STAFFORDSHIRE:
HISTORY, ANCESTRY
& GENEALOGY
Rare Book Collection
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A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 140 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first
time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of STAFFORDSHIRE - ITS HISTORY
& GENEALOGY.
Read about the antiquities
of this fascinating county and its surrounds. Discover its history, its
landscape and its people. Search the old local parish registers for
genealogical information, revealing ancestry and family heritage. Explore the
old buildings, landmarks, industry, scenery, legends, superstitions, traditions
and folklore that have helped to shape this county over thousands of years.
Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find
and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute
must for anyone with an interest in Staffordshire and its local history,
ancestry and genealogy. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….
This superb compilation of
141 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or
e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.
This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A history of
the manor of Beresford, in the county
of Stafford - W.
Beresford (1908)
A history of
the North Staffordshire hounds and country,
1825-1902 - C. J. Blagg (1902)
A history of
the parish of Tatenhill in the county
of Stafford - R. Hardy
(1907)
A Short
account of the ancient and modern state of the city and close of Lichfield (1819)
A survey of
Staffordshire - T. Harwood (1820)
A
topographical and historical description of the parish of Tixall in the county of Stafford - T. Constable (1817)
A
topographical history of Staffordshire - W. Pitt (1817)
Alstonfield
parish register (1538-1812) Part 3 by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society
(1902)
Alstonfield
parish register (1538-1812) Part 4 by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society
(1902)
Annual
addresses, papers, etc. - North Staffordshire Field Club (1875)
Barton under
Needwood Parish register [1571-1812] pt. 3 (1902)
Betley parish
register [1538-1812] by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society (1916)
Bibliotheca
staffordiensis; or, A bibliographical account of books and other printed matter
relating to printed or published in, any portion of the county of Stafford
- R. Simms (1894)
Brewood - a
resume historical and topographical - J. H. Smith (1874)
Brewood
parish register (1906)
Brief account
of the family of Homer or de Homere of Ettingshall, County
Stafford, Eng.
and Boston,
Mass - B. H. Dixon (1889)
Bucknall-cum-Bagnall
parish register, 1762-1812 by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society (1920)
Burslem
Parish register Vol. 1 by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society (1913)
Burslem
Parish register Vol. 2 by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society (1913)
Burslem
Parish register Vol. 3 by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society (1913)
Domesday studies;
an analysis and digest of the Staffordshire survey - R. W. Eyton (1881)
Ellastone
Parish Register (1907)
General view
of the agriculture of the county
of Stafford - W. Pitt
(1794)
Gnosall
Parish register by The Staffordshire Parish Register Society (1922)
Hamstall
Ridware Parish register [1598-1812 and Index] (1904)
Handbook for
travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire -
J. Murray (1892)
Haughton
Parish register [1570-1812 and Index] Vol. 2 (1902)
Historic
Staffordshire - R. K. Dent (1896)
Historical
studies relating chiefly to Staffordshire - J. L. Cherry (1908)
History of
the Castle, Priory, and Town of Tutbury, in the County of Stafford - O. Mosley (1832)
History of
the Staffordshire potteries by S. Shaw (1900)
History,
Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire - W. White (1834)
History,
gazetteer, and directory of the county of Derby - with the town of
Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, comprising a general survey of the county -
Francis White & Co. (1857)
Hunting and
sporting notes in the West Midlands, season
1885-86 - M. Borderer (1886)
Josiah
Wedgwood and his pottery - W. Burton
(1922)
Lichfield - W.
