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Woonton Almeley: Logaston Press, 2010.. 1st edition. "In part a book about the physical church: its architecture, ts furnishings and glass. But it is even more a book about people: those to whose lives the tombs and memorials in the church bear witness, and many others who have also played their parts in the history of St Laurence's. From… Read more about this item

Woodford & District Historical Society. 1968.. Because of the Methodist as well as the Congregational contribution to the Church's history, and the numerous missions which were carried on in outlying districts, the history in its final form covers the principal Nonconformist activity in the Woodford Green area. Pp.vi/128, 8 pages of back & white illustrations. Paperback, light spotting… Read more about this item

Bedford: The Trustees of Bunyan Meeting, 1950.. An authorised history of Bunyan Meeting church. Pp.148, frontispiece + 19 further black & white illustrations/photos. Light blue stiff card covers, some toning to spine. VG.

London: St Anthony's Hall, 1958.. 1st edition. St Anthony's Hall Publications No.13. Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. The historical status, organisation, officers and courts of the Church in the Isle of Man. Pp.28, 4 black & white plates, staples rusted with staining to inside covers. Paperback, slightly rubbed with rust marks at staples. Good.

Tewkesbury: William North, 1890.. Second and revised edition. Contents: I.Introductory:- General Sketch of Deerhurst; II,History of the Priory; III.Charter of Henry V; IV.Description of the Church [Tower, Nave, Choir, Sanctuary, Aisles of Choir, Details of Saxon Work, Alterations in the Old Church, Font, Monuments]; V.The Age of the Church; VI.Domestic Buildings of the Priory; VII.Odda's Chapel; VIII. Miscellanea:- Houses,… Read more about this item

Merseyside: Wallasey Corporation, 1960 .. Signed second edition. [12pp.]/pp.412 . Red cloth boards, spine sunned. Signature of E. Cuthbert Woods to front endpaper. Coloured frontis and numerous black & white illustraions, plus a large folding map to the inside of the rear board. VG.

London: Printed Privately by A. V. Huckle & Son, Ltd., The Ramsden Press, 1929 .. First edition. A very good tight binding. pp.20/pp.121/2pp. Maroon cloth binding. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Gilt titles to spine. Previous owner's signature to front endpaper. Title in red. Historarted capitals also in red. Illustrated with frontis, plates, illustrations, folding plan, and side notes.… Read more about this item

Banbury: Cheney & Sons, 1949.. A guide to the Church of St Mary, Beddgelert, built on the site of an old Augustinian Priory, in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales. Pp.16, 4 black & white photos, small owner's name to title page. Grey patterned card. VG.

Lincoln: The History of Lincolnshire Committee, 2000.. A History of Lincolnshire Volume IX. "The development of Protestant dissent, and Evangelical Revival, with the rise of Methodism, all challenged old structures. The Church of England was transformed through institutions and the development of new patterns of worship. There was also considerable change in the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church.… Read more about this item

London: Saml. Harris & Co, 1887.. 1st edition. With Introductory Sketches of Religious Life in the 17th and 18th Centuries. The village of Bluntisham-cum-Earith, in Huntingdonshire, is situated on the left bank of the river Ouse, on the borders of the Cambridgeshire Fens. Pp.viii/311, portait frontispiece, light spotting throughout, gift message to front free endpaper indicates the book was… Read more about this item

Hailsham: L.E.Whatmore, 1973.. Transcripts from papers of the late Arthur Hussey of Wingham plus remaining material from the Southwark Record. Contents includes: Hussey Papers relating to Kentish Recusants; Parochial Statistics in East Kent 1557-1563; Recusants fined for their Religion 1584-1593; Papist Residents or Estates in Kent, 1678; The Catholic family of Hales; The Catholic Mission at Lynsted, Kent,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Catholic Record Society, 1989.. Under the plea of 'a dangerous increase of Popery' many attempts, both local and national, were made, particularly between the restoration of the monarchy and of the Anglican church in 1660 and the Catholic Relief Act of 1791, to compile lists of Catholics and to enumerate them under the title of 'Returns of Papists'...".… Read more about this item

Privately printed, 1971.. Extracts from the churchwardens presentments. "The parishes chosen and listed here are those which for the most part give some evidence of the upheaval implicit in the replacement of one ecclesiastical dispensation for another...." 34cms x 21cms. Pp.32 (printed on one side only), a few lminor spots mainly affecting closed page edges. Cream card stapled… Read more about this item

London: Longman & Co., 1864.. 1st edition. From 1593 to 1864, in Five Lectures, with a Continuation and Notes. By Charles Augustus Hulbert, M.A. Perpetual Curate of Slaithwaite-cum-Lingards, Author of the "Gospel Revealed to Job". Pp.244/6(publisher's ads), portrait sepia photo frontispiece + vignette and motto to the preface , silhouette profile of the Rev. Thomas Wilson and a… Read more about this item

Salford: The Distributors of the Booth Charities, 1972.. Third edition. With some Notes on the Ministers and Humphrey Booth the Founder and his Descendants. This edition contins additional information especially in the two chapters - Chapter Four which gives further details relating to Sir Robert Booth, grandson of Humphrey Booth, who rose to be Lord Chief Justice of… Read more about this item

Birmingham: Bradmores, 1939.. Revised edition. The Parish Church of St Michael, at the North Gate, is one of the oldest in Oxford, and mentioned in the Domesday Book. Pp.43, 7 pages of black & white photos. Cream card wraps have uneven toning. G+.

Privately published, 1978.. Booklet. The original book was found in a dilapidated condition at the end of the 19th century and was then preserved and bound. It is an unusual record and probably unique. Pp.21, occasional black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG.

Dartford: STAP, 2000.. 1st edition. "This book recalls the generations of praise by Catholics in Dartford". Pp.x/110, colour frontispiece + 14 pages of colour and black & white photos and illustrations,map to end, inscribed by Sheila (author?) to front free endpaper. Green laminated boards. VG.

Wells-Next-The Sea: Jubilee Publications, 2011.. 1st edition. The church of Our Lady St Mary, South Creake, Norfolk. Pp.79, occasional small colour and black & white photos througjout. Paperback. VG.

Fulham: Buckenham & Son, 1957.. Official account of the bombing of Chelsea Old Church in 1941, with the subsequent history of the rebuilding of the More Chapel. Pp.46, black & white frontispiece + 3 further black & white plates. Red stiff card covers, bump to base of spine. G+.