Birth, marriage and death registers of the French refugee churches of Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth, and Thorpe-le-Soken. The churches served a community of French immigrants known as the Huguenots, who were persecuted in France for following the Reform Church. (Entries are written in French). This product does not contain an index. Bristol - Bap 1687-1762, Mar 1688-1744, Ent 1688-180. Stonehouse - Bap 1692-1791, Mar 1693-1748, Ent 1692-1788, Abj 1694-1728. Plymouth - Bap 1733-1807, Mar 173... More Info
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For those who want an easy history of the life of Sir Francis Drake this CD is for you. Published in 1883 as part of the “Young Folks' Heroes of History” series one should not be misled by the title of this series. It is a well written book that charts the life of Drake in an easy to read and understandable format that makes history fun. If all history books were written like this far more wou...More Info
Published in 1824 this book gives a collection of the most modern forms of precedents for the practice on the Sheriffs Court. In his preface the states that he “is not without a hope, that something may be found useful in them in prosecuting of defending a Suit in the Sheriff' Court”.Obviously when it was published this it was meant for the profession, however for anyone who has an interest in...More Info
Published in two volumes in 1887 and 1889 and limited to 225 original copies. This is a rare chance to own a digital copy of this excellent work of almost eight hundred pages.It gives an interesting and detailed information of over twenty five parishes including ; Bickleigh, Sheepstor, Walkhampton, Buckland Monachorum, Meavy, St. Peter Tavy, Maristow, Thrushelon, Lamerton, Lidford, Milton Abbot, A...More Info
This book was published in 1897 and is a superb guide to these two counties. It gives an accurate and interesting description of the various towns and villages with contemporary antidotes. History is not forgotten and a large portion of each chapter is devoted to the historical facts, which is written in a such a way as to make it very enjoyable reading. There are almost four hundred pages with n...More Info
Arthur Mee's classic pre-WW2 guide to the region's settlements including churches and castles and other historic places – 'Cradle of our seamen' – with 400 places and 200 pictures.