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Wiltshire Publications
We publish books, maps and cards on the history and life of Wiltshire and hope that we have something to interest you in the list below. If you wish to order please post the order form to us. Terms are strictly cash with order.
Books
Victoria History of Wiltshire Reprints
These definitive accounts of parish histories compiled from all known sources are taken from the largest county history in the country. Ideal for the general reader or the academic they are also most useful to family historians whose ancestors lived in the parish. The reprints are attractively produced at a fraction of the cost of the hardback volume containing several parishes.
A History of Devizes
2001, 280 pages, paperback, £11.50.
History of this well known borough taken mainly from Volume X of the Victoria History of Wiltshire published in 1975. Many extra illustrations have been added to the original.
A History of Malmesbury
1999, 230 pages, paperback, £9.75.
One of the oldest boroughs in the country features in this book taken from two volumes of the Victoria History of Wiltshire published in 1956 and 1991, bringing together the Abbey and the Hospitals with the parishes of Malmesbury and Westport. Includes a new article on the Bird's Eye View of Malmesbury (1646) in the Civil War, which appears in colour on the cover.
Marlborough and Preshute
1990, 93 pages, paperback in A4 format, £5.00.
The only one of our earlier reprints still in print this is a facsimile from volumes III, V and XII and includes medieval Priories and Hospitals, Marlborough Grammar School and Marlborough College.
Other Books
The Baker's Diary: Life in Georgian England from the Book of George Sloper, a Wiltshire baker, 1753 – 1810
by Pamela Colman. 1991, 96 pages, paperback, £4.95.
A vivid picture is drawn of the public life of a burgess and Mayor of Devizes before the Great Reform Act. The commercial and municipal progress of this capable and respected tradesman emerges from his own record, complemented by extracts from the borough records.
A Millennium Tale of Monarchs, Murder, Mystery and Mayhem
by Jennifer MacDonald. 2000, 121 pages, paperback, £4.75.
The illustrated research report for a project involving Bath, Bradford on Avon and Shaftesbury. Describes the events and daily life of people in three south western counties at the end of the first millennium.
Wiltshire Time Capsule: life in our county at the turn of the century
2000, 158 pages. Paperback, £5.95
Contains the winning entries from a countywide competition which showed Wiltshire life around the year 2000; the book is full of the stories of ordinary people. Published by Ex Libris Press in co-operation with Wiltshire Libraries and Heritage.
Maps
Facsimile Maps
High quality colour facsimiles of 17th century originals in our own collections. These make excellent presents and are ideal for framing.
Johan Blaeu's map of Wiltshire, 1648
Colour reproduction of a finely engraved map, size 427 mm x 510 mm. £3.50.
The 1689 reprint of Christopher Saxton's map of 1576
with many alterations and additions. This well produced colour map includes a street plan of Salisbury and a depiction of Stonehenge and is the first Wiltshire county map to show roads. Size 443 mm x 433 mm. £3.50.
Cards
Greetings and Christmas Cards
Set of 8 modern wintry Wiltshire views from colour images supplied by local camera clubs. Each pack contains 8 different cards with envelopes. Each card is captioned. £1.95 per pack.
Set of 8 Christmas cards – same views as the above pack but with a printed Christmas greeting inside each card. £1.95 per pack.
Notelets
Eight different Wiltshire notelets featuring coloured reproductions of late 18th and early 19th century views of Wiltshire. Places featured are Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Devizes, Erlestoke Park, Longford Castle, Ramsbury Manor, Salisbury and Wilton House. With envelopes and descriptions of the pictures. £1.95 per pack of 8 different.
Salisbury
Devizes
Postcards
Very different from the normal run of visitor postcards these show the history and archaeology of the county. We find that people collect these for the illustration more often than buying them for postal use. These are reasonably priced at only 15 pence each.
Archaeology
- coloured
- Avebury - part of the Great Stone Circle
- Barbury Castle Iron Age hill fort - aerial view
- The Devil's Den, Marlborough - remains of a stone chamber of a long barrow
- Giant's Grave, Oare - remains of an Iron Age promontory fort
- Liddington Castle - univallate Iron Age hill fort – aerial view
- The Hanging Stone, Alton Barnes
- Luccombe Bottom, Bratton - medieval strip lynchets
- Valley of the Stones, Fyfield Down - sarsens in original positions
- West Kennet Long Barrow - Neolithic chambered tomb
Barbury Castle
Devils Den
Railway
- coloured unless stated otherwise
- Authority to travel - railway ticket of 1899, ‘Swindon to Rushey Platt
- Boat Train Disaster - Salisbury Station 1st July 1906 - sepia
- Box Tunnel - with Churchward 4-6-0 engine, c.1905
- Broad gauge engine ‘Tartar', built at Swindon c. 1848 - sepia
- Broad gauge engine in stone bas-relief at Swindon Works
- Royal Arms cast in the Swindon Works brass foundry, 1897
- ‘City of Bath' carrying the Prince and Princess of Wales, 14th July 1903
- Cover of Meccano Magazine - King Arthur class west of Salisbury
Box Tunnel
Malmesbury
- sepia
- Crowds celebrating the Diamond Jubilee at the Cross Hayes, 1897
- The Market Cross and the Abbey from the High Street from print of c.1860
Trowbridge
- coloured
- Fore Street, 19th century watercolour believed to be from a 17th century sketch
- ‘The George' - watercolour showing courtyard area of the 16th century inn
- ‘The King's Arms' - watercolour of a 16th century inn, demolished in 1860
- ‘The Limes', 1860 - late medieval manor house, demolished 1887
- Parish Church (under restoration) and Market Place, watercolour of 1846
- Studley Mill, c.1985 - cloth mill buildings of 1845 - 1865
Warminster
- sepia
- Boreham Road decorated for the Diamond Jubilee, 1887
- East Street in 1875
- The High Street in 1904
- Corn and cattle market in progress, 1880
Contact Details
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