Forest of Dean Local History Society
Library Index
Please find below a list of all publications available from the Forest of Dean Local History Society Library at the Sea Cadets', Lydney - as at 3rd July 2022. If you wish you can download this document HERE.
Book, pamphlets and Articles
- Allden, A, Darvill and Saville. Handbook of Gloucestershire Archaeology. Committee for Archaeology in Gloucestershire 1985
- Almond, R, 2011. Mediaeval Hunting. The History Press. ISBN 978 0 7524 5949 3
- Anstis, R. Four Personalities from the Forest of Dean. Albion House
- Anstis, R. Diary of a Working Man
- Anstis, R. Man of Iron, Man of Steel. Albion House 1997 ISBN 09511371 4x
- Anstis, Ralph. The Story of Parkend. Douglas McLean 1982 ISBN 09462520 0 9
- Anstis, Ralph – Industrial Teagues and the Forest of Dean Sutton 1990
- Anstis, Ralph – Warren James and the Dean Forest Riots Albion House 1986
- Archaeology in the Severn Estuary Vols 5-14
- Anstis, Ralph Blood on Coal Black Dwarf 1999 ISBN 0 9533028 4 9
- Archer, Fred The Cuckoo Pen. Sutton Publishing 1996 ISBN 0 7509 1288X
- Atkyns, Sir Robert. The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire. !974 reprint by E P Publishing of the 1712 edition. Parts 1 and 2, both ISBN 0 85409 861 5.
- Awre Millennium Committee Aspects of Awre Black Dwarf 2001 ISBN 1 903599 040
- Baty, F. W. 1952 Forest of Dean, Robert Hale
- Beard, J A Gordon Halcyon Days - A Young Boy's Life in a Gloucestershire Village [Lydbrook] 1930-43
- Beckinsale, R P. Companion into Gloucestershire Methuen 1948 5th Edition
- Beecham, M J A Mills and Milling in Gloucestershire Tempus 2005 ISBN 0 7524 3459 4
- Bell, R A J Parish Church of St Mary Lydney Chequer Press 1983
- Bent, M.V. 1988. The Last Deep Mine of Dean. M.V. Bent Publishing ISBN 0 9513763 0 6
- Bellows, J A Week’s Holiday in the Forest of Dean (replica) Holborn House 2013
- Bettey, J (Ed) Archives and Local History in Bristol and Gloucestershire BGAS
- BGAS Archaeological Reports 2,4,5,6
- BGAS Gloucestershire Records Series
- Vol.1.Transportees from Gloucestershire to Australia, 1783-1842, ed. Irene Wyatt(1988), xxiv + 181 pages, map. ISBN 0900197269.
- Vols. 2, 3, 5, 8. Bigland's Gloucestershire Collections, ed. Brian Frith Part 1 (A-C),(1989),xviii + 458 pages, 35 plates. ISBN 0 900197 28 5.Part 2 (D-M), (1990), xiv + 430 pages, 35 plates. ISBN 0900197 30 7.
Part 3 (N-T), (1992), xii + 476 pages. ISBN 0 900197 34 x. Part 4 (U-Y, indexes), (1995),xxxvii + 455 pages, maps in endpapers. ISBN 0 900197404.
- Vol.4.Registers of Gloucester Freemen, 1641-1838, ed. John Jurica (1991), xxx + 330 pages. ISBN 0 900197 32 3.
- Vol.6.The Military Survey of Gloucestershire, 1522, ed. R. W. Hoyle (1993), liii + 265 pages, 2 plates. ISBN 0 900197 36 3
- Vol.7. Tewkesbury Churchwardens' Accounts,1563-1624, ed. C. 3. Litzenberger (1994), xxiii + 163 pages, 1 plate. ISBN 0 900197 39 0
- Vol.9. An Historical Gazetteer of Cheltenham, comp.James Hodsdon (1997), xiv + 208 pages, 3 maps in pocket. ISBN 0 900197 43 9
- Vol.10. The Cartulary of St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, ed.David Walker (1998), xxxvi + 439 pages, 2 maps. ISBN 0 90019746 3.
- Vol.11. Original Acta of St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, C. 1122-1263, ed. Robert B. Patterson (1998), lxi + 354 pages, 44 plates. ISBN 0 90019747 1.
- Vol.12. Cheltenham Probate Records, 1660-1740, ed. A.J.H. Sale (1999), xxxi + 231 pages, 2 maps. ISBN 0 900197 49 8.
- Vol.13. Bishop Benson's Survey of the Diocese of Gloucester, 1735-1750, ed. John Fendley, xx + 204 pages. ISBN 0 900197 50 1.
- Vol. 14. A Calendar of the Registers of Apprentices of the City of Gloucester 1595-1700, ed. Jill Barlow, xxxii + 343 pages. ISBN 0 900197 54 4.
- Vol. 15. A Calendar of the Registers of the Priory of Llanthony by Gloucester 1457 - 1466, 1501 - 1525, ed. John Rhodes, xlii + 234 pages. ISBN 0 900197 56 0.
- Vol. 16. Abstract of Feet of Fines Relating to Gloucestershire, Edited by C.R. Elrington, xxxv + 263 pages. ISBN 0 900197 58 7.
- Vols. 17 &18. A catalogue of the Medieval Muniments at Berkeley Castle, Edited by Bridget Wells-Furby, lxxxix + 1,200 pages. ISBN 0 900197 60 9, 0 900197 61 7.
