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A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2003.

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'Abbreviations', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent, (London, 2003) pp. xv-xvii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol9/xv-xvii [accessed 26 April 2024]

Abbreviations

AMONG the abbreviations and short titles used, the following may require elucidation. The place of publication of printed works is London, unless otherwise stated. Local pamphlets cited are either in Burton Library or the William Salt Library, Stafford.

Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.) Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservatorum abbreviatio (Record Commission, 1811)
Ann. Rep. of M.O.H. Borough of Burton-upon-Trent, Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year [. . .] (copies for 1890-93 in Burton Libr., D. 25/2/5/49, and for 1899-1900 in S.R.O., C/H/1/2/1/10-11); County Borough of Burton-upon-Trent, Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year [. . .] (copies for1903-7 in Burton Libr., D. 23/2/5/86; for 1905-9, 1912-15, 1919, 1922-39, and 1957-60 in S.R.O., C/H/1/2/2/10/1-36; for 1908-11 in Burton Libr.,D. 23/2/5/97; and for 1940 and 1944-72 in Burton Libr., local studies collection)
Archer, 'Local Sanitary Administration' A. J. Archer, 'A study of local sanitary administration in certain selected areas, 1848-75' (unpublished University of Wales (Bangor) M.A. thesis, 1967)
B.C.A. Birmingham City Archives
B.L. British Library
Bagshaw, Derb. S. Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Derbyshire (Sheffield, 1846)
Barnard, Noted Breweries A. Barnard, The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland (4 vols. 1889-91)
Board of Health Report, 1853 William Lee, Report to the General Board of Health on two Preliminary Inquiries into the Sewerage, Drainage, and Supply of Water, and the Sanitary Condition of the Inhabitants of the Townships of Burton Extra and of Horninglow in the parish of Burton-upon-Trent (1853, but preface dated 1854)
Bodl. Bodleian Library, Oxford
Cal. Chart. R. Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1903-27)
Cal. Close Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.1892-1963)
Cal. Fine R. Calendar of the Fine Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.1911-62)
Cal. Inq. p. m. Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1904-92)
Cal. Inq. p. m. Hen. VII Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898-1955)
Cal. Libr. Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.1916-64)
Cal. Pat. Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1891-1986)
Cal. S.P. Dom. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O. 1856-1992)
Cat. Anct. D. Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1890-1915)
Cath. Rec. Soc. Catholic Record Society
Census Census Report(s)
Char. Com. Charity Commission, Liverpool
Char. Dons. Abstract of the Returns of Charitable Donations for the Benefit of Poor Persons 1786-1788, H.C. 511 (1816), xvi (2)
Charters of Burton Abbey, ed. Sawyer Charters of Burton Abbey, ed. P. H. Sawyer (Anglo-Saxon Charters II; Oxford,1979)
Close R. Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1902-75)
Complete Baronetage G. E. C[okayne], Complete Baronetage (1900-9)
Complete Peerage G. E. C[okayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (1910-59 and 1998)
Compton Census, ed. Whiteman The Compton Census of 1676: a critical edition, ed. Anne Whiteman (Records of Social and Economic History, new series x, 1986)
D.N.B. Dictionary of National Biography
D.R.O. Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock
Dugdale, Mon. W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (1846)
E.H.R. English Historical Review
Educ. Enq. Abstract Abstract of Returns relative to the State of Education in England, H.C. 62 (1835), xli (for Stapenhill and Winshill) and xlii (for other places in volume)
Educ. of Poor Digest Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (2)
Eng. P.N. Elements A. H. Smith, English Place-Name Elements (E.P.N.S. xxv-xxvi, 1956)
Erdeswick, Staffs. S. Erdeswick, A Survey of Staffordshire, ed. T. Harwood (1844)
Gent. Mag. The Gentleman's Magazine
H.C. House of Commons
Halliday, 'Development of Burton' A. J. Halliday, 'Development of Burton-on-Trent: a study in urban development' (unpublished University of London M.A. thesis, 1956)
Hardy, Tatenhill Sir Reginald Hardy, A History of the Parish of Tatenhill in the County of Stafford (2 vols., 1907, 1908)
Hist. MSS. Com. Historical Manuscripts Commission
Hist. Parl., Commons History of Parliament, The House of Commons
