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Guide to Knowle Parish Church

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Derek Coombes at Newton Close

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The North Worcestershire Path

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Aston Hall, Birmingham

Aston Hall a property of the City of Birmingham museum and Art Gallery

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St Alphege. Solihull

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Packwood Church (St Giles Church)

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RLHS-DAR-003-045

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Bridgnorth

Official Guide

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Temple Balsall 1150-1870

A short history

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The Wychavon Way

An illustrated guide edited by Mark Richards

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Tom Brown Trail, Rugby

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St Peter's Church, Wootton Wawen

A short history

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The story of St John's Parish church, Henley in Arden and St Nicholas' Church, Beaudesert

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Knowle Walks

Type written pages

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Tredington (The years of change, 1918 to the Present Day

Published by Tredington and Blackwell Women's Institute, December 2003

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Hartlebury Castle

Hereford and Worcester County Museum

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The Saxon Sanctuary

The Souvenir guide to the Saxon Sanctuary Exhibition which opened in the Lady Chapel of St Peter's Wootton Wawen in July 1999.

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A Guide to Tiddesley Wood

Worcestershire Nature Conservation Trust Ltd.

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George Eliot Country A Guide (More about George)

Supported by the National Lottery (Nuneaton Heritage Forum and Bedworth)

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Broughton Castle

The home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, Banbury, Oxfordshire

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St Mary Magdalen Chapel

Guy's Cliffe, Warwick

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A. F. Porter

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Worcestershire Privies

A notalgic trip down the garden path

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Alan Richards

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1-85306-540-4

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Staffordshire Privies

A nostalgic trip down the garden path

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Anthony Poulton-Smith

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1-83506-532-3

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Phoenix at Coventry

The Building of a Cathedral by its Architect Basil Spence

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Basil Spence

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Turnpikes Tollgates and Milestones

The Vale of Evesham

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Benjamin G. Cox

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0-907353-00-2

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Cookley in the 21st Century

The early years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

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Betty Caswell

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St Peter's Church, Cookley 1849-1990

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Betty Caswell

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Guys Cliffe, Back to its roots

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Bob Dixon

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0-9542969-0-7

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Solid Citizens (Statues in Birmingham)

Representing one thousand years of history

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Bridget Pugh

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09502636-5-6

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RLHS-DAR-003-052

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Circular Walks Around Trimpley

Kidderminster Foreign Parish Council

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Carole Gammond

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Harvington Hall, Worcestershire

Near the pretty village of Chaddesley Corbett a few miles south-east of Kidderminster (Reprinted from Country Life)

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Christopher Hussey

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The Parish Church of St Laurence, Northfield, Birmingham

A brief history and Guide

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D. M. Palliser

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A Warwickshire Christmas

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David Green

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0-86299-766-6

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History of Budbrooke 1122-1968

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E. Richardson

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Budbrooke Past and Present

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E. Richardson

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The Cotswolds

Stories of Villages, Churches, Characters Past and Present

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Eric R. Delderfield

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The Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway

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F. B. Foxall

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The History of Harborne Hall

Harborne Hall has 200 years of history going back t othe end of the eighteenth century being part of the Manor of Harborne and Smethwiick which dates back to the Norman Conquest

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Frances Wilmot

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The Church of St John the Baptist Fladbury

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Frank Bentley

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A Hill Called Bredton

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Fred Archer

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0-86299-105-6

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The Story of Northfield

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G. A. Hemus

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Along the Cotswold Ways

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G. R. Crosher

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0-304-29462-4

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"Of the Parish Here and There"

The History of Martin Hussingtree

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Gill Lawley

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The Gloucestershire Village Book

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Gloucestershire Federation of Women's Institutes

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0-905392-87-6

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Hatton Country World

rare breeds farm, craft village and canal locks

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The Village and Church of Fladbury

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Herbert C. Vial

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The Herefordshire Village Book

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Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes

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1-85306-050-X

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A Printed Guide to the Butterflies of Worcestershire

signed by the author

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Jack Green

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0-9508008-0-5

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St Godwald's - A Parish and its People

St Godwald's, Finstall

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Janet Grierson

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The Church of St John the Baptist

In Strensham Worcestershire

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John Comins

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Seventeenth Century Snitterfield

A selective account

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John Shelby

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St James the Great, Snitterfield

A short history

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John Shelby

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The Urban and Industrial Songs of the Black Country and Birmingham

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Jon Raven

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0-9503722-2-6

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RLHS-DAR-003-070

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The Companion Guide to The Shakespeare Country