- Vol. 19. Notes on the Diocese of Gloucester by Chancellor Richard Parsons Edited by John Fendley, xxiv + 564 pages. ISBN 0 900197 641 and 090019761 7.
- Vol. 20. Abstracts of Feet of Fines Relating to Gloucestershire 1300-1359 Edited by C. R. Elrington, xix + 228 pages. ISBN 0900197668..
- Vol. 21. Gloucester Cathedral Chapter Act Book 1616-1687 Edited by Suzanne Eward, xxxii + 187 pages. ISBN 9780900197697.
- Vol. 22. Calendar of Convictions at Petty Sessions, 1781-1837 Edited by Irene Wyatt, xxii + 530 pages. ISBN 978 0 900197 71 0
- Vol. 23. The Bristol and Gloucestershire Lay Subsidy of 1523-1527 Edited by M. A. Faraday, lx + 548 pages. ISBN 978 0 900197 73 4.
- Vol. 24. Cheltenham Manor Court Books, 1692–1803 Edited by James Hodsdon, xxxviii + [620] pages.
- Vol. 28. The Great Cartulary of Berkley Castle Edited by Bridget Wells-Furby
- Vol. 29. The Religious Census of Bristol and Gloucestershire 1851. Ed. Alan Munden. BGAS 2015 ISBN 978 0 900197 88 8
- Vol. 30. Terrier of Llanthony Priory’s Houses and Lands in Gloucester 1443. Ed. John Rhodes BGAS 2016. ISBN 978 0 900197 91 8
- Vol.31. The Account Book of the Giles Geast Charity, Tewkesbury, 1558-1891, Daniel C. Beaver (Record Series 31, 2017)
- BGAS - Archives and Local History in Bristol and Gloucestershire
- BGAS - Historic Churches and Church Life in Bristol
- BGAS - A Grand City - Life, Movement and Work
- BGAS A Gloucestershire and Bristol Atlas - 16th-19th c. maps. 1961.
- BGAS - Edward II - His Last Months and his Monument. BGAS 2015 ISBN 978 0 900 197 895
- Bick, David The Old Industries of Dean Douglas McLean, 80 pages, ISBN 0 946252 20 8
- Bick, David E. The Hereford and Gloucester Canal. The Pound House 1979 ISBN 0 90502040 9 9
- Bick, David. The Mines of Newent and Ross. The Pound House 1987. ISBN 0 906885 06 X
- Billing, J. 1992 The Billing Family in the Forest of Dean in the 14th century
- Boden, Anthony. F W Harvey - Soldier, Poet. Douglas McLean 2011 978 0 946252-80 0
- Boughton, Fred Memories of Mitcheldean Forest of Dean Newspapers
- Bradshaw's Railway Manual Shareholders' Guide 1869
- Brakspear, H and Evans, M. Tintern Abbey. HMSO 1915
- Bream Maypole Writers Breaking the Silence
- Bream Maypole Writers Poetry and Prose
- Bright, T. 1953 The Rise of Non-Conformity in the Forest of Dean. Forest of Dean Newspapers and FODLHS
- Bright, Thomas. More light on Bell's Grammar School. FoD Newspapers 1968
- British Regional Geology, Bristol and Gloucester District HMSO 1948
- Camm, W A. Bream through the Ages. Self-published 1979
- Camm, W A. Bream through the Ages - Book 2. Self-published 1980
- Clammer, Carol and Underwood, Keith The Churches and Chapels of the Parish of Tidenham - Their History and Architecture - Tidenham Historical Group. ISBN 978 0 9928722 0 5
- Clark, K. 2001. Informed Conservation. English Heritage ISBN 1 873592 64 7
- Clark, Keith Beatrix Potter's Gloucester. F Warne 1988 ISBN 0 7232 3571 6
- Clark, Leonard A Fool in the Forest ISBN 0 234 77462 2 - 2 copies
- Clark, Leonard. Green Wood. Dobson Books 1978
- Clarke, Stephen. Down the Dig. Clarke Printing 2008. ISBN 978-0-9558242-1-0
- Clarke, Stephen. The Lost Lake – Revised Edition. Monmouth Archaeological Society, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9558242-3-4.
- Coates S D The Water Powered Industries of the Lower Wye Valley Monmouth Borough Museums Service 1992 ISBN 0 9503 295 8 4
- Colborne G J N. Soils in Gloucestershire Sheet SO61 (Cinderford). Soil Survey Record No 73 1981
- Colliery Guardian Guide to the Coalfields 1951
- Cooke, A. O. 1913 The Forest of Dean. Constable and Co.
- Co-op Forest Pioneers – The Story of the Co-operative Movement in the Forest of Dean
- Coones, P. 1994 Weekend Field Excursion to Forest of Dean. Mercian Geologist 13 (3), 133-137
- Coones, P. 1991 A review of the stratigraphy and structure of the Upper Palaeozoic of the Forest of Dean. Proc. Geol. Ass.102 (1), 1-24
- Coones, P. 1994 The Geology of the Forest of Dean: A Bibliographical Review. Mercian Geologist 13 (3), 119-131
- Cowles, R The Making of the Severn Railway Tunnel Alan Sutton 1989 ISBN 0 86299 602 3
- Crawley Boevey, S M. Dene Forest Sketches. Maxwell, undated but copy collapsing.
