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A 1066 Sourcebook: A Collection of Materials Relating to the Norman Conquest of England and its Impact Upon Scotland
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This CD contains three separate books detailing the invasion of England in 1066, the families which went to Britain with that invasion, and the families which settled further north in ...
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A Cornish Names Sourcebook
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Although the beginning of the 18th century saw the demise of Cornish as a spoken language, the names unique to the region remained, and these three studies give a wealth of information on those names, their origins and meanings.
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A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words - Volumes I and II
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With obsolete phrases, proverbs and ancient customs - from the 14th century to the 19th century.
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A Disastrous History of Britain: Chronicles of War, Riot, Plague and Flood
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In this book, John Withington paints a picture of Britain bloodied but unbowed through war, terrorism, invasion, rebellion, massacre, fire, flood, storm, plague, shipwreck and train crashes ...
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A Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles
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David Wragg's 'A Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles' is a comprehensive, single-volume reference guide to the old railway companies and their heritage, as well as providing biographical information on the men who created the rail network ...
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A History of Roman Britain
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From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early fifth century AD and the subsequent collapse of society in Britain, this is the ...
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A Picture of England 1791
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An absolutely fascinating book, the title page states 'A picture of England containing a description of the laws, customs and manners of England. Interspersed with curious and interesting anecdotes. ...
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A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes and Emperors
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In this royal expose, Farquhar, covers such topics as Peter the Great's delight in administering torture (he had his son lashed to death) and the way Britain's Queen Mary cajoled ...
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A User-Friendly Dictionary of Old English
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This dictionary contains over 3500 of the most common worlds in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and should be useful for beginners in translating simple passages of Old English prose and ...
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Acta Regia
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This is an account of the Acts, Treaties, Letters and Instruments between English Monarchs and foreign powers, as well as details of many Public Acts relating to various domestic matters.
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All for Love: Seven Centuries of Illicit Liaison
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This intriguing book explores seven centuries of relationships outside - and occasionally within - marriage, from all levels of society and from the perspectives of both women and men.
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Along Lost Lines: Discovering the Glorious Heritage of Yesterday's Railways
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Rich in romance and nostalgia, this fascinating book takes the reader on an odyssey around Britain in pursuit of the lost railways. This title focuses on the 10,000 miles of lines closed in Britain since the 1950s ...
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And the Crew Went Too: The £10 Assisted Passage
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The end of WWII heralded one of the largest mass migrations ever seen from Europe. Millions left their homelands for new horizons, and Britain was no exception. Australia, like New Zealand and Canada, needed many thousands of new workers so that it could grow ...
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Animal-Powered Machines
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The use of animal power declined with the development of the railways, yet a surprising number of these early machines survive and can still be found. The author identifies the various types of machine and deals with their use in the past ...
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Baking and Bakeries
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A staple food in many diets, bread has been baked since ancient times and is considered a basic necessity by many. 'Baking and Bakeries' charts the history of baking. The author describes the different methods used in baking and the range of tools ...
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Battle of Hastings-S
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Beers and Breweries of Britain
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This book explores beer's 6000 year history and explains how different styles emerged through the use of different materials and processing methods. The story is brought up to date with an insider's expose of the modern brewing process and an account of which processing aids are employed ...
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Blue & White Transfer-Printed Pottery
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Britain's Working Coast in Victorian and Edwardian Times
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The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain provided beauty, entertainment and the venue for most people’s holidays. But it was also a thriving centre of industry. This book travels around Britain’s coast looking at the industries that could be found ...
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Buckingham Palace
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Besides being the official London residence of The Queen, Buckingham Palace is also the busy administrative headquarters of the monarchy and has probably the most famous and easily recognisable façade ...
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Cheshire Country Houses
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Cheshire contains some of England's best loved country houses and the county is exceptionally rich in attractive yet unfamiliar architecture. There are the black and white houses of the Elizabethans; ...
