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Archives for Research


The following archives are available for viewing in the museum for research by appointment with the curator

Herts and Cambs Reporter/ Royston Crow  Newspapers 1855-2010

Royston Workhouse Creed Register

Phillips’ Brewery Registers

History of Phillips’ Brewery – Cyril Rayment

Royston Family History Society Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages

East Anglia in the Civil War

1.       Planning the Documentation of Museum Collections – D Andrew Roberts 1985

2.       The Care of Antiques and Historical Collections – A Bruce Macleish 1985

3.       The Museum Environment (2nd Edition) – Gary Thompson 1986

4.       On Display; A Design  Grammar for Museum Exhibitions – Margaret Hall 1987

5.       Museums of Influence – Kenneth Hudson 1998

6.       Framing – How to frame paintings, crafts etc – Moyra Byford 1996

7.       Cost/Benefits Appraisals for Collection Care–Museums and Galleries Commission 1998

8.       The Care of Photographic Materials and related Media

9.       Integrated Pest Management                                            

10.   Designing Exhibitions – Giles Velarde 1988

11.   Renaissance in the Regions: A new vision for England’s museums – Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries 2001

12.   North Hertfordshire District Council Museums Service Archaeological Archives Deposits Policy  July 2003

13.   Caring for Books and Documents – AD Baynes 1982

14.   Museum Professional Training and Career Structure – Working Party 1987

15.   Studio Pottery: Ceramics in Society, Spring 1998

16.   Volunteers in Museums and Heritage Organisations – HMSO 1991

17.   Introduction to Materials – Book I. Science for Conservators – Craft Council 1984

18.   The Handwriting of English Documents – LC Hector 1980

19.   Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum – 1986

20.   Visitor’s Guide to Underground Britain – Richard Fells 1993

21.   Through the Looking Glass; History of Dress 1860 to Present Day – Elizabeth Wilson, Lou Taylor 1989

22.   Observers Book of Heraldry – Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin 1966

23.   Ordnance Survey Maps; concise guide for historians – Richard Oliver 1993

24.   Keys, their history and collection – Eric Monk 1994   

25.   The Ancient Burial Mounds of England – LV Grinsell 1936

26.   A Companion To Roman Britain – Peter Clayton 1980

27.   Guide to Prehistoric England – Nicholas Thomas 1977

28.   The Neolithic Revolution – Sonia Cole 1963

29.   Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns – David & Joan Hay 1983

30.   The Catuvellauni; Peoples of Roman Britain – Keith Branigan 1985

31.   Educator Extraordinary; Life & Achievement of Henry Morris – Henry Mee 1973

32.   English Costumes of the Later Middle Ages – Iris Brooke 1935

33.   The Roman Invasion of Britain – Graham Webster 1980

34.   Collins Field Guide to Archaeology in Britain – Eric S Wood 1973

35.   Glass for Collectors – Derek C Davis 1971

36.   History of the British Empire – William Francis Collier 1878

37.   Timber Framed Buildings-Study of medieval timber buildings in Bedfordshire and adjoining counties – John Bailey 1979

38.   Harmsworth Encyclopaedia – Vols I – X

39.   An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain – Geoffrey A Godden (2nd edition) 1982

40.   Ceramics – Feb/March 1986

41.   Derby Porcelain – John Twitchett 1980

42.   Modern Masterpieces; Parts 1-24 – A Newnes Publication 

43.   In Search of the Knights Templar; A Guide to the Sites in Britain – Simon Brighton 2006

44.   Knights of the Crusades – Jay Williams 1962

45.   Memoirs and Family History – Jeremy Fordham

46.   British Archaeology Magazine June 1998

47.   Royston Cave – Joseph Beldam 1904

48.   Royston May Fayre 6th May 2002 – Video

49.   Conservation of Butterflies – Nature Conservancy Council

50.   Chalk Grasslands its conservation and management – Nature Conservancy Council 1982 (4 copies)

51.   Gallerie Sotterancee a Cattolica (The caves of Cattolica)

52.   The Austin Friars – A history of the Augustinian friars in Britain – Michael Benedict Hackett 1998

53.   Tudor & Stuart Life – John Guy 1995

54.   The Amateur Historian

55.   Vol 6; No 6 Winter 1965, No 7 Spring 1965, No 8 Summer 1965

56.   Vol 7; No 2 1966, No 3 1966, No 4 1966 No 5 1967

57.   Genealogists Magazine

58.   Vol 17; No 5 March 1973, No 7 Sept 1973, No 8 Dec 1973, No 9 March 1974,        No 12 Dec 1974

59.   V0l 18; No 1 March 1975, No 2 June 1975

60.   Catalogue of Parish Register Copies at Society of Genealogists 1937

61.   Wills and their whereabouts – BG Bowen 1939

62.   Glas Keramih Museum, Grossalmerode – 1986

63.   ‘Drawing out through Space’-What generates the life of a pot – Philip Rauson 1993

