BRISTOL PAST AND PRESENT
Volumes 1, 2 and 3
by J. F. Nicholls and John Taylor
(Ref: 006)
Published
in
1881
and
1882
this
set
of
three
volumes
is
what
can
only
be
described
as
being
a
truly
exceptional
series
of
books
covering
all
aspects
of
the
history
of
Bristol.
Volume
one
deals
with
the
Civil
History
of
the
city.
Volume
two
with
the
Ecclesiastical
History
and
Volume
three
with
Civil and Modern (to 1882) History.
Each
volume
is
packed
with
historical
information
relating
to all aspects of this proud city's past.
This
fully
searchable
CD
book
is
one
that
should
be
in
the
collection
of
everyone
who
has
an
interest
or
connection
with Bristol.
All three volumes on one CD
Please
note
that
it
has
been
pointed
out
to
me
that
pages
viii
and
ix
of
the
general
index
of
volume
one
is
missing.
The
missing
page
covers
the
letters
R
to
Z.
I
have
checked
my
original
scans
and
it
does
not
appear
in
them
so
I
must
assume
that
it
was
missing
from
the
volume
that
I
had.
It
is
possible
that
it
was
never
included
in
the
published
version.
However,
whist
inconvenient,
it
is
not
a
disaster
as
the
search
facility
in
Acrobat
Reader
should pick up any words that you are looking for.
Price £8.00 including U.K. P & P
NOTES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS
CONTAINED IN THE VOLUME ENTITLED
THE GREAT ORPHAN BOOK
AND
BOOK OF WILLS
(Ref 100)
By Rev. T. P. Wadley
This
book
of
three
hundred
plus
pages
was
first
published
in
1886
and
contains
abstracts
from
over
four
hundred
wills
from
the
Bristol
area.
The
wills
date
from
the
mid
fourteenth
to
the
sixteenth
century
and
are
packed
with
personal
and
local
information
which
will
be
of
great
interest
to
anyone
studying
the
city
of
having
ancestors
from this area.
Index and is fully searchable.
£6.00 including UK P&P
TRANSCRIPTION OF POOR BOOK OF THE
TITHINGS OF
WESTBURY-ON-TRYM, STOKE BISHOP
AND SHIREHAMPTON
1656 TO 1698
(Ref: 101)
By
H. J. Wilkins
This
book
deals
with
an
unsettled
period
of
English
History,
for
it
runs
from
1656
to
1698
which
is
a
period
that
embraces
part
of
the
Protectorate
(1653
to
1659),
the
restored
Commonwealth
(1659),
the
reign
of
Charles
II
(1660
to
1685)
the
reign
of
James
II
(1685
to
1688)
and
William and Mary to 1689.
As
with
all
“Poor
Books”
it
deals
with
the
income
and
disbursement
to
the
poor.
There
are
many
hundreds
of
people
listed
either
as
paying
the
poor
rate
or
receiving
payments
and
will
be
of
great
interest
to
those
studying
the
area
or
with
ancestors
in
these
parishes.
There
is
no
index but it is fully searchable
£5.00 Including UK P&P
BRISTOL LISTS
Municipal and Miscellaneous
(Ref 107)
Compiled by
The Rev. Alfred B. Beaven
With
over
four
hundred
pages
this
book
is
probably
the
most
complete
list
of
Mayors,
Sheriffs,
Aldermen
and
Common
Councillors,
the
Society
of
Merchant
Venturers
and
some
of
the
more
important
offices
under
the
Corporation,
such
as
librarians,
postmasters,
physicians
at
the
Bristol
Royal
Infirmary
plus
many
other
offices,
some
dating
back
to
the
sixteenth
century.
Many
have
basic
biographical
notes
such
as
various
posts
held
and
dates
of
death.
It
contains
many
thousands
of
names
and
is
fully
searchable.
This
publication
will
be
of
interest
to
anyone
with
ancestors
from
Bristol
or
who
has
an
interest
in
the
local
history
of
this
great city.
£5.00 Including UK P&P
