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The Bankes Papers - An Exhibition of Documents selected from the official papers of Sir John Bankes found at Lydney Park in 1949
Gloucestershire County Council 8pp pamphlet announcing the exhibition to be held at the Shire Hall, Gloucester in July 1950, and briefly describing the exhibits.   Sir John Bankes was Attorney General to Charles 1 from 1634-1640.  The exhibition itself was arranged by the Gloucester Record Office.  (ref 252/106)  £1.50 post-free within UK

An Act for Inclosing the Marsh Common, otherwise Salt Marsh in the Parish of Almondsbury in the County of Gloucester [12th May 1815]
Disbound, 18pp.  £8.00 post-free within UK

History & Guide - St Mary the Virgin, Berkeley
9th impression (26,000 copies) of the 1956 1st ed, this copy appears to have been produced in the early 1970s? 8pp church pamphlet containing 3 photos, pale blue card covers. Some spotting inside. (ref 8267) £1.00 post-free within UK

A Short Guide to St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
W N Madan, 1911. According to Elizabeth I 'the fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England.' 31pp booklet consisting of 16pp of text, 12 photo ills and ground plan. Card covers, contents clean. Bottom corner dogeared.  £1.50 post-free within UK

Bristol: One Thousand Years in Stitches
Kathleen Philpott, 1991. A5 booklet in card covers, 66pp, 13 ills, mainly photos. The panels on the 75 foot Bristol Historical Tapestry record important landmarks in Bristol's history. VG. (ref 150/39)  £2.00 post-free within UK

A Bristol Miscellany
Bristol Record Society vol 37, 1985.  Tall 8vo in as-published white cloth boards with black lettering, 218pp inc index.  The miscellany comprises:
Two Tudor Visits to Bristol [14pp]
A Bristol Glassworks c1730 [6pp]
Bishop Secker's Diocese Book [50pp] - some useful detail on dissenters
A Note on the Dorset Parishes in Bishop Secker's Diocese Book [8pp]
Calendar of Correspondence from William Miles to John Tharp 1770-1789 [44pp]
Records of the Bristol Local Board of Health 1851-1872 [77pp]
VG.  (ref 2232)  £12.00
Another VG copy (ref 3784)  £12.00

Redland Park Congregational Church, Bristol
A Chapter in Cogregational History by W Edwards, 1941.  Photo card covers, 91pp, 6 photo-plates inc 2 showing results of war-time bomb damage - indeed a loose slip inside says that 'Any profits made will be devoted to the cost of bebuilding the Church which was destroyed by enemy action in December 1940'.  Both top & bottom corners dogeared as though dropped on the floor but a nice clean copy.  When published it was available post-free at the equivalent of 18p.  (ref 1646)  £8.50

Bristol - A Pictorial History
Donald Jones, 1991.  4to, unpaginated but 175 captioned ills, mostly photos.  Nice copy, VG in G though price-clipped d/w.  This has been out of print for some years.  (ref 3320)  £8.00

Some Manorial Accounts of Saint Augustine's Abbey, Bristol
Bristol Record Society vol 22, 1960.  Large 8vo, pale blue paper covered boards, linen spine, 221pp inc 2 indexes.  Subtitled 'The computa of the manors for 1491-2 and 1496-7 and other documents of the 15th and 16th centuries', these are detailed accounts of certain manors and rectories - The Welsh Estates, Rowberrow, Pawlett, Portbury, Abbotsleigh, Horfield, Fifehead Magdalen, Cromhall, Arlingham, Almondsbury, Berkeley, Blackswarth and Ashleworth.  The 'Other Manorial Documents' concern Almondesbury, Asshelworth, Berkeley, Blakesworth, Cromehale, Erlyngham, Fyfehide, Horefeld, Lygh, Portbury, Poulet, Rouburgh and Wallia.  Though the accompanying text is in English, all the documents are transcribed in the original Latin.  Ex-record office library, unobtrusive stamp in lower corner of title-page, ink ref no at head of spine.  Covers stained and a bit grubby, contents nice and clean, G.  (ref 252/194)  £12.00

