S&DFHS Society Publications

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Besides its own publications detailed below, the Society also has a bookshop with an extensive range of titles relevant to the two counties. Click here for details.

Latest Publications

(ALL PRICES INCLUDE  P.& P.)

New CD – Bradford Abbas Parish Records etc.

Includes the following: Parish Registers - Baptisms 1653-1900, Marriages 1680-1900, Burials 1653-1900, Clifton Maybank Parish Registers, Electoral registers for 1843, 1914 and 1920, Directories for 1859, 1865, 1903, 1923, 1935 and 1939, Quaker marriages 1658-1838, Quaker links in Bradford Abbas, Rev. Wickham's scrapbook, Court rolls, Militia list 1798, Wills 1748-1819, and more. – Price £15. 

Updated CD – Portland Historic Sources – Version 2

This CD is an update of version 1 with much more information and is a must for all those with an interest in Portland. It is the result of over 30 years work by one of our members, Ken Saunders, and contains, Parish Registers, Methodist Registers, Poll Books for 1807, 1831 & 1857, Census records for 1841, 51, 61 & 71, Portland Prison Records, Shipwreck reports and much more including Reconstructed Portland Families. - Price £15.

CD - Dorset War Memorials

 

This CD contains about 800 pictures of War Memorials in Dorset and is intended to accompany the book “10,000 Fallen Remembered on Dorset War Memorials” which forms an index to the pictures.  (See under Brief Descriptions of some of our Publications).

The CD also contains more information on many of the memorials and a list of further war memorials which have been found since the book was published.

The CD has a search program which enables individual memorials to be quickly located. 

The book “10,000 Fallen Remembered on Dorset War Memorials” together with the CD is priced £13.60 UK or £15.60 overseas surface mail.

For those who already have the book the CD is available at £5.00 UK or £5.50 O/Seas.

Census CD

Somerset 1891 Census; 298,397 entries, almost complete data with a new folio search program version 4.8 which will search any data field and multiple data fields.

Price £10.80 UK & £11.30 Overseas.

Histories of Some Parishes in Dorset & Somerset.

Published to mark the 30th Anniversary of our formation, this CD is mainly a compilation of the popular Spotlight & Snapshot parish articles published in our award-winning journal over the past 30 years. There are many past & present photographs which have been added. Parishes and places featured are:

DORSET: Abbotsbury, Almer, Beer Hackett, Bettiscombe, Bincombe, Bishops Caundle, Blandford St.Mary, Bridport area (Images), Broadwindsor, Brownsea Island, Bryanston, Buckland Newton, Burstock, Burton Bradstock, Canford Magna, Charminster, Cheddington, Cheselbourne, Chideock, Corfe Mullen, Cranborne Chase, Dewlish, Dorchester, East Stoke, Evershot, Fleet, Fontmell Magna, Fordington, Frome St Quintin, Gillingham, Halstock, Hazelbury Bryan, Holnest, Hooke, Horton, Iwerne Minster, Langton Long, Leweston, Little Bredy, Long Bredy, Long Crichel, Longburton, Lydlinch, Lytchett Minster, Maiden Newton, Marnhull, Melbury Osmond, Milborne St Andrew, Milton Abbas, Moor Crichel, Moreton, Nether Compton, Netherbury, North Poorton, Over Compton, Pilsdon, Portland, Powerstock, Preston, Shillingstone, Sixpenny Handley, South Perrott, Stinsford, Stock Gaylard, Stoke Wake, Stour Provost, Studland, Sturminster Marshall, Sturminster Newton, Sutton Poyntz, Sydling St.Nicholas, Symondsbury, The Tarrants, Thorncombe, Toller Porcorum, Upwey, West Knighton, West Stafford, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Whitcombe, Wimborne St Giles, Winfrith Newburgh,

Winterborne Abbas, Winterborne Steepleton, Winterborne Whitechurch, Winterborne Zelston, Woodlands, Worth Matravers, Yetminster, Newfoundland (Canada).

 

SOMERSET: Aisholt, Ashcott, Baltonsborough, Beer Crocombe, Bishops Lydeard, Bratton Seymour, Brean, Burrington, Burton (Stogursey), Butleigh, Cadbury, Castle Cary, Chard, Cheddar, Chew Magna, Chillington, Chipstable, Creech St Michael, Cricket St Thomas, Cucklington, Cutcombe, Dulverton, Frome, Glastonbury Museum, Ilminster, Ilton, Kingstone, Langport, Lilstock , Marston Magna, Martock, Norton St Philip, Old Cleeve, Queen Camel, Saltford, Shepton Beauchamp, Shepton Montague, Somerton, Stoke St Gregory, Tyntesfield, Wambrook, Watchet, West Buckland, Whitcombe, Withycombe area, Wraxall, Wells, Weston Zoyland, Yarlington.