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Chichester Cathedral: An Historical Survey
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Chichester Cathedral's changing fortunes are traced in this book, from the original foundation at Selsey through every period of its history right up to recent restoration. It offers a complete ...
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Chimneys and Chimney Sweeps
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Chimney sweeping is an ancient trade dating from the twelfth century. This social history, covering five centuries, draws on source material from original manuscripts and autobiographies by master sweeps.p Reference is ...
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China Clay: Traditional Mining Methods in Cornwall
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China clay was discovered in the mid 18th century by a Plymouth chemist who was looking for one of the secret ingredients which the Chinese had used for 1000 years ...
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Chronicles of Crime Volumes 1 and 2
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Newgate Prison was a prison in London. This CD is a compilation of both volume 1 and 2 of the 'Chronicles of Crime' which is a biographical record of the more notorious criminals confined at Newgate ...
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Coaching Days and Coaching Ways
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The author's intention was "to try to get glimpses of the social life which passed to and fro between London and the provinces ... I shall show our ancestors of ...
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Collecting Picture Postcards
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The story of the development of the picture postcard and the growing, low cost hobby of collecting postcards. Written in an easy, entertaining style, the book will appeal to such ...
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Colonial Office List 1863
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Otherwise titled 'General Register of the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain' this book contains general official information regarding the colonies that Great Britain held at this time throughout the world.
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Colonial Office List 1870
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Covers colonies ranging from Antigua, Canada, Ceylon, Gambia, Hong Kong, Newfoundland, Sierra Leone, the Virgin Islands as well as the Australian colonies and New Zealand and many more.
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Complete Domestic Medicine
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Written and published in 1849, this book contains lots of illustrations of the skeleton, muscles and body, complete with labels. The book is a treatise on the prevention and cure ...
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Constitutions of Free and Accepted Masons 1884
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Containing the general Charges, Laws, and Regulations, etc., etc.
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Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain
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'Consuming Passions' reveals a nation that was far busier and more colourful than the image usually associated with Victorians ... newspapers, books, department stores, theatre are just a few things that this era brought ...
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Cornish Family Names
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This handy reference work serves not only to give the origins and meanings of over 100 true Cornish family names. It is packed with information and stories of many Cornish people who have left their mark and their family names in some of the farthest flung corners of the ...
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Costume From 1500 to the Present Day
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Costumes and clothes are the most visible means we have of expressing ourselves. For hundreds of years they have been used to signify status, power, political messages and ...
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Craft of the Bellfounder
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The bellfounder's craft is traced from prehistoric China to the present day. Every aspect of the craft is covered; from the mining, smelting and alloying of the metal, through design, ...
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Criminal London: A Pictorial History from Medieval Times to 1939
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London has always had more than its fair share of criminals. Crime has been a permanent part of London life and medieval records contain many references to murders, fights, forgery ...
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Dairying Bygones
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Farm dairies were gradually superseded by large factory-based firms, but many of the objects used by the old farmers and country folk, such as milking stools and pails, churns for making butter, butter beaters and more are illustrated in this guide ...
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Deserted Villages
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Although most famously deserted as a result of the Black Death in the 14th century, villages have been abandoned throughout history. This book explains how villages have become deserted, and describes how former houses and roads can often still be recognised ...
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Dionis' Chirurgical Operations 1733
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A unique book, this one gives descriptions of all manner of surgical procedures in minute detail, as they were performed in the early eighteenth century. From treatment of carbuncles to ...
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Discovering Bells and Bellringing
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One unique aspect of the British countryside if the sound of church bells being rung. Most countries have bells that are tolled and some have mechanical carillons, but ...
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Discovering Cameras 1945-1965
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This book traces the changes in the years from 1945 to 1965 when there were considerable advances in photography and in cameras. At the start of the period ...
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Discovering Cathedrals
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There are forty-eight Anglican cathedrals in England and Wales. Some of them are ancient places of worship, rich in history and of grand proportions; others are more recent ...
