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  1. Addis (J.P) THE CRAWSHAY DYNASTY. 1959.

  2. Anstis (Ralph) THE STORY OF PARKEND

  3. Ashbee (C.R) LAST RECORDS OF A COTSWOLD COMMUNITY: 1904.

  4. Atkyns (Sir Robert) THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Facsimile of the 1st edition. (1712). 1974.

  5. Austin (Roland) SAMUEL RUDDER. Reprinted from 'The Library.' 1915.

  6. Bagenal (P.H) & Douty (K.M.C.H) CLIFFORD MANOR, 1914.

  7. Bailey (T.P) pr. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE EDWARDS' COLLEGE, BUILT AT SOUTH CERNEY, 1840.

  8. Bartlett (W) NINETEENTH CENTURY STOW. Stow-on-the Wold: 1911.

  9. Bathurst (The Hon. A.B.) HISTORY OF THE APSLEY & BATHURST FAMILIES. Cirencester: 1903.

  10. Bell (Isaac) POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. Cheltenham: 1833.

  11. Bellows (Elizabeth) Ed. JOHN BELLOWS 1904.

  12. Bellows (J) A WEEK'S HOLIDAY IN THE FOREST OF DEAN,

  13. Bellows (John) & Major Holland A WEEK'S HOLIDAY IN THE FOREST OF DEAN, 1st edition. Gloucester: (1880)

  14. Bennett (J) THE TEWKESBURY YEARLY REGISTER AND MAGAZINE.

  15. Bent (Maurice V) THE LAST DEEP MINE OF DEAN

  16. Brewer (J.N) DELINEATIONS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, (1825-7)

  17. Britton (John) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ABBEY, AND CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF GLOUCESTER: 1836.

  18. Bromehead (J. Nowill) BEVERSTON, 1st edition. 1905.

  19. Browne (J) pub. THE HISTORICAL & LOCAL NEW CHELTENHAM GUIDE.... 1st edition. Bath: Printed and sold by J. Browne. (1803)

  20. Buckman (James) A BOTANICAL GUIDE TO THE ENVIRONS OF CHELTENHAM; Cheltenham: 1844.

  21. Burrow's Royal Series THE STROUD VALLEY ILLUSTRATED. Second Edition, 1903.

  22. Byrne (William) THE LEGENDS OF CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE: 1st edition. Cheltenham: 1871.

  23. Church (A.H) RECORDS AND RECOLLECTIONS. Printed by John Bellows for the author, Gloucester: 1899 and 1909.

  24. Clark (Leonard) BETWEEN THE HILLS. 1925.

  25. Clift & Ryland Pr. REPRINT OF THE ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL CONFESSION, CONDEMATION AND EXECUTION OF EDWIN JEFFERY Stow-on-the-Wold: Printed by Clift and Ryland.

  26. Codrington (R.H) MEMOIR OF THE FAMILY OF CODRINGTON OF CODRINGTON OF CODRINGTON, DIDMARTON, FRAMPTON-ON-SEVERN & DODINGTON. Privately Printed at the Arden Press Letchworth. 1910.

  27. Cooke (A.O) THE FOREST OF DEAN. 1st edition 1913.

  28. [Cooke (H)] A GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILD GARDEN 1903.

  29. Cooke (James Herbert) A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF BERKELEY: Berkeley: 1st edition (1873)

  30. [Cotswold Games] ANNALIA DVBRENSIA.

  31. Cotswold Sheep Folock Book Vols 1 & 2

  32. Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club PROCEEDINGS 1896 - 1906.

  33. Court of Quarter Sessions Prepared by A LIST OF ALL LICENSED HOUSES IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER Prepared and Printed by Order of the Court of Quarter Sessions. 1903.

  34. Crawley-Boevey (A.W) THE CARTULARY AND HISTORICAL NOTES OF THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF FLAXLEY, Exeter: Privately Printed for the Author. 1887.

  35. Cripps (Wilfrid Joseph) THE ROYAL NORTH GLOUCESTER: 1875.

  36. Denny (Rev. H.L.L) THE MANOR OF HAWKESBURY Gloucester: 1920.

  37. Dent (E) & Jackson (Rev R.N) A FEW WORDS TO THE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN OF WINCHCOMBE. 1868.