64.   Magna Carta – Daphne I Stoud 1982

65.   Lotions & Potions:A Handbook of household recipes for many medicines & cosmetics - Gwynedd Lloyd

66.   Great gardeners and herbalists of the Elizabethan, Jacobean and Stuart Times (2 copies)

67.   Rescue Publication

68.   No1  First Aid For Finds – David Leigh 1978

69.   Bedfordshire Magazine

70.   Vol 16  No 23 Winter 1977

71.   Royston and District Family History Society

72.   No 19  August 1994

73.   No 32  December 1998

74.   Royston Community Association Newsletter, Summer 1992

75.   Huntingdon and Peterborough County Handbook 1966/67 (2 copies)

76.   Archaeology of Cambridgeshire. Vol 1 SW Cambridgeshire – Alison Taylor 1996

77.   The Waterbeach Chronicle – events between 1779 and 1899 – Denis Cheason and Joan Danby 1984

78.   Royston with villages of Melbourn and Bassingbourn – Pigot & Co Directory 1830

79.   English heritage national Monuments Record. Royston and Surrounding Area

80.   Scientific Survey of the Cambridge District – British Association for the Advancement of Science 1938

81.   ABC Atlas of Hertfordshire Pre 1971

Ordnance Survey Maps

82.   Cheltenham & Evesham                Sheet  144                                           

83.   Cambridge and Newmarket           Sheet 154       Landranger Series

84.   Luton and Hertford                             “   166                “             “

85.   Baldock                                               “   TL 23            “             “

86.   Barkway                                              “    “   33            “             “

87.   Eversden                                              “    “  35             “             “

88.   Great Chishill                                       “    “  43            “             “

89.   Whittlesford                                         “    “   44            “             “

90.   Reprint Series

91.   Bedford and Northampton             Sheet 53  First edition of 1” survey

92.   Cambridge and Ely                             “   54      “        “      “      “

93.   Woburn and Aylesbury                       “   62      “        “      “      “

94.   Dunmow and Hertford                        “   63      “        “      “      “

95.   Thesaurus of Archaeological Site Types – English Heritage

96.   Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society

97.   Jan 1972 – Dec 1973; 1974; 1978; 1980; 1981; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987

98.   Consolidated indexes to the proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Vols I-LXXX

99.   The Cradle King. A Life of James VI – Alan Stewart 2003

100. King James I Of England VI of Scotland – Antonia Fraser 1974

101. Constitutional Documents of the Reign of James I, 1603 – 1625 with an historical commentary – JR Tanner 1930

102. Riddles in the British Landscape – Richard Muir 1981

103. Hamlyn Children’s History of Britain – Neil Grant 1978

104. The Towns of Roman Britain – John Wacher 1974

105. A Companion to Roman Britain – Peter Clayton 1980

106. True Stories About Roman Coins – Audrey Briers 1985

107. Rome Against Caractacus – Campaigns in Britain AD 48–58 – Graham Webster 1981

108. Women of the Celts – J Markale 1980

   109. 100 Years in Pictures (1851-1951)

   110. Farm Machinery 1750-1945 – Jonathon Brown 1989

 111. Gas Light Fittings List No 61. 1914-15 Edition

 112. Dictionary of Leather Working Tools c1700-1950 and the tools of allied trades –    RA Salaman 1986

 113. Stanley Rule and Level Company Price List 1898

 114. Imperial Rome; Great Ages of Man – Moses Hadas 1966

 115. Henry VIII’s Interesting Bits – Fay Gregory 1993

 116.Tudor Towns – Joanne Jessop 1990

 117. Prehistoric Britain – IH Longworth 1985

 118. Costume from 1500 to the present day – Cally Blackman 2003

 119. Art Deco – Andrew Casey 2003

 120. A Victorian World of Science – Alan Sutton 1986

 121. Victorian England as seen by Punch – Frank E Hugget 1978

 122. Knights And Armour Colouring Book – AG Smith 1985

 123. The Bayleaf Medieval Farmstead – 1990

 124. Silver Wedding – Louis Wulff 1948

 125. Queen of Tomorrow – Louis Wulff 1949

 126. Archaeology is Rubbish; A Beginners’ Guide – Tony Robinson and Professor M Aston 2002

 127. Archaeology of Cambridgeshire-Vol I SW Cambridgeshire – Alison Taylor 1997 (2 copies)

128.     A memory of The Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Higham Ferrers and District 1914-1915

129.    Barley – 1969, a scrap book of old memories of Barley – Arnold  Wilkerson (3 copies)

130.    A Life Story of A Village Lad – Cecil Frank Huffer (Guilden Morden, 2001)

131.    The History of the Chester family of Royston – Harry Chester 1938

132.    “WARRENS”  A Tale of Two Brothers with two newspapers in two towns on two Continents. Colin Boyd,                                     Linda Eyre, 2005

