KEEPING THEIR PLACE – Domestic Service in the Country House by Pamela Sambrook
This popular book which draws on letters, diaries and autobiographies to provide a vivid insight into the day to day lives of the country house servant between the 18th & 20th centuries.
Please note that the paperback version of this book offered previously is now ‘out of print’ but orders can be taken for the hardback version priced as follows:
Price £20.00 + £3.00 p & p
Only one copy currently held in stock (available to view on our bookstall) but all orders received will be fulfilled as quickly as possible
LIFE & LABOUR IN THE 19TH CENTURY by C.R. Fay
This paperback reprint of a book first published in the 1920’s provides a scholarly account of the political, economic and social history of Britain in the 19th century as the balance of power swung slowly from the aristocracy to the working classes.
Price £12.00 + £2.10 p & p
WORKHOUSES OF THE MIDLANDS
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p
A POSTCARD FROM THE SEVERN
Flowing for more than 200 miles from Plynlimon, through Shropshire, to the Bristol Channel, the reader travels the entire length of this mighty river in words and pictures. Images from over 200 old postcards record how the river once was and how much it influenced the lives of earlier generations.
Price £12.99 + £1.60 p & p
MIDLANDS CANALS Memories of the Canal Carriers by Robert Davies
A well researched and superbly illustrated book which captures the flavour of life during the final decades of commercial canal carrying – a way of living and working in cramped and often hazardous conditions - now just a distant memory.
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p.
THE FOLLIES OF A VICTORIAN ATHLETE:
William Snook 1861-1916 by Harry Andrews
The life and times of a Shrewsbury born runner –published by Snook’s great nephew, and SFHS member, Harry Andrews. Whilst providing a fascinating insight into 19th C life it also shows how the formation of Amateur Athletic Association influenced the development of athletics both in the U.K. and beyond.
Price £4.99 + £1.15 p & p
N.B. Members’ Discount NOT available on this book.
MARCHER RAILWAYS: The railways of Wrexham and Oswestry,
a photographic history compiled by A. Bodlander, M. Hambly, H. Leadbetter, D. Southern & S. Weatherly
A detailed and profusely illustrated history of the development, operation and, in many cases decline and closure, of the railways of N E Wales and Shropshire, centred on the border towns of Wrexham and Oswestry. Contains 275 photo’s (many previously unpublished); covers 9 major railway companies and the numerous industrial systems that served the iron & steel, mining and quarrying industries; sure to appeal to both railway enthusiasts & historians alike.
Price £19.99 + £3.50 p & p
Only one copy currently held in stock (available to view on our bookstall) but all orders received will be fulfilled as quickly as possible.
PLACE SPECIFIC BOOKS
ACTON SCOTT PARISH REGISTERS 1638-1812 - Indexed transcripts
Published by the Shropshire Archaeological & Historical Society
Price £6.00 + £1.15 p & p
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ALBRIGHTON & SHIFNAL
Pocket Images of England Series
Price £5.99 + £1.15 p & p
ALVELEY – See books available directly from author at end of this list.
BISHOP’S CASTLE PARISH REGISTERS – Indexed Transcripts
Published by the Shropshire Archaeological & Historical Society
Part 1 1559-1663 Price £6.00 + £1.50 p & p
Part 2 1663-1715 Price £6.00 + £1.15 p & p
Part 3 1716-1753 + Baptisms & Burials 1753-9 Price £6.00 + £1.15 p & p
Part 4 Baptisms & Burials 1760-1790 Price £6.00 + £1.15 p & p
Part 5 Baptisms & Burials 1791-1837 Price £6.00 + £1.15 p & p
Part 6 Marriages 1754-1837 Price £6.00 + £1.15 p & p
Part 7 Index to Registers1559-1837 Price £8.00 + £1.15 p & p
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BRIDGNORTH
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p
BRIDGNORTH REVISITED
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p
AROUND BRIDGNORTH by Ray Farlow & David Trumper
This selection of over 220 previously unpublished old photographs from Ray Farlow’s private postcard collection includes the outlying settlements of Broseley, Shifnal, Cleobury Mortimer, and Much Wenlock.
All described with full historical detail by David Trumper.
