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Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society
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Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society
These volumes contain a wealth of information relating to SOMERSET
They cover :- archaeology, natural history (including geology), secular and church architecture,
local history, folk lore, dialect, families, etc., etc.
[ I have mentioned just a few of the articles for each volume. ]
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 1.
Proceedings during the year 1851.
Illusts, viii + 127 + (16) + 8 + vipp, original cloth, slightly shaken.
Taunton: 1852.£32.00
* Includes articles:- Somersetshire Reptiles; Worle Camp; Perpindicular Architecture of Somerset; Holwell Cavern, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
\VOLUME 9.
Proceedings during the year 1859.
Illusts, viii + 171pp, original wraps, lower wrap almost loose, top wrap slightly ragged, spine worn, slightly shaken.
Taunton: 1860.£30.00
* Includes articles:- Taunton Priory; Lyte's Cary, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 20.
Proceedings during the year 1874.
Illusts, vi + 79 + 3 + 182pp, original wraps, spine worn, shaken.
Taunton: 1875.£22.00
* Includes articles on:- Poyntington; Wells Cathedral; Birthplace of Wynfrith, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
GENERAL INDEX
To Vols. I. to XX. of the Society's Proceedings and Index to Wells Chapter Records.
x + 113 + xvi + 70pp, original wraps, spine worn.
Bristol: 1876.£24.00
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 22.
Proceedings during the year 1876. New series Vol. II.
Illusts, vi + 90 + 144pp, original paper wraps, lacks most of spine.
Taunton: 1877.£22.00
* Includes articles on:- Nunney Castle; Mineral Waters of Bath; West Somerset Patois; etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 23.
Proceedings for the year 1877.
Illusts, vii + 83 + 87 + 19 + xxiii + 28pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1878.£24.00
* Includes articles on:- Antiquities of Stanton Drew; Siege of Bridgwater; St. Michael's Bath, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 24.
Proceedings during the year 1878.
Illusts, vii + 74 + 120 + 52pp, original wraps, plain paper pasted to spine.
Taunton: 1879.£25.00
* Includes articles on:- Excavations at Sigwell; Roman Somerset; Muchelney; Family of Fitzjames; Castle Cary, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 25.
Proceedings during the year 1879. New series Vol V.
Illusts, 81 + 100pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1880.£24.00
* Includes articles on:- Henry VII in Somersetshire; Siege and Defence of Taunton; Geology of parts of Devon and West Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 26.
Proceedings during the year 1880. New Series. Vol. VI.
Illusts, original wraps, lacks part of spine, slightly shaken.
Taunton: 1881.£22.00
* Includes articles on:- Glastonbury Abbey; Caverns at Harptree; West Pennard Church, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 28.
Proceedings during the year 1882.
Illusts, viii + 78 + 236pp, original wraps, spine worn, slightly shaken.
Taunton: 1883.£24.00
* Includes articles on:- Meriet of Meriet and of Hestercombe; West Monkton Charter; History of Chard; Wayford Church and Manor House, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 29.
Proceedings during the year 1883. New Series Vol. IX.
Illusts, ix + 84 + 138pp, original wraps slightly dusty, top of a few plates slightly waterstained.
Taunton: 1884.£24.00
* Includes articles on:- Barlinch Priory; Dolbury and Cadbury Camps, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 31.
Proceedings during the year 1885.
Illusts, viii + 50 + 96pp, original wraps, cellotape on spine, overlapping onto wraps.
Taunton: 1886.£22.00
* Includes articles on:- Manor of Churchill; Roman Villa at Great Wemberham in Yatton; etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 32.
Proceedings during the year 1886. New series Vol. XII.
Illusts, viii + 90 + 183pp, original wraps, spine chipped.
Taunton: 1887.£24.00
* Includes articles on:- Manor of Yeovil; Somerset Trade Tokens; Ham Hill Stone, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 33.
Proceedings during the year 1887.
Illusts, viii + 44 + 188pp, original wraps, spine very worn, binding split in 3.
Taunton: 1888.£22.00
* Includes articles on:- Stones of Stanton Drew; Wrington; Leland in Somersetshire, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 34.
Proceedings during the year 1888. New series Vol. XXXIV.
Illusts, vii + 88 + 151pp, original wraps, lacks top wrap, spine chipped, slightly shaken.