133.    Field walking the Barkway Park Golf Course Hertfordshire – An Archaeological  Investigation 1992

134.    Royston 1900 – S & J Ralls – A Year in the Life of a Small Market Town 1999 (3 copies)

135.    The Royston Cave – Used by Saints or Sinners – Sylvia P Beamon 1992

136.    Hertfordshire 1731-1800 as recorded in the Gentleman’s Magazine – Edited by Arthur Jones 1993

137.    East Anglian Pot Lids – Joan Barrett-Lenard & Graham Evans – 3rd Edition 2008

138.    Royston Cave 1858 – Joseph Beldam 1858

139.    The origins & use of Royston Cave – Joseph Beldham 1898 4th edition

140.    An Investigation of Royston Cave – Sylvia P Beamon & Lisa G Donel 1985

141.    A glimpse into Melbourn’s past – The Melbourn Village History Group 2005

142.    Pictorial Melbourn – A walk through Melbourn’s past 2004

143.    Melbourn 2000

144.    Village Chronicles Part 1; Kelshall, Rushden, Sandon, Therfield, Wallington - Mostly about People 1986

                                      Part 2; Kelshall, Rushden, Sandon, Therfield, Wallington – Mostly about Places    

                                      Part 3;       “              “             “              “                “                   “        “    Events   

 145. Hertfordshire County Handbook (4 copies)

 146. This Hertfordshire - February 1974

 147. Cambridgeshire from the air – Susan Oosthuizen

 148. Community Life in Hertfordshire-2000 – Herts Association for Local History Recorders Group

 149. Ashwell Year Book 1996

 150. Ashwell Year Book 1998

 151. Grossalmerode (Twin Town) (2 copies)

 152. Hertfordshire Archaeology – Vol 12 1994-96

 153. Hertfordshire-County Handbook

 154. An Initial Survey of Prehistory in the Royston Area-Dissertation Submitted by Mark Stevenson 1980

 155. Barrington Anglo Saxon Cemetery 1991 – Interim Report, Cambs County Council (2 copies)

 156. The Parish & Priory Church of St. John the Baptist Royston – Revd Patrick Bright

 157. Hertfordshire Record Publications

 158. Muster Books For North & East Herts. 1580-1605 – Editor Ann J King

 159. Earl Churchwardens’ Accounts of Bishop Stortford 1431-1558 (2 copies) – Stephen S Dore

 160. Tudor Churchwardens’ Accounts (2 copies) – Anthony Palmer

 161. Cheshunt College, The Early Years – Selection of Records – Introduced by Edwin Welch

 162. St Albans Wills 1471-1500 (2 copies) – Editor Susan Flood

 163. The Parish Register and Tithing Book of Thomas Hassall of Ashwell–Editor Stephen G Dore

 164. St Albans Quarter Sessions Rolls 1784-1820 – Editor David Dean

 165. The Salisbury-Balfour correspondence 1869-1892 – Editor Robin Harcourt Williams

 166. “A Professional Hertfordshire Tramp” John Edwin Cussans Historian of Herts – Ed. Audrey Deacon & Peter                                                                                                                                      

         Walne

 167. Early Stuart Household Accounts – Editor Lionel Munby

 168. The Accounts of Thomas Green 1742-1790 – Editor Gillian Sheldrick

 169. Royal Air Force Bassingbourn 2001 – Vincent A Hemmings

 170 Cambridgeshire CC Opening ceremony of the Bassingbourn Village College (copy)1954

 171.The Village College Bassingbourn 1954-1955 Cambridgeshire Education Committee (copy)

 172. Return to England: 1992 – The Fiftieth Anniversary (USAAF Reunion, East Anglia)

 173 Here For The Beer- Gazetteer of brewers of Hertfordshire – Helen Poole 1984

 174. The Rector & His Flock: Frances Fulford’s view of Croydon in early Victorian days – Editor David Ellison

 175. History of The Royston Auxiliary Branch of the British & Foreign Bible Society 1827-1999 -John Coates (2 copies)

 176. A Hertfordshire Family 1555-1923 – Evelyn Wright (The Harmer family of Weston)

 177. Some Verses by MC Fordham

 178. A Century of Golf. History of Royston Golf Club 1892-1992 – Introduction by Viscount Whitelaw

 179. The Story of Hertfordshire-Photography. Christmas 1942

 

