Books in the Victoria County History series

Classic VCH account of the famous town of Glastonbury and its environs.

Like so much of Middlesex, Chelsea was swallowed up by Greater London. Here its history restores its lost identity.

Covers parts of Middlesex, which lay from 1889 until 1965 within the county of London. This work treats the history of Hackney, and traces the origin of Hackney within the bishop of London's extensive Stepney manor, with medieval settlement round the church and at Dalston by the 13th century, and at Clapton and Homerton by the 14th.

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.

Contains histories of the eleven ancient parishes in Leyland hundred - Leyland, Penwortham, Brindle, Croston, Hesketh - with - Becconsall, Tarleton, Rufford, Chorley, Hoole, Eccleston, Standish, and of two of the five ancient parishes in Blackburn hundred - Blackburn parish and Whalley.

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.

Authoritative account of villages on the edge of the Chilterns, including the historic settlement of Ewelme.

The history of Calne, a market and industrial town in north Wiltshire, and the places around it.

Cleley comprises a dozen parishes in the south on either side of Watling Street, and includes the royal estate, the honor of Grafton.

Dealing with the history of Northamptonshire, this volume covers the history of its industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including, its most celebrated products: boots and shoes. It pays attention to the impact of industrial development upon the infrastructure, topography and environment of the county.