Price £12.99 + £1.60 p & p
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BROSELEY – The People & the Past by Joan Griffiths
Price £15.96 +£4.50 p & p (Parcel Post)
N.B. Members’ Discount NOT available on this book
THE HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF CHIRK
by C. Neville Hurdsman
All the major transport routes from Shropshire to the North West pass through Chirk - the A5 to Holyhead, the canal, and the railway so this border parish cannot fail to have had close links with life in the North West corner of Shropshire particularly with the development, in the 19th Century, of the Denbighshire coalfield which straddles the border.
Price £11.99 + £1.50 p & p
COCKSHUTT & PETTON REMEMBERED:
The Social Development of Cockshutt & Petton from the Ice Age
An exceptional account charting the social development of the area from the Ice Age, packed with detail, maps diagrams & photographs. A must for anyone with ancestry in this rural area.
Price £12.50 + £3.50 p & p
OF STEAM & SHEEP: THE STORY OF CRAVEN ARMS
by Christopher Train
First printed in 2000, reprinted with postscripts in 2005. This Victorian town, which owed its beginnings, to steam (the railway) and sheep (the livestock auctions), has slowly altered over the years. Old landmarks have vanished while new buildings and tourist attractions have sprung up. Many photographs record the past.
Price £6.95 + £1.60 p & p
DIDDLEBURY: The History Of A Corvedale Parish by Martin Speight
The result of many years’ research, this book looks at land ownership and use, to provide a localised picture of agriculture, wealth and poverty, movement of people, and the scale of estates and their management. From Saxon times, it brings the parish to life in a most interesting and readable style.
Price £9.95 + £1.50 p & p
DITTON PRIORS: A Settlement Of The Brown Clee by Di Bryan
Di has provide an excellent insight into the history of this parish using many previously unstudied records.
Price £9.95 + £1.60 p & p
DONNINGTON & MUXTON
The Archive Photographs Series
Price £10.99 + £1.50 p & p
IRONBRIDGE – History & Guide by Richard Hayman & Wendy Horton
Using archaeological and historical evidence the authors chart the rise and fall of the iron, clay and coal industries of Ironbridge and bring to life the communities that worked in them.
Price £14.99 + £1.60 p & p
CHILDREN OF THE GORGE
Price £7.99 + £1.15 p & p
KINLET – See books available directly from author at end of this list.
LITTLE NESS – See SHROPSHIRE – A Shropshire Boyhood
ON THE BORDER : The Story of Llanymynech & Pant
by Neil Rhodes
This well illustrated book charts the history of this extraordinary area over 200 years - the Victorian era of great development and intriguing tales of local characters and folklore.
Price £7.99 + £1.60 p & p
RICKARDS OF LUDLOW : Ironmongers for 140 years
by Jean Brown & Norman Grimmett with photographs by Tony Brown
Published by the Ludlow Historical Research Group this book brings a rare insight into the ironmongery trade and the independent businesses of this nature that once thrived in every market town in Shropshire and beyond. The premises, have been used in relation to the ironmongery trade for some 200 years and has operated as Rickards since the 1860’s. Whilst preserving the records of their history and stock from a bygone age, they continue to maintain a successful retail shop today.
Price £5.00 + £1.15 p & p
LUDLOW: THE SECOND SELECTION
Images of England Series
Price £9.99 + £1.50 p & p
THE PUBS OF LUDLOW & NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES
by Tony Hobbs
Price £9.95 + £2.05 p & p
A HISTORY OF MUCH WENLOCK by Vivien Bellamy
Price £7.95 Remaining stock reduced to £6.00 + £1.50 p & p
METHODISM IN MUCH WENLOCK 1800-1960: A Story Of The Unremarked by Doreen E. Woodford
This book, a reprint of that first published in 1994, is a mine of information on the influence of Methodism on the lives of people living in Much Wenlock and the surrounding area.
Price £6.00 Remaining stock reduced to £4.50 + £1.15 p & p
NEWPORT'S WAR:
A History of a Shropshire Market Town between 1939-1948
by Malcolm Miles
Price £9.00 + £1.60 p & p
THE INNS & OUTS OF NEWPORT'S PUBS by Malcolm Miles
Covering a 300-year history of this Shropshire market town – and 55 Pubs! Entertaining, factual and nostalgic, this book will appeal to the serious historian and those who simply want to recall fond memories.
