Books in the Victoria County History series

This volume describes the city of Gloucester from the late 7th century AD to the mid-1980s.

Covering parts of Middlesex which lay from 1889 until 1965 within the administrative county of London, this volume contains histories of the parishes of Hampstead and Paddington. Before their inclusion in Greater London, the parishes embraced the metropolitan borough of Hampstead and most of that of Paddington.

This volume relates to the part of the county lying north-west of Cambridge and includes the histories of 27 parishes forming the hundreds of Chesterton, Northstowe and Papworth. The author discusses the urban and academic expansion of Cambridge into this area in the last century.

Part of a series covering all English counties, this volume provides an historical account of the county of Oxford, including the southern part of Wootton Hundred, the towns of Eynsham and Woodstock, and the parishes of Begbrooke, Bladon, Cassington, Cogges, Combe, and Wolvercote.

This volume tells the story of agriculture in Shropshire from earliest times to the present day. Besides discussing a fundamental aspect of Shropshire's history, the book provides many new insights into the agricultural and economic evolution of English rural society.

A volume which includes fascinating information about Beverley, a town which stood high among the provincial towns of medieval England, with the Great Minster church and the College of St John.

This volume is a supplement to the book published in 1970, which described the origins and progress of the Victoria County History and included lists of contents of the 150 volumes which had previously been published, with indexes of the articles and authors included in those lists.

Tells the story of Lichfield and its neighbourhood from Romano-British times to the late 20th century. In the 18th century, Lichfield was a centre for polite society with its races attracting many visitors. In the 19th century, there was industrial development, and in later 20th century, it has seen the growth of light industry.

A detailed and fully referenced academic history of Bridgwater and 25 neighbouring parishes in the valleys of the rivers Parrett and Tone and on the Eastern slopes of the Quantocks. The area is mainly one of scattered settlement, of small-scale mixed farming, and rural industries.

400 articles on the history of East Cambridgeshire, the four hundreds of Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe.

A detailed and fullly referenced academic history of Colchester, from the Iron Age to the 1900s.

This volume spans the history, from early times to the 1980s, of the 27 parishes that formed the extensive ancient borough of Wenlock (corresponding to the estates and liberty of Wenlock Priory) and the adjoining parts of Munslow Hundred.

This text presents the history of the south-east corner of Somerset bordering Wiltshire and Dorset, comprising the outliers of Salisbury Plain on the east and part of a clay vale to the west and including a natural route westwards followed by the two principal London-Exeter roads and the railway.

Listing books, pamphlets and sale catalogues located in public libraries, local newspapers and periodicals and articles in a range of journals, this volume is a second supplement to the bibliography published in 1959. It is divided into three parts: works on the county of Essex, biography and family history, and individual places and regions.

Social and Economic History. Ecclesiastical History. Religious Houses. Industries. Political History.

This volume contains the history of the City of Cambridge, the University of Cambridge and the Colleges and Halls of the University. Also included are Cambridge University and Borough Hearth Tax Assessments.

The Isle of Ely: Liberty and City of Ely. Ely, North and South Witchford, and Wisbech hundreds.

Boydell & Brewer are pleased to announce that as from 1 December 2001 they will be distributing the Victoria County History, which has an international reputation as a work of reference for English local history. Begun in 1899, the publication of about three new volumes each year is gradually creating an encyclopedic history of the counties, ranging from earliest times to the present. For each county there is or is planned a set of volumes, containing general chapters on subjects such as prehistory and ecclesiastical and economic history, and topographical chapters giving a comprehensive, fully referenced account of each city, town and village in the county. Fourteen county sets have been completed; work is in progress on a further thirteen.

Volume: 1 Publisher: London [Constable] Subjects: Natural history -- England Derbyshire Derbyshire (England) -- History Derbyshire (England) -- Antiquities Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Volume: 1 Publisher: London [Constable] Subjects: Natural history -- England Derbyshire Derbyshire (England) -- History Derbyshire (England) -- Antiquities Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Boydell & Brewer are pleased to announce that as from 1 December 2001 they will be distributing the Victoria County History, which has an international reputation as a work of reference for English local history. Begun in 1899, the publication of about three new volumes each year is gradually creating an encyclopedic history of the counties, ranging from earliest times to the present. For each county there is or is planned a set of volumes, containing general chapters on subjects such as prehistory and ecclesiastical and economic history, and topographical chapters giving a comprehensive, fully referenced account of each city, town and village in the county. Fourteen county sets have been completed; work is in progress on a further thirteen.

Boydell & Brewer are pleased to announce that as from 1 December 2001 they will be distributing the Victoria County History, which has an international reputation as a work of reference for English local history. Begun in 1899, the publication of about three new volumes each year is gradually creating an encyclopedic history of the counties, ranging from earliest times to the present. For each county there is or is planned a set of volumes, containing general chapters on subjects such as prehistory and ecclesiastical and economic history, and topographical chapters giving a comprehensive, fully referenced account of each city, town and village in the county. Fourteen county sets have been completed; work is in progress on a further thirteen.

Ecclesiastical History. Religious Houses. Social and Economic History. Industries. Agriculture. Forestry. Sport. Schools.

Natural History, Archaeology, Domesday, Political History.

Ecclesiastical History, religious Houses, Maritime, History, Social and Economic History, Industries, Agriculture, Endowed Schools, Sport.

Romano-British Sussex, Chichester City.

Cichester rape, the western end of the county, including Midhurst and Bognor.

Boydell & Brewer are pleased to announce that as from 1 December 2001 they will be distributing the Victoria County History, which has an international reputation as a work of reference for English local history. Begun in 1899, the publication of about three new volumes each year is gradually creating an encyclopedic history of the counties, ranging from earliest times to the present. For each county there is or is planned a set of volumes, containing general chapters on subjects such as prehistory and ecclesiastical and economic history, and topographical chapters giving a comprehensive, fully referenced account of each city, town and village in the county. Fourteen county sets have been completed; work is in progress on a further thirteen.