Click here for a .pdf file giving more information.

Price £14.99 inc UK and Overseas p.& p.

A Study of Churches in Dorset.

This CD contains information on every Parish Church in the historic County of Dorset. Over 300 churches are photographed, in most cases inside as well as out. There are also brief histories of each church, plus any interesting points about the building and its surroundings. Details of the parish records held in Record Offices are included, plus the indexes and databases held by the S&DFHS which include the parish. A wealth of information for those with ancestry in Dorset.

Price £14.99 inc UK and Overseas p.& p.

The known history of the shops in Cheap Street, Sherborne
This is a detailed illustrated account by Alec Oxford of the shops in Cheap Street, Sherborne and the people who lived and worked there from the early 19th century to the present day. The final product is the result of combining available research material - directories, guides, books, old photographs and documents in the Museum - with people's memories. The book provides a marvellous picture of how a street in Sherborne has changed in the last two centuries. It has over 130 photographs of the shops in the street and the 102 pages include an index of the names of all the people mentioned in the text.
Price, £11.75 UK and £12.60 Overseas sea mail, including p.& p.

New on-going series

Somerset 1841 Census Indexes
Several more volumes of these Indexes have been transcribed.  They give Surname, Forenames, Age, Occupation, whether born in the county (Y/N), Book, Folio & Page No.  These cover the same parishes as the volumes of the 1891 Somerset Census Indexes.  Those 1841 census indexes currently available are marked with a “41” in the list of 1891 Somerset indexes.

Dorset 1841 Census Indexes - Click here for details

Other CDs published by the Society

The East Dorset Superfamily CD

The Society has a collection of nearly 3000 pedigrees and family trees, together containing more than 300,000 names. The computer index makes it possible to identify those names in the collection that appear in more than one pedigree or family tree. If the details for a particular individual tally it is possible, using one of the commercially available family history programs, to begin building a "superfamily" of people who are related either by birth or through successive marriages. We are currently building such a file using Generations software: it contains the names of more than 6200 individuals related in this way, all connected to parishes in East Dorset.  The Society now sells a CD-ROM containing details of names, dates, locations and relationships saved from the Generations program via the Gedcom method. Altogether, the number of pedigrees/trees involved is more than 50. The reference numbers of the relevant pedigrees/trees are included in the details provided on the CD-ROM. (The reference numbers are those appearing in the Millennium List which provides a brief description and number of pages of a particular pedigree/ tree).

The CD also contains photographic images of more than a hundred parish churches in East Dorset, locations for the baptisms, marriages and burials of the individual members of the "Superfamily". These colour photographs have been taken especially for the project, and are not copies of previously published images.

Price £10.80 UK & £11.30 Overseas.

Somerset War Memorials. Version 3
This CD contains 48 files in MS WORD with transcriptions of War Memorials in Somerset and detailed information on thousands of service men & women with Somerset connections who died in the 2 world wars.
Price £12.50 including p.& p.

The 1891 Dorset Census CD gives the Surname, Forenames, Relationship to Head, Marital Status, Age, Occupation, Birthplace, Birth County, Census Parish, PRO Piece Number & Folio Number. Full search facilities in all the fields - Price £10.80 UK & £11.30 Overseas.

The 1851 Dorset Census CD gives Surname, Forenames, Age, Occupation, Birthplace, Birth County, Census Parish, PRO Piece Number and Folio Number. Full search facilities in all the fields - Price £10.80 UK & £11.30 Overseas.

All of the above CDROMs operate with Windows 95 and later.

