OriginsNetwork.com - Origins Store


Origins Store Local History England Somerset

See also for Somerset: Censuses, Directories, Family Histories & Pedigrees, Local Records, Topography & Travel

Search:

Author:

ISBN:

A History of the County of Somerset, Volume III

Author: R.W. Dunning

Published: 1974

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

This is the first volume of the Victoria History of the County of Somerset to be published since 1911, and is the result of the revival of the History under the patronage of the County Council. It provides a comprehensive and detailed account of twenty-one parishes towards the southern boundary of the county and lying in the ancient hundreds of Pitney, Somerton, Tintinhull, and part of Kingsbury (East). hardback ISBN 978-0-197-22739-8

Price: £60.00

A History of the County of Somerset, Volume IV

Author: R.W. Dunning

Published: 1978

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

The fourth volume of the history of Somerset contains the histories of the parishes in the three ancient hundreds of Crewkerne, Martock, and South Petherton. Lying near the middle of the southern edge of the county, there are, in all, 21 parishes (including Wambrook, transferred to Somerset from Dorset in 1896), and they range in size from Martock, containing nine separate settlements and over 7,000 acres, to Seavington St. Michael, with less than 300 acres. hardback ISBN 978-0-197-22747-3

Price: £60.00

A History of the County of Somerset, Volume IX: Glastonbury and Street

Author: R. W. Dunning

Published: 2006

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

The ancient religious settlement of Glastonbury, with its many legendary associations stretching back into the Dark Ages, and the manufacturing town of Street, the creation of the late 19th century, are curious neighbours. They lie at the centre of the mysteriously named Twelve Hides Hundred, the core estate of Glastonbury Abbey in the early Middle Ages. hardback ISBN 978-1-904-35623-3

Price: £95.00

A History of the County of Somerset, Volume V

Author: R.W. Dunning

Published: 1985

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

The fifth volume of the history of Somerset contains the histories of twenty-two parishes in the eastern part of the hundred of Williton and Freemanors and of one parish, Holford, part of which was in Whitley hundred. The parishes occupy a roughly triangular area of western Somerset including the southern and eastern part of the Brendon hills as far as the Devon border, the north-western end of the Quantock ridge, the wide valley between them, and some of the coastal strip to the north which faces the Bristol Channel. hardback ISBN 978-0-197-22764-0

Price: £60.00

A History of the County of Somerset, Volume VI: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes)

Author: R.W. Dunning

Published: 1992

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Andersfield, Cannington, and North Pether-ton hundreds together occupy the Lower Par-rett valley stretching from the Quantock ridge in the west to King's Sedgemoor in the east, and from the Bristol Channel in the north to the river Tone in the south. By the late 11th century the settlement pattern was dense, especially between the Quantocks and the Parrett, an area crossed by the Saxon 'herpath' in the north and including the 10th-century strongholds of Athelney and Lyng in the south and the Domesday royal manors of Can-nington, North Petherton, and Creech St. Michael. hardback ISBN 978-0-197-22780-0

Price: £60.00

A History of the County of Somerset, Volume VII: Burton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (Wincanton and neighbourimng parishes)

Author: R.W. Dunning

Published: 1999

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

This volume relates the history of the south-east corner of Somerset. The area comprises the outliers of Salisbury Plain on the east and part of a clay vale to the west. It included a natural route followed by the two principal roads from London to Exeter and by the railway. Of the towns, Milborne Port and Wincanton each owed its prosperity to one of those roads. hardback ISBN 978-0-197-22792-3

Price: £75.00

A History of the County of Somerset, Volume VIII: The Poldens and the Levels

Author: R. W. Dunning

Published: 2004

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Somerset's Polden hills divide the county's central marshlands, Sedgemoor to the south and the Brue Valley to the north. Traces of human activity there include wooden trackways built across those marshes six thousand years ago. Most of the written sources tell the story of men from settlements on the nearby hills or isolated 'islands' who looked to those low-lying lands for food and fuel for themselves and food for their stock. hardback ISBN 978-1-904-35633-2

Price: £75.00

An Early History of Glastonbury

Author: John Scott

Published: 2007

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

paperback ISBN 978-0-851-15858-7

Price: £35.00

Bath Guide - circa 1820

Published: 1820

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

The Bath Guide has the modern and ancient history of Bath and it's environs including, "every institution in the city which regards either charity, science or amusement, with observations on the virtues and use of the waters and all other particulars necessary to the Visitor or Resident. "

Price: £12.13

History of Bath

Author: Warner

Published: 1801

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

The book discusses Bath's history. A great book to get an insight into how historical events and circumstances affected the lives of your Bath ancestors.

Price: £15.11

History of Bristol

Author: George Pryce

Published: 1861

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

This book is described on the title page as 'A popular History of Bristol, antiquarian, topographical and descriptive, from the earliest period to the present time, with biographical notices of eminent natives and residents.'

Price: £12.13

Notes & Queries for Somerset & Dorset. Volumes 1-6

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

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

Somerset - Victoria County History Vol. 1

Published: 1906

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

This magnificent book tells the political, social, economic, ecclesiastical and natural history of Somerset from the time of the Conquest. It contains really in-depth sections on Early Man and Romano British Somerset, a translation and critical study of the Doomsday Survey and lists of land with the landowners and contents. It is incredibly well illustrated with maps, photographs and beautiful drawings, making it an easy and fascinating read.

Price: £15.11

The Annals of Bristol in the Nineteenth Century

Author: John Latimer

Published: 1887

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

John Latimer 1887 John Latimer was the editor of the Bristol Mercury from 1858 to 1883 and was obviously a man who knew and loved the city with a passion. The book contains fascinating information on all aspects of life in the city. Essential reading for those with Bristolian ancestors. Fully searchable in Adobe Acrobat Reader

Price: £15.11

The Blizzard in the West -1891

Published: 1891

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

A Record of the Disastrous Storm which raged throughout Devon, Cornwall and West Somerset On the Night of March 9th 1891. A fascinating account, with lots of personal stories and people's names. Early photographs. (Published April 1891 just weeks after the event) Book kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by Trevor Western. USA.

Price: £9.79

The History & Antiquities of the County of Somerset

Author: Rev. John Collinson

Published: 1791

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

(3 volumes) Extremely rare and sought-after this is an incredibly comprehensive account of the whole county and is a 'must-have for all Somerset researchers.

Price: £17.87

The History of Wellington

Medium: CD Publisher: Archive CD Books

As far as we know this is the first ever History of Wellington. Wellington hasn't been the scene of many great battles or great commercial growth but as the author puts it is the secene of many more "peaceful triumphs". This is a thorough history of the place which describes the various names and spellings of the place, it's very early history, the town's manorial history and it's presence in Domesday, Civil War, Ecclesiastical, Nonconformist, Industrial and Modern history. It also includes many family and personal histories. Most useful to family historians will be the Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1684 - 1812. A must for those with ancestors from Wellington

Price: £12.13

The Victoria History of the County of Somerset, Volume I

Author: William Page

Published: 1906

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Natural History, Early Man, Romano-British Somerset, Anglo-Saxon Remains, Domesday, Geld Inquest hardback ISBN 978-0-712-90375-2

Price: £60.00

The Victoria History of the County of Somerset, Volume II

Author: William Page

Published: 1911

Medium: Book Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Ecclesiastical History, Religious Houses, Political History, Maritime History, Social and Economic History, Industries, Schools, Ancient Earthworks, Agriculture, Forestry, Sport, Index to Domesday, Index to I and II hardback ISBN 978-0-712-90376-9

Price: £60.00


Origins Store Local History England Somerset