Taunton: 1889.£22.00
* Includes articles on:- Cheddar Church; Heraldic Glass in Wells Cathedral; Wells Palace, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 37.
Proceedings during the year 1891.
Illusts, viii + 62 + 156pp, original wraps, spine chipped, shaken.
Taunton: 1892.£20.00
* Includes articles on:- Battle of Crewkerne; Arrest of Colonel William Stode; Geology of Crewkerne, Barrington Court, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 41.
Proceedings during the year 1895. Third Series. Vol 1.
Illusts, vii + 40 + 124 + 241-437pp, original wraps, small portion torn from top wrap.
Taunton: 1895.£22.00
* Includes articles on:- Hinton Charterhouse; Chartularies of Bath Priory; Clevedon Family; Somerset Flora, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 42.
Proceedings during the year 1896.
Illusts, vii + 33 + 98pp, original wraps, later paper tape on spine.
Taunton: 1896.£20.00
* Includes articles on:- Cerne Abbey; Sherborne Castle; Barrows on the Brendon Hills, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 44.
Proceedings during the year 1898.
Illusts, viii + 74 + 249pp, original wraps, lacks lower wrap.
Taunton: 1898.£20.00
* Includes articles on:- Brook Family; St. Anne's Chapel, Brislington; Bishopricks of Wessex, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 45.
Proceedings for the year 1899.
Illusts, viii + 218 + 8pp, original wraps, top wrap slightly ragged.
Taunton: 1899.£20.00
* Includes articles on:- Mudford and it's Church; Brook of Somerset and Devon; Descent of the Manor of Allerton, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 46.
Proceedings during the year 1900.
Illusts, viii + 54 + 231 + 8pp, original wraps slightly spotty.
Taunton: 1900.£20.00
* Includes articles on:- Quantock's and Their Place-Names; Geology of West Somerset; Manor of Allerton, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 48.
Proceedings during the year 1902.
Illusts, viii + 99 + 176pp, original wraps slightly spotty.
Taunton: 1903.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Glastonbury; Sir Edward Dyer, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 49.
Proceedings during the year 1903.
Illusts, x + 134 + 204 + 24 + 85pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1904.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Ruborough Camp; Winsham Church; Geology of country round Chard, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 50.
Proceedings during the year 1904.
Illusts, viii + 139pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1905.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Pen-Selwood; Excavations at Lansdown; Somerset Church Towers, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 51.
Proceedings during the year 1905.
Illusts, viii + 210pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1906.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Woodspring Priory; Banwell; Somerset Church Towers, etc., etc.
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Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 52.
Proceedings during the year 1906.
Illusts, xi + 93 + 200pp, original wraps, lower wrap loose.
Taunton: 1907.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Cleve Abbey; Glastonbury Lake Village; Norman Conquest of Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 53.
Proceedings during the year 1907.
Illusts, xi + 99 + 227pp, original wraps, small portion torn from top wrap,s small stain to outer margins of top wrap and first few leaves.
Taunton: 1908.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Huish; Glastonbury Lake Village; Keynsham Abbey; Shepton Mallet, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 55.
Proceedings during the year 1908.
Illusts, xi + 139 + 209pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1909.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Wick Barrow; Glastonbury Abbey; Barlinch Priory; Screenwork in Churches of the Taunton District, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 56.
Proceedings during the year 1910.
Illusts, xi + 122 + 186 + xlii + 14pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1911.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Manor of Newton Surmaville; Taunton Castle; Curry Rivel, Glastonbury Abbey, etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 57.
Proceedings during the year 1911.
Illusts, xi + 132 + 169 + 15-54pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1912.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Coal at Puriton; Barrow Gurney Church; Monmouth at Philip's Norton; Glastonbury Abbey, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 58.
Proceedings during the year 1912.
Illusts, x + 134 + 204 + 24 + 85pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1913.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Nynehead; Glastonbury Abbey; Mosses of Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 60.
Proceedings during the year 1914.
Illusts, x + 140pp, original wraps, back hinges partly split.
Taunton: 1915.£14.00
* Includes articles on:- Geology of Brean Down, Church Bells of Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 61.
Proceedings during the year 1915.
