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178 - A splendid occasion : the Stratford Jubilee of 1769 / by Levi Fox. - 1973

179 - The administration of an eighteenth-century Warwickshire parish : Butlers Marston / by Joan Lane. - 1973

2387 - The records of King Edward's School, Birmingham : a supplementary miscellany. Vol. 6 / edited by J. Izon. - 1974

9633 - Dugdale (Sir W.) Warwickshire : a concise topographical description of the county of Warwick; from the elaborate work of Sir William Dugdale etc. (Coventry) Port. Illus. Map. 1817. History of Birmingham. - 1817

13656 - Gem (T.H.) History of the First Warwickshire (Birmingham) Battalion of Rifle Volunteers. 48pp. 1876. Military. - 1876

52129 - Field (Rev. W.) Letter to the inhabitants of Warwick, in answer to charges against dissenters at the Chapel in High Street, by the Rev. R. Mller. 2nd edition with Postscript and a letter to the Birmingham Gazette. 40pp. 1791. MILLER (Rev. ROBERT) of Warwick. Works relating to. - 1791

52130 - Field (Rev. W.) Second letter to the inhabitants of Warwick, in reply to the Remarks by the Rev. R. Miller and H. Laugharne upon the First Letter, and upon a Letter to the Birmingham Gazette. With a copy of the latter. 52pp. 1791. MILLER (Rev. ROBERT) of Warwick. Works relating to. - 1791

57771 - BRACKEN (Miss L.) History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield etc. - 1860

61141 - An epitome of the county of Warwick. Containing a brief account of the towns, villages and parishes. With references to Birmingham. 1835. SHARP (THOMAS). - 1835

62016 - A Topographical and historical description of the County of Warwick (including a history of Birmingham) Illus. 1820?. BREWER (JAMES NORRIS). - 1820

62780 - Remarks upon a letter to the Birmingham Gazette, also upon a letter to the inhabitants of Warwick, by W. Field. By R. Miller and H. Laugharne. (Warwick) 24pp. 1791. MILLER (Rev. ROBERT) of Warwick. - 1791

63473 - Magna Britannia; or topographical, historical, ecclesiastical and natural history of Warwickshire with pedigrees of families etc. Map. 1720. COX (Rev. THOMAS). - 1720

103776 - A history of Warwickshire. Containing references to Birmingham. With a bibliography. (Popular County Histories) 1889. History of Birmingham. - 1889

118998 - ANDREWS (W) ed. Bygone Warwickshire. Ports. Illus. - 1893

183867 - West Bromwich. An account of the lectureship, in the Parish of West Bromwich, founded by Walter Stanley, Esq. in the year 1613, including copies of the foundation deed etc. By J. Robins. 90pp. - 1815

194411 - A school history of Warwickshire. Containing references to Birmingham. Illus. 1906. WINDLE (Sir BERTRAM COGHILL ALAN). - 1906

205044 - Memorials of Old Warwickshire. (Memorials of the Counties of England, Volume 10) Illus. 1908. Dryden (Alice) ed. - 1908

238841 - The way about Warwickshire. Illus. Map. 1893. BETTESWORTH, W.A. - 1893

249430 - Warwickshire (including a description of Birmingham) Illus. Maps. Plans. (The Little Guides) 1914. COX (JOHN CHARLES). - 1914

249882 - Hutton (W.H.) Highways and byways in Shakespeare's country. With illustrations by E.H. New of Birmingham. 1914. - 1914

250510 - The Story of Warwickshire (including a chapter on 'The rise of the great manufacturing towns' Birmingham etc.) 1914?. BLOOM (JAMES HARVEY). - [1914?]

