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The History of England, from the accession of James the Second: Volume 1 - Volume 2 - Volume 3 - Volume 4 - Volume 5 : by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1800-1859

Compendious history and genealogy of the sovereigns of England: From the reign of Egbert the Great to that of her present Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria. Free online edition of this book by Standish G. Wilson published in 1844.

Heraldic Visitations Online.

Monumenta Anglicana : being inscriptions on the monuments of several eminent persons deceased in or since the year 1650, to the end of the year 1679. Digitized edition of this book by John Le Neve published in 1718.

An original collection of extant epitaphs. Gathered by a commercial in spare moments. Digital edition of this book by Frederick Maiben published in London in 1870.

Antiente epitaphes (from A.D.1250 to A.D. 1800). Digitized edition of this book by Thomas FitzArthur Ravenshaw published in 1878.

The Annual Monitor for 1851 or, Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1850: Download this ebook for free.

Dictionary of Ancient Occupations and Trades, Ranks, Offices, and Titles With emphasis on England and its 16th and 17th century colonies.

Bedfordshire

Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire - 1869. Digitized by Google.
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts, and Northamptonshire - 1885. Digitized by Google.

Berkshire

Thames Valley Papists : From Reformation to Emancipation 1534 - 1829 (pdf document). This free online book tells the story of the Catholics of the Thames Valley from Henry VIII's break with Rome until Catholic Emancipation nearly three hundred years later. The area covered consists of pre-1974 Berkshire, southern Oxfordshire and part of south Buckinghamshire.
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire - 1869. Digitized by Google.

Buckinghamshire

Thames Valley Papists : From Reformation to Emancipation 1534 - 1829 - This free online book tells the story of the Catholics of the Thames Valley from Henry VIII's break with Rome until Catholic Emancipation nearly three hundred years later. The area covered consists of pre-1974 Berkshire, southern Oxfordshire and part of south Buckinghamshire.
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire - 1869. Digitized by Google.

Cambridgeshire

A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 2 : A part-volume, covering the history of the religious houses in the county, including the early history of Ely cathedral.
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3 - The City and University of Cambridge.
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4 - City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds.
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 9 - Chesterton, Northstowe, and Papworth Hundreds (North and North-West of Cambridge)
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 10 - Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe Hundreds (north-eastern Cambridgeshire)

Cheshire

The Visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580. Digitized book. Includes the Visitation of Cheshire in 1566, the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in 1533, and a fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in 1591.
A History of the County of Chester: Volume V (i) - The City of Chester: General History and Topography - This is the first of two volumes providing an authoritative and detailed treatment of Chester's history, meticulously researched from the original sources.

Cornwall

History of St Blazey Parish (Cornwall, England). A Lecture by Rev J BARTLETT, B.A. delivered, December 16th, 1856.

Cumberland

The visitation of the county of Cumberland in the year 1615
Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland made by Richard St. George, Norry, king of arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norry, king of arms in 1666.

Derbyshire

Notes from a Peakland Parish. An Account of the Church and Parish of Hope in the County of Derby, by William Smith Porter - 1923.
A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume IX - Burton-upon-Trent - This volume covers the town of Burton-upon-Trent on the county's eastern boundary, along with its suburbs and satellite villages on either side of the river, including Stapenhill which was formerly in a separate parish in Derbyshire.

Devon

Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-registers of Devon : Volume 1

Dorset

Description of Stoke Abbott in 1895 (West Dorset, England) by Frederick Swaffield.

Durham

1885 Kelly's directory of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, County Durham, England. Digitized by Google.

Essex

A History of the County of Essex: Volume IV - Ongar Hundred - Covers the 26 parishes of Ongar hundred, including Chipping and High Ongar, Chigwell, Stondon Massey and Theydon Bois.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume IX - The Borough of Colchester - The volume, the first full-scale, comprehensive and scholarly history of the ancient borough of Colchester to be published, describes the life of the oldest and for long the largest town in Essex from the Iron Age to 1990.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume X - Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe - Exploring the area of Lexden Hundred to the north and west of Colchester.

Gloucestershire

A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume V - Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean - This volume covers a complex area of west Gloucestershire, with a core of formerly extra parochial, royal demesne land of the Forest of Dean and a periphery of 14 parishes.
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume X - Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds - The history of the six parishes in Westbury hundred and the sixteen in Whitstone hundred. Both hundreds abut the River Severn.
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume XI - Bisley and Longtree Hundreds - Covering the 18 parishes of the Cotswold hundreds of Bisley and Longtree and includes the market towns of Stroud, Tetbury, Painswick, and Minchinhampton.
1883 Kelly's directory of Somersetshire: with the city of Bristol. Digitized by Google.

