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A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2
A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county.
A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2
A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county. It includes the early history of Sherborne Abbey and Wimborne Minster.
A History of the County of Durham: Volume 3
Covers the cathedral city of Durham, including an account of the cathedral itself. Also covers Stockton ward in the south-east of the county (bordering North Yorkshire) including Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees.
A History of the County of Durham: Volume 2
A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county. Includes an account of the early history of Durham cathedral.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8
Accounts of the parishes of Chafford and Harlow hundreds, including Brentwood, Harlow and Thurrock.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4, Ongar Hundred
Covers the 26 parishes of Ongar hundred, including Chipping and High Ongar, Chigwell, Stondon Massey and Theydon Bois.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe
Exploring the area of Lexden Hundred to the north and west of Colchester.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6
Includes parishes of Becontree hundred now within the London boroughs of Newham, Waltham Forest and Redbridge. These include West and East Ham, Walthamstow and Wanstead. The rest of the hundred is treated in volume 5.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5
Provides a thematic account of the growth of metropolitan Essex since 1850. Also contains topographical accounts of Barking, Ilford, Dagenham and other areas of Essex now within greater London.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7
Covers the ancient parishes, formerly within the liberty of Havering-atte-Bower and now within the London borough of Havering, and those in Chafford hundred in western Essex now bordering London. It includes accounts of Hornchurch, Romford, Havering and Rainham.