Beresford (1883)
Lichfield and
its cathedral, a brief history and guide - H. S. Ward (1893)
Memorials of
old Staffordshire - W. Beresford (1909)
Milwich
parish registers (1904)
Monasticism
in Staffordshire - the growth, influence, and suppression of the religious
houses of Staffordshire - F. A. Hibbert (1909)
Notes and
collections relating to the parish of Aldridge, in the county of Stafford
- J. F. Smith (1884)
Notes on
Staffordshire place names - W. H. Duignan (1902)
On the fossil
flora of the Staffordshire coal fields - R. Kidston (1888)
Parentalia -
reminiscences of the family of Fforde, of Fforde Grene, County Stafford, and of
Abbeyfield, County
Chester - F. Forde (1878)
Penn parish
register [1570-1754] (1921)
Picturesque
views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of
interesting feature, in Staffordshire - W. West (1834)
Practical
observations on angling in the River Trent - C. Snart (1801)
Rowley Regis
parish register Vol. 2 (1912)
Rowley Regis
parish register Vol. 3 (1912)
Spode and his
successors - A. Hayden (1913)
St. Thomas's
Priory, or The story of St. Austin's, Stafford
- J. Gillow (1894)
Stafford in olden
times - J. L. Cherry (1890)
Staffordshire
- W. B. Smith (1915)
Staffordshire
knots, the book of the bazaar - A. M. McAldowie (1895)
Staffordshire
legend - M. E. Jeffreys (1851)
Staffordshire
pedigrees based on the visitation of that county made by William Dugdale - W.
Dugdale (1912)
Staffordshire
pots & potters - G. W. Rhead (1906)
Staffordshire
pottery and its history by J. C. Wedgwood (1913)
Staffordshire
worthies - F. W. Hackwood (1911)
Stanton
Parish register, 1558 to 1812 [and Index] pt. 2 (1902)
Stoke-upon-Trent
Parish register - Deanery of Stoke-on-Trent
Vol. 1 (1914)
Stoke-upon-Trent
Parish register - Deanery of Stoke-on-Trent
Vol. 3 (1914)
Stoke-upon-Trent
Parish register - Deanery of Stoke-on-Trent
Vol. 4 (1914)
Tamworth
election, Speech of Sir Robert Peel - R. Peel (1841)
The cathedral
church of Lichfield - A. B. Clifton (1902)
The
dissolution of the monasteries as illustrated by the suppression of the
religious houses of Staffordshire - F. A. Hibbert (1910)
The Earle
collection of early Staffordshire pottery - illustrating over seven hundred
different pieces by C. Earle (1915)
The free
schools and endowments of Staffordshire - G. Griffith (1860)
The
frobishers; a story of the Staffordshire potteries - S. Baring-Gould (1901)
The genealogy
of the family of Haslewood, Staffordshire and Warwickshire branches - F.
Haslewood (1881)
The geology
of the country around Lichfield, including the northern parts of the South Staffordshire and Warwickshire coalfields - G.
Barrow (1919)
The geology
of the north Staffordshire coalfields - W. Gibson (1905)
The gild of
St. Mary, Lichfield (1920)
The history
and antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Tamworth, in the county of Stafford
- C. Palmer (1871)
The history
of Sedgley Park school, Staffordshire - F. C.
Husenbeth (1856)
The History
of Standon parish, manour and church, with two hundred years of registers - E.
Salt (1888)
The history
of the town and castle
of Tamworth, in the
counties of Stafford & Warwick - C. Palmer (1845)
The most
extraordinary trial of William Palmer, for the Rugeley poisonings, which lasted
twelve days (May 14-27, 1856) - W. Palmer (1857)
The old china
book, including Staffordshire, Wedgwood, lustre, and other English pottery and
porcelain - N. H. Moore (1903)
The Reades of
Blackwood hill, in the parish of Horton, Staffordshire; a record of their
descendants - A. L. Reade (1906)
The Records
of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry - P. C. Webster
(1870)
The South Staffordshire coalfield - J. B. Jukes (1859)
The
Staffordshire potter by H. Owen (1901)
The
Staffordshire Underhills in England
and the Hawleys in the United
States - A. Underhill (1907)
The Stately
Homes of England.
Trentham, Staffordshire - L. Jewitt (1875) (article)
The Victoria history of the county of Stafford
- W. Page (1908)
Trentham
parish register Vol. 2 (1906)
West
Bromwich parish register (1909)
+ over 50 Volumes of:
‘Collections for a history of Staffordshire’
These contain a wealth of local historical information
relating to the county, including pipe rolls, plea rolls and feet of fines,
cathedral and monastic records, heraldic visitations, quarter sessions records,
hearth tax returns, parish and family genealogical histories, biographies of
Staffordshire MPs, and much more!
An absolute must
for anyone with an interest the local history, ancestry and genealogy of Staffordshire
and surrounds – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small
price!
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