180. The Peasants’ Revolt in Hertfordshire 1381 – Herts Publication

181. A Hertfordshire Sampler – James Coutts Smith

182. The Railways of Hertfordshire – FG Cockman

183. Hertfordshire Yeomanry And Artillery Honours And Awards – JD Sainsbury

184. Haunted East Anglia – Joan Forman 1974

185. The Anglo Saxon archaeology of the Royston area – Karin Semmelmann 1998

186. Illustrated English Social History Vols 1-4 – G.M. Trevelyan

186. Crow Cuttings 1950-1969

187. Discovery Series:- Shire Publications Horse Drawn Caravans – DJ Smith 1981

                                                                    Parish Boundaries – Angus Winchester 1990

                                                                    Cottage Architecture – Christopher Powell 1984

                                                                    Hall Marks in English Silver – John Bly 1988

                                                                    Old Handwriting – John Barrett & David Iredale 1995

                                                                    Dowsing and Divining – Peter Naylor 1980

                                                                    Old Buttons – Primrose Peacock 1989

                                                                    Your Old House – David Iredale & John Barrett 1991

                                                                     Old Cameras 1839-1939 – Robert White 2001

                                                                     Archaeology in England and Wales – James Dyer 1985

188. Sorbus Country Books                         Old Farm Machines                             John Vince 1992

                                                                      Windmills and how they work                          “         1993

                                                                      Country Seats                                                    “         1992

                                                                      The Farmer’s Tools                                           “         1992

                                                                      Gates and Gateways                                          “         1994

                                                                      The Country House                                           “         1994

                                                                       Wells and Pumps                                               “         1992

                                                                       The Country Estate                                            “         1994

                                                                       Shepherding                                                       “         1992

                                                                       The Timbered House                                         “         1994

                                                                       Watermills and how they work                          “         1993

                                                                       Doors and Windows                                           “         1995

                                                                       The Country Kitchen                                          “         1992

                                                                       Bread and Butter                                                 “         1992

                                                                       The Village School                                             “         1993

189. Hertfordshire People – The Voice of the Herts Family and Population History Society

      No 59, Nov 1956 – No 68, Mar 1999, Index for Issues 41 – 60; 1990 – 1997  (Pub 1998)

190. East Herts Archaeological Society Transactions Vol IX Part II  1935

191. Shire County Guide No 18 -  Hertfordshire – Arthur Jones 1988

192. No 23 -  Cambridgeshire and Cambridge – Ronald Russell 1988

193. Thriplow, Some Notes – GO Vinter 1975

194. The Church of St Laurence, Foxton – Bob Burn 1983

195. Early History of Meldreth – DR Mills 1965

196. Index of Barkway and Reed (inc. Nuthampstead & Newsells) Surnames 1500-1900 – Tom Doig 1984

197. The Parish and Priory Church of St John the Baptist Royston – Rev Bright

198. Hertfordshire Heritage  No 4 Oct 1991; No6 April 1992; No7 July 1992; No 9 Jan 1993; No 10 April 1993;  

         No11 July 1993; No 16 Oct 1994

199. The Heath & its Wild Flowers – Alfred Kingston 1904

200. The Cambridgeshire Coprolite Mining Rush – Richard Grove 1976

201. Local History in Hertfordshire & a Hertfordshire Local History Directory – W Branch Johnson 1964

202. East Anglian Magazine  Feb 1954; Sept 1956

203. Hatfield & its People  Part 9   Sept 1962 – Farming Yesterday & Today (3 Copies)

                                          Part 10 Feb 1963  -  Houses (7 Copies)

                                          Part 12 Nov 1964  - The Twentieth Century (2 Copies)

