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Davis, J. Cleobury Mortimer: the past in pictures. Baldwin, 1989. 210 x 195. 44 pages, including card covers. Contains historical introduction, and 74 photos with extended captions. New. £4.

Elliott, B. West Midland Wanderings: walks in the Shropshire-Worcestershire borders. Baldwin: Cleobury Mortimer, 1994 (2nd edn). 210 x 150. 72 pages; illd. Card covers. Fine. Nine chapters of local history, and a walk based on each. In addition to Cleobury, this includes Bewdley, Bayton, Mawley, Mamble, Far Forest, Rock, Hopton Wafers and Earls Ditton. £4.50


Hewitt, P. Cleeton St Mary: a brief history of the parish and its church. Published in aid of the Spire Fund, nd [c1995]. 210 x 150. 16 pages (inc card cover). Fine. £1.50

Joyce, F. Tenbury: some record of its history. Oxford University Press, 1931. [viii] + 206 pages + [6] plates; index. Orig blue cloth, showing some wear. Near VG. A rare and early history of Tenbury Wells. £44

Stokes, Paul. Drakelow Unearthed. Black Country Soc/Stokes, 2004, revised edn. 295 x 210. 36 pages (including full-colour card covers), many illns. Very Good. Only book on the massive 'Shadow Factory' built underground near Kinver during WW2. Later used as a Regional Seat of Government, lastly as a Regional Government Headquarters. The 53-acre site still exists and can be visited by arrangement. £6.50

Hodgson, K. Out of the mahogany desk. London: Research Publishing, 1971. 250 x 185mm. 224 pages + 9 pages photos; 4 genealogical tables, map, index. Orig hard binding of maroon cloth. History of local families, including Atwoods, in Cleobury early 18th century. VG. £24

Owen, B. "The Poor are always with you": Agriculture and the poor in the 19th century, featuring Neen Sollars. Owen: 2003. 295 x 210. [I] + 38 pages, card covers. New. £5


Jenkins, A. Titterstone Clee Hills: everyday life, industrial history and dialect. Jenkins: 1998 reprint. 250 x 190. [ix] + 156 pages, many photos and drgs. Hard binding. 2-col dustwrapper. F. £16.75


Hurle, P. The Malverns. Phillimore, 1992. 250 x 190. 118 pages, photos, index. Hard binding, full-colour dustwrapper. VG. £14.


BPC [pub]. The County of Hereford & Worcester [a county guide]. Brit Pub Co, not dated [1981]. 245 x 185. 168 pages, many illns, art paper throughout. Card covers. VG. £3.50

Hancock, C. East & West of Severn: Midland riches. London: Faber & Faber, 1956. 220 x 160. 20 pages, illd with drgs and photos; index. Orig rose cloth.

Generally near VG. £6

MacDonald, A. Worcestershire in English History. London: Press Alliances, 1943, First Edn. Fldg map frontis, 150 pages, illd with photos, maps, etc. Orig grey cloth. VG. £7.50


Edlin, H.(ed). Dean Forest & Wye Valley [Forestry Commn Guide]. HMSO, 1974, 4th edn. 124, illd. Card covers. Near VG. £4


'Quaestor' [i.e Wilfred Byford-Jones]. Both Sides of the Severn. Midland News Assn, not dated [c1950]. 200 pages, illd, Orig red boards. Map endpprs. VG. £7.50

[Fisher, M.]. Leominster & District Tourist Guide. Leominster DC, not dated [c1984]. 94; illd. Card covers (some notes in biro on back) Gen VG. £2

Baldwin, M. Cleobury Mortimer from Domesday. 3-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). New. £3.50

Elliott, W. The population of Cleobury Mortimer, 1601-1981. 8-page article with 4 figures in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). New. £3.50
Baldwin, M. Two letters from Simon Evans. 3-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). New. £3.50
Grove, K. Victorian Interlude [Part One]. 8-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). Based on extracts from Parish Mag, 1865-66. New. £3.50
Elliott, W. The Blount family. 11-page article with 4 genealogical tables in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). Norman-French family, who built Mawley Hall. New. £3.50
Warren, J. Muller & Co (England) and Cleobury Mortimer. 8-page article with two illustrations in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). New. £3.50
Roberts, M. & Baldwin, M. A 14th-century Cleobury document. 3-page article, with facsimile of document, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). Earliest detailed document relating to Cleobury Mortimer yet located. New. £3.50
Dewar, D. The Census as a source for local history. 9-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). New. £3.50
Baldwin, M. Beaconsfield House, 24 High Street, A history since 1800. 9-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 1 (1991). New. £3.50