313652 - Unkown Warwickshire. Including chapters on Birmingham, Aston Hall, and Aston Parish Church. Illustrated by J.E. Duggins. 1924. HARRIS (MARY DORMER). - 1924

343006 - J. Fairfax's guide, directory, and almanack, to Leamington Spa and its environs. - 1838

349298 - Historic Warwickshire. 2nd edition edited and revised by Joseph Hill (containing reference to the history of Birmingham) Illus. 1893. BURGESS (JOSPEH TOM). - 1893

365659 - Warwickshire County Book. Short description of the County of Warwick and isolated parishes of adjoining counties, rules of the quarter sessions, etc. (including references to Birmingham under Boroughs, Boundaries, and Police) 1900, 1914 and 1924. (Warwick) 3 volumes. 1900-1924. - 1900 - 1924

367875 - Warwickshire. Being a concise topographical description of the county of Warwick, from the elaborate work of Sir W. Dugdale etc. Port. Illus. Map. (Coventry) 1817 NOTE :- Revised edition. Published and printed by John Turner jun.. DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM).

374501 - BURMAN (J) The story of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Ports. Illus. Map. - 1930

379619 - Warwickshire (including a description of Birmingham) Illus. Maps. Plans. (The Little Guides) (3rd edition) Completely revised by P.B. Chatwin. 1930. COX (JOHN CHARLES). - 1930

384927 - Warwickshire. (with references to Birmingham). Illus. Maps. Dgms. (Cambridge County Geographies). (Cambridge) 1916. BLOOM (Rev. JAMES HARVEY). - 1916

401837 - Compendium of county history : Warwickshire. With references to Birmingham. From The Gentleman's Magazine. January 1825. T. (S.). - 1825

402019 - Warwickshire County Book. A handbook covering the various administrative activities of the County of Warwick. Compiled by L.E. Stephens. Including references to Birmingham as a County Borough, its boundaries, Parliamentary representation etc. (Warwick) Maps. 1933. STEPHENS (LEON EDGAR). - 1933

410630 - An epitome of the county of Warwick. Containing a brief account of the towns, villages and parishes. With references to Birmingham. 1835. SHARP (THOMAS). - 1835

410670 - Burgess (J.T.) Historic Warwickshire. Containing reference to the history of Birmingham. Illus. 1876 NOTE - This copy contains 10 plates. History of Birmingham.

411780 - Gleanings from Warwickshire history. Illus. Genealogical charts. 1933. BURMAN (JOHN). - 1933

425232 - Old Warwickshire families and houses (with chapters on Aston Hall and the Holte family and Birmingham newspapers). Illus. Pedigrees. 1934. *BURMAN (JOHN). - 1934

425233 - Old Warwickshire families and houses (with chapters on Aston Hall and the Holte family and Birmingham newspapers). Illus. Pedigrees. 1934. *BURMAN (JOHN). - 1934

436276 - Warwick County Records. Vol. 1 --. Ports. Illus. (Warwick) 1935 -- Vol. 1 Quarter Sessions Order Book, Easter 1625, to Trinity 1637. Edited with introduction by S.C. Ratcliff and H.C. Johnson. With a foreword by Lord Hanworth. Warwickshire County Council, Records Committee.

437002 - Notes on some Warwickshire buildings. Compiled mainly for survey purposes. Including Birmingham churches, Aston Hall and Pype Hayes Hall. Typescript. 1935. LLOYD (LEWIS). - 1935

442055 - Warwickshire (including a description of Birmingham) Illus. Maps. Plans. (The Little Guides) (2nd edition) 1923. COX (JOHN CHARLES). - 1923

447923 - Warwickshire. With a chapter on Birmingham. Illus. Map. 1936. LISLE (JOHN). - 1936

449453 - Wootton Wawen : its history and records (with references to Birmingham). Ports. Illus. Map. Plans. (Leeds) 1936. COOPER (WILLIAM) F.S.A.. - 1936

458658 - Warwickshire: Shakespeare's country. With a description of Birmingham. (The King's England) Illus. Maps. 1936. MEE (ARTHUR) Works edited by. - 1936

460076 - Historic Warwickshire (containing reference to the history of Birmingham) Illus. 1876 NOTE :- contains 9 plates. BURGESS (JOSEPH TOM). - 1876

463346 - Warwickshire delineated : a concise historical and topographical description of that county. With brief biographical sketches of eminent men of Warwickshire. With an account of Birmingham. (Southam) Map. c.1820. SMITH (FRANCIS). - 1820