DORSET 1851 CENSUS INDEXES


Master Index of Surnames with Parish                          

Book   £3.00 UK   £3 .50 O/Seas

Fiche  £1.50 UK   £2.00 O/Seas

 

Parish Indexes with Index of Names with Age, Birthplace, Occupation, Folio & Page No.
Book   £1.60 UK  £2.50 O/Seas
Fiche  £2.50 UK  £3.00 O/Seas  

(Prices per volume)

Vol.1   Weymouth
Vol. 2  Portland
Vol. 3  Dorchester
Vol. 4  Cerne Abbas
Vol. 5  Poole
Vol. 6  Bridport
Vol. 7  Corfe Castle
Vol. 8  Sherborne
Vol. 9  Bere Regis
Vol.10 Sturminster Newton - please note this volume is £4.00 UK and £4.60 O/Seas
Vol.11 Shaftesbury
Vol.12 Blandford
Vol.13 Wimborne - please note this volume is £4.00 UK and £4.60 O/Seas
Vol.14 Lyme Regis
Vol.15 Beaminster - please note this volume is £4.00 UK and £4.60 O/Seas

 

DORSET 1891 CENSUS INDEXES


Master index of Surnames with Parish                          

Book   £1.60 UK   £2.50 O/Seas
Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/Seas

Parish Indexes – an almost complete transcription     

Book   £1.60 UK   £2.50 O/Seas
Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/Seas

(Prices per volume)


Vol.  1             Shaftesbury
Vol.  2             Cranborne
Vol.  3             Wimborne
Vol.  4             Weymouth
Vol.  5             Fontmell
Vol.  6             Stalbridge
Vol.  7             Portland
Vol.  8             Lyme Regis
Vol.  9             Purbeck
Vol. 10            Parishes around Weymouth
Vol. 11            Poole & Parkstone
Vol. 12            Canford, Kinson & Longfleet
Vol. 13            Bere Regis Area
Vol. 14            Beaminster
Vol. 15            Sherborne
Vol. 16            Bridport
Vol. 17            Blandford
Vol. 18            Dorchester
Vol. 19            Cerne & Milton Abbas area
 

PURBECK 1841, 1861 & 1871

Each volume includes the census indexes for all three years.  Volume 3 also includes the 1790 census for Corfe Castle

Book   £4.00 UK   £4.60 O/Seas

Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/ Seas

(Prices per volume)

Vol.  1             Swanage area
Vol.  2             Wareham &  Arne
Vol.  3             Corfe Castle & Church Knowle
Vol.  4             Purbeck Boundary Parishes

 

DORSET 1841 CENSUS INDEXES

Master index of Surnames with Parish                          

Book   £4.00 UK   £4.60 O/Seas
Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/Seas

 

An almost complete transcription.                                                                                           

Book   £4.00 UK   £4.60 O/Seas        

Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/Seas

(Prices per volume)

Vol.  1             Allington, Bradpole & Bridport
Vol.  2             Canford Magna, Hamworthy & Poole St.James
Vol.  3             Weymouth, Melcombe Regis & Wyke Regis
Vol.  4             20 Parishes around Bridport
Vol.  5             Beaminster, Netherbury & Stoke Abbott
Vol.  6             Dorchester area
Vol.  7             Lyme Regis area
Vol.  8             Portland, Abbotsbury, Maiden Newton & district
Vol.  9             Puddletown district & Parishes around Weymouth
Vol. 10            Parishes around Evershot
Vol. 11            Gillingham & district
Vol. 12            Stalbridge & Sturminster area
Vol. 13            Wimborne area

                  Vol. 14            Winfrith Newburgh, Bere Regis & Milton Abbas area

                  Vol. 15             Cranborne & the Tarrants area

                  Vol.  16            Shaftesbury Area

                  Vol . 17            Blandford Area

                  Vol.  18            Cerne Abbas & District

                  Vol.  19            Chardstock & 5 other Devon/Dorset Border Parishes

                  Vol. 20             Sherborne & District

                  Vol.  21            Christchurch & District

               

 

SOMERSET 1851 CENSUS INDEXES

Master index of Surnames with Parish                          

Book   £4.00 UK   £4.60 O/Seas

Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/Seas

 

Parish indexes of Surnames only with Folio Number

Book   £2.15 UK  £2.60 O/Seas

Fiche  £1.50 UK  £2.00 O/Seas

(Prices per volume)

Vol.  1             West Somerset
Vol.  2             Taunton area
Vol.  3             Bridgwater, Langport & Ilminster
Vol.  4             Yeovil area
Vol.  5             Wincanton, Frome area
Vol   6             Wells, Shepton Mallet area
Vol.  7             Wedmore, Cheddar & Axbridge area

 

SOMERSET 1891 & 1841 CENSUS INDEXES

Master index of 1891 Surnames with Parish                

Book   £4.00 UK   £4.60 O/Seas

Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/Seas

1891 Parish Indexes – an almost complete transcription       

Book   £4.00 UK   £4.60 O/Seas

Fiche  £2.50 UK   £3.00 O/Seas
(Prices per volume)

Note:-
Volumes marked “41” are also available for the 1841 Somerset Census at the same prices as the 1891 indexes

Volumes 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22 & 23 of the 1891 Census are being sold at £1.60 UK £2.50 O/Seas; Volumes of all 1841 Indexes remain at £4.00 UK, £4.60 O/Seas.