Price £17.00 + £4.50 p & p (Parcel Post)
OSWESTRY with an account of it’s old houses, shops etc. and some of their occupants by Isaac Watkin
A hard back reprint of this classic study first published in 1920. Isaac Watkin's Oswestry provides a detailed study of this fascinating town, looking at the layout, street, houses, shops and residents. It is an essential work of reference for anyone with an interest in local history or genealogy. Illustrated with over 700 photographs, line drawings and maps. Normally retailing at £25.00
Price £19.99 + £3.25 p & p
AN OSWESTRY MISCELLANY – Aspects of our Local History
by John Pryce-Jones
Written by Oswestry historian John Pryce-Jones these 25 chapters focus on different, often less well-known aspects, of Oswestry’s history ranging from pre-Norman times to the present day, providing some fascinating glimpses into the lives of generations of Oswestrians
Price £4.95 + £1.15 p & p
OSWESTRY – The Parish, it’s Church and it’s People
by John Pryce-Jones
Based on a series of articles prepared for St.Oswald’s Parish Magazine in 2003 & 2004. The common link between each of the eighteen chapters, is Oswestry’s ancient parish church, but the topics covered are wide-ranging – from the Northumbrian king, Oswald, to Victorian times and from the Civil War to the Indian Mutiny. The whole provides a fascinating insight into parish life in Oswestry.
Price £3.95 + £1.15 p & p
OSWESTRY – A Local History by John Pryce-Jones
Based on articles written by the author for local papers and magazines - the text has been revised to reflect current circumstances and provide additional information. This 2nd edition includes a chapter about Oswestry’s Guildhall, written to coincide with it’s re-opening in 2000.
Price £3.95 + £1.15 p & p
STREET NAMES OF OSWESTRY by John Pryce-Jones
Arranged alphabetically - this book discusses the origin and history of the street, lane and road names used in the town from medieval times to the mid 20th C.
Price £4.50 + £1.15 p & p
OSWESTRY - See also SHROPSHIRE – Around Oswestry
RUYTON-XI-TOWNS - See books available directly from author at end of this list.
SHEINTON, SHROPSHIRE
Geology, Landscape, History & Archaeology
by
Published in 2006 this book is the collective work of 6 members of the Sheinton Heritage Group. Chapters on the geology and landscape of this part of the Severn Valley lying between Shrewsbury and Ironbridge; history relating to the church, the school, the middle ages, farming, industry and the river, the manor and the landowners; the recent archaeology that revealed a previously unknown Roman site; and the neighbouring settlements of Homer and Wigwig. All well illustrated with photographs drawings & maps. We are now able to offer this book at half the published price.
Price £5.00 + £1.60 p p & p
AROUND SHREWSBURY VOLUME II
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.50p p & p
BEYOND THE BRIDGES – The Suburbs of Shrewsbury 1760-1960 by Barrie Trinder
A detailed account of the urban growth of the town – beyond it’s medieval limits ‘Within the Walls’. All the principle suburbs, in all their great variety are described fascinating detail and well illustrated with maps and photographs.
Price £20.00 + £3.50 p & p
CRIME & PUNISHMENT – SHREWSBURY by Martin Wood
SFHS member and Shrewsbury Town Crier, Martin Wood, explores the punishments given to criminals in Shrewsbury over the centuries including the stocks, guillotine and the whipping post.
Price £9.99 + £1.50 p & p
HISTORICAL HOSTELRIES:
A Guide to the Historic Pubs of Shrewsbury between the Bridges
Price £6.00 + £1.15 p & p
IMAGES OF SHREWSBURY -
from the collections of Shrewsbury Museums Service
Price £12.99 + £1.60 p & p
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH: The Secrets of Shrewsbury Cemetery by Peter Francis
Far from dull - anyone interested in Shrewsbury & it’s people cannot fail to be intrigued by this fascinating account of the lives of those buried here. The great and the good who served the town in the 18th & 19th C, the entrepreneurs, those who lost their lives in tragic circumstances, the footballing heroes and many more are all brought to life in this book.
Price £9.95 + £1.50 p & p
ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE TO 1900 - The Shropshire Experience
Price £20.00 + £4.50 p & p (Parcel Post)
A SHROPSHIRE BOYHOOD by Peter Davies
Memories of a childhood in Little Ness.
Price £12.99 + £1.60 p & p
GROWING UP ON A SHROPSHIRE FARM by Diane Jacks
Using her father’s diaries & farm records to bolster her memories of life in south-west Shropshire in the 1940’s & 50’s Diane has produced an acute observation of rural life.
