Beauties of England & Wales: North Wales

This is one book from a series of very rare volumes entitled "The Beauties of England and Wales". This volume, for North Wales, describes the county, its history & antiquities, and places in great detail. It also contains some exquisite engravings of towns and churches, etc.    

Price:  £15.11

Black's Guide to Wales 1929 (9 maps)

An excellent guide book for the whole of Wales with details of routes, descriptions of places and nine high quality maps.    

Price:  £9.79

Cambria Triumphans

This is an extremely ancient and rare history and description of the country during an incredibly turbulent period of history.    

Price:  £17.87

Camden's Britannia

The definitive early history and description of the whole of Britain. An absolute must for anyone's collection providing invaluable background information for family history research.    

Price:  £15.11

Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture

The definitive reference work on this topic. `[The author takes] the Celtic world to include both the European continent and the more recent settlements in the British Isles. The entries, admirably broad in scope, conceive religion and culture as including not only the usual gods and myths but shamanic practices and totems. Maier also provides entries for important scholars of Celtic culture.' CHOICE   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-15660-6

Price:  £25.00

Evidence on the Employment of Children

This huge government publication of 1842 contains evidence on the employment of children. Evidence is given by interviews with the employers, adult workers and children, relating to the work and lifestyle conditions. It is an extraordinarily rich and vivid resource of detailed information on early 19th century social conditions in the manufacturing areas of Great Britain and Ireland.    

Price:  £16.98

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae

"An Essay towards deducing a regular succession of all the principal dignitaries in each cathedral, collegiate church or chapel in those parts of Great Britain called England and Wales,"    

Price:  £17.87

Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland - Cassell 1898

Descriptions of every town, village and hamlet in the whole of Great Britain and Ireland. Excellent maps. 4 CD set    

Price:  £23.83

Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland

Details of the great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland extracted from two returns made by Government rate collectors. The 533 page publication is an essential resource, containing a vast amount of personal and financial detail on owners of land of 3,000 acres worth more that 3,000 a year.     ISBN 1-84630-108-4

Price:  £18.95

Hanes Eglwysi Annibynol Cymru (A History of the Independent Churches in Wales)

4 Volumes "Still the best of our 'standard' Welsh denominational histories" WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN WELSH WITH NO ENGLISH TRANSLATION.    

Price:  £16.98

History of the County of Brecknock

Published in 1909 in four huge volumes this is a superb account of the history of Brecknock. It also contains lots of wonderful illustrations, maps and photographs of the area. It is also much more than just a dry history book.    

Price:  £21.28

Kelly's 1904 Directory of Printers, Booksellers, Publishers, etc.

This excellent directory not only covers the subjects described in its title, but all associated trades and businesses.    

Price:  £20.00

Late Medieval Monasteries and their Patrons

Lay patronage of religious houses remained of considerable importance during the late medieval period; but this is the first full-length study dedicated to the subject.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83284-3

Price:  £45.00

Ogilby's Road Maps - 1675

Over 100 full colour route maps (some spanning several pages) between principal places in England and Wales, showing villages, towns, mountains, forests, rivers, fords, bridges, and more. Wonderful maps that are a delight to examine by zooming in to view the finest detail. A superb reference.    

Price:  £15.11

Owen's New Book of Fairs (1824)

A complete and authentic account of all of the fairs in England and Wales. Noting the commodities of each fair; days on which markets are held; distances from London; and number of Members which each place sends to Parliament.    

Price:  £9.79

Owen's New Book of Roads

A book for the traveller. Each road has towns, main villages, bridges, crossings, etc. along its route, with distance tables, plus names of prominent people and residences. Contents include: Alphabetical cities, towns and remarkable villages in England & Wales; Scottish Roads; Principal and direct roads in England & Wales; Cross roads; Circuits of the judges; Tide tables, and more.    

Price:  £9.79

Parish Register Abstract 1831

In 1831 an Act of Parliament was passed to take an account of the population of Great Britain. A survey was taken of England, Wales and islands (excluding Scotland and Ireland) of all parish registers to count baptisms, marriages and burials from the year 1821 to 1830. The government then published the results of this survey in 1833. This rare book contains the results for each county.    

Price:  £17.87

Paterson's Book of Roads, 1808

Road routes throughout Great Britain, with distances, information about places passed through on each route, turnpikes etc.    

Price:  £15.11

Paterson's Book of Roads, 1829

Road routes throughout Great Britain, with distances, information about places passed through on each route, turnpikes etc.    

Price:  £12.13

Report on Ecclesiastical Revenues

Of England and Wales 1835. A superb reference book for those interested in Church history or with ancestors who were clergy. Every Church of England place of worship is included with details of its income and expenditure, the name of the incumbent and his year of admission.    

