Berkshire CD Books
| East Hendred Parish Records.
CD-ROM. A compilation of documents relating to the history
of the Oxfordshire parish of East Hendred (in Berkshire until 1974). Contains transcriptions of the 1841
census returns for the parish, various monumental inscriptions from the 16th to 19th centuries, transcriptions of
entries for East Hendred from the 1848 and 1915 Kelly's trade directories & 8 local wills. Searchable text.
Price: £9.95
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| Monumental Inscriptions from St Lawrence's Church, Reading. CD. A facsimile reproduction on CD of part of Charles Kelly's History of the Municipal Church of St Lawrence, Reading which was first published in 1883. 41 pages of inscriptions from within the church. Mainly from the 17th & 18th centuries. View on a computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Price: £9.95 | |
| The Place-names of Berkshire by W. W. Skeat. CD-ROM. A facsimile reprint of a book that was first published in 1911. This is an authoritative survey of the origin and meaning of the place-names of the English county of Berkshire. Not searchable. Price: £7.95 | |
| The Register of Upton in the County of Berks., edited by Edward Alexander Fry.
CD. A facsimile reprint of The Register of Upton in the County of Berks., which was first
published in about 1897. Full text including Baptisms and Burials, 1588-1741 and Marriages, 1588-1735, plus an index.
Useful for local historians and genealogists. Upton, originally in Berkshire, is now a suburb of Slough in Buckinghamshire.
Not searchable. Price: £9.95
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| The Upper Thames Valley by Lord Wyfold. CD-ROM. This is a facsimile reproduction on CD of a short (64 pages) but classic work The Upper Thames Valley: Some Antiquarian Notes by Lord Wyfold, first published in 1923. It includes historical information about the Berkshire Downs, the Uffington White Horse and the Icknield Way. Not searchable. Price: £6.95 |