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Discovering English Customs and Traditions
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Tip-toeing at Gittisham, tree-dressing at Aston-on-Clun, coconut dancing in Bacup and clipping-the-church at Painswick are all rituals peculiar to their localities, annual contributions to the extraordinary fabric of ...
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Discovering English Dialects
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As long ago as the 1720s Daniel Defoe was pondering on the eccentricities of English dialects, and three hundred of so years before him John Trevisa had censured ...
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Discovering Famous Graves
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The graves of the famous are of abiding interest, both for their often unexpected and unusual locations, and for the light they throw on individual lives. This book gives fascinating ...
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Discovering Horse-Drawn Farm Machinery
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Following the Industrial Revolution the ingenuity of Victorian manufacturers produced an enormous range of horse-drawn agricultural machinery - ploughs, grubbers, cultivators, harrows and more. This book describes these machines and includes drawings and ...
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Discovering Old Cameras 1839-1939
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The camera obscura has been used for centuries as an artist’s tool but in 1839 the world heard that it was possible to capture the image by chemical means without ...
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Discovering Parish Boundaries
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Recorded only by dotted lines on an Ordnance Survey map, sometimes marked by half-forgotten mossy stones, parish boundaries are a fascinating part of our landscape heritage, often preserving ...
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Discovering Stained Glass
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Most churches and cathedrals contain stained glass; even the most unassuming buildings may have spectacular windows full of figures painted as if by coloured light. This wealth of imagery dates ...
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Dolls' Houses
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Domesday Book: A Complete Translation
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'Domesday Book' is one of the most famous documents in English history - and arguably in world history. Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative ...
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Domestic Bygones
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For many people life in the early twentieth century was not very different from what it has been in the eighteenth century, but after the Second World War standards of ...
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Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
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Liza Picard's Elizabeth's Londoni completes a trilogy of books on London throughout history, starting with Restoration Londoni and followed by Dr Johnson's Londoni. From the outset, Picard admits that Elizabethan ...
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Emigration Atlas 1852
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Facsimile. A delightful little book. Short sections on emigration to different places around the world, plus superb maps. High quality scanned images of the whole of the original ...
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England in Days of Old
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Written by William Andrews, and published in 1897, this title is an entertaining and instructive study of the social and domestic life in England in times past. Includes attractive line drawings ...
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English Castles
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The castle was a special kind of manor holding. Usually castles could only be built by the approval of the king, who wanted to ensure that any good fortified castle ...
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English Churchyard Memorials
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The church is the physical and spiritual centre of the English village, and elegant pinnacled tower, a distant spire glimpsed between tall trees, a tiny church come upon unexpectedly as ...
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English Costume
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Fabulous descriptions of English styles of dress dating from the 11th century until 1830, with lots of beautiful illustrations. Essential reading for all family historians as it helps us all ...
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English Family 1450-1700
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English Farmhouses
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The farmhouse is an essential and attractive part of the English landscape and thousands of examples still grace the countryside. In this superbly illustrated book the author examines the changing ...
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English Style
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During the great and prosperous reign of the Tudors, substantial country houses began to appear throughout the English countryside. The trend continued, and many more gracious residences were built in ...
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English Surnames: Origins and Meanings
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Written by Mark Antony Lower and published in 1843 this book contains essays on the historical origins and meanings of surnames. Consisting of 15 chapters in nearly 300 pages, this ...
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English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations
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An excellent book for family historians researching the background of arguably the most important aspect of their research... the meaning and origin of the very names that they are researching. ...
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English Windsor Chairs
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Everyday Fashions of the 20th Century
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The author has always been fascinated by how people lived in the past, by the work they did and by the clothes they wore to do it. The invention of ...
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Evidence on the Employment of Children, 1842
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This huge volume of 1842, reproduced as a facsimile copy on CD, is a government publication containing evidence on the employment of children. Evidence is stated by means of interviews ...