Price:  £21.70

Roots and Branches

A genealogy of some of the older families of the parishes of Llanddeusant and Llywel, neighbouring Welsh parishes in Carmarthenshire and Breconshire respectively. An absolute must for those with LLanddesusant or Llywel ancestry - or those who may have.    

Price:  £9.79

Royal Atlas of England & Wales (1895)

Very large atlas with the whole of England & Wales at a scale of 1/4" to 1 mile, plus many larger scale maps, and city and town street plans. "    

Price:  £15.11

Severn Tunnel School 1883-1913 Log Book

Records of the school and its activities. Daily happenings, illnesses and absences, information about the teachers, schemes of work and lesson plans, building works and purchase of equipment, etc. Even the weather. Titled Severn Tunnel School although this was Sudbrook School.    

Price:  £9.79

Sudbrook School 1900-1959 Log Book

Records of the school and its activities. Daily happenings, illnesses and absences, information about the teachers, schemes of work and lesson plans, building works and purchase of equipment, etc. Even the weather. The first Log Book is titled Severn Tunnel School, although this was Sudbrook School.    

Price:  £9.79

Sudbrook School Admission Registers

The first school in Sudbrook was built for children of workers on the new Severn Railway Tunnel. Hence we find names from all over Britain and Ireland. Registers show where the children came from and where they went to. An immensely useful source of family history information. Registers: Mixed,1881-1896, Mixed 1900-1928; Infants 1900-1913; All 1929-1996. 4 CD set.    

Price:  £23.83

Surnames of the United Kingdom

A concise A-Z of Surnames in the United Kingdom. The book includes an essay on the origins of our surnames, which discusses such topics as the necessity for distinctive nicknames in Scotland, French surnames, Anglo Saxon and Scandinavian names, Flemish names in S. Wales and more. There is also an appendix of principal foreign names found in British directories.    

Price:  £9.79

The Beauties of England & Wales - South Wales

Published as part of a series covering every county in England and Wales. Detailed descriptions of the history and antiquities in each of the follwing counties; Brecknockshire, Caermarthenshire, Glamorganshire, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire.    

Price:  £9.79

The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales

This book explores the ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales in the later eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Ecclesiastical and administrative reform was one of the defining characteristics of the Norman regime in Britain, and the author argues that a new generation of clergy in South Wales was at the heart of this reforming programme. The focus of this volume is the early twelfth-century Book of Llandaf, one of the most perplexing but exciting historical works from post-Conquest Britain. It has long been viewed as a primary source for the history of early medieval Wales, but here it is presented in a fresh light, as a monument to learning and literature in Norman Wales, produced in the same literary milieu as Geoffrey of Monmouth. As such, the Book of Llandaf provides us with valuable insights into the state of the Norman Church in Wales, and allows us to understand how it thought about its past.
JOHN DAVIES is Research Fellow in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83024-5

Price:  £50.00

The Castle Community

The period covered in this book is from the building of the Welsh castles of Edward I - the high point of castle building in the British Isles - to the time of their most serious test, the revolt of Owen Glendower and the ensuing political crises, on which the material presented here can shed some light.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15913-3

Price:  £70.00

The Church of England and the Bangorian Controversy, 1716-1721

The Bangorian Controversy was the most bitterly fought ideological battle of eighteenth-century England. Benjamin Hoadly, the low-church Bishop of Bangor, brought the wrath of his fellow churchmen upon himself when he preached his sermon The nature of the Kingdom, or church, or Christ before the king in 1717: it denied the spiritual authority of the church, and was a call for a further Reformation.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83288-1

Price:  £50.00

The Clergy List 1858

Contains the names and livings of clergymen in England, Wales and Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, military, naval and prison chaplains, as well as those working all over the British Empire. It also lists the benefices in England and Wales, their values, populations and patrons.    

Price:  £15.11

The Clergy List 1897

An invaluable resource, not only for family historians searching their clergy ancestors, but also for all of the general information relating to churches.    

Price:  £15.11

The Clergyman's Intelligencer

- Alphabetical List of Patrons in England & Wales 1745 A complete alphabetical list of all of the patrons in England and Wales with the dignities, livings and benefices in their gift and their values. Contains an index of all the benefices.    

