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The Local Historian's Glossary of Words and Terms
Joy Bristow first compiled this Glossary in the late 1980s from a collection of ancient words she drew up while studying for the Advanced Certificate in Local History at the University of Nottingham. Since then she has added many more words and some new topics making her book, with its thoroughly readable style, and increasingly popular and valuable reference guide for both the local and family historian.
This third edition includes over 3,000 unfamiliar words and terms; lists of obsolete weights and measures; comparative costs of living and values of the pound since 1300; Latin words and phrases; English currency back to the Roman period and decimal currency converter; regnal years of English monarchs 1066-1952; saint's days, festivals and moveable feast days; Roman numerals; dates of sittings of the Supreme Court.
254pp, illustrated, RRP £9.95.
Our price: £7.00 / $13.85
A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations
Few nowadays could explain what buddle boys did, or what were the duties of claquers, dobbers, hokey pokey men, rogue spotters or sperviters. Colin Waters' excellent dictionary explains the function of nearly 4,000 old trades, titles and occupations, and contains over 70 illustrations. It is a comprehensive reference book which is sure to become a much used companion, especially to all those interested in family, social and local history.
New (2002) expanded edition, 318pp, illustrated, RRP £12.95.
Our price: £9.95 / $19.68
A Handbook of Dates for students of British history
Edited by C R Cheney, revised by Michael Jones.
A Handbook of Dates is an unrivalled reference book for historians. It provides in clear, user-friendly form, tables which allow the calculation of the dates (and days) on which historical events have fallen or will fall, from AD500 to 2100. It describes the calendarsa and other systems used for dating purposes in England from Roman times to the present, including regnal years. LIts of Easter dates, saints' days, popes, rulers of England and the Roman calendar are also given. In this updated and expanded edition new tables for legal chronology, old and new style dates, Celtic Easter, adoption of Gregorian style, and the French Revolutionary calendar have been added, while the existing Anglo-Saxon regnal lists have been significantly revised.
260pp, index, RRP £15.99.
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Bibliography of British Athletic Club Histories
compiled by Dr Trevor James
Athletic clubs have been the bedrock of British athletics since the middle of the nineteenth century and athletic club histories reveal this sporting and cultural phenomenon. The first Bibliography was compiled in 2000 and this is the fifth edition, which includes histories published before 2000 but not included previously.
2007, 12pp.
Our price: £2.75 / $5.44
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