- Creswick W.G. - Where I was born
- Cross, AGR Old Industrial Sites in Wyedean – A Gazetter
- Darvill, Timothy. Prehistoric Gloucestershire. Sutton 1987 ISBN 0 86299 460 8
- Dean Archaeological Group A Preliminary Report on Breckness Court 1985
- Dean Forest Railway DFR Guide and Stockbook 4th Edition ISBN 0950 7099 3x
- Dean Heritage Museum, 1983. Centre Opening Souvenir Programme Chequer Press
- Dean Heritage Museum Trust Zion Chapel, Soudley, Forest of Dean
- Deeks, Roger and Griffiths, Jason (Eds.) Reading the Forest: a Forest of Dean Anthology Douglas Maclean Publishing, Gloucestershire 2022 ISBN 978-0946252-93-0.
- Deeks, Roger Brass Bands and Processions in the Forest of Dean Holborn House 2022
- Large boxed edition of Gloucestershire Domesday Book, limited edition 356/1000
- Domesday Book Gloucestershire. Ed. John S Moore Phillimore 1982 ISBN 0 85033 320 2
- Dreghorn, William. Geology explained in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley. David and Charles 1968.
- Druce, F. 1988. Remembrance of Things Past. Orphans Press ISBN 0 9509224 1 2
- Duberley, Gladys. Heaven Lies about Us. Douglas McLean 1978. ISBN 0946252 17 3
- Durrant, Lucy Woolaston in Days Gone By (typed document)
- Edlin, H L. Dean Forest and Wye Valley National Park Forest Guide HMSO 1956 and 1974
- Evans, Edith. 2000.The Caerleon Canabae, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
- Everard, Heslegrave & Langford The Management of Broad-leaf Woodland in the Forest of Dean, Forestry Commission
- Farr, Grahame E. Chepstow Ships. Chepstow Society 1954
- Fenton, T J History and Guide to the Church of the Holy Innocents, Highnam 1985
- Field, Dr G.J. A Look back at Norchard
- Finberg, H P R. Gloucestershire - an Illustrated Essay on the History of the Landscape. Hodder and Stoughton 1955
- Fisher, Chris. Custom, Work and Market Capitalism - the Forest of Dean Colliers 1788-1888. Croom Helm 1981. ISBN 0 7099 1001 0
- Fletcher, H.L.V. Portrait of the Wye Valley
- Foley, W No Pipe Dreams for Father - 2 copies
- Ford, T. J. and Riewerts, J. H. 1975. Lead Mining in the Peak District. Peak Park Planning Board ISBN 0901428 25
- Forest of Dean Colliery Owners’ Association Fine Forest Coal Lightmoor Facsimile Series
- Forest of Dean District Council Buildings at Risk Register
- Forestry Commission Forest of Dean Day Visitor Survey 1973 ISBN 11 710138 9
- Forest of Dean LHS Forest at War 2018
- Forgotten Landscape Tales of the Vale: Stories from a Forgotten Landscape 2017 South Gloucestershire Council
- Freeminers Association Royal Forest of Dean 1974 and 1983
- Frith, B (ed.) 1989. Ralph Bigland's Collections relative to County of Gloucester, Abbenhall - Cromhall. BGAS. ISBN 0 900197 28 5
- Fullbrook-Leggatt, L E W O. Roman Gloucester. BGAS 1968
- Gethyn-Jones, Rev.J E. Dymock down the Ages, 1965 revision.
- Gibbings, Robert. Coming Down the Wye. Dent, 1942.
- Gibson, J and Rogers, C Poor Law Union Records. 2 The Midlands and Northern England Federation of Family History Societies 1993
- Gibson, J and Hunter, J Victuallers’ Licences – Records for Family and Local Historians Federation of Family History Societies 1994
- Gloucester Civic Trust. Gloucester through the Pages - the City of Gloucester in Literature.. Stoate and Bishop 1986. ISBN 0 9510398 0 0
- Gloucestershire County Council 1958. Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions Archives 1660-1889 [a catalogue]
- Gloucestershire County Council 1987. Gloucestershire Structure Plans - Draft Alterations. Gloucestershire County Council ISBN 0 904 950 646
- Gloucestershire County Council 1978. The Draft Structure Plan for Gloucestershire. Daniel Greenaway ISBN 0 904 950 17 4
- Gloucestershire Federation of Women's Institutes. The Gloucestershire Village Book. Countryside Books 1987. ISBN 0 905392 87 6
- Gloucestershire Record Office. Inclosure in Gloucestershire. A "Signal" Teaching Aid, 1976
- Gloucestershire Record Office. The Cloth Industry in Gloucestershire 1700-1840. A "Signal" Teaching Aid, 1976
- Godwin, Fay Secret Forest of Dean Arnolfini
- Green, Colin. Severn Traders, Black Dwarf 1999, ISBN 0 9533028 2 2
- GSIA Guide to Industrial Archaeology of Gloucestershire 1992 ISBN 0 950 8448 6 1
- Gurney, Ivor. Poems. Plus notes. Chatto & Windus 1973
- Handley, Brian M. The Wye Valley Railway. Oakwood Press 1982
- Industrial Heritage
- Harris, FW. Wyntours of the White Cross, 1923. Harris, The Cross, Lydney. Appears to be a bound photocopy
- Hart, C. 1967 Archaeology in Dean. J. Bellows and Co.
- Hart, C. 1967 Archaeology in Dean. J. Bellows and Co. 2nd. copy.
- Hart, C. 1951 The Commoners of Dean Forest. British Publishing Co.