Illusts, lxviii + 271pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1916.£15.00
* Includes articles on:- Cury Rivel; Wells Wills, Bog Mosses of Somerset, Monumental Effigies in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 62.
Proceedings during the year 1916.
Illusts, lxxx + 215pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1917.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Roman Coins found at Yeovil; Ants and Aphids in West Somerset; Primitive Sun Dials or Scratch Dials; Monumental Effigies in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 64.
Proceedings during the year 1918.
Illusts, lxxviii + 124pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1919.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Heroneries of Somerset; Downside Farm at Shepton Mallet; Monumental Effigies in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 65.
Proceedings for the year 1919.
Illusts, lxxiv + 163pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1920.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- the Civil War; Glastonbury Abbey; Monumental Effigies in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 66.
Proceedings during the year 1920.
Illusts, xcvi + 192pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1921.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Bridgwater Wills, Geography of Lower Parrett.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 67.
Proceedings during the year 1921.
Illusts, lxxxviii + 127pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1922.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Excavations at Murty Hill; Somerset Volunteers; Quarries at Barrington, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 68.
Proceedings during the year 1922.
Illusts, ci + 182pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1923.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- The Brue at Glastonbury; Roman Coffins at Keynsham; Monumental Effigies in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 69.
Proceedings during the year 1923.
Illusts, lxxix + 123pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1924.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Monumental Effigies in Somerset, Sandford Orcas, Ham Hill, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 70.
Proceedings during the year 1924.
Illusts, lxxxvi + 176pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1925.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Wansdyke; Monumental Effigies in Somerset; Avon Gorge; etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 71.
Proceedings during the year 1925.
Illusts, xciv + 162pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1926.£14.00
* Includes articles on:- Aller; Langford Manor, Fivehead; Excavations at Ham Hill; Monumental Effigies in Somerset, Barrington Court, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 72.
Proceedings during the Year 1926.
Illusts, xcviii + 166pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1927.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Glastonbury Abbey; Excavations at Ham Hill; Chelm's Combe, Cheddar; Monumental Effigies in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 73.
Proceedings during the year 1927.
Illusts, xc + 178 + 32 + 32pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1928.£11.00
* Includes articles on:- Combe St Nicholas; Tatworth; Bridgwater Insurrection of 1381; Saxon Church at Glastonbury, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 74.
Proceedings during the year 1928.
Illusts, lxxii + 201 + 33-64pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1929.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Monumental Effigies in Somerset; Cheddar Caves; Roman site at Westland, Yeovil, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 75.
Proceedings during the year 1929.
Illusts, lxxxii + 138 + 94pp, original wraps are slightly dusty.
Taunton: 1930.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- The Heron in Somerset; Weston-super-Mare; Armour in Somerset Churches, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 79.
Proceedings during the year 1933.
Illusts, cxx + 224 + 48pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1934.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Glastonbury Abbey Excavations; Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Camerton; Oxford and Monmouth's Rebellion, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 81.
proceedings during the year 1935.
Illusts, x + 300 + 81-112pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1936.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Rookeries of Somerset; Monumental Brasses in Somerset, Somerset Members of Parliament, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 85.
Proceedings during the year 1939.
Illusts, viii + 200 + viiipp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1940.£12.00
* Includes articles on:- Eighteenth Century Armory of Somerset; Round Barrows on Mendip; Monumental Brasses in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 108.
Proceedings during 1963-64.
Illusts, 194 + 33-48pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1964.£8.00
* Includes articles on:- Star Roman Villa, Shipham; High Sheriffs of Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 109.
Proceedings during 1964-65.
Illusts, 128 + 49-56pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1965.£8.00
* Includes articles on:- George Hotel, Yeovil; Brympton D'Evercy; High Sheriffs of Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 110.
Proceedings during 1965-66.
Illusts, 138 + 57-69pp, original wraps.
Taunton: 1966.£8.00
* Includes articles on:- Cheddar Vicarage; Ilchester Election; Badgers in Somerset, etc., etc.
Somerset Archaeological Society
VOLUME 111.
Proceedings during 1966-67.
Illusts, 110 + 71-78pp, original wraps, name and few spots to top wrap.
Taunton: 1967.£8.00
* Includes articles on:- Clay tobacco pipes from Bath; Gatcombe; Bridgwater Court of Record, etc., etc.