 

Vol.  1             Milborne Port – 41
Vol.  2             Evercreech –
41
Vol.  3             Bruton –
41
Vol.  4             Exmoor, Minehead & Dulverton –
41
Vol.  5             Kilmersdon & Beckington -
41
 

Vol.  6             Somerton & Langport – 41
Vol.  7             Wellington & district –
41
Vol.  8             Wedmore & Axbridge –
41
Vol.  9             Milverton, Stogumber & Wiveliscombe
– 41
Vol. 10            Bishop’s Lydeard, Stogursey & Stowey –
41

Vol. 11            Marston Magna, Ilchester & Coker – 41

Vol. 12            Yeovil – 41
Vol. 13            Frome & Rodden
– 41
Vol. 14            Wells – 41
Vol. 15            Chard & Ilminster –
41

 

Vol. 16            Taunton St.Mary & Wilton – 41
Vol. 17            Taunton St.James
– 41
Vol. 18            Chewton Mendip & Stoke Lane
– 41
Vol. 19            Shepton Mallet, Pilton & West Pennard –
41

Vol. 20            Bishop’s Hull & Creech St.Michael – 41

 
Vol. 21            Crewkerne & Merriott –
41
Vol. 22            Glastonbury & Street –
41
Vol. 23            Pitminster & Combe St.Nicholas
– 41
Vol. 24            Kingsbury Episcopi & North Curry – 41

Vol. 25            Martock & South Petherton – 41


Vol. 26            North Petherton & Ashcott –
41
Vol. 27            Huntspill & Wembdon – 41
Vol. 28            St.Decumans, Old Cleeve & Cutcombe – 41
Vol. 29            Bridgwater 
– 41

                        (2 Vols. -   Prices:- Books £8.00 UK, £9.00 O/Seas Fiche £3.50 UK, £4.00 O/Seas. 1 Vol. only - £4.00 UK £4.50 O/Seas)

Vol. 30            Burnham & district – 41

 

North Somerset 1841 indexes only

 

Vol. 31             Midsomer Norton & Wellow

Vol. 32             Clutton & District

Vol. 33             Lyncombe & Widcombe

Vol  34             Bathwick & Monckton Combe

Vol. 35             Walcot (2 parts) - books £8.00 UK  £9.00 O/Seas, Fiche £3.50 UK  £4.00 O/Seas

Vol  36             Bath

Vol. 37             Weston & Twerton Area

Vol. 38             Keynsham & Chew Magna

Vol  39             Wrington, Blackwell & Blagdon

                  Vol  40             Portbury & Nailsea

                  Vol  41             Clevedon & Yatton

                  Vol  42             Weston-Super-Mare & Banwell

 

SOMERSET MARRIAGES

Books £2.30 UK, £2.75 O/Seas

Fiche £1.50 UK, £2.00 O/Seas

(Prices per volume)

 

Taunton St.James                                      
Vol.  1             1610 – 1701
Vol.  2             1702 – 1723
Vol.  3             1724 – 1754
 

Taunton St.Mary
Vol.  1             1558 – 1673
Vol.  2             1674 – 1718

Vol.  3             1719 – 1754

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Taunton Burials 1813 – 1837                   

Book £2.65 UK, £3.15 O/Seas      

Fiche £1.50 UK, £2.00 O/Seas

 

Lyme Regis Burials 1813 – 1837             

Book £2.65 UK, £3.15 O/Seas      

Fiche £1.50 UK, £2.00 O/Seas

 

Dorset Landowners 1871                          

Fiche £1.50 UK, £2.00 O/Seas      No Book 

   

Dorset Soldiers 1794 – 1798                    

Book £1.80 UK, £2.50 O/Seas       No Fiche

 

Dorset PCC Wills 1821 – 1858                 

Book £4.00 UK, £5.00 O/Seas      

Fiche £2.75 UK, £3.00 O/Seas

 

S. & D. Absconders 1801 – 1858             

Book £4.00 UK, £4.75 O/Seas      

Fiche £2.50 UK, £3.00 O/Seas

 

