The Complete Parish Officer 1772 Product No. GB0766 This is one of the most important resources that we have seen, and one that should be of great interest to all family historians. Published in 1772 it was the handbook of the duties and responsibilities of the Parish Officer. It includes the duties of the overseers of the poor, the power in relieving, employing and settling, etc. of poor persons; the laws relating to the poor, and settlements, and the statutes concerning masters and servants. More information Price: $30.20

			Edward Hutton & Nelly Erichsen (illustrator), Highways and Byways in Wiltshire, 1917 Product No. IE5047 Originally published in London 1917 by MacMillan & Co., Ltd., this first edition of the Highways and Byways in Wiltshire, is republished here on fully-searchable CD-Rom. Macmillan began publishing the Highways & Byways series in 1899 and by 1909 had completed almost twenty publications in the series, which extended across the length and breadth of England, Scotland and Wales, with one publication on Normandy and another on Ireland. This highly popular series continued until the beginning of the Second World War. In May 2009 Pan Macmillan reissued a one-volume collection of the best of the Highways and Byways series offering a glimpse of the very best of Britain. The original publication of the Highways and Byways in Wiltshire contains more than 450 printed pages, including a map of the county showing the routes taken by the author, Edward Hutton, who chose a number of circular routes that took him to the four corners of Wiltshire, and almost 90 pen and ink illustrations by Nelly Erichsen, providing as with all of the Highways and Byways series a wonderful mix of topography, local history and folklore, which perhaps more than ever allows the reader to rediscover parts of Britain that have long disappeared under a morass of concrete, bypasses and motorways. Edward Hutton undertook twenty-seven topographical tours upon which he reported in the Highways and Byways of Wiltshire, numbered amongst which were the following: Old Sarum; Salisbury; the Meads; the Salisbury Avon; Valley of the Bourne; Amesbury; Stonehenge; Upper Valleys of the Wyle, Winterbourne, Nadder and Ebble; the Dorest Border; the Somerset Border; Devizes; Savernake Forest and its villages; Marlborough and district; Avebury; Swindon; Cricklade; concluding with a number of tours along the valley of the western Avon and the foothills of the Cotswolds. File Type Search Text CDs PDF YES 1 ISBN: 1-84630-220-X More information Price: $18.40

			The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868, Warwickshire, Westmoreland & Wiltshire Product No. GB0780 The original Gentleman's Magazine contained articles on a vast array of subjects, including lots of wonderful topographical pieces. In 1891 George Gomme republished all of these topographical articles but edited and indexed them into county specific order. Each of Gomme's works contains between two and four separate counties, except for the London volumes. An absolute goldmine of information about the county, its people and its places. Price: $24.30

			A Wiltshire Village - Alfred Williams Product No. GB1064 Wonderful descriptions of life and characters of villages in the South Marston area based on the observations and recollections of the author. It also mentions surrounding villages such as Sevenhampton and Stanton Fitwarren. A particularly interesting chapter covers the workhouse at Stratton St Margaret where the author interviews some of the residents. The book was written in 1912 so it covers the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Books such as this are invaluable to the family historian. Although perhaps your ancestors did not live in the area the lifestyle of people in villages all over the county would have been very similar indeed. Price: $24.30

			Villages of the White Horse - Alfred Williams Product No. GB1065 Written in 1913. Powerful and evocative descriptions of local customs, practices and characters of villages in the area including; Basset Down, Wroughton, Hodson, Chiseldon, Badbury and Medbourne, Liddington, Wanborough, Aldbourne and Baydon, Hinton Parva and Bourton, Bishopstone and Idstone, Ashbury and Kingstone Winslow, Knighton and Woolstone, Uffington and Kingstone Lisle. The last six in the list were historically in Berkshire but were transferred to Oxfordshire in 1974. Price: $24.30

			Swindon Fifty Years Ago (More or less), Reminiscences, Notes and Relics of the Old Wiltshire Town. 1885 Product No. GB1066 This book contains reams of historical details about the people, places and lifestyles of those living in Swindon before 1885. Chapters include cloth workers, the wool trade, workhouses, the smuggling trade, old Churches, Mills, Manors, Houses and popular amusements of our Grandfathers to mention just a few. Unusually there is an entire section devoted to Ghosts, have you heard the one about the ghost that defied the clergy? Another section is about the town's "characters", is your ancestor Jenny Simmonds, Old Tom and his wounds or nanny Kernal? An amusing book that will tell you everything you need to know about Swindon town in the 1800s Price: $24.30

			Bournemouth Guide Book 1920 Product No. ARA0212 Ward Lock and Co Illustrated Guide Book. A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, The Avon Valley, Salisbury, Winchester and The New Forest - 1920. With two maps of the district, a map of the Isle of Wight, and eighty illustrations. Full of interesting information about the area. Useful for family history and local history. File Type Search Text CDs PDF YES 1 Price: $18.00

			Quarter Sessions County of Wiltshire Product No. ARA0308 Records of The County of Wilts. being extracts from the Quarter Sessions Great Rolls of the Seventeenth Century. Extracted and edited by B. Howars Cunnington, F.S.A. Published 1932. A fascinating collection of extracts from the Wiltshire Quarter Sessions records, including detail about crimes and the proceedings of local government in an eventful century of Civil War, plague and religious problems. Many names are mentioned. Useful for family history and local history. Machine searchable. A digital version of the original book, in PDF format. Viewable on any computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader. File Type Search Text CDs PDF YES 1 Price: $25.20