Publications
All published volumes are carefully edited, comprehensively indexed and include introductions explaining the background to the documents they present. They are attractively produced and uniformly bound in soft covers.
The majority of past volumes are available for purchase through the Berkshire Record Society. Members may purchase back numbers at the normal members’ rate. Non-members may purchase individual volumes (subject to availability) at £25.00 each. Postage and Packing within the UK is £2.50. Volume 1 is now out of print but is available online using the links at the foot of the Volume 1 page.
Where a volume has been published as two parts a 10% discount will apply if both parts are purchased. The price is therefore £45.00 rather than £50.00. This applies to volumes 6 and 7, volumes 9 and 10, volumes 11 and 12, volumes 19 and 20, and volumes 23 and 24. Postage and Packing within the UK is £5.00
The Berkshire Probate Index is in three volumes and is only available as a set at £67.50. Postage and Packing within the UK is £8.00 (Please enquire for overseas rates)
30th Anniversary Sale!
BRS is celebrating its 30th year of publishing key sources of Berkshire history. As a celebration, we are making available at a special price all back issues in print up to volume 24.
This is a special offer for members only. As each volume is priced at £3, sets of multi volumes £6, this is the perfect opportunity to pick up copies of those you don’t already have.
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Using the records of the sixteenth-century town, this volume traces...
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The wonderfully detailed churchwardens' accounts of St Laurence, Reading, offer...
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Samuel Wilberforce was bishop of Oxford from 1845 to 1869....
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This volume contains the text of the ecclesiastical census for...
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Berkshire Archdeaconry Probate Records, 1480-1652 - 3 Volumes
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Between 1855 and 1859 Archdeacon James Randall visited 172 churches...
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The Berkshire section of the Andover, Newbury and Chilton Pond...
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The market town of Hungerford lies at the very western...
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Stanford in the Vale Churchwardens’ Accounts 1552-1705 Edited by Joan Dils
Covering a century and a half, from the reign of QueenMary to the reign of Queen Anne, these accounts of the churchwardens of the north Berkshire parish of Stanford in...
Read MoreVolume 1: Correspondence of the Foundling Hospital Inspectors in Berkshire 1757-68
Edited by Gillian Clark Published by Berkshire Record Society in 1994 ISBN: 0 9524946 0 4 This volume contains over 500 letters from Berkshire inspectors, locally recruited men and women...
Read MoreVolume 2: Berkshire Glebe Terriers, 1634
Berkshire Glebe Terriers, 1634 Edited by Ian Mortimer Published by Berkshire Record Society in 1995 ISBN: 0 9524946 1 2 Glebe terriers are descriptions of the property of a benefice....
Read MoreVolume 3: Berkshire Overseers’ Papers 1654-1834 (This publication is out of print)
Berkshire Overseers’ Papers 1654-1834 Edited by Peter Durrant Published by Berkshire Record Society in 1997 ISBN: 0 9524946 2 0 Among the records of the parish overseers in the Berkshire...
Read MoreVolume 4: Berkshire Probate Accounts 1583-1712
Berkshire Probate Accounts 1583-1712 Edited by Ian Mortimer Published by Berkshire Record Society in 1999 ISBN: 0 9524946 3 9 Probate accounts are a rich but little-used source for social...
Read MoreVolume 5: Enclosure in Berkshire, 1485-1885
Enclosure in Berkshire, 1485-1885 Edited by Ross Wordie Published by Berkshire Record Society in 2000 ISBN: 0 9524946 4 7 Enclosure has been an important element in the agricultural and...
Read MoreVolume 6-7: Reading Gild Accounts, 1357-1516 (Parts I&2)
Reading Gild Accounts, 1357-1516 (Part I) Edited by Cecil Slade Published by Berkshire Record Society in 2002 ISBN: 0 9524946 6 3 Volumes six and seven contain a full transcript,...