The Great White Book of Bristol
Bristol record Society vol 32, 1979.  Usual format, 152pp inc index.   Ranging in dates from 1491 to 1598 the book comprises records of law suits, charters & letters patent, appointments of officials, payment & collection of customs & dues, and enrolments of deeds.  VG clean copy.  (ref 7125)  £12.00

The Pre-Reformation Records of All Saints, Bristol:  Part 1
Bristol Record Society vol 46, 1995.  Usual format, 150pp inc index.   Details of gifts made to the church, inventories of goods and churchwarden's expenses.  Lots and lots of names in here for the family historian.  VG copy, nice and clean.   (ref 3095)  £14.00

Calendar of the Bristol Apprentice Book 1532-1565      Part 3, 1552-1565
Bristol Record Society vol 43, 1992.  Usual format, 155pp inc indexes of persons and places.  The book comprises a long list of over 1600 apprentices, their fathers, trades and masters.  These young men came into Bristol from quite a wide catchment area, mostly Gloucestershire and Somerset but we noted several from Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and some from as far away as Cheshire and Yorkshire to learn their trades.  Nice clean copy, VG.  (ref 2267)  £16.00

The Port of Bristol 1848-1884
Bristol record Society vol 36, 1984.  Usual format, 39+221pp inc index.   1848 saw the Port of Bristol transformed from a private company to municipal ownership - this at a time when it was the most expensive port in Britain.  The 39pp of prelims provide valuable background information and the bulk of the book consists of transcripts of the minutes of the Dock Committee meetings at which all sort sof matters were discussed, from improving dock facilities to frequent admonishings of pilots.   Very nice clean condition, VG.  (ref 6316)  £14.00

Cheltenham Parish Church: Its Architecture and Its History
John Sawyer, 1903. 4to, 124pp followed by index, 22 plates + 2 not listed. Printed on shiny paper, pp clean, embossed paper on both boards rippled, boards very slightly bowed. G. (ref 2752)  £25.00

[Cheltenham College] Newsletter of Former Students
An admirable venture, unfinished, of 6 teachers who were together at college in 1921/23. The newsletter itself commenced in 1930 and ended abruptly in 1932. None of the 6 are named, only nicknames are entered [Boxer of Belmont Park, Nigger (teaching in Cairo), Rusty of Cheriton nr Folkestone, Sparks of Kirkburton & Birmingham, Styx of Mitcham and Squibs of Milton Avenue, Sutton]. Thick covered exercise book, 40-odd pp of manuscript with occasional photos. (ref 0000) £5.00 post-free within UK

Cheltenham - A Pictorial History
Steven Blake, 1996.  4to, unpaginated but 180 evocative ills (mostly photos - some dating back to the mid-Victorian era) with captions.  Very nice clean condition, F though the cover's dented - the book's clearly been dropped.  However, an opportunity to acquire the book at less than 60% of the current in-print price of £13.99.  (ref 0000)  £8.00

Churchdown 1904-1954 - A Village History
Hermione Oram, nd but 1954.  68pp booklet bound with original card covers in purple cloth boards, a VG copy - even the purple boards (the colour most prone to fading) are fresh.  When published 50 years ago this cost 6/6 post-free.  One of the few local history books which has an audio version for the blind.  (ref 3103)  £15.00 post-free within UK

The Story of Cirencester Parish Church
Nd but c1950. 32pp booklet, 8 photo-ills. Paper covers.  £1.50 post-free within UK

Cirencester Quakers 1655-1973
Leslie Stephens, 1973.  4to in grey card covers with red lettering, 58pp inc index, 7 ills, mostly full-page.  Very nice clean copy, easily VG.  (ref 2299)  £7.00

