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      John Townsend          Genealogy Books

Click below to see a selection of Genealogy and British Topography books

 

Genealogical Reference  Family Histories  Peerage, Gentry, Royalty    Burke’s Landed Gentry  Burke’s Peerage  

 

Bedfordshire    Berkshire    Buckinghamshire     Cambridgeshire       Cheshire      Cornwall       Cumberland   

 

Derbyshire            Devon            Dorset          Durham           Essex          Gloucestershire           Hampshire           

 

Herefordshire     Hertfordshire     Huntingdonshire      Kent      Lancashire      Leicestershire      Lincolnshire        

 

London & Middlesex     Norfolk      Northamptonshire & Rutland         Northumberland        Nottinghamshire     

 

Oxfordshire      Shropshire      Somerset        Staffordshire     Suffolk     Surrey      Sussex      Warwickshire        

 

Westmorland    Wiltshire    Worcestershire    Yorkshire     Wales      Scotland    Ireland      Jersey      Europe

 

America        Heraldry      Schools & Universities      Biographical Reference       Army & Navy          History

 

Belgium    France   Germany    Italy    Netherlands    Poland    Portugal       Spain       Switzerland       Chess

We buy and sell secondhand genealogical books, including family histories, transcripts of parish registers, indexes to wills and marriage licences, Kelly’s directories (and Pigot’s, White’s, etc.), Burke’s Landed Gentry, Burke’s Peerage, royalty, hearth tax , Protestation returns, heraldry books, pedigrees (including pedigrees recorded at heraldic visitations, Harleian Society, etc.), army and navy lists, other naval and military books, school registers, university lists, clergy lists, biographical reference works, and genealogical reference, etc..

 

Our stock of British topography and local history includes county antiquities, Victoria county history, parish histories, guide books, and numerous other books about specific places. 

 

We offer manuscript books and unbound manuscripts relating to local history, genealogy and heraldry, including manuscript wills, parish records, manorial documents, and indentures.  

 

Our books cannot be bought through any other web site.  Please add our site to your favourites.

 

Books to Sell?

 

John Townsend pays good prices based on specialist knowledge.  We can travel to view larger collections, but are also keen to purchase single items of quality.  Please ring for an informal chat.

 

Research

 

Please click the Research button for information about our genealogical research services.