Read MoreVolume 8, Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records, 1627-1641
Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records, 1627-1641 Edited by Christine Jackson Published by Berkshire Record Society in 2004 ISBN: 0 9524946 8 X The detailed account book of the workhouse set up...
Read MoreVolume 9-10: Berkshire Nonconformist Meeting House Registrations, 1689-1852 (Parts I&2)
The wonderfully detailed churchwardens' accounts of St Laurence, Reading, offer a vivid insight into the impact of the Reformation on a local parish, as successive governments moved the country from...
Read MoreVolume 11-12: Thames Navigations Commission Minutes, 1771-1790 (Parts I&2)
The wonderfully detailed churchwardens' accounts of St Laurence, Reading, offer a vivid insight into the impact of the Reformation on a local parish, as successive governments moved the country from...
Read MoreVolume 13: The Diocese Books of Samuel Wilberforce
Samuel Wilberforce was bishop of Oxford from 1845 to 1869. He was a man of immense energy – and charm – who transformed the diocese during the quarter century he...
Read MoreVolume 14: Berkshire Religious Census 1851
This volume contains the text of the ecclesiastical census for Berkshire, and includes returns for 434 places of worship – 204 Anglican, 224 nonconformist and 6 Roman Catholic, providing wide...
Read MoreVolume 15-17: Berkshire Archdeaconry Probate Records 1480-1652 (3 Volumes)
Berkshire Archdeaconry Probate Records, 1480-1652 - 3 Volumes
Read MoreVolume 18: Diaries and Correspondence of Robert Lee of Binfield 1736-1744
This volume contains Dr Harry Leonard’s edition of the three surviving diaries of Robert Lee of Binfield, together with his correspondence for the period 1736-1744.
Read MoreVolume 19-20: Reading St Laurence Churchwardens’ Accounts, 1498-1570 (Part I&2)
The wonderfully detailed churchwardens' accounts of St Laurence, Reading, offer a vivid insight into the impact of the Reformation on a local parish, as successive governments moved the country from...
Read MoreVolume 21: The Church Inspection Notebook of Archdeacon James Randall 1855-1873 and other records
Between 1855 and 1859 Archdeacon James Randall visited 172 churches and recorded his impressions of the church, features of architectural interest and matters requiring his attention.
Read MoreVolume 22: Newbury and Chilton Pond Turnpike Records 1766-1791
The Berkshire section of the Andover, Newbury and Chilton Pond turnpike ran from Wash Water, just south of Newbury, to the pond just west of the village of Chilton on...
Read MoreVolumes 23 & 24: Berkshire Feet of Fines 1307-1509: Part I Fines 1307-1399, Part II Fines 1400-1509 & Index
Feet of Fines record the transfer of freehold land and were a secure means of ensuring good title to a property. Behind their creation lies an allegation (often fictitious) of...
Read MoreVolume 25: Berkshire Record Society: Reading Abbey Records – a new miscellany
This volume comprises four texts which, in different ways, bring Reading Abbey to life. These four texts are a third set of Reading Annals; an account of the miracles worked...
Read MoreVolume 26: Berkshire Record Society: Berkshire Schools in the Eighteenth Century
This volume is the product of a joint project sponsored by the Berkshire Record Society, the Berkshire Local History Association and the Berkshire Record Office. Most of the research was...
Read MoreVolume 27, Hungerford Overseers’ Accounts 1655-1834
The market town of Hungerford lies at the very western edge of Berkshire, where the great road to Bath is crossed by the road from Oxford to Salisbury. It is...
Read MoreVolume 28: Living in Tudor Windsor
Using the records of the sixteenth-century town, this volume traces Windsor’s reaction to this unexpected turn of events. The borough Corporation, led (and controlled) by Windsor’s businessmen, attempted – with...
Read MoreVolume 30: Medicine and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Berkshire
Volume 30: Medicine and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Berkshire: The Commonplace Book of William Savory of Brightwalton and Newbury, edited by Stuart Eagles William Savory (1768-1824) strove to become a...
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