An excellent early county directory which gives details of each place, a short history and its facilities, and names and addresses of people with trades.    

Price:  £9.79

An early county directory of the larger market towns and villages    

Price:  £9.79

The Post Office Directories were the fore-runners of (and published by) Kelly & Co. Directories.    

Price:  £9.79

One of the very rare and sought-after earlier directories.    

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With Court & Trades directories    

Price:  £12.13

Lists every person in the county who owned 1 acre of land or more, with name, place, extent of land and its value.    

Price:  £8.94

A really excellent and comprehensive county directory in three parts.    

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A really excellent and comprehensive county directory in three parts.    

Price:  £12.13

By the late 1890s we start to see private residents included in the Kelly's directories in addition to the classified Trade Directory listings and descriptions and facilities in each town and village.    

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Bringing together the evidence from a wide range of documentary sources, this volume provides comprehensive information on Bedfordshire chapels and meeting houses from licensing and registration records. Very well illustrated, thebook will be invaluable to students of religious history, local historians and genealogists.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-55058-9

Price:  £15.00

The third in a series of four extensively researched volumes describing Bedfordshire's parish churches in detail, this book will appeal to anyone interested in old churches. The aim is to present a detailed account of each church together with text from five important nineteenth century sources.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-55063-3

Price:  £15.00

Continuing from the local wills already published by the Society (in Vols.37 and 45 - both now out of print), this volume makes a further 298 wills accessible to the local historian. The PCC wills to 1548 have also been publishedin Vol.58 (still available).   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-55059-6

Price:  £15.00

A special combined edition of six county Post Office Directories.    

Price:  £30.00

The clergy of England, like the laity, were subjected to a series of poll-taxes within a short space of time. This volume prints the surviving assessments made of the clergy of the diocese of Lincoln in the years 1377, 1379 and1381. Most of the material relates to the old county of Lincoln (now Lincolnshire and South Humberside) but there are also surveys of Leicestershire, Rutland, most of Bedfordshire, and parts of Huntingdonshire and Hertfordshire. These poll-tax asessments represent what was virtually a census of the clerical population whose members were listed parish by parish. The documents show us not only that the number of clergy was very great, but that most were without benefices, and that they tended to gather in areas of high prosperity. Publication of this material offers the opportunity to make a reassessment of the clergy and, hence, church of late medieval England. Dr A.K. McHARDY is lecturer in history at the University of Nottingham and has edited The Church in London 1375-1392 for the London Record Society.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-901-50354-1

Price:  £25.00

Genealogia Bedfordensis represents an important collection of genealogical information on a number of the more noted families from the county, as well as copious transcripts of parish registers and other data. Only 100 copies were ever printed, making this one of the rarest, yet most valuable resources for Bedfordshire   CD   ISBN 1-84630-138-6

Price:  £18.79

Poll books tell the story of local people and their link with national history. This book contains transcripts of the poll books for the County and Borough seats of Bedford and some election accounts showing candidates' expenditure. The introductory commentary gives an insight to political influences in Bedfordshire during the seminal period of English history from the Glorious Revolution to the accession of George I. It enables comparisons and political trends to be detected, including allegiances of regions of the county and parishes, the survival of the Tory party, the political allegiance of Anglican clergy and the role of Protestant Nonconformists. Major landowners were important in Bedfordshire politics but not dominant and local gentry played a crucial role. The transcriptions list all those who voted in four county and one borough election. County voters were 40 shilling freeholders; Borough voters were freemen, burgesses and those qualified by 'scot and lot'; and for both seats numerous voters came from London and surrounding counties. The 8,500 names [fully indexed] will help family historians find ancestors between the 1671 Hearth Tax and the 1841 Census and will give unparalleled information on local landholding. A further volume, 1716-1734, will be published in 2008.
JAMES COLLETT-WHITE is Archivist at Bedfordshire and LutonArchives and Records Service, and Archivist to S. C. Whitbread, Southill Park   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-55071-8

Price:  £25.00

This is an edition of household inventories listing in detail the contents of sixteen Bedfordshire country houses. Among them are lesser-known ones like the Hasells and the Prebendal House at Leighton Buzzard as well as mansions such as Wrest Park, and Southill. The volume includes a general introduction, an account of each of the houses covered, contemporary illustrations, and indexes of names and subjects.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-55057-2

Price:  £15.00

A really excellent description and history of Bedfordshire, its towns and villages and people.    

Price:  £11.06

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-55067-1

Price:  £9.99

Superb and rare topography and gazetteer of; Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex and Wiltshire.    

Price:  £15.11

This volume traces the relentless mid-nineteenth century transformation of Luton, from market town to manufacturing centre. The distinctive nature of the local economy, the challenges posed by unrestricted urban growth, religion,education and politics are some of the themes which are analysed in turn.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-55062-6

Price:  £15.00

The diaries of Charlotte Bousfield, extending from 1878 to 1896, paint a vivid picture of the activities of a multi-talented Bedford family, led by a strong-minded matriarch. They were prominent in local life...   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-55072-5

Price:  £25.00

This book examines the education of Luton girls and its relationship with employment opportunities, concentrating on, but not exclusively confined to, the working-classes. The acknowledged independence of spirit to be found in Luton was especially noticeable among its female population, which enjoyed considerable economic power within the traditional hat-making industry.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-55070-1

Price:  £25.00

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90532-9

Price:  £75.00

Pedigrees of Bedfordshire families in 1566, 1582 & 1634.    

Price:  £12.13

Liar!' 'Judas!' 'Traitor!' Why was the once popular Managing Director of Vauxhall Motors called these names by his own workforce? This story traces how the once mighty company, Vauxhall, which dominated the Luton economy and South Midlands area, declined.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-55068-8

Price:  £25.00