Price:  £12.13

The Companion Guide to Wales

The question posed to the author once by a prospective visitor to Wales - 'What is there to see?' - is not susceptible of a short, or quick, answer. For the delights of Wales are cumulative and understated: a succession of small country churches rather than great city cathedrals, a labyrinth of byways away from the few highways, details of vernacular architecture rather than grand edifices, the thirteenth-century Edwardian castles being the exception thatproves this rule. A cultural tradition rooted in the austerity and erudition of the Celtic saints, a tradition more confirmed than repudiated by the Reformation, is best appreciated by lovers of small things. Wales is a country where small is beautiful. For although the juggernaut of globalisation may be threatening the Welsh way of life with extinction, in the words of a contemporary Welsh folk anthem: 'In spite of everything, we're still here.'DAVID BARNES is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and teaches at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.   paperback   ISBN 978-1-900-63943-9

Price:  £16.99

The History of Wales

Published in five volumes, probably in the early 20th century, this is a beautifully written history of a wonderful country and contains dozens of gorgeous illustrations.    

Price:  £17.87

The Medical Directory 1898

This excellent book of over 2,000 pages lists all of the doctors, surgeons, dentists, etc, and short biographical details of each. Includes: London Medical Directory, Provincial Medical Directory, Medical Directory for Wales, Medical Directory for Ireland, and more.    

Price:  £21.28

The Medieval Court of Arches

The appellate court of the archbishop of Canterbury as metropolitan of the province of Canterbury [covering all of England south of the Humber and all of Wales] was the most important ecclesiastical court in medieval England; it sat in the church of St Mary le Bow in London, from whose Latin name [de arcubus] it took its popular name, the Court of Arches. This volume offers the first full-length study of the Court.     ISBN 978-0-907-23968-0

Price:  £25.00

The Medieval Cult of St Petroc

The historical, political, ecclesiastical, and religious relationships between medieval Cornwall, Brittany, Wales, Ireland and England are explored here through a study of the cult of St Petroc. Evidence for the cult in each area is thoroughly surveyed, but Cornwall and Brittany, the most important loci of the cult and most closely linked by language and culture, are the book's primary focus.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15777-1

Price:  £50.00

The Railway and Commercial Gazetteer

A complete list (in alphabetical order) of every railway station, town, village, hamlet, parish and place in England, Scotland and Wales. Gives population from the 1901 census, locality, post offices, money order and telegraphy offices and more. For those interested with ancestors employed in railways, this book could help you discover for whom they worked. Also ideal for railway enthusiasts.    

Price:  £12.13

The Scriptorium of Margam Abbey and the Scribes of Early Angevin Glamorgan

Margam Abbey was founded by the lord of Glamorgan, Earl Robert of Gloucester, in 1147. Its scriptorium was concerned not only with the usual business of a monastic house, but also provided staff for the central administration of the Gloucester earldom in the twelfth century and served as the earldom's writing-office for Glamorgan in the early thirteenth.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15851-8

Price:  £70.00

The Welsh Church Year Book 1929

All of the Churches of Wales, with their present vicars, etc. A wonderful source of information.    

Price:  £9.79

The Welsh People

The origins, history and laws, language, lIitrature and characteristcs of the people of Wales.    

Price:  £15.11

Topographical Dictionary of Wales - 1833 Lewis

Every place in Wales is described in this wonderful two volume gazetteer of 1833. The books contain all of its original 1833 county maps, that have been scanned to a very high quality indeed so that you can zoom in and in to the finest detail.    

Price:  £17.87

Wales - Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays & Roads - St Georges and Bristol Channel 1801

Wonderful collection of maps of marine features, towns and ports along the coastline. Covers Liverpool to Swansea, plus Dublin. Includes lists of Royal Navy officers, in addition to descriptions, tables, etc. Excellent early maps.    

Price:  £9.79

Wales (all counties) 1873 Returns of Owners of Land

The 1873 national survey of all land owners covered all of the counties in England and Wales. All those who owned 1 acre or more were listed in this government publication, together with the address/location, the amount of land and its value. An invaluable source of information for historians and genealogists.    

Price:  £17.02

Wales Illustrated

Published in 1836. A really wonderful book describing Wales, its counties, towns and villages. Lots of superb engravings throughout that will provide superb illustrations to place into your family history file.    

Price:  £15.11

Wales in the Reign of James I

Notable foray into the Wales of the first of the Stuart rulers. WELSH HISTORY REVIEW
This study throws fresh light on a neglected period and examines four major aspects of Welsh history between 1603 and 1625.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93210-8

Price:  £40.00

Wales Topographical Dictionary and Illustrated Wales

Buy these three huge volumes, as described above, as a two CD set for much less than the total cost of the individual CD's. Although quite different in their content, these volumes complement each other perfectly being of the same period. The beautiful engravings in Wales Illustrated breath life into the superb maps of the Topographical Dictionary    

Price:  £21.28

Welsh Castles

The medieval castles of Wales are an imposing group of monuments. Although there are examples from the Norman period, the vast majority of the surviving castles date from the thirteenth century, a dramatic and turbulent period when Wales was nearly united under native rule before succumbing to Edward I's conquest.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15778-8

Price:  £25.00