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Fairholt's Costume in England
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A history of dress from the very early Britons with their flint knives and arrowheads to the end of the 18th century with it's bonnets and fans. What differentiates ...
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Family History on the Move: Where Your Ancestors Went and Why
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For many, our ancestors moved around an amazing amount. This book describes how people have moved into, within and out of Britain from the 16th century, through to the present day, and which records to consult ...
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Family Names and Their Story
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Written by S. Baring-Gould, and publish in 1910, this reference work still provides invaluable information, not only for Scottish, but for English surname origins as well.
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Feudal England: Historical Studies on the 11th and 12th Centuries
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Written in 1909, the author writes in his Preface: 'The present work is the outcome of a wish expressed to me from more than one quarter that I would ...
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Fire Marks
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First Aid and Home Nursing
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A collection of four books on one CD, including "Five Ambulance Lectures", "Home Nursing", "First Aid to the Injured, the authorised text book of St John's Ambulance" and an earlier ...
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Flax and Linen
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Flax has been cultivated for thousands of years to produce to fibre to make linen. This book gives an account of the processes and tools involved in the production of ...
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From Chantry to Oxfam: A Short History of Charities and Charity Legislation
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The history of charity-giving and charity legislation is very long, but also complicated and confusing. In the past uncertainties about charities and their status were legion, and the ...
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Genealogy and Surnames
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An excellent text book which is a useful study in the use and origins of surnames. Essential reading for any serious genealogist. High quality scanned images of the ...
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Gloucester: The Country Houses Vol 2-S
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This is a new edition of the book that helped to establish a new canon of country house studies and inspire a national series, county by county. Almost a new ...
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Greenwich: The Place Where Days Begin and End
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No more than a couple of suqare miles in area, the historical centre of Greenwich is the birthplace of classical architecture in England, the spiritual home of its ...
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Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History
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Bringing together a wealth of evidence drawn from court records, literary sources and books of advice, the author weaves a rich tapestry of the lives of the common children of ...
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Happy Homes and How To Make Them
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Immigration Instructions C1860's
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Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer 1869
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My Ancestor was a Railway Worker: A Guide to Understanding Records About Railway People
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My Ancestor was in Service: A Guide to Sources for Family Historians
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My Ancestors Came with the Conqueror: Those Who Did, and Some of Those Who Probably Did Not
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Newgate Calendar
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Old England: A Pictorial Museum
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Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time 1896
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Old English Social Life
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Old English Social Life as told by the Parish Registers.
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches
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In three large volumes these are the words of the man who was one the most influential Englishman in history. These letters and speeches start in 1636, six years before ...
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Our Own Country
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Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore
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Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names
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From Garlick Hill to Pratt's Bottom, this absorbing dictionary covers hundred of streets and areas of Greater London. Discover their linguistic and historical origins following the development of ...
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Parish in English Life 1400-1600
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Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice
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Personal And Family Names
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By Harry Alfred Long (Glasgow School Board). Published in 1883. A popular monograph on the origin and history of the nomenclature of the present and former times.
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Photography in a Nutshell
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Written in 1899, here in everything you would need to know on how to take photos, and the rest of the processes involved as at the time.
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Picturesque England: Its Landmarks and Historic Haunts
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Lacemaking was once a widespread cottage industry but now it is growing in popularity as a hobby. This book describes and illustrates different varieties of lace and the tools used ...
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Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated
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Pott's Mining Register and Directory 1893
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Recollections of Old Country Life
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Roads and Tracks for Historians
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John Stoddard gave lectures on many subjects which he then turned into a series of ten volumes, this is the ninth volume containing his views on Scotland, England and London.
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Are there 'Tadpoles' or 'Hedgehogs' in your family tree? Were your ancestors 'Silly', 'Daft', 'Vague' or 'Horrible'? Did they 'Fidget', 'Stammer' or 'Tremble'? Did they suffer from a 'Headache' or ...
