- Vintage Shropshire Books & Parish Records on DVD -

A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 60 rare and out of print books covering the history of Shropshire.

Each book has been scanned in as a faithful reproduction of the original. The disc contains digital scans of all of the books in (Adobe) PDF format which allows each volume to be read individually.

The books will require suitable PDF software to view them, almost certainly you will already have this on your computer or device - if not we recommend Adobe Reader which is available free.

Please note that these will not play on a home CD/DVD player, they contain no video or audio files whatsoever. These are Data DVDs and can only be viewed on a PC/Laptop.

The complete list of titles on the DVD is shown below:

Shropshire houses : past & present ; illustrated from drawings (1901)

The castles & old mansions of Shropshire (1868)

Shropshire, the geography of the county (1919)

The centenary of "A Shropshire lad" : the life & writings of A.E. Houseman (1996)

A history of Tong, Shropshire, its church, manor, parish, college, early owners, and clergy, with notes on Boscobel (1894)

Memorials of old Shropshire (1906)

Hunting and sporting notes in Shropshire and Cheshire, season 1884-85

Monumental brasses in Shropshire (1895)

Old cottages, farm houses, and other half-timber buildings in Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Cheshire; illustrated on one hundred plates reproduced in collotype from a special series of photographs (1904)

Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton Esq. of Halston, Shropshire with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits (1900)

Nooks and corners of Shropshire (1899)

Shropshire parish registers : Nonconformist and Roman Catholic registers (1903)

The four minsters round the Wrekin : Buildwas, Haughmond, Lilleshull and Wenlock, with ground plans (1877)

A history of freemasonry in the province of Shropshire, and of the Salopian Lodge, no. 262, with an introduction by W. J. Hughan (1892)

Salopia Antiqua; or, An enquiry from personal survey into druidical military and other early remains in Shropshire and the North Welsh Borders, with observations upon names of places and glossary of words used in Country of Salop (1841)

Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work, by Frederick Calvert, engraved on steel dy [sic] Mr. T. Radclyffe, with historical and topographical illustrations (1834)

Historical record of the Fifty-third, or the Shropshire Regiment of Foot (MDCCCXLIX [1849])

History of the manor of Westhope, County Salop; (1909)

Spring in a Shropshire abbey; (1905)

Extracts from the cartulary of Haghmon Abbey, Co. Salop (1878)

Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., of Halston, Shopshire, formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, high sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth and major of the North Shropshire yeomanry cavalry : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits (1903)　

Churchwardens' accounts of the town of Ludlow, in Shropshire, from 1540 to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1869)

The fauna of Shropshire, being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles & fishes found in the county of Salop. With an introduction dealing with the physical features of the county, a copious index, a chapter on the principal naturalists who have done work in connection with the subject, and a short account of the Wild birds protection acts (1899)

The history of Fulk Fitz-Warine (1904)

Tern Views

The garrisons of Shropshire during the civil war, 1642-1648 (1867)

Uriconium; a historical account of the ancient Roman city, and of the excavations made upon its site, at Wroxeter, in Shropshire, forming a sketch of the condition and history of the Welsh border during the Roman period (1872)

Includes 44 Parish Registers

These are faithfully digitised reproductions of vintage out of print books and are free of copyright restrictions. We make every effort to maintain the original images and text.

This Disc contains .PDF files which can easily be viewed on any Windows PC or Laptop with a DVD Drive.

Mac Users - the PDF files will open perfectly with your system, you just need to access the PDFs directly from the DVD or copy them to your hard drive.

You can also print, copy and share as many pages as you want.

You will receive a Fully Printed DVD supplied in a plastic wallet.

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