  38. Dent (E) THE WINCHCOMBE AND SUDELEY RECORD.

  39. Donald (M.B) ELIZABETHAN MONOPOLIES. 1st edition. 1961.

  40. Dreghorn (William) GEOLOGY EXPLAINED IN THE FOREST OF DEAN AND THE WYE VALLEY. Newton Abbot: 1968.

  41. Ellacombe (Rev. H.T) THE CHURCH BELLS IN THE TOWERS & TURRETS OF ALL THE PARISH CHURCHES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Exeter: 1881.

  42. Ellacombe (Rev. H.T) THE HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF BITTON, Exeter: 1881-3.

  43. Fennemore (E.P) Acre Place, Randwick A HISTORY OF RANDWICK. Stroud: 1893.

  44. Fenwick (T. Fitz-roy) & Metcalfe (Walter C) Ed. THE VISITATION OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, Exeter: Privately Printed, 1884.

  45. Flaxley Abbey CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE CONTENTS. 1960.

  46. FOREST OF DEAN Any early works.

  47. Forest of Dean History Society THE NEW REGARD VOLS 1 & 2.

  48. Fortescue-Bridkdale (Sir C) NEWLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

  49. Fox (F.F) THE HISTORY OF THE PARISHES OF OLD SODBURY AND OF LITTLE SODBURY AND OF THE TOWN OF CHIPPING SODBURY, 1st edition. Bristol: 1907.

  50. Fox History of the RGH Yeomanry

  51. Fraser (G.G) NOTES ON STAUNTON TOPICS 1906.

  52. Frith (B) GLOUCESTERSHIRE MARRIAGE ALLEGATIONS 1637-1680 Printed for the Records Section of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (1953)

  53. Frith (Brian) Ed. GLOUCESTERSHIRE MARRIAGE ALLEGATIONS 1637 - 1680. Printed for the Records Section of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1954.

  54. Fry (Edw. Alex) Ed. ABSTRACTS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. Issued to the Subscribers by The British Record Society Limited. 1899.

  55. Gardiner (A.E) TRIBUTARIES OF RUARDEAN

  56. Gardiner (W) ORIGINAL POEMS. 1854.

  57. Gardiner (W) POEMS ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 1813.

  58. Gaskell (Ernest) GLOUCESTERSHIRE LEADERS (1906)

  59. Gloucestershire Parish Registers Vol 1 MARRIAGES. 1896.

  60. Gloucestershire Parish Registers Vol 6 MARRIAGES. 1900.

  61. Gloucestershire Parish Registers Vol 11 MARRIAGES. 1905.

  62. Gloucestershire Parish Registers Vol 12 MARRIAGES. 1906.

  63. Gloucestershire Parish Registers Vol 14 MARRIAGES. 1908.

  64. GLOS. DIRECTORIES Any Pre- 1930

  65. GLOS. PARISH HISTORIES Any

  66. Gloucestershire Notes & Queries VOLUME 5, 1891-93. 1894.

  67. Gloucestershire Notes & Queries VOLUME 10, 1904 - 1914.

  68. Gloucestershire Cattle Soc Vol 1 1919.

  69. Gloucestershire Old Spot Pig Society Herdbook Vol 1 1915.

  70. Hall (Linda J) THE RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH AVON AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1400-1720. 1983.