463869 - Some manors, churches and villages of Warwickshire. With an account of Aston Hall and certain old buildings of Coventry. (Coventry City Guild, Memorial Volume) (Coventry) Port. Illus. 1937. HARRIS (MARY DORMER). - 1937

468693 - Guide to Leamington Spa and its vicinity : with an analysis and dissertation upon the nature, properties and cures performed by the waters : to which is added a directory. - 1833

469726 - Warwickshire. An illustrated review of the holiday, sporting and commercial interests of the county. With a chapter on Birmingham. By W.R. Bawden, G.L. Dalton, G.H. Parsons and other contributors. With a foreword by Lord Leigh. Edited by H.E. O’Connor. 2nd edition. (E.J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.) (Cheltenham) Map. 1937. Guides. - 1937

497708 - The visitors' new guide to the spa of Leamington Priors and its vicinity. Including a sketch of Birmingham. With poetical illustrations serious and comic. (Leamington) Map. Plan. 1818. MONCRIEFF (WILLIAM THOMAS) pseud. (i.e. William Thomas Thomas). - 1818

504792 - Reeves (J) The history and topography of West Bromwich and its vicinity. With references to Birmingham and a chapter on Boulton and Watt. Illus. 1836. - 1836

533736 - Warwickshire. Being a concise topographical description of the county of Warwick, from the elaborate work of Sir W. Dugdale etc. Port. Illus. Map. (Coventry) 1817 NOTE :- Revised edition. Published and printed by John Turner jun.. DUGDALE (Sir WILLIAM). - 1817

659107 - Warwickshire County Book. Short description of the County of Warwick and isolated parishes of adjoining counties, rules of the quarter sessions etc. Including references to Birmingham under Boroughs, Boundaries, and Police. 1883 - 1900; 1907 - 1914; 1924 - 1953. (Warwick) 1883 --. - 1883-1953

776593 - Rugby Junction. - 1969

779351 - Discovering Warwickshire : [a guide to the county] / [by] George H. Haines. - 1968

779390 - Ministers' accounts of the collegiate church of St. Mary, Warwick 1432-85. / Transcribed and edited by Dorothy Styles, with a memoir of Philip Boughton Chatwin by Philip Styles. - 1969

781017 - Warwickshire : [a Cotman color book published / by Jarrold and sons Ltd.]. - 1969

789578 - Bygone Warwickshire. - 1893

798528 - Ecclesiastical terriers of Warwickshire parishes. Vol. 2, Parishes Lo to W. - 1971

ALV; 776115 - The history of Alvecote / by Peter Edden and Hilary Jones. - 1968

ARD; 664268 - In the forest of Arden. - 1948

BEA; 382157 - The records of Beaudesert, Henley-in-Arden. Transcribed and edited with notes and an historical introduction by W. Cooper. (with references to Birmingham and a bibliography) (Leeds) Illus. 1931. COOPER (WILLIAM) F.S.A. Works edited by. - 1931

BER; 664203 - The church of St. John Baptist, Berkswell : [a guide] / by Rev. A.L. Whitaker [and others]. - 1972

BIC; 662726 - Discovering Bickenhill / [by] V. H. T. Skipp, assisted by R. P. Hastings. Pref. by H. P. R. Finberg. Illus. by H. R. Boyce. - 1963

BID; 798940 - Bidford-on-Avon : design and materials for the locality. - 1971

COM; 391682 - Historical notes on Compton Verney church. With references to Vol. 1 of Papers and documents relating to the Verney Family. MSS in the Birmingham Reference Library. (Long Compton) 28pp. 1932. MILLS (ESTHER M.). - 1932

COU; 669705 - Coughton Court and the Throckmorton story. - 1970

COV; 142211 - Life in an old English town (Coventry); a history of Coventry from the earliest times / comp. from official records, by Mary Dormer Harris. - 1898

COV; 663629 - Coventry and Lichfield. - 1968

COV; 664630 - Coventry; six hundred years of municipal life / [by] Frederick Smith ... - 1945