Dorset Militia Ballot Lists - East                

Book £4.00 UK, £4.75 O/Seas      

Fiche £2.50 UK, £3.00 O/Seas

 

Dorset Militia Ballot Lists - West               

Book £4.00 UK, £4.75 O/Seas

Fiche £2.50 UK, £3.00 O/Seas

 

Members Interest Directory 2005            

Book £4.00 UK, £4.50 O/Seas       No Fiche

 

Growers of Hemp & Flax 1782 – 1793    

Book £3.00 UK. £3.30 O/Seas       Includes Fiche

 

10,000 Names on Dorset War Memorials  - Plus CD   

Book £13.60 UK, £15.60 O/Seas 

   

Rural Blacksmiths in Parish Life  2005 Reprint             

Book £11.60 UK, £13.10 O/Seas

  

History of Wilton Gaol, Taunton               

Book £4.40 UK, £4.90 O/Seas

 

The Known History of the shops in Cheap Street, Sherborne
Book £11.60 UK, £12.65 O/Seas

 

Brief Descriptions of some of our Publications

Dorset Militia Ballot Lists, 1759 to 1799, Vol. 1- East Dorset, Vol. 2 - West Dorset.

These two volumes contain lists of civilians, men between the ages of 18 and 45 or 50, who, if chosen in a ballot, had to find the money to recruit a man willing to serve in the County Militia, or to volunteer themselves for service.

The two books, East Dorset and West Dorset, give the Surname, Forename, Occupation and Parish of all the men, and in most cases shows also his family, his height and any other miscellaneous details found in the original documents.

Over 8,500 names in each volume.

The Place of the Rural Blacksmith in Parish Life, 1500 to 1900.

This book is a memorial tribute to Marcia Evans, one of the members of our Society who was researching West Country Blacksmiths and had submitted a thesis for her MA from Bristol University. Sadly she died suddenly before the results were declared. She was awarded the Degree posthumously. This book incorporates the results of her research.

Dorset PCC Wills & Administrations - 1821 to 1858 - (2nd edition)

This second edition lists all Dorset Wills between these dates which can be found in PROB 11, all Probate grants in PROB 8 and every Administration in PROB 6. In all almost 6,000 names.

In the book they are listed alphabetically by Surname and gives Forename, Year, Parish, Occupation and other noted details.

Somerset & Dorset Absconders - 1801 to 1858. Compiled from the "Hue & Cry"

This lists over 800 military and civilian, deserters and absconders, from Somerset and Dorset, taken from the "Hue & Cry", 1801 to 1858. It gives an almost photographic picture of the person including what they were wearing at the time. In fact a 19th century police "mug shot".

This publication is supported by the John Bishop 1641 Fund.

Dorset People involved in the growing of Hemp & Flax - 1782 to 1793.

A book giving an account of the hemp and flax industry with a surname index of those involved plus a fiche giving details of the size of their farm, their crop and the bounty they received etc.

10,000 Fallen Remembered on Dorset War Memorials

Murial Monk has roamed all over the pre-1974 County of Dorset visiting over 300 parishes and recording more than 10,000 names.  Where information about the regiment, rank or date and place of death has been given, this has been included.  The names appearing on individual gravestones have not been recorded since a complete list of these is available through the War Graves Commission.

The CD which accompanies this book contains just over 1,400 extra names and photographs of nearly all the memorials with more information about many of the people whose names have been recorded.

The History of Wilton Gaol, Taunton, Somerset. by Peter Parrish.

Peter sadly passed away before he had completed his research on Wilton Gaol. His widow has kindly allowed a member of the S&DFHS to download the information from his computer and this book is an edited version of his work. The book gives a detailed history of Taunton prisons from 1182 to 1992 and an alphabetic index of over 300 names mentioned in the text.

This publication is supported by the John Bishop 1641 Fund.

How to obtain Society Publications

All the Society publications are available from the Publications Officer:

Mrs M Monk, 65 Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9QN, England

Cheques or Postal Orders should be made payable to S&DFHS and not Mrs Monk. Also include the postal address - we cannot send books, fiche CD-ROMs etc. by e-mail!!

All Publications are also available from the Society's Bookshop at Somerset & Dorset FHS, Book Sales, PO Box 4502, Sherborne DT9 6YL, England; Telephone/Fax 01935 389611.

Prices quoted for o/seas are for surface mail. For cost of airmail please e-mail or write to the above address.

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