- Hart, C 1953 The Free-Miners of the Forest of Dean. British Publishing Company
- Hart, C. 1987 The Regard of the Forest of Dene in 1282. FODLHS
- Hart, C 1950 Verderers and Speech-Court of the Forest of Dean. John Bellows
- Hart, C. 1971 The Verderers and Forest Laws of Dean. David and Charles
- Hart, C Forest of Dean: New History 1550-1818
- Hart, C Forest of Dean: New History 1550-1818 Sutton 1995 ISBN 0 7509 0957 9 2nd copy
- Hart, C. Coleford. Sutton 1983 ISBN 0 86299 091 2
- Hart, Cyril. Practical Forestry for the Agent and Surveyor. 3rd Edition, Sutton 1991. ISBN 0 86299 962 6
- Hart, C Industrial History of Dean
- Hart, C Between Severn and Wye Sutton 2000
- Hart, C Royal Forest: History of Dean's Woods as Producers of Timber
- Hart, C and Raymond, Charles British Trees in Colour. Book Club 1974
- Harvey, Dave The Telecottage 2000
- Harvey, D Forest Fables. 2000
- Harvey F W. A Gloucestershire Lad, 1916 1988 reprint by Douglas McLean ISBN 0946252 18 1
- Havins, Peter J N The Forests of England Robert Hale 1976 ISBN 07091 54690
- Hebditch, Max and Grinsell, Leslie. Roman Sites in the Mendip, Cotswold, Wye Valley and Bristol Region., Bristol Archaeological Research Group 1968
- Heighway, C. Anglo-Saxon Gloucestershire. Sutton 1987. ISBN0 86299 364 4
- Henderson, A E. Tintern Abbey - Then and Now. Simpkin Marshall 1935
- Herbert, N M The Newnham and London Traders (from BGAS 1978)
- Herbert, Nicholas. Road Travel and Transport in Gloucestershire 1722-1822. Sutton 1985
- Hirst, R. P. 1998 Old Stone Crosses of West Gloucestershire. Lightmoor Press
- HMSO Forest of Dean Coalfield 1946
- Holbrook N and Jurica J 25 Years of Archaeology in Gloucestershire BGAS AR No 3
- Holmes, A Dorothy. Severn, Wye and Forest of Dean. Wilding and Son 1946.
- Household, H Gloucestershire Railways in the Twenties Alan Sutton 1986 ISBN 0 86299 197 8
- Hurley, Heather The Story of Bill Mills Logaston Press 2001 ISBN 1 873827 92 x
- Hurley, Heather Herefordshire's River Trade - Craft and Cargo on the Wye & Lugg Logaston Press 200 pages ISBN 978 1 906663 75 9
- Hurley, H&J Paths and Pubs of the Wye Valley Thornhill
- Huxley, Ron. The Rise and Fall of the Severn Bridge Railway 1872-1970. Sutton 1984. ISBN 0 86299 120 X
- Innes, Dulcie 1985 The Story of Thomas George Pearce and his family in Gloucestershire, England and Canterbury, New Zealand (+ loose cuttings)
- Innes, Dulcie & Voice, Elsie The Voices of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire and descendants in New Zealand 1798-1988
- Institute of Geological Sciences British Regional Geology - Bristol and Gloucester District HMSO 1948
- Isaac, J Archaeological Sites on Forestry Commission land in the Forest of Dean
- James, Revd John Lydney on Severn and its Dependencies John White
- Jamieson, A and Smith, Brian S. Gloucestershire - A Local History Handbook. Gloucestershire Community Council 1968
- Jenkins, Stanley C The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line Oakwood Press 2002 ISBN 0 85361 582 9
- Jenner, J et al Minsterworth in Old Photographs
- Jordan, Christopher. Severn Enterprise [ferries]. Arthur Stockwell 1977 ISBN 0 7223 0967 8
- Kear, A. Bermuda Dick
- Kear, A FoD Local History Society 50 Years 1948-1998 [5 page typescript]
- Kear, Alec Cinderford St Johns Cricket Club 1880-2000
- Kear, Bernard Scenes of Childhood Thornhill 1992
- Kelly's Directories. County of Gloucester 1935
- Kissack, Keith. The River Wye Lavenham Press 1978 ISBN 0 900963 79 4
- Lane, B A. Time and Tide wait for no man on the Severn. Douglas McLean 1993. ISBN 0 946252 29 7
- Large, N.F. Pit Heaps of Forest of Dean
- Large, N.F. The Pit Heap as a venue for Geographical Fieldwork
- Latham, Joyce Where I Belong Alan Sutton 1993 ISBN 07509 0386 4
- Latham, J. 1997.The Forest of Dean Revisited. Sutton ISBN 0 7509 1659 1
- Lawrence, George E. Kindling the Flame - 150 years of Methodism in the Forest of Dean. Self-published 1974
- Lower Wye Valley Preservation Society. A Lower Wye Valley Miscellany 1977
- Lydbrook Historical Society 2002. A Glance back at Lydbrook. Black Dwarf. ISBN 1 903599 07 5
- Lydney Institute Rules and Synoptical Catalogue of Works 1900
- Lydney Institute Admissions Register, 20/1/1903
- Lynch-Bosse, H (Ed.) 1986. Wartime Memories from Newnham. Forest Bookshop ISBN 0 946252 16 5
- Lynch-Bosse, H (Ed.) 1986. Wartime Memories from Newnham. Forest Bookshop ISBN 0 946252 16 5 2nd Copy
- Macer-Wright, D. Littledean Hall, from the past darkly. Littledean Hall 1975
- Mansfield, R J Forest Story Forest of Dean Newspapers 1964
- Marfell, A. A Forest Miner. Douglas McLean 1980 ISBN 09505926 5 x
- Margrett, Freda Welsh Bicknor 2011
- Martyn, C. 1993 The Story of Lydney Grammar School 1903-1973. LOGAS and DHMT
- Mason, Paul A Glance Back at Mitcheldean Black Dwarf 2001 ISBN 1 903599 01 6
- McWhirr, A. 1981 Roman Gloucestershire. Alan Sutton Publishing
- Meredith, J The Iron Industry of the Forest of Dean
- Mills, Stephen Gloucestershire at Work Sutton 1997
- Mills, Stephen Exploring Gloucestershire’s Industrial Heritage GSIA 2005
- Mills, Stephen Handbook of Gloucestershire Archaeology BGAS
- Mining Association of Great Britain. Historical Review of Coal Mining. Fleetway Press. Around 1925.