                                          Index Issues 41 – 50

204. Orwell thro’ the Ages No1 Normans Rule 1984,

                                          No2 Lords Troubled Oct 1984

                                          No3 The Churches Change Oct 1984

                                          No4 Facts For Farmers Oct 1984

                                          No 5 The Poor Dec 1984

205. A North Hertfordshire Miscellany – North Herts Villages Research Group 1995

206. Hertfordshire Past and Present No1 1960 – No15 1975/76

207. Hertfordshire Past No21 Autumn 1986; No 50 Spring 2001 (2 Copies)

208. Cambridgeshire Local History Society No 41 1986; No 42 1987; No 43 1988; No 44 1989; Review new  

       Series No 1 Dec 1992

209. The North Hertfordshire Antiquary (Magazine of the N. Herts. Archaeological Society No 5 Jan-March 1968

210. Hertfordshire Natural History Society

211. Rarer Birds in the Collections of North Herts Museum Service and other local Museums 1974

212. Birds in Herts, Vol 29  Part 7 Dec 1986

213. Lifelines Shire Publication Ebenezer Howard 1850-1928; 1973

214. Camp 29 Royston West – MK Lawrence 1991

215. Bedrooms, Chimneys, Lavatories – Development of Herts Homes

216. Shelters to Homes – Arthur Jones 1984                                                   

217. Forgotten Voices of the Great War – Max Arthur 2002

218. Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatches – Maps

219. The Queen’s Gift Book – In Aid of Queen Mary’s Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals (Great War)

220. The Story of Twenty Five Years Ago, 1910-1935 Silver Jubilee Book – WJ Makin

221. Telegraphs in Victorian London – John Durham 1959

   223. Brighter Blackout Book – Howard Thomas 1939

224. John Palmer and the Mail coach Era 1984

225. Craft Tools of Yesterday 1979

226. Church Rate Tracts – Melbourn 1848-1851

227. Terms Used in Architecture 1838

228. Aims and Ideals in Art – G Clausen 1907

229. The Royston Town Official Guide – Royston Urban District Council 1965   

230. The Dairy Catalogue-Castle Museum, York 1979 – P Brears & S. Harrison

231. The Kitchen Catalogue-Castle Museum York -  Peter CD Brears 1979

232. Living History-Reconstructing The Past With Children – John Fairclough & Patrick Redsell

233.  Kitchen Bygones. A Collector’s Guide – Geoffrey Warren 1984

234. William Stukeley An Eighteenth-Century Antiquary – Stuart Piggot 1985

   235. Hertfordshire Yeomanry And Artillery – Roll of Honour: South Africa 1900-02; Great War 1914-19;

   236. Second World War 1939-1946 – Major JD Sainsbury 1972

   237. Timber Framed Buildings in Watford – Stephen A Castle

   238. Crown Post Roofs in Hertfordshire – Graham Bailey, Barbara Hutton 1966

  239. The Deserted Medieval Villages of Hertfordshire – R Rutherford Davis 1973

  240. A School of Masons in 15th C North Hertfordshire – Eileen Roberts 1979 (2 Copies)

  241. Ashwell 1830-1914: The decline of a village community – BJ Davey 1980

  242. ‘Nothing for Nothing for Nobody’. A History of Herts Banks and Banking – John Parker 1986

  243. The Anglo – Saxon Churches of Hertfordshire – TP Smith 1973

  244. Airfield Focus 2: Bassingbourn Revisited– Vince Hemmings & Graham Simons

  245. Airfield Focus 2 Bassingbourn – John F Hamlin & Graham M Simons (2 copies)

  246. Shining Faces. Five Generations of Janeways – Ann J King

  247. Then There Were Two. The Story of Eleven Schools in the Five Villages of Kelshall, Rushden, Sandon,

                                                Therfield and Wallington – Daphne Wright

  248. Above The Vale of Ringtale. Perches, Pightles and The Price of Corn – Edited by Arthur Jones

  249. How Royston and district celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria 21st June 1887

         – Royston and District Local History Society (2 copies)

  250. Baldock. More of its Knights and Days – John Stanley Rider

  251. Royston Winter Recreations In The Days of Queen Anne – Contemporary Latin Poem by T Wright,      

         Translated by the Rev WW Harvey (6copies)

  252. Making Good on Shaky Ground – Story of Colonial Wellington – William Wallis (of Royston) and his Cottage   

         (2 copies)

  253. The Dinosaurs on Bassingbourn Fen – Coprolite Industry Around Bassingbourn – Bernard O’ Connor

  254. The Dinosaurs on Coldham’s Common – Story of Cambridge Coprolite Industry – Bernard O’ Connor

  255. Hertfordshire Photographers 1839 – 1939 – Bill Smith, Michael Pritchard 1985

  256. Hertfordshire Brasses – Mary Rensten 1982

  257. St Osyth’s Priory (Essex): An account of the history of the Priory & the East Wing of the Gatehouse

  258. Hertfordshire Militia Lists Hertfordshire Family and Population 1989

                                                  No 12  Harpenden, No 64  Welwyn

  259. Warrens Companions 1826 – 44; 1845 – 59; 1860 – 84

  260. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment – GWH Peters 1970

  262. So That Was Hertfordshire: Traveller’s Jottings 1322-1887 – Malcolm Tomkins 1998

  263. It Happened Here: Therfield Heath through the ages in verse – Peter W Stone  1985 (3 copies)

  264. A History of Royston – Alfred Kingston 1906 (3 copies)

  265. The Icknield Way Path; A Walkers’ Guide (4th Edition) – Icknield Way Association 1998

  266. Foulmere Moor And Fowlmere RSPB Nature Reserve – LW Price 1994

  267. Battle of Royston; William le Queux. Invasion of 1910 - Imaginary Battle 1984

  268. The First Unity: The story of the Synod of Hertford AD 673 – Cyril Heath 1971

269. Parish And Priory Church Of St John The Baptist Royston – Revd P Bright (2 copies)

270. The Priory and Parish Church of St John the Baptist – David Wallington (2 copies)

271. The early history of Meldreth by D R Mills 1965

272. The Church of St Laurence, Foxton: A short history and guide 1983

273. Bassingbourn Barracks – Golden Jubilee 1938-1988

274. Camp 29 Royston West – researched by M K Lawrence 1991

275. An Index of Barkway and Reed Surnames 1500-1900 – compiled by Tom Doig 1984

276. Thriplow: Some notes by G O Vinter MA, JP  reprint 1975

277. Romilly’s Cambridge Diary 1842 – 1847. Edited by ME Bury and JD Pickles 1994

278. A Cambridgeshire Gaol Delivery Roll 1332 – 1334. Edited by Elisabeth G Kimball 1978

279. Two More Ears of Barley – Chronicle of an English Village – Jack Wilkerson 1982

280. The Common People Are Not Nothing. Conflict in Religion and Politics in Hertfordshire  1575–1780 –

        Lionel Munby 1995

281. Doomsday Book Cambridgeshire 1981

                                    Hertfordshire 1976

282. Care in Crisis – Hertfordshire Red Cross 1907 – 1994 – Beryl Carrington 1995

283. Ramsey Abbey’s Book of Benefactors Part 1. The Abbey Foundation – Translated by Susan Edgington and

       others 1998

284. The History of Methodism in Cambridge – Frank Tice (2 copies) 1966

285. The History of Methodism in Royston 1884 – 1934

286. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely – Rev Edward Conybeare 1910