Grove, K. Victorian Interlude: Part 2. 9-page article, with 2 illns, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). Based on extracts from Parish Mag, 1867-74. New. £3.50
Elliott, W. The Parish Registers. 6-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). Includes availability of original and re-printed registers for CM and 7 adjacent parishes. New. £3.50
Davis, J. Towards South Shropshire: Part 1. 6-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). First 3 centuries after the Romans. New. £3.50
Elliott, W. The Trow family. 4-page article, with genealogical table, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). New. £3.50
Pardoe, B. The Gas Works. 11-page article, with illns, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). The works at Cleobury Mortimer, opened 1866, closed 1934. New. £3.50
Chapman, D. Cleobury Park. 5-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). Deer park between Cleobury Mortimer and Wyre Forest in 14th to 17th centuries. New. £3.50
Wheatley, J. The spire of St Mary's Church. 7-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). Probably 14th century, repaired 1993. New. £3.50
Edwards, W. The Downes family of the Post Office. 12-page article, with 3 genealogical tables and 7 photos, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 2 (1992). 4 generations of this family kept the PO at Cleobury Mortimer. New. £3.50


Poyner, D. & Evans, R. The Wyre Forest Coalfield. 11-page illd article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 3 (1994). £3.50
Elliott, W. Field Names in Cleobury Mortimer. 8-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 3 (1994). £3.50
Walker, C. The Roman fort at Walltown Farm. 8-page article, with 3 figs, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 3 (1994). £3.50
Baldwin, M. Ironworking in Cleobury Mortimer: Part 1. 16-page illd article, with 2 figs, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 3 (1994). £3.50
Hannaford, H. Trial excavations at the Lacon Childe School. 2-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 3 (1994). £3.50
Davis, J. Towards South Shropshire: Part 2. 14-page article, with 2 maps, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 3 (1994). 7th to 11th centuries. New. £3.50
Wheatley, J. The Spire of St Mary's church - postcript. 2-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 3 (1994). New. £3.50


Baldwin. M. The Churchyard, Cleobury Mortimer, during the 19th and 20th centuries. 6-page article, with 2 illns, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50
Elliott, W. The Mortimer family. 10-page article, with map and genealogical table, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50
Pardoe, B. Markets & Fairs in Cleobury Mortimer. 10-page article, with 4 illns, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50
Sidoli, P. The Catherine of Aragon chasuble from Mawley Hall. 10-page article, with 2 illns, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50
Anon. Personal street names in Cleobury Mortimer. 3-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50
Hadley, D. & Baldwin, M. The Langland Window and other memorial windows in St Mary's church. 8-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50
Chapman, D. Cleobury Park Furnace. 10-page article, with 4 plans, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50
Elliott, W. The Moultrie family. 5-page article, with 4 illns, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 4 (1996). New. £3.50

Poyner, D. The Clee Hill Coalfield. 10-page article, with 2 maps, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Higgins, D. Clay tobacco pipes from Cleobury. 4-page article, with drgs, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Perfect, A. Some notes on the early history of the Lacon Childe School. 6-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Evans, J. The moated site at Nickless Farm, Milson. 4-page article, with map, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Anon. Monumental inscriptions from Mawley Catholic burial ground. 4-page article, with map, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Baldwin. M. The Lycett family bible. 4-page article, with genealogical table, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Parry, A. Agnes Parry's story. 7-page article, with photo, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. AP was born and raised in the CM workhouse. New. £3.50
Grove, K. Wills and inventories: a peep into the past. 11-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Blount, C. Another Blount family? 1-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Poyner, D. Ironworking in Cleobury Park: an update. 4-page article, with plan, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50
Poyner, D. A bloomery at Chorley, Stottesdon. 2-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 5, 1999. New. £3.50


Andrews, G et al. Cleobury Mortimer College. 6-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 6, 2002. New. £3.50
Poyner, D. Medieval ironworking at Chorley and surrounding areas. 12-page article, with 3 site plans, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 6, 2002. New. £3.50
Mark, G. Frank Murray (1884-1970) & Cleobury Engineering. 6-page article, with 2 photos, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 6, 2002. New. £3.50
Short, C. The growth of Methodism in South East Shropshire. 8-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 6, 2002. New. £3.50
Andrews, G. Animal care & country craftsman. 13-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 6, 2002. New. £3.50
Grove, K. Jacobite echoes. 6-page article in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 6, 2002. New. £3.50
Jones, D. Furnace Mill, Wyre Forest. 4-page article, with 2 photos, in complete issue of 'Cleobury Chronicles' Vol 6, 2002. New. £3.50

 

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