A History of the County of Stafford

This volume covers the town of Burton-upon-Trent on the county's eastern boundary, along with its suburbs and satellite villages on either side of the river, including Stapenhill which was formerly in a separate parish in Derbyshire. Best known as a major centre for brewing beer from the earlier nineteenth century, Burton first came to prominence in the early eleventh century as the site of a Benedictine monastery which later promoted the cult of its own saint, the legendary St Modwen.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-904-35634-9

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume II with index to Volumes I and II

This volume is concerned mainly with the industrial history of Staffordshire. It not only includes a full treatment of pottery and other major industries such as mining, engineering and the various metal trades, but also deals with the textiles of Leek, the boots and shoes of Stafford, the saddlery of Walsall, and the beer of Burton.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22715-2

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume III

The ecclesiastical history of Staffordshire provides the content of Volume III. The opening chapter on the Medieval Church traces the early history of Christianity in the area and recounts the struggle for predominance between Lichfield and Coventry.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22732-9

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume IV: Staffordshire Domesday and West Cuttlestone Hundred

The Staffordshire section of Domesday Book; West Cuttlestone hundred (villages south-west of Stafford to the Shropshire border).   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-91038-5

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume V: East Cuttlestone Hundred

East Cuttlestone hundred (towns and villages in the Cannock Chase area).   hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-91039-2

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume VI

This volume completes the general articles planned for Staffordshire and also contains the history of the county town. Four articles on agriculture survey a thousand years of farming. Cultivation gradually reduced the extensive woodlands recorded in Domesday Book. The progress of arable farming in the south was paralleled by that of stock-rearing in the north, while from the 17th century dairying became increasingly important.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22733-6

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume VII: Leek and the Moorlands

This volume tells the story of the town of Leek and the north-east corner of Staffordshire adjoining Cheshire and Derbyshire. Besides the large parish of Leek, it contains Alstonefield, another extensive parish, Horton, and Sheen. The dramatic scenery includes the Roaches, an outcrop of Millstone Grit above the Leek-Buxton road, Rudyard Lake, a canal reservoir developed as a tourist attraction in the mid 19th century, and the river Dove, with its memories of Charles Cotton of Beresford Hall and his friend Izaak Walton.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22786-2

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume XIV: Lichfield

The volume tells the story of Lichfield and its neighbourhood from Romano-British times to the late 20th century. Lichfield was first mentioned in the mid 7th century and was chosen as a see in 669 A.D. with St. Chad as its first bishop. A cathedral has stood there ever since, much rebuilt and restored over the centuries and noted for its three spires, 'the ladies of the vale'.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22778-7

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume XVII

Historical accounts of three important industrial towns of the Black Country fill the present volume. West Bromwich, Smethwick, and Walsall are all close neighbours and all former county boroughs. West Bromwich had a domestic nailing industry in the 16th century but remained a scattered settlement on the heathland of the coal measures until the development of its mining and iron industry in the mid 19th.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22743-5

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A History of the County of Stafford, Volume XX: Seisdon Hundred (Part)

The volume covers the south-west corner of Staffordshire, bordering on Shropshire and Worcestershire and including the Tettenhall and Amblecote portions of the new county of West Midlands. The area was part of Seisdon hundred andincludes the village of Seisdon in Trysull parish where the hundred met. Most of it lay in Kinver forest.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-197-22765-7

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A History of the County of Staffordshire, Volume VIII: The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme

    ISBN 978-0-903-36317-4

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Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire 1844

One of the very best books ever written on the subject of the antiquities of Staffordshire. This book is incredibly rare and sought after.    

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The Story of Some English Shires

Wonderful historical accounts of these English counties: Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire.    

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The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, Volume X: Tutbury and Needwood Forest

Tutbury and Needwood forest have a rich history, fully explored here from the earliest times to the present day: the former with its great medieval castle, the heart of a major feudal honor held from the 13th century by the royalearls and dukes of Lancaster, and the latter with its medieval parks and hunting lodges. The volume also covers the important early Anglo-Saxon monastic and royal site of Hanbury, the burial place of St Werburh, a Mercian princess; and offers accounts of the mansion houses built in and around the ancient forest area by members of the Bass brewing family and others, and the magnificent late 19th-century church of Hoar Cross, one of Bodley's masterpieces.
NIGEL TRINGHAM is County Editor for the Victoria County History for Staffordshire and lecturer in history at the University of Keele.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-904-35610-3

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The Victoria History of the County of Staffordshire, Volume I: Natural History, Early Man, Romano-British Staffordshire, Anglo-Saxon Remains, Political History, Social and Economic History, Ancient Ea

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90308-0

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