287. Fragments of Two Centuries – Alfred Kingston (3 copies) 1893 (Reprinted 1990)

288. Hertfordshire Report – General View of the Agriculture of Hertfordshire 1804

289. Guide to Hertfordshire – 1880

290. Historic Hertfordshire – W Percival Westell 1931

291. Archaic Trails Round Cambridge – A Watkins 1932

292. Line of Lost Lives – JS Cosford 1998

293. Signposts to the Past – Therfield Heath Archaeology (Letchworth Museum)

294. History of Sawston – TF Teversham 1942

295. A Prospect of Ashridge – Douglas Coult 1980

296. D – Day To Arnhem With Hertfordshire Gunners – Major Robert Kiln 1993

297. Beyond the Rectory Shutters; Collected Poems – Gillian Bright 1995

298. The Hidation of Cambridgeshire – Cyril Hart 1974

299. Grandfather Clocks – Geoffrey Wilding 1966

300. Letchworth: Where Town and Country meet  - Temple Press

301. Weston Hills Trail Guide1989

302. Nature in Cambridgeshire No.9 1966; No.10 1967; No.11 1968

303. Broadoaks: The story of an Essex Manor House – Granville Squiers

304. Wildlife of the Letchworth Area by Brian Sawford 1982

305. Knee Deep in Buttercups (memoirs) by Evelyn Lawrence 1986

306. A Guide to the Ancient Market Town of Bishop’s Stortford 2nd Ed.  c.1995

307. Hertfordshire in History – Edited by Dr Doris Jones-Baker 1991

308. John Norden’s survey of Barley, Herts 1593-1603 – Edited by JC Wilkerson 1974

309. Discovering Walks in Hertfordshire – Ron Pigram 1973

310. Isleham Church Book 1693 – 1805. Edited by KAC Parsons 1984

311. The Church Bells of Hertfordshire – Geoffrey Dodds 1992

312. Glimpses of Cottered – Neville Chuck 2006

313. Buntingford in Wartime – Editor Mark Dell 2006

314. Buntingford ; Active Photographs – PW Plumb 1995

315. The Icknield Way – Edward Thomas. Constables Miscellany 1929

316. The Hart Reguardant – Hertfordshire County Council 1889-1989 – Gillian Sheldrick 1989             

317. Rural Life in Roman Suffolk – Cameron and Herbert 1984

318. Guides to Royston (12 booklets)

319. The Buildings of England Nicholas Pevsner Cambridgeshire 1982, Hertfordshire 1978

320. Life on the Home front – Reader’s Digest 1994

321. A Century of Remembrance 100 Outstanding British War Memorials – Derek Boorman 2005

322. October 1943. The Rescue of the Danish Jews from Annihilation 1993

323. Somme – Major and Ann Holt’s Battlefield Guide to 2003

324. Ypres Salient – “     “      “      “             “          “      “  2001

325. By The Numbers. A World War II Memoir – James J Cullen 2001

326. Turning The Tide. Decisive Battles of the Second World War – Nigel Cawthorne 2002

327. Fighting Them On The Beaches. D-Day Landings June 6 1944 – Nigel Cawthorne 2002

328. Over The Top. Great Battles Of First World War – MM Evans 2002

329. 1918 The Year of Victories – Martin Marix Evans 2002

330. Aircraft Recognition – RA Saville-Sneath 1941

331. Happy Days In France And Flanders With The 47Th And 49Th Divisions – Benedict Williamson 1923

332. The First World War – Hew Strachan 2003

333. The Local Government of the UK – John J Clarke 1939

334. Ancient Stone Crosses Of England – Alfred Rimmer 1875

335. Harris’s Lives Vol I, James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II 1814

336. Harris’s Lives Vol II,    “             “             “            “               “           1814

337. Local Directories – Bill Boyle 1987

338. Victorian House Style – Linda Osband         

339. Discovering Old Handwriting – John Barrett and David Iredale 1995

340. The Sheaffer Guide to handwriting and Lettering Styles – Sheaffer Pen Co. 1983

341. The Pocket History Of Freemasonry – Fred L Pick and G Norman Knight 1975

342. Victorian Things – Asa Briggs 1988

343. The Local Historian’s Encyclopaedia – John Richardson 1985

344. Record Sources for Local History – Philip Riden 1987

345. Family & Local History in England – David Hey 1987

346. Mediaeval Wall Paintings – E Clive Rouse 1991

347. The Local Historian

         Vol 19, 2-4 May 1989-Nov. 1989

         Vol 20, 1-4 Feb. 1990-Nov. 1990

         Vol 21, 1-4 Feb. 1991-Nov. 1991

         Vol 22, 1-4 Feb. 1992-Nov. 1992

         Vol 23, 1-4 Feb. 1993-Nov. 1993

         Vol 24, 1-4 Feb. 1994-Nov. 1994

         Vol 25, 1    Feb. 1995; No. 3 Aug. 1995

         Vol 26, 1   Feb. 1996

348. WVS Bulletin - No. 185, May 1955- No. 281, June 1963 (Some missing)

349. Shire Archaeology

350. Teaching Archaeology in Schools – James Dyer 1983

351. Later Prehistoric Pottery In England and Wales – Sheila M Elsdon 1989

352. Archaeology of the English Civil War – Peter Harrington 1992

353. The Gods of Roman Britain – Miranda J Green 1983

354. Prehistoric Henges – Aubrey Burl 1991

355. Pottery in Roman Britain – Vivien G Swan 1988

356. Roman Villas – David E Johnston 1994