Price £4.95 + £1.50 p & p
THE FOLKLORE OF SHROPSHIRE by Roy Palmer
Price £12.95 + £3.65 p & p
SHROPSHIRE INN SIGNS
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p
THE KING’S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY 1881-1968
Images of England Series
Price £11.99 £9.50 + £1.50 p & p
Only 1 copy very slight damage – now out-of-print!
N.B. Members’ Discount NOT available on this book.
LANDED ESTATES & THE GENTRY by Anthony Ruscoe
This study of the history of landholding in North Shropshire has been produced, over a period of 11 years, in a series of booklets comprising 8 Volumes. Of the first 5 Volumes, which covered North-East Shropshire, only one – Volume 5, is sill available. The first 4 Volumes are, sadly, now ‘out of print’.
Volume 5: Wrekin & Telford Areas
This book, which includes an Index and related maps, covers Wroxeter, Wrockwardine, Uppington, Eaton Constantine, Leighton, Wellington, Hadley, Wrockwardine Wood, Ketley, Little Wenlock, Lawley, Dawley, Stirchley and Madeley.
Price £10.00 + £1.33 p & p
Continuing his study, Mr. Ruscoe turned his attention to North-West Shropshire, producing a further 3 booklets. Volume 6 - Oswestry (printed in a different format) is ‘out-of-print’ but we can now offer the most recently published Volumes as follows:
Volume 7: Ellesmere with the country North of Oswestry
This book, which includes an Index and related maps, covers Weston Rhyn, St.Martins, Dudleston, Whittington, Selattyn, Ellesmere and Welshampton.
Price £10.00 + £1.33 p & p
Volume 8: Knockin and Ruyton to the outskirts of Shrewsbury
This book, which includes an Index and related maps, covers Melverley, Kinnerley, Knockin, Ruyton-XI-Towns, West Felton, Hordley, Great Ness, Shrawardine, Montford, Fitz, Preston Gubbalds and parts of the Shrewsbury Parishes of St. Mary & St.Alkmund
Price £10.00 + £1.33 p & p
It is hoped that the final volume in this series -
Volume 9: Baschurch, Myddle, Wem and Whitchurch - will be published later this year.
AROUND OSWESTRY: Britain in Old Photographs Series
by David Trumper & Ray Farlow
A compilation of old pictures from Ray Farlow’s archive - not just of Oswestry and it’s environs, but the market towns of Ellesmere & Wem, and innumerable smaller towns, villages and hamlets in between and either side of the A5 and the roads to Wales, all with descriptive text by David Trumper.
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p
THE UPPER ONNY VALLEY in the Hills of S.W. Shropshire
Researched and produced by members of the Upper Onny Valley Project group, this is a delightful book which covers the geology, wildlife, legends and literature of this part of Shropshire. Exceptional colour pictures. The book comes highly recommended.
Price £6.50 + £1.60 p & p
NEVER ON A SUNDAY:
Memories of the Stiperstones mining communities
From The Bog, Shelve, Stiperstones, Snailbeach to Bridges, Ratlinghope, and Pulverbatch to name but a few - these extracts from the recorded memories of over 60 local inhabitants of the valleys either side of the that rocky ridge known as The Stiperstones have been are expertly gathered together and illustrated to provide a fascinating glimpse of life as it was at school; at home; at work; at worship and at play - in sickness and in health, in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
Price £11.95 + £1.70 p & p Currently out of stock but on order – please e-mail to check availability.
RUYTON-XI-TOWNS -
See books available directly from author at end of this list.
STANTON LACY -
See books available directly from author at end of this list.
NORTH TELFORD: Wellington, Oakengates, & surrounding area
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p
CHANGING VILLAGE: Recollections and reminiscences of the villages of Tibberton and Cherrington, Shropshire
Price £8.00 £5.50 + £1.30 p & p Only 1 copy remaining slight damage – now out-of-print!
N.B. Members’ Discount NOT available on this book.
TONG - See also books available directly from author at end of this list.
WELLINGTON IN 1960
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.50 p & p
Wellington's Past - THE STORY OF CHRIST CHURCH
Built in 1830’s to serve Wellington’s growing population, Allan Frost has researched the history and development of Christ Church to the present day. The text is liberally interspersed with photographs of the Church, it’s treasures, it’s clergy and it's congregation.
Price £5.00 + £1.15 p & p
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