KEEPING THEIR PLACE – Domestic Service in the Country House by Pamela Sambrook
A new paperback edition of 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.
Price £8.99 + £1.70 p & p
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 + £2.19 p & p
LIFE IN THE VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN WORKHOUSE by Michelle Higgs
A comprehensive overview of the workhouse system providing a true picture of life as it was in a workhouse, why the inmates entered them, what they had to endure, their living conditions, the duties of the staff and much more.
Price £16.99 + £1.92 p & p.
WORKHOUSES OF THE MIDLANDS
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.33 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 + £1.38 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 + £1.38 p & p.
PLACE SPECIFIC BOOKS
ACTON SCOTT PARISH REGISTERS 1638-1812 - Indexed transcripts
Published by the Shropshire Archaeological & Historical Society
Price £6.00 + £1.03 p & p
ALBRIGHTON & SHIFNAL
Pocket Images of England Series
Price £5.99 + £1.03 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 + £1.33 p & p
Part 2 1663-1715 Price £6.00 + £1.03 p & p
Part 3 1716-1753 + Baptisms & Burials 1753-9 Price £6.00 + £1.03 p & p
Part 4 Baptisms & Burials 1760-1790 Price £6.00 + £1.03 p & p
Part 5 Baptisms & Burials 1791-1837 Price £6.00 + £1.03 p & p
Part 6 Marriages 1754-1837 Price £6.00 + £1.03 p & p
BISHOP'S CASTLE WELL REMEMBERED by Janet Presthous
Memories and photographs of a small market town carefully produced by the author. If your interest lies in the ‘Castle’ or adjoining villages this book will enable you to see the area as your ancestors knew it.
Price £5.95 + £1.38 p & p. Currently ‘Sold Out‘ but hope to order more, Please ask!
BRIDGNORTH
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.33 p & p
BRIDGNORTH REVISITED
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.33 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 + £1.38 p & p
BROSELEY – The People & the Past by Joan Griffiths
Price £12.99 +£4.65 p & p
Please note we have only 1 book available at this price. Joan tells us that the new edition, if and when available, is likely to be £15.95.
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 + £3.38 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 + £1.08 p & p
A PIG ON THE WALL VIEW OF DAWLEY:
An Affectionate Look At The Way Things Used To Be
by Dave Gregory
Price £11.95 + £1.33 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 + £1.33 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 + £1.38 p & p
DONNINGTON & MUXTON
The Archive Photographs Series
Price £10.99 + £1.33 p & p
A MILLENNIAL REVIEW: Hope Bowdler & Eaton-Under-Heywood
Price £5.00 + £1.33 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 + £2.29 p & p
POACHING IN THE GORGE: The story of the men and their way of life by Joan Griffiths (SFHS Member)
Joan has put together the documents recorded by the late Leonard Beeston. The book tells the tale of a special breed of men – rugged and fearless but loyal to each other – who lived around the River Severn in the Ironbridge area in the 1800’s. Poaching hares rabbits, fish and game, the activities of these men provided many impoverished families with meals. Many names are mentioned in these pages. Archive pictures of the Gorge.
Price £5.50 + £1.13 p & p N.B. Currently ‘out of stock’, but may be able to obtain more – please ask!
A SHROPSHIRE BOYHOOD by Peter Davies
Memories of a childhood in Little Ness.
Price £12.99 + £1.38 p & p
LUDLOW by David Lloyd
Pocket Images of England Series
Packed with photographs of Ludlow, it’s buildings, streets and people over the years. A must for any reader whose ancestors lived in Ludlow.
Price £5.99 + £1.03 p & p
LUDLOW: THE SECOND SELECTION
Images of England Series
Price £9.99 + £1.33 p & p
Shropshire Postcards From The Past:
LUDLOW & SOUTH-WEST SHROPSHIRE
190 pages of photographs (many previously unseen) of the area so beloved by A.E. Houseman. Each photograph has a narrative containing historical information.
Price £16.99 + £3.38 p & p N.B. Currently ‘out of stock’, but may be able to obtain more – please ask!
