DERBYSHIRE:

HISTORY, ANCESTRY

& GENEALOGY

Rare Book Collection

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 80 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of DERBYSHIRE - HISTORY, ANCESTRY & GENEALOGY.

 

Read about the antiquities of this fascinating county. Discover its history, landscape and people. Search the old local parish registers for genealogical information, revealing ancestry and family lineage. Explore the old buildings, the Peaks, the scenery and the legends that have helped to shape this county over thousands of years. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in Derbyshire, its history, ancestry and genealogy. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

 

This superb compilation of 84 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

 

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

 

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A genealogical memorial of the family of Buckley of Derby and Saddleworth in the counties of Derby and York - H. Fishwick (1900)

A hand-book to the Peak of Derbyshire, and to the use of the Buxton mineral waters  - W. H. Robertson (1886)

A history of Derbyshire - J. Pendleton (1886)

A New Historical and Descriptive View of Derbyshire, From the Remotest Period to the Present Time - D. P. Davies (1811)

A view of the present state of Derbyshire; with an account of its most remarkable antiquities Vol. 1 - J. Pilkington (1789)

A view of the present state of Derbyshire; with an account of its most remarkable antiquities Vol. 2 - J. Pilkington (1789)

All about Derbyshire - E. Bradbury (1884)

An account of Winfield Manor in Derbyshire - S. O. Addy (1885)

An historical sketch of the parish of Croxall, in the county of Derby - R. Ussher (1881)

Black's Guide to Buxton and the Peak Country of Derbyshire - A. R. Hope (1898)

Bradwell, ancient and modern  history of the parish and incidents in the Hope  Valley & District - S. Evans (1912)

Bygone Derbyshire - W. Andrews (1892)

Coke of Trusley, in the county of Derby, and branches therefrom a family history - J. T. Coke (1880)

Country rambles, and Manchester walks and wild flowers being rural wanderings in Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, & Yorkshire - L. H. Grindon (1882)

Dale & its abbey, Derbyshire - J. Ward (1891)

Dales, scenery, fishing streams, and mines of Derbyshire - W. Adam (1861)

Days in Derbyshire - S. T. Hall (1863)

Derbyshire - C. Knight (1841)

Derbyshire - H. H. Arnold-Bemrose (1910)

Derbyshire gatherings a fund of delight for the antiquary, the historian - J. B. Robinson (1866)

Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 1 - W. Phillimore (1906)

Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 4 - W. Phillimore (1906)

Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 5 - W. Phillimore (1906)

Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 8 - W. Phillimore (1906)

Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 10 - W. Phillimore (1906)

Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 12 - W. Phillimore (1906)

Derbyshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 13 - W. Phillimore (1906)

Early freemasonry in Derbyshire - J. O. Manton (1913)

Extracts (with notes) from the Pipe Rolls for the counties of Nottingham and Derby, from the earliest period to the end of the reign of King Edward I - J. Yeatmann (1886)

Fishing in Derbyshire and Around - W. M. Gallachan (1905)

Flora of Derbyshire - W. R. Linton (1903)

Haddon Hall - L. Jewitt (1880)

Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire - J. Murray (1892)

Highways and byways in Derbyshire - J. B. Firth (1905)

Historical memorials of Beauchief Abbey - S. O. Addy (1878)

History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire - S. Bagshaw (1846)

History, gazetteer, and directory of the county of Derby - Francis White & Co. (1857)

Household tales with other traditional remains, collected in The Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham - S. O. Addy (1895)

In the Derbyshire highlands - highways, byeways, and my ways in the Peake countrie - E. Bradnury (1881)

Longstone records, Derbyshire - G. T. Wright (1906)

Lost certificates of Knight's fees for the counties of Nottingham and Derby - J. P. Yeatmann (1900)

Memorials of old Derbyshire - J. C. Cox (1907)

Monumental inscriptions in Ashbourn  Church, Derbyshire - B. Bothby (1806)

Notes on the churches of Derbyshire Vol. 1 - J. C. Cox (1875)

Notes on the churches of Derbyshire Vol. 2 - J. C. Cox (1875)

Notes on the churches of Derbyshire Vol. 3 - J. C. Cox (1875)

Notes on the churches of Derbyshire Vol. 4 - J. C. Cox (1875)

On foot through the Peak; or, A summer saunter among the hills and dales of Derbyshire - J. Croston (1868)

On some diggings near Brassington, Derbyshire - J. Ward (1800)

Peak scenery; or, The Derbyshire tourist - E. Rhodes (1824)

Permanent record of Queen Victoria's state visit to Derby (1891)

Pictures of the Peak - P. Bradbury (1891)

Picturesque excursions in the high peak  of Derbyshire, forming a new Buxton and Castleton guide - H. Moore (1819)

Rambles among the hills in the Peak of Derbyshire, and the South Downs - L. J. Jennings (1880)

Repton and its neighbourhood - a descriptive guide of the archæology, etc. of the district - F. C. Hipkins (1899)

Repton School register - supplement to 1910 edition - M. Messiter (1920)

Smalley in the County of Derby Its History and Legends - C. Kerry (1905)

Summer rambles in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire - L. H. Grindon (1866)

The ballads & songs of Derbyshire - L. Jewitt (1867)

The counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Rutland, illustrated - T. Noble (1836)

The dales of Derbyshire, and other poems - B. M. Draper (1920)

The Derby School register, 1570-1901 (1902)

The Derbyshire tourist's guide and travelling companion - E.  Rhodes (1837)

The Domesday book for the County of Derby, reprinted from The feudal history of the County of Derby, (chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries) - J. P. Yeatmann (1885)

The evolution of Derbyshire scenery - G. Fletcher (1800)

The feudal history of the County  of Derby; (chiefly during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries) - J. Yeatmann (1886)

The geology of parts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire - W. T. Aveline (1879)

The geology of the northern part of the Derbyshire coalfield and bordering tracts - W. Gibson (1913)

The history of the county of Derby - S. Glover (1829)

The netherworld of Mendip; explorations in the great caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and elsewhere - E. A. Baker (1907)

The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire Vol. 1 - J. Tilley (1893)

The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire Vol. 2 - J. Tilley (1893)

The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire Vol. 3 - J. Tilley (1893)

The Peak district of Derbyshire and neighbouring counties. With maps, general and sectional, adapted from the Ordnance survey - M. Baddeley (1887)

The Peak district of Derbyshire and the neighbourhood. With maps - M. Baddeley (1913)

The Peak guide, containing the topographical, statistical, and general history of Buxton, Chatsworth, Edensor, Castleon, Bakewell, Haddon, Matlock, and Cromford - S. Glover (1830)

The registers of Mickleover (1607-1812)  and of Littleover (1680-1812), co. Derby (1909)

The Sherwood foresters in the great war, 1914-1918- The 28th Battalion - W. C. Oates (1920)

The Victoria history of the county of Derby Vol. 1 - W. Page (1905)

The visitation of Derbyshire, taken in 1662, and reviewed in 1663 - W. Dugdale (1879)

Tourist rambles in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Durham, Northumberland, & Derbyshire - J. Brown (1878)

Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire - T. Bateman (1848)

Wings and hackle; a pot-pourri of fly fishing for trout and grayling and of notes on bird life, chiefly in Hampshire, Devon and Derbyshire - R. Hill (1912)

Woods and dales of Derbyshire - J. S. Stone (1898)

 

 

An absolute must for anyone with an interest the local history, ancestry and genealogy of Derbyshire – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

 

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All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

 

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Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or audio CD player.

 

 

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