Surrey CD Books
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Chertsey Abbey. CD-ROM. A collection of facsimile reprints of articles from 19th century periodicals on the history and archaeology of Chertsey Abbey in Surrey. They are: 1. "Chertsey Abbey" and 2. "Some Account of the Encaustic Tiles and Stone Coffins Excavated on the Site of Chersey Abbey in 1855" (both by W. W. Pocock from Surrey Archaeological Collections, volume 32 (1858); 3. an extract on Chertsey Abbey from A Topographical History of Surrey, volume II by Edward Wedlake Brayley (London, 1850); On the Anglo-Saxon Charters of Fridwald, Aelfred & Edward the Confessor to Chertsey Abbey by G. R. Corner (Surrey Arch. Collections, 1858); "Register of Chertsey Abbey" from Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica, vol. IV (1837). Price: £8.95 |
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Dulwich: History & Romance A.D. 867-1916 by Edwin T. Hall. CD-ROM. A facsimile reproduction on CD of a book that was first published by Bickers & Son in 1917. Illustrated by black-and-white photographs & drawings. Price: £9.95 |
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Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer: a Record of the Last Years of Frederick Bettesworth By George Bourne. CD-ROM. This is a facsimile reproduction of an original publication of 1907. George Bourne was the pen name of George Sturt, who lived in the Farnham area from 1863 to 1927 and worked in his family wheelwright's business. This is a nostalgic account of Fred Bettesworth, a garden labourer who worked for him. Price: £8.95 |
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The Parish Register of Wimbledon, Co. Surrey. CD-ROM. A facsimile reproduction of an original publication of 1924. This is a facsimile reprint of an original publication. It is a transcription of the registers of the parish church (St. Mary) of Wimbledon in Surrey. It covers Baptisms 1538-1812, Marriages 1594-1812 and Burials 1593-1812. It includes name and place indexes. Price: £9.95 |
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| The Portsmouth Road: the Sailor's Highway. CD-ROM. A facsimile reproduction on CD-ROM of the second (revised) edition of The Portsmouth Road, originally published by Cecil Palmer in 1923, updating the 1895 edition. Copiously illustrated both by the author and with historical prints, the book covers the history of the towns and villages along the road from London to Portsmouth, travelling through Surrey and Hampshire. Price: £7.95 | |
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Wotton Parish Records. CD-ROM. A collection of records useful to the local historian or genealogist. Contains: a transcription of the Wotton section of F. R. Fairbank's The Churches of Wotton, Abinger & Oakwood in the County of Surrey (1911) which includes monumental inscriptions and details of the Evelyn family (does not include illustrations from the original book.); a transcription of the 1841 census of Wotton, with name index, taken from the original enumerator's returns and transcriptions of the Wotton entries in 2 trade directories (Post Office, 1855 & Kelly's, 1891). Price: £9.95 |
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