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Compiled by G. G. Coulton, M.A. Published 1918. A background to the social history of the Middle Ages.
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Something for Everyone: Domestic Arts and Customs
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Coloured title page with illustration of Brambletye House. To the reader dated June 1861. Contents, New Year's Day, St Distaff's Day, St Blaze's Day, Palm Sundy, Morris Dance etc. Pall ...
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Songs of Life
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More than a million Britons emigrated to Australian between the 1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'ten pound Poms' and this is their story.
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The Constitution of England
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The Cotton Industry
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The Farmer's Almanac and Calendar for 1849
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Everything for the farmer of 1849, from the supply of machinery and seed to hints and tips on farming practices at the time. A wonderful resource for those with farming ...
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The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868 Manners and Customs
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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 topographical articles but edited ...
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The History of Work and Wages
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Being a Reprint of eight Chapters from 'Six Centuries of Work and Wages'.
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The Irish in Britain
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This extraordinary book was published in 1892 by the Liverpool author, journalist and political activist John Denvir. To this day it remains one of the most important sources available on the Irish in Britain ...
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The Law Relating to Factories and Workshops (Including Laundried and Docks) 1896
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A book such as this gives you a valuable insight into the world of the ordinary Victorian worker's life with details of wages, working conditions and many other subjects relating ...
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The Local Historian's Encyclopedia
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One of the most popular books ever written for local historians and genealogists, now in it's third edition which has been completely revised and expanded. Divided into themes, this ...
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The Norman Conquest
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Everyone knows the date 1066, but what actually happened and why? What were the consequences and how did it change the course of history. The author shows that after William ...
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The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland, 1889-1891
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Published over three years and four volumes The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and
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The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families
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This work deals with the Norman origins of several hundred families and related individuals, primarily those who settled in England between 1066 and 1205. There are two indexes, one of ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names
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Familiar or curious, place names are part of the linguistic and cultural heritage of the British Isles. This is an irresistable reference book for all with an interest in names, ...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
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This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over 2000 years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, ...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England
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This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive introduction to medieval England, and covers 1000 years of history from the departure of the Romans to the arrival of the Tudors. Written ...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy
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This is the most authoritative account of the British monarchy ever published for the general reader. Written by two authors who are experts in their field and containing ...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
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Were the Vikings, as contemporary descriptions had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? Or in the words of ...
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The Popular History of England
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The full title of this product is: 'The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times'. This ...
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The Railway and Commercial Gazetteer of England, Scotland and Wales 1907
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Containing a complete list (arranged in alphabetical order) of every railway station, town, village, hamlet, parish and place in Great Britain! For each place it gives the details of the ...
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The Silk Industry
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A silk industry was first recorded in china about 2600 BC, its secrets spreading along the silk road to reach Constantinople in AD 550. In the fourteenth century it was ...
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The Slang Dictionary: Or The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and 'Fast' Expressions of High and Low Society
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This fascinating book contains a comprehensive dictionary of slang words and phrases in use in mid-Victorian England, as well as a history of slang and cant. Published in 1865, this is a very useful reference guide for genealogy, social history and linguistics ...
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The Slate Industry
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What slate is, its uses and its exploitation.
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The Spectator Volumes 1-6 (1711-1712)
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A fascinating collection of contemporary articles and letters giving a remarkable insight to life at the time. All six volumes covering 1711-12. High quality scanned images of the whole of ...
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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
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A really fascinating book for those who would like to understand the activities of their ancestors through the centuries.
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The Story of Some English Shires
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Wonderful historical accounts of seventeen English counties: Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire.
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
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When a mysterious surgeon wrote to brilliant lexicographer James Murray offering help in compiling the first Oxford English Dictionary there began one of the most bizarre and intriguing literary friendships ...
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The Triumphs of Steam
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A fascinating history of steam engines containing information about the use of steam powed engines in everything from the cotton mills to locomotives. The harnessing of steam power completely ...