Hodgson, Bounty of Queen Anne C. Hodgson, An Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (second edition, 1845, with supplement of 1864)
J.R.U.L.M. John Rylands University Library of Manchester
L.R.O. Lichfield Record Office
L. & P. Hen. VIII Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (H.M.S.O. 1864-1932)
Lich. Dioc. Regy. Lichfield Diocesan Registry, Lichfield
List of Bridges J. Potter, A List of Bridges, which the inhabitants of the County of Stafford are bound to repair (Stafford, 1830); A List and Description of the Bridges in the County of Stafford, which the inhabitants thereof are bound to maintain and repair (1864)
Lond. Gaz. London Gazette
Molyneux, Burton W. Molyneux, Burton-on-Trent: its history, its waters, and its breweries (n.d. but preface dated 1869)
Nat. Soc. Inquiry, 1846-7 Result of the Returns to the General Inquiry made by the National Society, 1846-7 (1849)
O.N.S. Office of National Statistics
O.S. Ordnance Survey
Owen, Burton C. C. Owen, The Development of Industry in Burton upon Trent (1978)
Owen, Illustrated Hist. C. Owen, Burton upon Trent. The Illustrated History (Breedon Books Publishing, Derby, 1994)
P.R.O. Public Record Office, Kew
P.R.S. Pipe Roll Society
Pevsner, Staffs. N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire (Harmondsworth, 1974)
Pitt, Staffs. W. Pitt, A Topographical History of Staffordshire (Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1817)
Plac. de Quo Warr. Placita de Quo Warranto (Record Commission, 1818)
Plan of Burton (1837) John Wood, Plan of Burton on Trent, Staffordshire. 1837 (lithograph by Turner & Co., Edinburgh)
Plan of Burton (1847) A Plan of the Town of Burton upon Trent, 1847 (in Wesley, Burton, facing p. 64)
Plan of Burton (1857) Thomas Spooner, Plan of the limits of the Town of Burton upon Trent . . . made in 1857 (lithograph by Day & Son)
Plan of Burton (1865) Thomas Spooner, Plan of the Town of Burton upon Trent in the County of Stafford, 1865 (copy in S.R.O., D. 3452/7/10).
Plan of Burton (1870) Charles Harrison, Plan of the Town of Burton upon Trent in the County of Stafford (1870; copy in S.R.O., D. 3453/7/35).
Plan of Burton (1879) J. A. Mason, Borough of Burton on Trent in the Counties of Stafford & Derby (Burton, 1879; copy in S.R.O., D. 894/36).
Plot, Staffs. R. Plot, A Natural History of Staffordshire (Oxford, 1686)
7th Rep. Com. Char. Seventh Report of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, H.C. 129 (1822), x
11th Rep. Com. Char. Eleventh Report of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, H.C. 433 (1824), xiv
Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Ecclesiastical Revenues and England and Wales [67], H.C. (1835), xxi
S.H.C. Staffordshire Record Society (formerly William Salt Archaeological Society), Collections for a History of Staffordshire
S.R.O. Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford
Shaw, Staffs. Stebbing Shaw, The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire (2 vols. 1798 and 1801; reprinted with additions, Wakefield, 1976)
Sherlock, Ind. Arch. Staffs. R. Sherlock, The Industrial Archaeology of Staffordshire (1974)
Staffs. Cath. Hist. Staffordshire Catholic History (Journal of the Staffordshire Catholic History Society)
Staffs. Hist. Staffordshire History (Stafford, 1984 onwards)
Staffs. Studies Staffordshire Studies (University of Keele, 1988 onwards)
Stuart, County Borough D. Stuart, County Borough, the History of Burton upon Trent 1901-1974 (2 vols., Burton upon Trent, 1975 and 1977)
T.B.A.S. Birmingham and Midland Institute: Birmingham Archaeological Society, Transactions and Proceedings
T.B.N.H.A.S. Transactions of the Burton-on-Trent Natural History and Archaeological Society
T.S.S.A.H.S. Transactions of the South Staffordshire (later Staffordshire only) Archaeological and Historical Society
Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae (Record Commission, 1802)
Underhill, Burton C. H. Underhill, History of Burton upon Trent (Burton upon Trent, 1941)
V.C.H. Victoria County History
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Valor Ecclesiasticus (Record Commission, 1810-34)
W.S.L. William Salt Library, Stafford
Wesley, Burton W. Wesley, A History and Description of the Town and Borough of Burton-upon-Trent (Burton-upon-Trent, n.d. but preface dated 1848)
Wesley, Dir. Burton W. Wesley, Directory of Burton-upon-Trent, Uttoxeter, Tamworth, Lichfield, and Ashby-De-La-Zouch (Burton-upon-Trent, 1844)
White, Dir. Derb. (1857) Francis White & Co., History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby (1857)
White, Dir. Staffs. W. White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire (Sheffield, 1834; 1851)
Figure 2:

Burton and the Needwood forest area in 1775