- Mitchell, V and Smith, K Branch line to Monmouth Middleton Press 2008 ISBN 978 1 906008 208
- Moore-Scott, T A History of Minsterworth
- Morris, Chris Work in the Woods – Dean’s Industrial Heritage Tanners Yard Press 2002 ISBN 0 9542096 0 5
- Morris, J. (ed.) 1982 Domesday Book (Vol. 15) Gloucestershire. Phillimore
- Moss, Paul Glance Back at Mitcheldean
- Mountjoy, C. R. A Mountjoy Family of Clearwell Meend 1300-1989
- Mountjoy, C. R. Index Supplement (June 1991) to the Mountjoys of Clearwell Meend
- Newent Local History Society Chapters in Newent’s History 2003 ISBN 0 9544648 0x
- Nicholls, H. G. Rev. 1866 Ironmaking in the Forest of Dean. Bartlett
- Nicholls, H. G. Rev. + Hart and Standing 1981. Ironmaking in the Forest of Dean. Forest Bookshop ISBN 09505926 84
- Nicholls, H. G. Rev. + Hart and Standing 1981. Ironmaking in the Forest of Dean. Forest Bookshop ISBN 09505926 84 - 2nd Copy
- Nicholls, H. G. Rev. 1863 The Personalities of the Forest of Dean. John Murray
- Nicholls’ Forest of Dean David and Charles 1966
- Oldham, Tony The Mines of the Forest of Dean
- Osborn, Fred M. The Story of the Mushets. Thomas Nelson 1952
- Owen, Barbara 1988 The Story of James Kear of Cinderford
- Owen, Barbara Wartime Letters of a Westbury Squire
- Owen, Barbara 1985 Memorandum:The Diary kept by Frederick George Baldwin of Nailbridge 1905-1938
- Owen, Barbara 1986 The Miner’s Agent: The Story of Timothy Mountjoy of Cinderford
- Pearson, Daphne Backward Glance Forest of Dean 1920-50 2011
- Parkhouse, Neil A Glance Back at Lydney Docks Black Dwarf 2001 ISBN 1 903599 00 8
- Parkhouse, N. and Pope, I. Edwardian Dean in Colour, Volume 1
- Parr, H W. The Severn and Wye Railway - Part 1. David and Charles 1963
- Parr, H W. An Industrial Tour of the Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean. West London Archaeological Society 1980. ISBN 0 907220 01 0
- Periera, WD The Siege of Gloucester Stoate and Bishop 1983 ISBN 0 901909 130
- Phelps, H. 1996. Forest Voices. Chalford Oral History ISBN 0 7524 0738 4
- Phelps, H The Forest in Old Photographs Amberley
- Phelps, Humphrey. The Forest of Dean Alan Sutton 1982 ISBN 0 904387 86 0
- Phelps, H A Forest Christmas Alan Sutton 1993 ISBN 0 7509 0320 1
- Phelps, H The Forest of Dean in Wartime Alan Sutton 1995 ISBN 0 7509 1179 4
- Phelps, H A Glance Back at Newnham-on-Severn Black Dwarf 2003 ISBN 1 903599 0 91
- Pope and Karau Forest of Dean Branch Vol 1 Wild Swan 1992
- Pope and Karau Forest of Dean Branch Vol 2 Wild Swan 1993
- Pope I and Karau, P Forest of Dean Branch Vol 3 Wild Swan 1988 ISBN 0 906 867 649
- Pope I and Karau, P Forest of Dean Branch Vol 4 Wild Swan 2009 ISBN 1 905184 66 8
- Pryce, J V C. The Severn Bridge under construction. FoD Newspapers 1965
- Purnell, F and Williams, H W.Jubilee History of the Gloucestershire Co-Operative and Industrial Society Ltd 1910
- Putley, John. Riverine Dean Dean Archaeological Group, Occasional Publication No. 5.
