Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649 - Part 1
Contains an extensive preface to and commentary on the Charters and other documents given in Part 2. The Preface provides a detailed constitutional history of the City. The volume also contains abstracts of additional charters supplementary to Part 2.
Magna Britannia: volume 5 - Derbyshire
A general and parochial history of the county.
Magna Britannia: volume 4 - Cumberland
A general and parochial history of the county.
Magna Britannia: volume 6 - Devonshire
A general and parochial history of the county.
Magna Britannia: volume 3 - Cornwall
A general and parochial history of the county.
Survey of London: volume 23 - Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall
Published to coincide with the Festival of Britain Exhibition of 1951, this volume covers the northern, riverside portion of Lambeth, between Waterloo and Vauxhall Bridges. As well as giving the history of the Festival site itself, the book focuses on the venerable buildings and monuments then scattered among the mostly nineteenth-century houses, dwellings and factories. Chief of these is the Archbishop of Canterbury’s residence, Lambeth Palace, which is described and illustrated in detail. O
The Grey Friars of London
Contains the Register of the convent, which includes a substantial list of monuments in the church and cloister, and documents relating to the history of the London convent and of the Order more widely. The volume has a substantial historical introduction by the editor and an appendix of supporting documents. Originally published as volume 6 of the publications of the British Society of Franciscan Studies.
Survey of London: volume 42 - Kensington Square to Earl's Court
This volume completes the Survey’s study of Kensington. It describes the expansion of building development south and west towards Earl’s Court from the original late-17th-century ‘Old Court Suburb’ around Kensington Square and Kensington High Street. The area has a great variety of house-types and architectural styles: surviving 1680s houses in Kensington Square; brick-and-stucco Regency terraces in and around Edwardes Square; George & Peto’s large and flamboyant Flemish-inspired brick
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: volume 2
The post-Reformation history of the church and parish. Includes a detailed account of the fabric of the church, its monuments and memorials, and parochial records. Also contains a chronological account of the church and its rectors. Substantial appendices detail the nineteenth-century restoration of the church building.
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: volume 1
The history of the priory until the second suppression of 1559-60. Includes a chronological account of the priory, as well as information on possessions, rentals and valuations, and abstracts of charters, letters patent and related wills.
Staffordshire Historical Collections, vol. 4
Contains: Staffordshire Plea Rolls and Final Concords for the reign of Henry III (1216-72); the cartulary of the Augustinian priory at Ronton; the history of the parish of Church Eaton and its constituent manors.
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8
Gives a detailed account of the history of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent.
A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7
This volume is mostly taken up with the history of Amounderness hundred, lying north of the Ribble and south of Lonsdale. It covers the coastal town of Lytham, as well as giving an account of major towns including Preston and Garstang. It also concludes the account of Blackburn hundred, mostly covered in volume 6, including the parishes of Ribchester and Chipping.
A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire - London Record
A survey of archival sources for the history of property holding in London from the earliest times until 1666. Reproduced here by kind permission of the London Record Society.
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10
Details the history of the parishes of the hundred of Eastry, the isle of Thanet and the ports of Deal and Sandwich, in the far east of the county.
A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 6
The history of the parishes of Slaughter hundred, and the upper divisions of Tewkesbury and Westminster hundreds, all in the eastern part of the county. The volumes includes accounts of the parishes of Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold.
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 12
The second volume on Canterbury continues the history of the cathedral and also includes accounts of other religious houses in the city, including the abbey of St Augustine. The volume also gives substantial biographical accounts of the archbishops and archdeacons of Canterbury.
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 11
The first of two volumes on the city of Canterbury. This first part contains a thematic history of the city, and part of an historical survey of the cathedral priory.
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3 - The City and University of Camb
A thematic and topographical account of the City, and a history of the University and its colleges and halls.
Acknowledgements
This Unit looks at three different uses of genetic testing: pre-natal diagnosis, childhood testing and adult testing. Such tests provide genetic information in the form of a predictive diagnosis, and as such are described as predictive tests. Pre-natal diagnosis uses techniques such as amniocentesis to test fetuses in the womb. For example, it is commonly offered to women over 35 to test for Down's syndrome. Childhood testing involves testing children for genetic diseases that may not become a p
