Cemeteries and Graveyards: A guide for local and family historians in England and Wales
Celia Heritage • £15.99
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This comprehensive and fascinating guide from genealogist and historian Celia Heritage will prove indispensable for both local and family historians. A wide-ranging examination of historical and archaeological findings means that the book will also appeal to anyone with an interest in death and burial.
Heritage throws light on changing social attitudes to death and burial from pre-historic times to the modern day, investigates the origins and evolution of cemeteries and graveyards, and discusses the many different types of graves and memorials as well as looking at how memorial designs have changed.
One chapter takes an in-depth look at the origins of the parish churchyard, while another looks at graveyards associated with nonconformist churches and institutions, including workhouses, asylums, hospitals and gaols.
Heritage details a wide range of online and offline sources that will help locate burials and memorials, also offering vital advice regarding good research practice. There is plenty of detail about less well-known genealogy sources such as records relating to re-interment, undertakers’ and stonemasons’ records, together with better known sources such as burial registers and memorial inscriptions.
Throughout, there is a wide range of hands-on case studies which bring the subject to life and put it right into the hands of the researcher.
Badges & Uniforms of the RAF
Malcolm Hobart • £14.99
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The uniforms and insignia so proudly worn by members of the RAF and its predecessor, the Royal Flying Corps, as well as by the WRAF, RAF Reserve and Auxiliary Services, Air Training Corps and the little publicised Royal Observer Corps, deserve a definitive work. Fortunately Malcolm Hobart has skilfully addressed this deficiency. Badges and Uniforms of the Royal Air Force is a vital work for militaria collectors and all those with a particular interest in the history of the RAF and aviation.
Manors and Manorial Documents after 1500
Mark Forrest with Helen Watt • £10
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Manorial documents are an under-used source for local history. They offer a wealth of information about farming practices, village customs, inheritance, crime and local government, essential to understanding past communities. This comprehensive 95-page guide to post-medieval manors details how they were managed and presents illustrated examples of administrative documents – custumals, accounts, surveys and maps – as well as the court rolls and books that record the court in session. It includes case studies of how they may be used, a bibliography and a glossary.