- Rahtz, P Mediaeval Sites in the Mendips, Cotswolds, Wye Valley and Bristol Region BGAS
- Reeves, John - handwritten book of Servicemen killed in WW 1
- Rendell, Brian and Childs, Keith (Eds). Lessons of a Lifetime - Memories of Chepstow and the Forest of Dean. Bocardo Press, about 1984. ISBN 0 9510012 0 5
- Rendell, Brian and Childs, Keith Tinplaters of Lydney and Lydbrook Review Graphics
- Rendell, Brian and Childs, Keith (Eds). Wyntours of White Cross - a Whitecroft School Project. 1986. ISBN 0 9510012 3 x
- Riches, P and Webb, A Iron Age Dean Dean Archaeological Group Occasional Publication 12 2006 ISBN 0 9542525 4 3
- Rowbotham, Fred The Severn Bore David and Charles 1983 ISBN 0 7153 85080
- Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses - Gloucestershire 1986 ISBN 0 11 300008 1
- Royal Forest of Dean Industrial Handbook 1961
- Royal FoD Masonic Lodge Sesquicentennial 1866-2016
- Rudder, Samuel. A New History of Gloucestershire, 1779. Sutton reprint of 1986
- Ryder, T A Portrait of Gloucestershire Robert Hale 1976
- Salter, M The Parish Churches of the Forest of Dean Folly Publications 1990 ISBN 1 871731 070
- Scott, Elizabeth Muriel Powell Remembered - A Profile of her Life. St George's Nurses League, 2000.
- Severn Bridge, The Story of its History and Construction
- Shirehampton W J P. Tramroads and Railways in the Forest of Dean
- Sindrey, G Roman Dean Dean Archaeological Group Occasional Paper 1 1990 ISBN 0 951 5302 0 8
- Sindrey, Geoff and Ted Heath. A Forest Beat - the Forest of Dean Police 1839-2000. Black Dwarf 2000 ISBN 0 9533028 7 3
- Smart, Mrs. Reminiscences of Westbury on Severn
- Smart, W J Where Wye and Severn Flow R H Johns 1949
- Smith, AH The Place-names of Gloucestershire Cambridge University Press 1964
- Smith, Henry and Waygood, Geoff The Forester Training Schools 1904-1971. Recollections from ex-students 2001 2nd Edition [152 pages ring-bound]
- Smith, Peter Forest of Dean Railways – Layouts and Illustrations Oxford Publishing Company 1983 ISBN 0 86093 1676
- Smith, R.H. History of Wire Drawing
- Smyth, Bob Forest People and Places Alan Sutton 1998 ISBN 0 7509 1933 7
- St Andrew’s Awre
- Steele, B - Lydney memories, Vol 1
- Stretton, John The Dean Forest Railway and ex- S&W lines. Past and Present Books 2002 ISBN 1 85895 206 9
- Tandy, Bill A Doctor in the Forest ISBN 0 9505926 1 7 - 2 copies
- Tandy, Bill The Ever Rolling Stream ISBN 0 946 252 14 9 - 2 copies
- Trotter, F M Geology of the Forest of Dean Coal and Iron-Ore Field HMSO 1964
- United Stone Firms – Centenary reprint of Catalogue
- Very, David Buildings of England – Gloucestershire-The Vale and the Forest of Dean Penguin 1970
- Victoria County History. Gloucestershire, Volume II [religious houses, industries, sport] 1907
- Victoria County History. Gloucestershire, Volume V - Forest of Dean. 1996
- Victoria County History. Gloucestershire, Volume VI [Cotswolds and Tewksbury] 1965
- Victoria County History. Gloucestershire, Volume X [Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds] 1972
- Wacher, J. 1974 Towns of Roman Britain. Book Club Associates
- Wade, G. N. and J. H. Monmouthshire, Methuen 1909
- Wainwright, D Man of Steel - The History of Richard Thomas and his family
- Wainwright, D Man of Steel - The History of Richard Thomas and his family. Quiller Press, 1986. ISBN 0 907621 52 x
- Walker, T A The Severn Tunnel 1872-87 Nonsuch 2004 Reprint of 1888 ISBN 1 84588 000 5
- Walters, Bryan The Archaeology and History of Ancient Dean and the Wye Valley Thornhill Press 1992 ISBN 0 946328 42 0
- Walters, Bryan. Prehistoric Forest and other poems. Douglas McLean 1988
- Warde, E Prosperity to this Parish - A History of Redmarley D'Abitot
- Warde, E Stardens Perpetua Press
- Waters, Brian The Forest of Dean J M Dent 1951
- Brian Waters. Severn Tide. Dent 1955
- Waters, Ivor Chepstow Parish Records Chepstow Society 1955
- Waters, Ivo. Folklore and Dialect of the Lower Wye Valley. The Chepstow Society 1973 ISBN 0 900278 16 1
- Waters, Ivo. The Port of Chepstow, Chepstow Society Pamphlet No 30. F G Comber 1977. ISBN 0 900278 37 4
- Waters, Ivor. The Wine Trade of the Port of Chepstow. The Chepstow Society.
- Waters, Ivor. Beachley between the Wye and the Severn. The Printing Club, Army Apprentices College Chepstow 1977
- Watkins, Baden The Story of Flaxley Abbey Alan Sutton 1985 ISBN 0 9510483 09
- Waygood, G.E. St Paul's Church, Parkend, Memorial Inscriptions
- Webb, A. Archaeology of Archery. DAG and Glade
- Webb, A The Ancient Camps of Dean. Dean Archaeological Group, Occasional Publication 3
- Webb, A Early Mediaeval Dean Dean Archaeological Group Occasional Paper 6 2000 ISBN 0 9515302 7 5
- Webb, A Civil War in Dean Dean Archaeological Group Occasional Paper 7 2001 ISBN 0 9515302 8 3
- Webb, A Later Mediaeval Dean Dean Archaeological Group Occasional Paper 8 2002 ISBN 0 9542525 0 0
- Webb, A Tudor Dean Dean Archaeological Group Occasional Paper 9 2002 ISBN 0 9542525 1 9
- Webb, K. and J. A Glance Back at Coleford. Black Dwarf 2000 ISBN 0 9533028 8 1
- Webb, K Report on the Archaeological Digs at Darkhill Ironworks in the 1970s
- Webb, K Robert Mushet, the Father of Steel Alloys
- Webb, Keith. Robert Mushet and the Darkhill Ironworks. Black Dwarf 2001. ISBN 1 903599 02 4
- Webb, K. 1995 The Forest of Dean Today. Contemporary Review 267, 39-43
- Whiting, J R S. A House of Correction [ Littledean Gaol] Sutton 1979 ISBN 0 904387 27 5
- Whiting, J R S Prison Reform in Gloucestershire 1776 – 1820 Phillimore 1975 ISBN 0 85033 208 7
- Whiting, J R S. Gloucester Besieged 1640-1660. City Museums, Gloucester, 1975
- Wildgoose, Paul The Forest of Dean as a Major Centre of the Iron Industry from Roman to Mediaeval Times. M Litt thesis, Bristol, September 1993. Donated by Daughter Bridget Humphreys. Contains results of extensive
field-walking on Crease Limestone outcrop to look for iron mining surface pits, well-mapped. Estimate of 2.3 million tonnes minimum of ore extracted from these sources.