357. Anglo-Saxon Pottery – David H Kennett 1989

358. Anglo-Saxon Sculpture – James Lang 1988

359. Textiles in Archaeology – John Peter Wild 1988

360. Medieval Fields – David Hall 1982

361. Samian Ware – Guy de la Bedoyere 1988

362. Medieval Pottery – Jeremy Haslam 1984

363. Post-Medieval Pottery 1650-1800 – Jo Draper 1984

364. Medieval Town Plans – Brian Paul Hindle 1990

365. Viking Age Archaeology in Britain and Ireland – Richard Hall 1995

366. Romano-British Wall Painting – Roger Ling 1985

367. Anglo-Saxon Architecture – Mary and Nigel Kerr 1983

368. Prehistoric Flint Mines – Robert Holgate 1991

369. Animal Remains in Archaeology – Rosemary-Margaret Luff 1984

370. Roman Roads – Richard W Bagshawe 1979

371. Medieval Roads – Brian Paul Hindle 1989

372. Moated Sites – David Wilson 1985

373. Deserted Villages – Trevor Rowley and John Wood 1995

374. Early Medieval Towns in Britain – Jeremy Haslam 1985

375. Romano-British Mosaics – Peter Johnson 1995

376 Shire Album -           No6   Bottles an Bottle Collecting – AAC Hedges 1989

                                         11    The Village Wheelwright – Jocelyn Bailey 1989

                                         19    Old Horseshoes – John G Sparkes 1983

                                         23    Shepherding Tools and Customs – Arthur Ingram 1983

                                         24    The Village Blacksmith – Jocelyn Bailey 1987

                                         28    The Village Cooper – K Kilby 1983

                                         29    Dairying Bygones – Arthur Ingram 1983

                                         30    Samplers – Pamela Clabburn 1989

                                         32    The Victorian Ironmonger – Cecil A Meadows 1986

                                         34    Trapping And Poaching – Arthur Ingram 1984

                                         37    Clay Tobacco Pipes – Eric C Ayto 1990

      Shire Album cont.                 41    Old Garden Tools – Kay N Sanecki 1987

                                                 43    Spinning And Spinning Wheels – Eliza Leadbetter 1987

                                                 44    Weights and Measures – JT Graham – 1993

                                                 46    Smocks – Maggie Hall 1983 (2 copies)

                                                 50    Woodworking Tools – Philip Walker 1988

                                                 54    Writing Antiques – George Mell 1988

                                                 55    Scales And Balances – JT Graham 1986

                                                 56    The Victorian Professional Photographer – John Hannavy 1980

                                                 58    Fashion Accessories – Eleanor Johnson 1986

                                                72    Brewing and Breweries – Maurice Lovett 1981

                                                76    Straw and Straw Craftsmen –Arthur Staniforth 1981

                                                77    Shawls – Pamela Clabburn 1990

                                                78    Straw Plait – Jean Davis 1981

                                                80    The Victorian Chemist and Druggist – WA Jackson 1981

                                                87    Nailmaking – Hugh Bodey 1983

                                               92    Baskets and Basket making – Alastair Heselfine 1982

                                               97    Blue And White Transfer-Printed Pottery – Robert Copeland

                                               98    Corn Milling – Martin Watts 1987

                                             105  Clay And Cob Buildings – John McCann 1995

                                             122  Buttohooks And Shoelaces – Sue Brandon 1984

                                             124  Early Electrical Appliances – Bob Gordon 1984

                                             132  Candle Lighting – David J Everleigh 1985

                                            155  Shoemaking – June Swann 1986

                                            168  Early Plastics – Sylvia Katz 1994

                                            169  Magic Lanterns – Derek Greenacre 1986

                                            171  Staffordshire Figures – Amoret and Christopher Scott 1986

                                           177  Old Cooking Utensils – David J Everleigh 1986

                                           205  Gentlemen’s Dress Accessories – E Eckstein, J and G Firkins 1987

                                           224  Pomanders, Posies and Pot-pourri – Jessica Houdret 1988

