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A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands
This volume tells the story of the town of Leek and the north-east corner of Staffordshire adjoining Cheshire and Derbyshire. Besides the large parish of Leek, it contains Alstonefield, another extensive parish, Horton, and Sheen.
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3
This part volume covers the medieval religious houses of Staffordshire, including Lichfield cathedral.
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17, Offlow Hundred (Part)
West Bromwich, Smethwick, and Walsall are all close neighbours and all former county boroughs.
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 14, Lichfield
A detailed thematic account of the city of Lichfield and outlying townships, including Burntwood.
A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2
This part-volume covers the medieval religious houses of Suffolk, including the abbey of Bury St Edmunds.
A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3
Covers the south and west of the historic county, from Godalming hundred in the south to Kingston-upon-Thames in the north, now part of Greater London. Also includes accounts of (amongst others) Dorking, Guildford, Reigate and Walton on Thames.
A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4
Covers the areas in the north and east of the county, including much of what is now south London. Areas covered include Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton, as well as the part of the east of the historic county not now within Greater London, around Oxted, Caterham and Lingfield.
A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2
This part volume covers the medieval religious houses of Surrey, including Southwark, Bermondsey and south London.
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes
Covers the rape and honour of Lewes, in the east of the county. It includes an extensive account of the borough of Lewes itself, as well as detailing the parishes from the old parish of Crawley and the county border in the north, to coastal areas in the south, including Brighton to the west and Newhaven in the east.
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham
Gives the history of the ten parishes that form the north-western part of Bramber rape, from Sullington in the south to Warnham in the north, lying mostly in the Weald.