- Who's Who in Gloucestershire 1934. Wilson and Phillips
- Williams, A.J.P History of the Hudnalls
- Williams, Marion (Ed.) Journal of Memories on the Centenary of Parkend School 1885-1985. FoD Newspapers 1985
- Williams, S. E. 1996 Taynton Parva, Deserted Medieval Village, Dean Archaeological Group Occasional Publication No. 2
- Willis, Margaret. The Ferry between Newnham and Arlingham. Sutton 1993. ISBN 0 7509 0530 1
- Chris Witts The Mighty Severn Bore River Severn Publications Gloucester 1999
- Witts, Chris. Disasters on the Severn. Tempus 2002. ISBN 0 7524 2383 5
- Wood, John C The Most Remarkable Women in England – trial of Beatrice Pace Manchester UP 2012
- Wood, J.G. - The Laws of the Dean Forest 1878 - Reprint 2000
- Woods, Mabel K. Newnham-on-Severn - a Retrospect. John Bellows, 1912
- Woolaston History - A Millennium Miscellany
- Wright, Ray. Clearwell Caves
- Wright, Ray. Secret Forest. Douglas McLean 1980. ISBN 09505926 4 1
Journals and Newsletters
- The Georgian Group in Gloucester and Avon newsletter Autumn 1985 (Highnam Garden)
- BGAS Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Partial Series of copies not yet online (125-139, but not 131 and 133: 139 has article on Roman Lydney Park): some earlier paper copies with
substantial articles on FoD also kept
- BGAS Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Occasional Publications Nos. 2-6
- British Association for Local History The Local Historian (Kept for 2 years)
- British Association for Local History Local History News (Kept for 2 years)
- British Archaeology Monthly Vol. 1, July 1987 (includes various articles on FOD)
- Contemporary Review July 1995 Vol 267 No1554 (The Forest of Dean Today – Keith Webb)
- Dean Archaeological Group Dean Archaeology volumes 1-22
- Glevensis No 22 1988 – article on Bicknor
- Gloucestershire History No 13 ISSN 09539042 (includes Bryan Gerrard article)
- GSIA Journal 1986
- Industrial Archaeology Review Vol? No 1 Autumn 1985 - Tinplate and Redbrook
- Local History Society The New Regard volumes 1-33 + Index to Volumes 1-20
- LHS Newsletters
- Royal Forest of Dean Caving Club Newsletter 127, 129
Miscellaneous Documents
- Envelope containing typed sheets and photographs, masters for New Regard Vol 6
- Envelope containing papers on Whitecross Manor excavations 1973, by R. Wilson
- Envelope containing correspondence pertaining to field names survey, collected by J.L. Durham for FODLHS (1950)
- Envelope containing notes on Whitecliff Furnace + photographs of the furnace. In same envelope notes on Gold in Dean Forest by Cyril Hart
- Envelope containing miscellaneous booklets and notes, as follows:
- LHS Occasional Papers no. 1 The Little Hill, R. J. Mansfield (2 copies)
- LHS Occasional Papers no. 2 Tramroads and Railways in the FOD, W. J. R. Shirehampton
- Grey-Davies T. G. 1965 A metallurgical history of the valley of the Wye. Metallurgia 1965 (10), 153-158
- Scott-Garrett, C. Dr. 1958 Littledean Camp Transactions of BGAS 74, 48-60
- Handwritten letter regarding personal memories of nail-making in the Forest
- Ball, Ted Memories of Woolaston (typed document)
- This Englishman’s Home is his Castle: The Story of Clearwell Castle, Coleford. Gloucestershire Life 1973 (2)
- Typed list of ancient monuments in Gloucestershire, August 1962
- Various typed notes on law, slavery and triads in the ancient world
- Typed notes on early Forest newspapers by Thomas Bright
- Bright, Thomas Planning for our Future, typed notes from lecture given to LHS November 4th 1972
- Bright, Thomas The Charities of William Jones, typed notes from lecture given to LHS December 5th 1964
- Photocopy of handwritten document by Mrs. F. Cox of Popes Hill, Newnham Part of my Life Story
- Photocopy of handwritten document by Mr. Pugh of Stroat (?), Chepstow Looking Back
- Photocopy of handwritten document by James C. Prosser (aged 68) The Good Companions, Newnham, Gloucestershire Christmas 1963
- Miles, Hylton Bream and some of its characters of yesteryear (typed document)
- Grey folder containing general papers of Mr. Baty
- Leaflet: Local History Town Walk Series, No. 1 Coleford, 1994
- Leaflet: Local History Town Walk Series, No. 2 Lydney, 1997
- Leaflet: Local History Town Walk Series, No. 3 Parkend
- Leaflet: Local History Town Walk Series, No. 4 Darkhill
- Orange box containing plans and original layouts for a publication by Ian Standing, Breckness Court: A Preliminary Study, May 1985. Part-duplicate in blue ring-binder
- Bound book containing production methods from H. W. Carter and Co. Ltd., Royal Forest Factory, Coleford - from just before the take-over by the Beecham Group in 1955. (Includes Ribena)
(Now lodged in Gloucestershire Archives for safe keeping)
- Visitors book from the Royal Forest Factory, Coleford 1947-1967, of Dr. Vernon Charley (Now lodged in Gloucestershire Archives for safe keeping)
- West Dean Rural District Council Register of Cowkeepers, Dairymen and Purveyors of Milk (1879-1959) At back of book Membership List for Forest of Dean Local History Society 1952 - 1961
(Copy - original lodged in Gloucestershire Archives for safe keeping)
- The Forester, April 17th 1998 (article on 50th anniversary of FOD LHS)
- Machinery stock list of Fred Watkins Engineering at Sling.