  71. Hall (R) LOCAL NAMES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Gloucester: (1888)

  72. Harris (F.H) WYNTOURS OF THE WHITE CROSS HOUSE. Lydney: F.W.W. Harris, The Cross, 1923.

  73. Harris Forest of Dean Directories.

  74. Hart (C) ARCHAEOLOGY IN DEAN.

  75. Hart (C) BLEDISLOE OF LYDNEY.

  76. Hart (C.E) THE EXTENT AND BOUNDARIES OF THE FOREST OF DEAN AND HUNDRED OF ST. BRIAVELS 1947.

  77. Hart (C.E) THE FREE MINERS Gloucester: 1953.

  78. Hart (Cyril) COLEFORD. 1971?

  79. Hart (Cyril E) LAWS OF DEAN Gloucester: 1952.

  80. Hart (Cyril E) ROYAL FOREST Oxford: 1966.

  81. Hart (Cyril E) THE COMMONERS OF DEAN FOREST. Gloucester: 1951.

  82. Hart (Cyril E) THE VERDERERS AND SPEECH COURT OF THE FOREST OF DEAN. Gloucester: 1950.

  83. Hart (Cyril) THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF DEAN. Newton Abbot: 1971.

  84. Hart (Cyril) WATTS OF LYDNEY Coleford: 1965.

  85. Harvey (F.W) FOREST OFFERING

  86. Harvey (F.W) IN PILLOWELL WOODS.

  87. Heath THE LIFE OF WARREN JAMES THE REPUTED CHAMPION OF THE FOREST OF DEAN. 1831.

  88. Herbert (Nicholas) A HISTORY OF STROUD

  89. Hicks Beach (Victoria) LIFE OF SIR MICHAEL HICKS BEACH

  90. Hood (Paxton) EARNEST MINISTER 1856.

  91. Hoskold (H.D) A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MINING, 1st edition. 1863.

  92. Housman (Rev Henry) THE STORY OF OUR MUSEUM. 1st edition. 1880.

  93. [Humphreys (J)] A SHORT ACCOUNT OF WORMINGTON PARISH AND CHURCH, Printed For Private Circulation. 1917.

  94. Huntley (R.W) CHAVENAGE. 1st edition. 1845.

  95. Huxley RISE AND FALL OF THE SEVERN BRIDGE.

  96. Hyett (Francis Adams) CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, TRACTS, BROADSIDES, LEAFLETS, ELECTION SQUIBS AND NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS John Bellows, Gloucester: 1916.

  97. James (Warren) A Resident Forester THE LIFE OF WARREN JAMES

  98. Jeayes (I.H) DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE CHARTERS AND MUNIMENTS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE RT. HON. LORD FITZHARDINGE, AT BERKELEY CASTLE, Bristol: 1892.

  99. Jenkins (R) SIR CHARLES DILKE

  100. Kington (J.B) THE BATTLE OF NIBLEY GREEN: 1841.

  101. Lawrence (G.E) BIBLE CHRISTIANS OF THE FOREST OF DEAN

  102. Lawrence (G.E) KINDLING THE FLAME

  103. Longley (F.E) THE FOREST OF DEAN: 188-

  104. Lowe (R) THE CODRINGTON CORRESPONDENCE 1743-1851. 1951.

  105. Maclean HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF THE FAMILY OF POYNTZ 1886

  106. Maclean (Sir John) and Heane (W.C) Ed. THE VISITATION OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, 1885.

  107. Mann (John) RECOLLECTIONS OF MY EARLY AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE. 1887.

  108. Mansfield (R.J) INDUSTRIAL SITES IN THE VALE OF CASTIARD

  109. McCall (H.B) THE PARISH REGISTER OF SYSTON OR SISTON Privately Printed and Published by the Editor. Barton End Court, Nailsworth: 1901.

  110. Monk (William J) BY THAMES COLN AND LEACH. 1st edition. Oxford: 1927.

  111. Moody (T) WINTERBOURNE HOUSE. (1977)

  112. Morris (A.S) THE STORY OF AVENING. Stroud: 1911.

  113. Morse (R) FOREST MARAUDERS. 1836.

  114. Morse (R) LAYS OF THE FOREST OF DEAN. 1836.

  115. Morse (R) LAYS OF THE FOREST.

  116. Mountjoy (T) & Boughton (F) HARD TIMES N THE FOREST

  117. [Mountjoy (T)] THE LIFE, LABOURS AND DELIVERANCES OF A FOREST OF DEAN COLLIER. 1887.

  118. Murchison (Roderick Impey) OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF CHELTENHAM. 1st edition 1834.

  119. Murray (J) A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 1867.

  120. Mushet (D) PAPERS ON IRON AND STEEL 1840.

  121. Mushet (Margaret) SOMETHING ABOUT COLEFORD AND THE OLD CHAPEL. 1877.

  122. Mushet (R.F) THE BESSEMER MUSHET PROCESS 1884.

  123. Neale (John Aleander) CHARTERS AND RECORDS OF NEALES OF BERKELEY, YATE, AND CORSHAM. 1906, 1927, 1929.

  124. Nicholls (H.G) IRON MAKING IN THE OLDEN TIMES: 1st edition. 1866.

  125. Nicholls (H.G) THE PERSONALITIES OF THE FOREST OF DEAN; London & Gloucester: 1863.

  126. Norman Pr. PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Norman, Printer. Cheltenham: (1852)

  127. Norman's PICTORIAL HAND-BOOK OF CHELTENHAM; G. Norman "Examiner" Office, Cheltenham: 1854.

  128. [Overbury (T)] "THE CAMPDEN WONDER." Printed and Sold by George May. Evesham: c1820.

