaftesbury, gives details about the history of the Abbey and it's more recent excavations. The second and slightly larger book, Ancient History of Shaftesbury, contains a ground plan of the Abbey and more in depth historical detail about the town and Abbey, starting with it's construction around 950 BC. It also includes the Wiltshire Archeological Society's account of its findings in 1861.    

Price:  £7.50

Derbyshire, Devon & Dorset. The original Gentleman's Magazine contained articles on a vast array of subjects, including lots of wonderful topographical pieces. In 1891 George Gomme republished all of these topograhical articles but edited and indexed them into county specific order. A goldmine of information about the counties, people and places.    

Price:  £12.13

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90670-8

Price:  £75.00

Pedigrees of Dorset families in 1677.    

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Pedigrees of Dorset families in 1623.    

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