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Jonathan Keates

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RLHS-DAR-003-076

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The history of Architecture of holy Trinity Church, Norton Lindsey

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Karen M Chapman

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George Eliot

The Pitkin Guide

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Kathleen Adams

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1-84165-094-3

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RLHS-DAR-003-010

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The River Severn

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Keith Kissack

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Churchill

A Brief History - Churchill Parish is one of two Parishes in the Woodspring District based on Weston Super Mare

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Michael A. Hodges

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The Baron of Packwood

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Mike Miles

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A Warwickshire Village Church

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth

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Mildred Tomlinson

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The Buildings of England - Warwickshire

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Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgewood

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0-300-09679-8

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Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens

Situated 6 miles from the centre of Birmingham, clsed to Junction 5 of the M6, the impressive gardens of Castle Bromwich Hall

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Nicholas Stockton

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George Eliot: Scenes Trails

Meet George-inspired by "Scenes of Clerical Life" Walking, Cycling and Driving Tour

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Nuneaton heritage Forum and Bedworth

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A Short Guide to the Abbey Church of Pershore

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P. C. Moore, (Vicar of Pershore 1961-8)

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Rambling in the Cotswolds

22 walks covering 250 miles

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Peter Drinkwater and Harry Hargreaves

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0-904110-89-3

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RLHS-DAR-003-079

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A Guide to the Buildings of Birmingham

An illustrated architectural History

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Peter Leather

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0-7524-2475-0

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RLHS-DAR-003-068

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St Peter's Church, Hereford

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Peter Manders

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RLHS-DAR-003-048

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Geology Above the Ground in Birmingham Centre (Brum Trail 5)

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Roy Haselden & john Hudson

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RLHS-DAR-003-072

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Cotswolds

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Edited by Reginald J. W. Hammond

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RLHS-DAR-003-075

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St Martin's in the Bull Ring

A story of seven Centuries

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Rev. Philip Crowe

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RLHS-DAR-003-022

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Bredon Hill and its Villages

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Rev. R. H. Lloyd

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RLHS-DAR-003-003

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The Wye Valley

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Richard Sale

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RLHS-DAR-003-053

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Shakespeare's Avon from source to Severn

A step by step guide for ramblers and Country lovers

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Richard Shurey

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0-9506055-9-X

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RLHS-DAR-003-061

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St Mary's Church, Banbury

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Richard Wiggins URC Minister at St Mary's

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Warwickshire in Colour

A Cotman Color Book with text by Stephen Aymes

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Stephen Aymes

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RLHS-DAR-003-084

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Hanbury Hall

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The National Trust

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RLHS-DAR-003-017

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Charlecote Park

In the rich plain of the Warwickshire Avon, where the river winds slowly through the level meadows from Warwick to Stratford, stands Charlecote Park. (Paper cutting about Lady Fairfax-Lucy who after her father's death in 1944 took over the running of Charlecote Park)  - 2 copies

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The National Trust

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Back to Backs

At the corner of Inge Street and Hurst Street in Central Birmingham stands a unique colletction of buildings. Court 15, Inge Street represents one of the last surviving courts of back-to-back houses in Britain

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The National Trust

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1-84359-106-5

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Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire

Farnborough Hall 6 miles north of Banbury and half a mile west of Coventry

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The National Trust

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Baddesley Clinton

Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, lies one mile west of the A41 (Warwick Knowle) and the small village of Chadwick End

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The National Trust

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RLHS-DAR-003-038

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Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle, the Historic Gloucestershire seat of the Berkeley Family. (handwritten notes)

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V. Sackville West

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RLHS-DAR-003-018

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A History of Greater Birmingham down to 1830

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Victor Skipp

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0-9506998-0-2

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RLHS-DAR-003-085

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Guide to Warwick Rural District

Official Guide

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RLHS-DAR-003-081

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The Warwickshire Village Book

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Derek Coombes at Newton Close

Warwickshire Federation of Women's Institutes

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1-85306032-1

RLHS Ref:

RLHS-DAR-003-083

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The West Midlands Village Book

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Derek Coombes at Newton Close

West Midlands Federation of Women's Institutes

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1-85306-054-2

RLHS Ref:

RLHS-DAR-003-074

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The Worcestershire Village Book

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Derek Coombes at Newton Close

Worcestershire Federation of Women's Institutes

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1-853060-33-X

RLHS Ref:

RLHS-DAR-003-073

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