- Dates and background to the career of Sir Charles Dilke
- Photocopy from Rudge’s History of Gloucestershire 1803 relating to FOD Division
- Pages on Gloucestershire torn out of an unidentified old book
- Reprints from Gloucester Journal 1882 - Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire
- Envelope containing :
- Vernacular architecture by Alf Webb 2001
- History of Morris Men in the Forest of Dean by David Evans
- Prints of Goodrich Castle etc. extracted from books and priced
- Blue folder of photos of Frances Webb - Costume Collection
- Album of FoDLHS 50th Anniversary Dinner
- Photos of FOD outings
- Reeves, John - Box File of Overseas WW1 Memorials to FoD Servicemen
Maps
OS Sheet 162 Gloucester and the Forest of Dean 1970
Maps donated by Robin Warren
|
SCALE |
SHEET |
DATE |
Major Locations |
Bundle |
|
6” to mile |
OS ST 59 NE |
1955 |
Tidenham, Woolaston |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS ST 59 NW |
1955 |
St Arvans |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 50 SW |
1976 |
Landogo, Brockweir |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 50 SE |
1976 |
St Briavels, Hewelsfield |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 50 NW |
1975 |
Lower Redbrook, Whitebrook |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 51 SW |
1954 |
Monmouth, Staunton |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 51 SE |
1954 |
Coleford |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 51 NE |
1955 |
Goodrich, English Bicknor |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 60 NW |
1970 |
Bream, Yorkley |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 60 SW |
1971 |
Aylburton, Lydney |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 60 NE |
1978 |
Blakeney |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 60 SE |
1954 |
Sharpness |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 61 SE |
1978 |
Cinderford, Newnham |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 61 NE |
1976 |
Mitcheldean |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 61 NW |
1976 |
Lydbrook, Ruardean |
1 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 61 SW |
1968 |
Speech House |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 62 SE |
1972 |
Aston Ingham, Lea |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 71 NE |
1974 |
Minsterworth |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 72 SW |
1973 |
Glass house, Taynton |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 73 SW |
1973 |
Bromsberrow |
1 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS ST 59 NE |
1982 |
Tidenham, Woolaston |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS ST 59 NW |
1981 |
St Arvans |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 50 NW |
1975 |
Whitebrook |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 50 NE |
1975 |
Clearwell, Sling |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 50 SW |
1976 |
Landogo, Brockweir |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 50 SE |
1976 |
St Briavels, Hewelsfield |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 51 SE |
1982 |
Coleford, Christchurch |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 51 SW |
1981 |
Monmouth, Staunton |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 51 NE |
1980 |
Goodrich, English Bicknor |
2 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 60 NW |
1970 |
Bream, Yorkley |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 60 NE |
1978 |
Blakeney |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 60 SE |
1978 |
Sharpness |
2 |
|
6” to mile |
OS SO 60 SW |
1971 |
Aylburton, Lydney |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 61 NW |
1976 |
Lydbrook, Ruardean |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 61 SW |
1985 |
Speech House |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 61 SE |
1978 |
Cinderford, Newnham |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 61 NE |
1976 |
Mitcheldean |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 62 NE |
1972 |
Gorsley |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 62 SE |
1972 |
Aston Ingham, Lea |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 63 SE |
1980 |
Dymock, Much Marcle |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS ST 69 NW |
1976 |
Sherperdine |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 71 NE |
1974 |
Minsterworth |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 71 NW |
1975 |
Huntley, Blaisdon |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 71 SW |
1979 |
Westbury, Arlingham |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 72 SE |
1974 |
Tibberton, Hartpury |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 72 NW |
1974 |
Newent |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 72 NE |
1974 |
Upleadon, Staunton |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 72 SW |
1973 |
Glass house, Taynton |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 73 SW |
1973 |
Bromsberrow |
2 |
|
1 to 10000 |
OS SO 73 SE |
1973 |
Redmarley, Berrow |
2 |
CDs
- Inclosure Awards, 31 CDs, Gloucestershire Archives
- Roll of Honour - Mining and Quarrying Fatalities in the Forest of Dean
Other
- 2 floppy discs for use with Amstrad computer (!)