COV; 766271 - Coventry's town wall / [by] Eileen Gooder. - 1967

COV; 777674 - Coventry through the ages: some descriptions of the city, c.1540-1868 / compiled by D. J. H. Smith. - 1969

COV; 785675 - Coventry City Charters / [by] A. A. Dibben. - 1969

COV; 811935 - Coventry, the tradition of change and continuity. - 1966

KEN; 664747 - The ruins of Kenilworth, an historical poem. - 1856

KEN; 669249 - Kenilworth Castle / [by] D. F. Renn. - 1973

KEN; 786063 - Kenilworth: an historical miscellany / by John H. Drew. - 1969

KEN; 807022 - Kenilworth, a manor of the king : [life in old Kenilworth] / [by] J. H. Drew. - 1971

LEA; 497708 - Moncrieff (W.T.) pseud. The visitor's new guide to the spa of Leamington Priors and its vicinity. Including a sketch of Birmingham. With poetical illustrations serious and comic. (Leamington) Map. Plan. 1818. - 1818

LON; 779685 - Through the Lych gate : [a history of Long Compton, Warwickshire] / with a foreword by Cuthbert Bardsley. - 1969

OFF; 781786 - The Offchurch story / by K. T. Swanzy. - 1968

ROW; 133986 - RYLAND (J.W.) Records of Rowington etc. Vol. 1. Illus. Map. Arms NOTE - Volume 2 was not printed in Birmingham - 1896

RUG; 794568 - Handbook to Rugby and neighbourhood. - 1926

SHI; 777026 - The story of Shirley and its church / by John Burman ; rev. and enl. by Kenneth Wilfred Breed (Vicar of Shirley). - 1968

SOL; 34271 - Annual reports of the Provident Benefit Club, for Solihull, Yardley, Knowle etc. 1st - 18th (1848-9 -1865-6) 18 volumes. - 1848 - 1866

SOL; 67299 - Solihull. Sketch of Solihull, and its environs. Illus. 32pp. - 1840

SOL; 501329 - MALLEY (B) Solihull and the Catholic faith, written on the occasion of the centenary of St. Augustine's Church, Solihull, 1839 - 1939. (Solihull) Ports. Illus. 83pp. - 1939

STO; 60114 - The Cistercian abbey of Stoneley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, and its occupants. - 1854

STR; 772843 - Stratford-upon-Avon draft town centre map [and report to provide guidance for development in the town centre]. - 1968

STR; 788672 - Stratford on Avon / by H.W. Tompkins; with illustrations by Edmund H. New. - 1904

SUT; 57771 - Bracken (Miss L.) History of the Forest and Chase of Sutton Coldfield, including Erdington etc. Map. 1860. Erdington. - 1860

SUT; 57771 - History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield, etc. - 1860

SUT; 64599 - Sutton Coldfield. Report of the proceedings of an inquiry directed by the Privy Council, 1855, upon certain petitions for and against the grant of a municipal corporation to the royal town etc. of Sutton Coldfield, with an appendix. - 1855

SUT; 182679 - MIDGLEY (W) A short history of the town and chase of Sutton Coldfield. Illus. Maps - 1904

SUT; 237094 - COLLINGE (W.E.) Report on Sutton Park presented to the Sutton Coldfield Town Council, 6 March 1912. 16pp - 1912

SUT; 332779 - MIDGLEY (W) A short history of the town and chase of Sutton Coldfield. Illus. Maps

SUT; 337830 - Sutton Coldfield (Borough of) List of the council, committees, and officals. Standing orders of the council, bye-laws, and instructions to committees. 24pp. NOTE - Imperfect - 1887

TEM; 64021 - SHORT (J) A concise memorial of the establishment at Temple Balsall, county of Warwick, as it was when in occupation of the Knights Templars etc. 21pp. - 1842

WAR; 797423 - A portrait of Warwick / [written by Elizabeth Holroyde, with photographs by Geoffrey Clenton, drawings by Rod Walker]. - 1970

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