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The Union Workhouse: A Study Guide for Teachers and Local Historians
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After the Poor Law reform of 1834 the workhouse became the symbol of a new, often harsh regime which passed into folk memory and has left a legacy of large ...
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The Victorian Chemist and Druggist
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After a brief historical introduction and a description of a Victorian chemist and druggist's shop, this book describes and illustrates many of the items used and sold there. Most of ...
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The Victorian Hospital
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Nowadays most seriously ill people would want to go to hospital, where they have a reasonable chance of recovery. But the experience of a sick person in the 1830s was ...
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The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed
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Judith Flanders takes a novel approach to rediscovering the lives of our 19th century forebears. Stepping back a few decades earlier to embark on a room-by-room guide to a typical mid-Victorian family home ...
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The Victorian Railway Worker
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Railways quickly became one of the largest employers in the UK, giving work not only to those who ran the trains, but also to a wide range of craftsmen and ...
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The Victorian Schoolroom
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There was a tremendous expansion of education in England and Wales during the nineteenth century. A combination of voluntary effort and government action led to the introduction of a system ...
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The Victorian Soldier
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Although lacking the sophisticated weapons of today, Victorian soldiers were basically no different from their present-day successors. This book aims to bring these soldiers to life through their uniforms, weapons, ...
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The Victorian Undertaker
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The Victorians were familiar with death and, while they did not welcome it, they felt relatively at ease with it. This book looks at the background to Victorian ...
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The Victorian Workhouse
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Whether it was 'the bastille', 'the spike', 'the work'us', or simply 'the house', the Victorian workhouse was the cause of dread and shame for thousands of men, women and children.
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The Woollen Industry
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Most places in Britain have some connection with the woollen industry. For several hundred years it was Britain's principal source of wealth and provided more jobs than all ...
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium
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Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants
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Tracing the History of Houses
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England is fortunate to have a rich heritage of old houses. Whether town mansion or rich country cottage, they are a source of increasing price and interest. But how much ...
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Tracing the History of Your House: The Building, The People, The Past
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Tracing Your Pauper Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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The history of paupers and pauperism is not something that people know much about. This book provides a guide to documents and records, from medieval times tot he twentieth century, that researchers can use the trace their English pauper ancestors ...
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Tracing Your Textile Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
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Covering the social and historical aspects of the trade and time, the author also provides details on the variety of records that are available for genealogical research, from census returns, websites and publications to company records and registers, regional archives ...
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Turnpike Roads
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Turnpike trusts formed an important part of English life from around 1690 to 1840. This book outlines the origins, development, success and decline of the turnpike trusts and some of their associated features ...
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Turnpike Roads, Statutes
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These Acts lay down the various rules governing a variety of subject including the construction of wagon wheels, weight of carts, tolls and penalties for avoiding toll gates and much more besides.
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Universal Pocket Companion 1741
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A lovely pocket reference book, in the old type style, including a description of England, places in the world, description of London and Westminster, companies in London, prices of the ...
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Victoria's Wars
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The Victorian army has to meet its rapidly expanding commitments in home and imperial defence in the context of voluntary enlistment and a basically anti-military society, for through ...
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Victorian and Edwardian Prisons
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Prisons ... although they have existed in Britain for over a thousand years, it was not until the nineteenth century that prisons became the cornerstone of the penal system. This ...
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Victorian Cartes-de-Visite
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In the early 1860s the craze for collecting carte-de-visite photographs (often referred to as cartomania) was at its peak. Between 300 and 400 million cartes were estimated to have been ...
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Village Records
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This book is unusual, in more ways than one, but not least in that its author, who was at the forefront of local history research and methodology when he first ...
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Villare Anglicum: A View of all the Cities, Towns and Villages in England
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An index of places in alphabetical order. Each town and village in England in 1678 is listed along with information on the County in which it resides and it's "Hundreds, Rapes or Wapentakes".
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