                                           227  Spectacles, Lorgnettes and Monocles – DC Davidson 1989

                                          232  Firefighting Equipment – Brian Wright 1989

                                          236  Limekilns And Lime burning – Richard Williams 1989

                                          246  Embroidered Stuart Pictures – Margaret Swain 1990

                                          249  Decorative Lead work – PM Sutton-Goold 1990

                                          260  Old Gramophones – Benet Bergonzi 1991

                                         290  Lustreware – Michael Gibson 1993

                                         297  Slipware – David Barker 1993

                                        302  The Victorian Schoolroom – Trevor May 1994

                                        307  Embroidered Georgian Pictures – Margaret Swain 1994 (2 copies)

                                        308   Old Medieval and Dental Instruments – David J Warren 1994

                                        311   Brass and Brassware – David J Everleigh 1995

377. Hertfordshire’s Past Nos 1 - 13   Autumn 1976 – Autumn 1982

                                    15-22         “      1983 – Spring 1987

                                    24-30    Spring   1988 – Spring 1991 (No 25 has index for 1-25)

                                    32-40         “       1992 -      “     1996

                                    42-49   Autumn  1997 – Autumn 2000

                                    51-53         “       2001 -       “       2002 (Last edition of Herts Past)

378. Diary And Directory For Land Agents, Auctioneers etc – 1892

379. The National Roll Of The Great War 1914-1918 Section XII Bedford & Northampton

380. The Sun And Serpent – Hamish Miller & Paul Broadbent 1981

381 The Constance Howard Book Of Stitches – 1979

382. The Royal Tour 1901 or the cruise of HMS Ophir – Harry Price 1980

383. British Rainfall Supplement 1961-1965 Meteorological Office

383. Memoirs of A B-17 Bombardier-Hell From Heaven – Leonard Streifeld 1994

384. Return To England 1992 – The Fiftieth Anniversary

385. Angels Bulldogs & Dragons. The 355Th  - Bill Marshall 1984 (2 copies)

386. Over Here! The GIs In Wartime Britain – Juliet Gardiner 1992

387. British War Production 1939-1945 – Compiled by the Times 1945

388.Pollock’s History Of English Dolls & Toys – Kenneth and Marguerite Fawdry 1979

389. The Concise English Dictionary

390. A Study in the History of Cartography – Sir Herbert George Fordham 1929

391. Maps. Their History, Characteristics And Uses – Sir  Herbert George Fordham 1921

392. The Care of Pictures – George L Stout 1975

393. Report and Proposals for the East Midlands General Review Area – 1961

394. East Midlands General Review Area. Maps A-F – 1961

395. The history of the Royal Fusiliers ‘U.P.S’ - 1917

396. Cambridgeshire Local History Council Bulletin No. 21, Winter 1965- Bulletin No. 22, 1967

                                                                           “         “  24, 1969- Bulletin No. 25, 1970

397. Hertfordshire Local History Council News Sheet

                        No. 6 Jan. 1953; No. 8 April 1954; No. 9 Autumn 1954

                        No. 11 Autumn 1955; No. 12 Spring 1956; No. 14 Summer 1957

                        No. 16 Spring 1958; No. 18 Summer 1959; No. 19 Spring 1960

398. The care of wooden objects. Technical Bulletin 8 – Canadian Conservation Institute 1982

399. The Leisure Hour 1891-2

400. Hertfordshire County Records. Sessions Books

                        Vol V.    1619-1657

                        Vol VI.   1658-1700

                        Vol VII.  1700-1752

                        Vol VIII. 1752-1799

                        Vol IX.    1799-1833

                        Vol X.     1833-1843

401. Hertfordshire Leaders – Social and Political – Ernest Gaskell

402. Hertfordshire Countryside

                        280 copies from Vol 1 No1 Summer 1946 to Vol 57 No 515 March 2002

                        Vols 29 No 183 July 1974 to Vol 32 No 224 December 1977 in bound volumes

                        Some copies are missing especially in recent years

Cambridgeshire Local History Council

Bulletin No. 21, Winter 1965- Bulletin No. 22, 1967

     “         “  24, 1969- Bulletin No. 25, 1970

Hertfordshire Local History Council News Sheet

No. 6 Jan. 1953; No. 8 April 1954; No. 9 Autumn 1954

No. 11 Autumn 1955; No. 12 Spring 1956; No. 14 Summer 1957

No. 16 Spring 1958; No. 18 Summer 1959; No. 19 Spring 1960

The care of wooden objects. Technical Bulletin 8 – Canadian conservation Institute 1982

The Leisure Hour 1891-2
 

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