Herefordshire

Monumental inscriptions in the Cathedral Church of Hereford: Digitized edition of this book by Francis Tebbs Havergal published in 1881.
The place-names of Herefordshire by Arthur Thomas Bannister, published in 1916.

Hertfordshire

North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England History : 20 complete books, the majority include original photographs and etchings, 40 historial features and memories and an interactive Forum where you can discuss issues related to the history of North Mymms.

Huntingdonshire

Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire - 1869. Digitized by Google.
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts, and Northamptonshire - 1885. Digitized by Google.

Lancashire

History, topography, and directory, of Westmorland: and Londsdale north of the sands, in Lancashire (1849). Digitized by Google.

Leicestershire

A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume V - Gartree Hundred : Covers the thirty-eight parishes of Gartree hundred and also the town of Market Harborough.

London and Middlesex

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Norfolk

The Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563. Printed by Miller and Leavin : Volume 1 - Volume 2.

Northamptonshire

A History of the County of Northamptonshire: Volume V - The Hundred of Cleley - This volume deals with a group of a dozen parishes in the south of the county, on either side of Watling Street between Towcester and Stony Stratford.
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire - 1869. Digitized by Google.
Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts, and Northamptonshire - 1885. Digitized by Google.

Northumberland

The visitation of Northumberland in 1615. Free digitized edition of this book published in 1878.
History, topography, and directory of Northumberland. Published by Whittaker and Co. in 1855.
The registers of Lesbury in the county of Northumberland : Baptisms, 1690-1812. Marriages, 1689-1812. Burials, 1690-1812. Free digitized edition of this book published by the Durham and Northumberland parish register society in 1907.

Nottinghamshire

The visitations of the county of Nottingham in the years 1569 and 1614 : with many other descents of the same county. Digitized edition of this book published by The Harleian Society in 1871.

Oxfordshire

A History of the County of Oxford: Volume IV. Extract from the Victoria County History's account of the City of Oxford, relating to the Civil War.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume XII. The Victoria County History's account of the Borough of New Woodstock.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume XIII - Bampton Hundred (Part One) - Covers the area of the sixteen ancient parishes of Bampton hundred, in the west of the county, bordering onto Gloucestershire to the west and Berkshire to the south.
Thames Valley Papists : From Reformation to Emancipation 1534 - 1829 - This free online book tells the story of the Catholics of the Thames Valley from Henry VIII's break with Rome until Catholic Emancipation nearly three hundred years later. The area covered consists of pre-1974 Berkshire, southern Oxfordshire and part of south Buckinghamshire.
The place-names of Oxfordshire, their origin and development. Free digitized edition of this book by Henry Alexander, published in 1912.
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire - 1869. Digitized by Google.

Rutland

The Victoria history of the county of Rutland : Volume 1 of 2. Published in 1908. Volume 1 contains Natural History, Early Man, Romano-British Rutland, Anglo-Saxon Remains, Ancient Earthworks, Domesday, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Houses, Political History, Social and Economic History, Industries, Forestry, Schools, Sport.
The Victoria history of the county of Rutland : Volume 2 of 2. Published in 1908. Volume 2 contains :
Oakham Soke: Oakham, Belton, Braunston, Brooke, Clipsham, Egleton, Langham, Wardley.
Martinsley Hundred: Ayston, Beaumont Chase, Edith Weston, Hambleton, Lyndon, Manton, Martinsthorpe, Normanton, Preston, Ridlington, Uppingham, Wing.
Alstoe Hundred: Ashwell, Burley, Cottesmore with Barrow, Exton, Greetham, Horn, Market Overton, Stretton, Teigh, Thistleton, Whissendine, Whitwell.
Wrandike Hundred: Barrowden, Bisbooke, Caldecott, Glaston, Liddington, North Luffenham, South Luffenham, Morcott, Pilton, Seaton with Thorpe-by-Water, Stoke Dry, Tixover.
East Hundred: Great Casterton, Little Casterton, Empingham, Essendine, Ketton, Pickworth, Ryhall, Tickencote, Tinwell with Ingthorpe.