THE PUBS OF LUDLOW & NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES
by Tony Hobbs
Price £9.95 + £1.82 p & p
A HISTORY OF MUCH WENLOCK by Vivien Bellamy
Price £6.95 + £1.33 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 + £1.08 p & p
NEWPORT'S WAR:
A History of a Shropshire Market Town between 1939-1948
by Malcolm Miles
Price £9.00 + £1.38 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 + £4.79 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 + £3.33 p & p
AROUND SHREWSBURY VOLUME II
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.33p p & p
HISTORICAL HOSTELRIES:
A Guide to the Historic Pubs of Shrewsbury between the Bridges
Price £6.00 + £1.03 p & p
IMAGES OF SHREWSBURY -
from the collections of Shrewsbury Museums Service
Price £10.95 + £1.38 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 + £1.33 p & p
HAUNTED SHREWSBURY by Martin Wood (SFHS Member)
From heart-stopping accounts of poltergeists to first-hand encounters with ghouls, this phenomenal gathering of spooks brought together by Shrewsbury’s town crier, Martin Wood, will appeal to anyone wanting to know about Shrewsbury's mysterious history.
Price £9.99 + £1.33 p & p
ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE TO 1900 - The Shropshire Experience
Price £20.00 + £4.60 p & p (Parcel Post)
SHROPSHIRE AIRFIELDS
Images of Aviation Series
Price £12.99 + £1.33 p & p
THE KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY 1881-1968
Images of England Series
Price £11.99 + £1.33 p & p
A LIST OF FATAL ACCIDENTS IN SHROPSHIRE MINES
1850-1979 with some details of major incidents
Published by Shropshire Caving and Mining Club
Price £6.50 + £1.38 p & p
THE CHURCHES OF SHROPSHIRE & THEIR TREASURES
by John Leonard
This book explores 320 Churches of Shropshire – over half of them with medieval origin. The reader is first guided through the changing architectural styles the treasures of the churches are described in detail to individual descriptions of the churches in their geographical areas.
Price £12.95 + £4.79 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 + £1.33 p & p
THE FOLKLORE OF SHROPSHIRE by Roy Palmer
Price £12.95 + £3.38 p & p Currently ‘out of stock’, but will be re-ordering!
SHROPSHIRE GHOST STORIES – Tales retold by Sally Tongue
From the ‘Phantom Funeral of Ratlinghope’ and the ‘Bagbury Bull’ to the murderous ‘Bloody Jack of Shrewsbury’ and the eerie ‘White Lady of Longnor’ there is something here to frighten everyone. The fascinating introduction discusses the recurring motifs in the tales and considers their basis in historical fact.
Price £9.99 + £1.33 p & p
SHROPSHIRE INN SIGNS
Price £12.99 + £1.33 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 + £1.38 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 + £2.29 p & p
THE SHEEP HATH PAYED FOR ALL: The Ludlow’s of Stokesay
Christopher Train in association with Ludlow Historical Research Group has produced a scholarly account of the family from their acquisition of the manor of Stokesay c.1280 until the death of Sir Richard in 1498. Includes an excellent Source List and Index.
Price £5.95 + £1.03 p & p
NORTH TELFORD: Wellington, Oakengates, & surrounding area
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.33 p & p
RUYTON-XI-TOWNS -
See books available directly from author at end of this list.
THE TEMPTATION & DOWNFALL OF THE VICAR OF STANTON LACY
Rev. Robert Foulkes, Vicar from 1660 until his execution in 1678
Peter Klein relates the full story of Rev. Robt. Foulkes, Vicar from 1660 until his execution in 1678. Using documentary evidence Peter shows how a village simmering with jealousies, covetousness and sexual intrigue assisted in the fall of their once revered and charismatic Vicar. All the frailties of human nature laid bare.
Price £12.00 + £1.33 p & p N.B. No discount available of this book. Currently ‘out of stock’, but copies can be ordered on request.
CHANGING VILLAGE: Recollections and reminiscences of the villages of Tibberton and Cherrington, Shropshire
Price £8.00 + £1.08 p & p
AUDEN'S HISTORY OF TONG - VOLUME 2
The Third Note Book of John Ernest Auden Vicar of Tong 1896-1913
Price £10.00 + £1.33 p & p
TONG - See also books available directly from author at end of this list.
WELLINGTON IN 1960
Images of England Series
Price £12.99 + £1.33 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 + £1.03 p & p N.B. No discount available off this book.