[Dymock]  Further Mortgage of the Church, Rectory & Tithes
In 1793 Sir Henry Tempest of Tong (Yorkshire) borrowed £1300 (c£80,000 in today's money) fromThomas Higgins of Eastnor (Herefordshire).  This 1794 further mortgage records Sir Henry borrowing a further £700.  This deed has had its seals and the major parts of the signatures of both parties cut away.  Moreover, only this top sheet survives from what was clearly a multi-sheet deed.  Sometimes signatures were cut away when debts were repaid, but this item bears all the hallmarks of the seal collector - such a shame after 200 years.  Nevertheless theres some historical detail to be gleaned from this surviving top sheet.  (ref 0000)  £5.00 post-free  Not for export

[Dymock Farm document]  [Herefordshire, Monmouthshire & Gloucester Borders]  Sale Particulars
Printed particulars for the 1842 sale of 900 acres of  'Desirable & Valuable Freehold Estates Lying Within a Few Miles of Each Other' comprising:
Herefordshire - Lystone House 'lately occupied by Abraham Whittaker Esq, deceased' with 29 acres in the parish of Llanwarne.
The 57 acre Lawn Farm (tenanted by James Digwood)
The 196 acre Upper House Farm (Charles Watkins)
A house & blacksmith's shop (John Powles)
A cottage & garden (Edward Digwood)
An un-named 48 acre farmstead (Charles Watkins, James Digwood, John Wellin, James Meredith,  Cornelius Blewitt, James Rooke, John Roberts).
[The above properties are described as being in the parishes of Llanwarne, Much Birch and Much Dewchurch].
Monmouthshire -The 176 acre Deepham Farm (John Morgan) in the parishes of Rockfield & Monmouth.
The 210 acre Treyvor Farm (George Webb) in the parishes of St Maughan and Rockfield.
Gloucestershire - The 124 acre Dymock Farm (Robert Thurston) in the parish of Dymock.
These particular particulars have been amended (by ink lining through the non-required detail) to relate specifically to the Deepham and Treyvor Farms - nevertheless all the detail of each of the properties is perfectly legible, and thankfully the plans of the 300 acre Lystone Estate, of Deepham Farm, of Treyvor Farm and of Dymock Farm are unaffected.   The outside (as folded) is quite grubby but the rest (apart from the ink lines) nice and clean.  Scarce - don't remember having a copy in stock in the last 15 years.   (ref 6663)  £30.00  UK post-free

Diocese of Gloucester - A Catalogue of the Records of the Dean and Chapter including the former St Peter's Abbey
Complied by Isabel M Kirby and pub by Gloucestershire County Council, 1967.   Tall 8vo, 200pp inc index.  Very nice clean copy, certainly VG, in G d/w, ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library (the only evidence of which is a discreet stamp in the corner of the title-page and a manuscript class-mark at the top of the spine of the d/w).   (ref 252/114)  £15.00

Elkstone - Its Manors Church and Registers
Rev T S Tonkinson, 1919.  46pp, 8 photo-ills.  Boards quite sunned, corners worn but at least the contents are nice and clean, and it's a nice strong copy.   Despite the sunning its a better copy than others we've seen so VG.  (ref 2928)  £18.00

[Gloucester]  3 Early 18th Century Property Deeds
In 1714 local saddle-tree maker Stephen Box bought a house outside the south gate of the city for £10.  With it came a three quarters of an acre cherry orchard.   The following year he mortgaged it for £20.  Subsequently it seems he pulled down and rebuilt the house, for in 1726 he sold for the equivalent of £23.75 a 'newly built' house and the cherry orchard.  The 1715 mortgage is on paper, the other two deeds are on parchment.  The group (ref 6933)  £48.00 post-free  Not for export

[Kingswood Hill]  Sale Poster
Printed poster for the 1894 sale at the Black Horse Inn of 3 houses:
1.  Clarence Villa, Black Horse Road, tenanted by Arthur Harold.
2.  The adjoining house Stanley Villa, then unoccupied.
3.  No 6 Martin Place, Soundwell Road, tenanted by Ishmael Payne.
Large poster [approx 20"x30"] quite grubby though in good condition apart from the obligatory dogears and old folds.  (ref 4894)  £16.00 post-free within UK

