BOOK NEWS AND NOTICES

Pat Knight

The following are some recent publications of interest to readers:

Brian Adlam : THE BOOK OF DORCHESTER : COUNTY TOWN OF DORSET (Barracuda Books, 1981, 136pp, £12.50).

Robin Bush : THE BOOK OF WELLINGTON : THE STORY OF A MARKET TOWN : Robin Bush and Gillian Allen (Barracuda Books, 1981, 140pp, £12.50).

CLIFTON & WESTBURY PROBATE INVENTORIES 1609-1761 : Edited by John S.Moore (Avon Local History Association, c1981, 247pp, £6.50 pbk).

J.Stevens Cox, editor : ILCHESTER AND DISTRICT OCCASIONAL PAPERS –
No.24 Ilchester Almshouse reports of the commissioners concerning charities, 1819-1837.
No.25 Letters on the subject of the Ilchester Gaol investigation.
No.26 Ilchester Gaol – rules and orders for the government of the common Gaol and House of Correction, 1821.
No.27 A short history of Langport by A.T.Warbis.
No.28 The trial of Elizabeth Branch and her daughter for the murder of Jane Buttersworth.
No.29 Ivelchester Gaol reports, 1822.
No.30 A trampwoman’s tragedy by Thomas Hardy.
(Toucan Press, Nos.24-26, 1980; Nos.27-30, 1981).

J.Cox and T.Padfield : TRACING YOUR ANCESTORS IN THE, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE (HMSO, 94pp, 1981, £3.95).

G.E.Dawson and L.Kennedy Skipton : ELIZABETHAN HANDIWRITING 1500-1650 : A GUIDE TO THE READING OF DOCUMENTS AND MANUSCRIPTS (Phillimore, Feb.1982, £6.95).

DIRECTORY OF BRITISH ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS : Compiled by Anne McNulty and Hilary Troop (Oral History Society, Colchester, Vol.1, c.1981, 60pp, unpriced).

Jo.Draper : DORCHESTER EXCAVATIONS (Dorchester Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society – Monograph series No.2)
Vol.1 Excavations at Wandham House (1968). Dorchester Prison (1970, 1975, 1978), Glyde Path Road (1966) (Feb.1982, 100pp, £10.00)

J.Gibson and P.Peskett : RECORD OFFICES : HOW TO FIND THEM (Federation of Family History Societies, 1981, £1.00).

Michael Havinden : THE SOMERSET LANDSCAPE (Hodder & Stoughton, Feb.1982, 272pp, £7.95 pbk) – The making of the English Landscape series.

W.G.Hoskins : FIELDWORK IN LOCAL HISTORY, 2nd edn (Faber, Feb..1982 216pp, £8.95 hardback, £3.25 pbk)

W.B.Stephens : SOURCES FOR ENGLISH LOCAL HISTORY revised and expanded edn (Cambridge University Press, 1981, 342pp, £25.00 cased, £8.95 pbk)

E.M.Wallace : THE FIRST VACCINATOR – : BENJAMIN JESTY OF YETIMINSTER AND WORTH MATRAVERS, AND HIS FAMILY (June 1981, 20pp, 60p.)

John West : VILLAGE RECORDS (Phillimore, Feb.1982, revised edn, £10.00)

To be published shortly:

Ralph Whitlock : WATER DIVINING AND OTHER- DOWSING (David & Charles, April 1982, 128pp, £4.95)

Peter Poynz Wright : HUNKY PUNKS – A STUDY IN SOMERSET STONE-CARVING (Avebury Publ. Co, To be published 30 June 1982, Pre-pubn price £6.95, after 30 June 1982, £9.95) Illustrated with 76 black and white photographs, with an accompanying text of 35,000 words – by the author of ‘The Parish Church Towers of Somerset (publ.1981).

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The Society’s Library

The following volumes have been added to the Society’s Library and are available for loan to members (see inside front cover)
1) L.E.J.Brooke : The Book of Yeovil : 1978.
2) J.Stevens Cox, editor : Ilchester and District Occasional Papers Nos.24, 25, 26,27,28,29,30,33 (for details of these see Book News and Notices, above)
3) K.M.Kenyon : Beginnings in Archaeology : 1964
4) J.Lawrence : A Bridgwater Walkabout : 1978.
5) R.Machin : The Houses of Yetminster : 1978

Notes on Bridgwater; Tour of Bridgwater; Industrial Sites and Bridgwater – King Square, North – interim report, and accompanying 25″ map, typescript. Some Account of St Mary’s Catholic Church, Axminster : and

A special thanks to all those members of the Society who donated the above items to our Library. Further donations of books, pamphlets, etc., will be most welcome

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