Publications
The Farming Diaries of Thomas Pinniger 1813-1847
Volume 74, The Farming Diaries of Thomas Pinniger 1813-1847, edited by Alan Wadsworth, is now available. From 1813 until his death in 1847, Thomas Pinniger kept a detailed daily account of the sheep and corn husbandry he practised first at Little Bedwyn Farm to 1825, and then as the owner of […]
Volume 71 forthcoming
Volume 71 in our series, The Letters of Henry Hoare, 1760–1781, will be published later this year. The letters, from Henry Hoare to his son-in-law, Lord Bruce, wife and children attest his devotion and generosity towards the family. They contain nuggets about the garden and house at Stourhead and permit […]
Volume 70 forthcoming
Volume 70 in our series, The Account Books and Papers of Everard and Ann Arundell of Ashcombe and Salisbury, 1745-1798, will be published in Autumn 2017. The survival of a deal of material including accounts, correspondence, and medicinal recipes, provide a detailed picture of life in the household of a […]
Volume 69 forthcoming
Volume 69 in our series, The Churchwardens’ Accounts of St Mary, Devizes, 1633-89, will be published in June 2016. The period covered by these accounts coincides with a tumultuous episode in the ecclesiastical history of England, between the translation of William Laud to the archbishopric of Canterbury and the passing […]
Volume 67 published
Volume 67 in our series, The Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1642-1654, was published in late 2014. A transcription of the first of a long order books of the Wiltshire Quarter Sessions, it shows how the county was governed at a local level through the tumultuous period of the Civil War […]