Lullingworth, Painswick, Auction Particulars
For sale by auction....25th May, 1921. Large 4to size, 18pp + 8 photos on 4pp + multifolding large-scale (approx 1" to 200') map. Ex-lib, covers worn.  £4.00 post-free within UK

[Newent - researchers will be interested to know the Newent Local History Society has recently published 'Chapters in Newent's History' which is available from the Society at £16.95]

[Slimbridge]  Several Groups of Property Deeds as follows
3 deeds to a house called Wintles, and land called Marsh Leaze.  Covers the period 1786-1790.  (ref 28/48)  £20.00 post-free
16 deeds relating to Kingston and The Tyning.  Covers the period 1754-1826.   (ref 28/49)  £100.00 post-free
3 deeds to Narles Tyning (part of Slimbridge Field) which lay next to the Dursley-Cambridge road.  Covers the period 1797-1827.  (ref 28/50)   £20.00 post-free

Most of the above are on parchment.  Not for export

[Stroud]  Deeds for Cottages at Pagan Hill
An incomplete sequence of 5 deeds from an original 8 covering the period 1799-1836, for 'All that messuage tenement or dwelling house.....heretofore in the occupation of William Budding.....now in the occupation of James Bennett as tenant.....and also all those four cottages or tenements (formerly used as two cottages or tenements) heretofore in the several occupations of James Mayer and William Saunders but now of Joseph Sadler, William Harrison and Joseph Whiley.....and also all those two other cottages or tenements sometime since erected.....now in the occupation of William March and [blank] Chandler....  This parchment group (ref 28/54)  £35.00 post-free Not for export

[Stroud]  Deeds to Farm Hill House Estate, Pagan Hill
An incomplete sequence of 9 deeds from an original 14, covering the period 1777-1834, for 'All that capital messuage or mansion house commonly called or known by the name of Farm Hill House with the cottages, stables, coach house and other buildings....'.   Along with the house came several plots of land including the 6 acre Hill Ground; the 4 acre Horsepool Orchard; the 8 acre Almonds Croft; the 30 acre Rose Orchard; the 2 acre Farm Orchard, etc etc.  The earlier of the deeds seem to relate only to a house and land formerly know as Seamores, but latterly had become known as The Rose, and this indicates a piecemeal accumulation of lands that were destined to become the Farm Hill House estate.  All but 1 of this group of parchments deeds is 18c.  The group (ref 28/56)  £65.00 post-free  Not for export

[Stroud]  Abstract of Title to Property at Pagan Hill
This undated but 1820s abstract gives details of property deeds going back to 1707 when William Toms took out a lease of 'All that messuage or tenement called Beards Tenement.....situate and being in Pakenhill....And also all that close of meadow called the Watery Lane Mead....[apparently this 2 acre plot of land went up Rimestone Hill].   In 1731 the property was the subject of a settlement made on the marriage of the owner (Edward Field - William Toms had only leased it) to Ann Plummer.  By 1735 the property had become known as Fields Place and on the death of Edward Field devolved to the Phelps family.  The property was to remain in that family until this abstract was drawn up in preparation for its sale to Thomas Ellary by John de la Field Phelps.   Manuscript on 7 folio paper sheets.  (ref 28/52)  £18.00 post-free  Not for export

[Stroud]  Deeds to 3 Cottages at The Bourn
A lease & release dated August 1811 followed by a very speedy lease & release less than a month later, and an 1824 mortgage of 'All those three messuages cottages or dwelling houses....at the Bourn in the parish of Stroud....and now in the several occupations of William Clutterbuck, John Whitfield and....Edward Herbert [who had bought the cottages for £55 in 1811].  The 5 parchment deeds (ref 28/53)  £28.00 post-free   Not for export