  129. Paar (H.W) AN INDUSTRIAL TOUR OF THE WYE VALLEY AND THE FOREST OF DEAN

  130. Peacock (T.B) MONMOUTH TO COLEFORD BY RAIL

  131. Perry (David) FOREST ROOTS

  132. Phillimore (W.P.W) & Fry (George S) Ed. ABSTRACTS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. Issued to the Subscribers by the British Record Society. 1893, 1895, 1899 and 1903.

  133. Phillimore (W.P.W) and Duncan (Leland L) Ed. A CALENDAR OF WILLS Issued to the Subscribers by The British Record Society Limited. 1895.

  134. Quinn (W.H. Wyndham) THE YEOMANRY CAVALRY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND MONMOUTH. 1898.

  135. Reade (J.E) CATALINE

  136. Reece (E.J) VIEWS OF THE FOREST OF DEAN c1904.

  137. Rendell (Bryan) and Childs (K) THE TINPLATERS OF LYDNEY & LYDBROOK

  138. Rendell (Bryan) THE WYNTER FAMILY

  139. Report from Commissioners of HER MAJESTY'S WOODS, FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES. 1853.

  140. Reskelly (K.J) SELECTION OF POEMS. 1894.

  141. Richardson (Eileen M) Compiled by GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES. Gloucester: 1956.

  142. Richardson (L) THE COUNTRY AROUND MORETON-IN-MARSH 1929.

  143. Richardson (L) WELLS AND SPRINGS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England. 1st edition. 1930.

  144. [Roberts (Mary)] THE ANNALS OF MY VILLAGE: 1st edition. 1831.

  145. Roper (Ida M) THE MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE & BRISTOL. Privately Printed for the Author. Gloucester: 1931.

  146. Rudd (M.A) HISTORICAL RECORDS OF BISLEY WITH LYPIATT. 1st edition 1937.

  147. Rudder (Samuel) A NEW HISTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Cirencester: 1779. Reprinted, Gloucester: 1986.

  148. Rudge (Thomas) GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER. 1st edition, 1807.

  149. Rudkin (Rev. Messing) Vicar THE HISTORY OF HORSLEY, Dursley: 1884.

  150. Savory (C.H) Pr. LIFE AND ANECDOTES OF JEMMY WOOD Cirencester: C.|H. Savory, Steam Press. (1882)

  151. Slater's DIRECTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1852-3.

  152. Smythe (F. Tompson) CHRONICLES OF SHORTWOOD. Bristol: 1916.

  153. Sopwith (T) THE AWARD OF THE DEAN FOREST MINING COMMISSIONERS,

  154. Sopwith (Thomas) THE AWARD OF THE DEAN FOREST MINING COMMISSIONERS, 1841.

  155. Teague (J) THE CAPTIVE'S DREAM

  156. Trotter (A.W) THE DEAN ROAD. Gloucester. 1936.

  157. Trotter (F.M) GEOLOGY OF THE FOREST OF DEAN COAL AND IRON ORE FIELD.

  158. Turner (George) of Dowdeswell GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, 1st edition, 1794.

  159. Victoria History of the County of GLOUCESTER VOL X. Oxford: 1972.

  160. Walters (R.C.S) ANCIENT WELLS, SPRINGS, & HOLY WELLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Bristol: 1928.

  161. Were (F) INDEX TO THE HERALDRY IN BIGLAND'S HISTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 1905.

  162. [West (T)] PLAIN FACTS IN A COUNTRY DRESS; 1861.

  163. Whiting (J.R.S) A HOUSE OF CORRECTION.

  164. William (W.R) THE PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Hereford: 1898.

  165. Williams (Adin) LECHLADE: Cirencester: 1888.

  166. Wood (J.G) THE LAWS OF THE FOREST 1st edition 1878.

  167. Young (M) A LIFE OF FAITH.

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