Shropshire

A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume IV - Agriculture - This volume is devoted to the story of agriculture in Shropshire from the earliest times to the present day. It is the work of a team of expert authors.
A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume X - Munslow Hundred (part), The Liberty and Borough of Wenlock
A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume XI - Telford - Relating to an area between the left bank of the Severn and the Weald Moors, covers most of the east Shropshire coalfield. Period covered: 1100-1900.

Somerset

A History of the County of Somerset: Volume VI - Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) : Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton hundreds together occupy the Lower Parrett valley stretching from the Quantock ridge in the west to King's Sedgemoor in the east, and from the Bristol Channel in the north to the river Tone in the south.
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume VII - Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds - The history of the south-east corner of Somerset, comprising the outliers of Salisbury Plain on the east and part of a clay vale to the west.
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume VIII - The Poldens and the Levels - Somerset's Polden hills divide the county's central marshlands, Sedgemoor to the south and the Brue Valley to the north.
1883 Kelly's directory of Somersetshire: with the city of Bristol. Digitized by Google.

Staffordshire

A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume VII - Leek and the Moorlands - This volume tells the story of the town of Leek and the north-east corner of Staffordshire adjoining Cheshire and Derbyshire. Besides the large parish of Leek, it contains Alstonefield, another extensive parish, Horton, and Sheen.
A History of the County of Staffordshire: Volume IX - Burton-upon-Trent - This volume covers the town of Burton-upon-Trent on the county's eastern boundary, along with its suburbs and satellite villages on either side of the river, including Stapenhill which was formerly in a separate parish in Derbyshire.

Suffolk

Suffolk surnames: Free online reproduction of the 1861 edition of this book by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch.

Surrey

The Visitations of the County of Surrey Made and Taken in the Years 1530 (...), 1572 (...), 1623. Edited by W. Bruce Bannerman, published in 1899.

Sussex

A History of the County of Sussex: Volume V (i) - Arundel Rape: south-western part, including Arundel - This volume describes the history of the borough of Arundel, with its noted castle, religious houses, and Roman Catholic cathedral, and 11 rural and suburban parishes in the adjoining coastal region of Sussex, including Felpham and Middleton.
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume VI Part 1 - Bramber Rape (Southern Part) - Describes the southern part of Bramber rape, the easternmost of the three rapes of West Sussex. It tells the history of 19 parishes lying along the coastal strip and over the South Downs.
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume VI Part 2 - Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham - Gives the history of the ten parishes that form the north-western part of Bramber rape, from Sullington in the south to Warnharn in the north, lying mostly in the Weald.
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume VI Part 3 - Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town - Gives the history of the eleven parishes that form the north-eastern part of Bramber rape, from Upper Beeding in the south to Ifield in the north, together with that of Crawley new town, founded in 1947.

Warwickshire

A History of the County of Warwick: Volume VII - The City of Birmingham
A History of the County of Warwick: Volume VIII - The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick - An account of the topography, economy, architecture and political and religious life of Coventry and the Borough of Warwick.

Westmorland

Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland made by Richard St. George, Norry, king of arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norry, king of arms in 1666.
History, topography, and directory, of Westmorland: and Londsdale north of the sands, in Lancashire (1849). Digitized by Google.

Wiltshire

A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume VIII - Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume XVI - Kinwardstone Hundred - The volume relates the history of the 15 parishes in Kinwardstone hundred in east Wiltshire. The hundred lay between two medieval royal forests, Savernake and Chute.
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume XVII - Calne - Calne, a small town in north Wiltshire, stood on a large royal estate, and the witan met there - St Dunstan survived the partial collapse of a building at one meeting.

Worcestershire

Bromsgrove Church : its history & antiquities ; with an account of the Sunday schools, churchyard, and cemetery. Digitized edition of this book by William Alfred Cotton published in 1881.

Yorkshire

A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume III - Ouse and Derwent wapentake, and part of Harthill wapentake - The volume covers a large area in the Vale of York, lying to the south and east of the city.
A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume VII - Holderness Wapentake, Middle and North Divisions - Covers the area of the East Riding between the north sea to the east and the the river Hull to the west, bordering the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull.
The visitation of the county of Yorke, 1665-1666
Researching Yorkshire Quaker history : A guide to sources. Compiled by Helen E Roberts for the Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project. Published by The University of Hull Brynmor Jones Library 2003 (updated 2007) : a 151 page pdf document.

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