Tewkesbury Churchwardens' Accounts 1563-1624
BGAS Gloucestershire Record Series vol 7, 1994. Large 8vo, 163pp inc 2 indexes. With precious little other contemporary records to consult, this transcript is very welcome. Still in print at £30, this F copy in F d/w (ref 8198)  £18.00

The Historic Town of Tewkesbury
The Official Tewkesbury Town Guide, 1996. Photo card covers, 64pp inc several maps & street index. VG. (ref 110/63)  £2.00 post-free within UK

The History of Winson
Mollie Davis, 1992. 4to, 131pp inc index of places, several photo and other ills. The history of this Cotswold village from 300BC to 1914AD. F in dented o/w VG d/w. (ref 7154)  £6.50

St Michael's Church Withington
Rev D Austin Fisher, 1951 revised ed. 28pp pamphlet with paper covers, 6 photo ills.  £1.00

The Western Daily Press, Saturday April 13, 1907
10pp broadsheet newspaper, rather the worse for wear, but not bad for the price. (ref E95/70)  £3.00 post-free within UK

The Gloucestershire Landscape 1577-1957 - An Exhibition arranged by the County Record Office in the Council Chamber, Shire Hall, Gloucester 17th-26th April 1958
Descriptive 8pp pamphlet in pale green card covers, quite nice condition.   (ref 252/107)  £1.50 post-free within UK

Highways & Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds
Herbert A Evans, 1916 rep. 407pp inc index, 72 ills from drawings made by Frederick L Griggs in preparation for the original 1906 ed, 4 maps. Described by the author as 'only a Summer excursion into the hill country the lies to the north and west [from Oxford] toward the broad vale of the Severn and Avon', this continues (as do all the Highways & Byways volumes) to be one of the basic standard works on the county. This copy ex-Marlborough College library, their stamp and label on front pastedown. Wear & tear consistent with age, so G. (ref 8270) £8.50

Jury List - Bristol Spring Assizes, undated but probably 1848
Printed list of the names and occupations of the 48 jurors summoned.   Size approx 6"x16".  Old folds but not bad considering age, 1847 watermark.  (ref 171/19)  £12.00 post-free within UK

Jury List - Gloucestershire Spring Assizes, 1849
Printed list of the names, abodes and occupations of the 72 jurors summoned.   Parchment, size approx 5"x18".  Old folds but not bad considering age.  (ref 171/17)  £12.00 post-free within UK

Another copy, this one on paper, a bit crumpled, torn & with parts of the top & bottom margins missing.  (ref 171/18)  £8.00 post-free within UK

Jury List - Gloucestershire Summer Assizes, 1851
Printed list of the names, abodes and occupations of the 120 jurors summoned.   Parchment, size approx 9"x16".  Old folds but not bad considering age.  (ref 171/16)  £12.00 post-free within UK

Special Jury List - Gloucestershire Spring Assizes, 1861
Printed list of the names, abodes and occupations (mostly esquires) of the 48 jurors summoned.  Size approx 8"x13".  Old folds, lower third crumpled & quite badly torn.  (ref 171/15)  £8.00 post-free within UK

Special Jury List - Gloucester Summer Assizes, 1859
Printed list of the names, abodes and occupations of the 48 special jurymen summoned.  Size approx 6"x13".  Many old folds.  (ref 171/14)   £10.00 post-free within UK

Jury List - Gloucestershire Summer Assizes, 1859
Printed list of the names, abodes and occupations of the 80 jurors summoned.   Size approx 6"x19".  Old folds but not bad considering age.   (ref 171/12)  £10.00 post-free within UK

Jury List - Bristol Spring Assizes, 1861
Printed list of the names and occupations of the 48 jurors summoned.   Size approx 7"x16".  Old folds but not bad considering age.   (ref 171/10)  £10.00 post-free within UK

Jury List - Gloucestershire Summer Assizes, 1871
Printed list of the names, addresses and occupations of the 48 jurors summoned.  Size approx 10"x14".  Old folds, rather ragged round the edges.  (ref 171/11)  £8.00 post-free within UK