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Sigma Books(publications on Suffolk, Berks & Yorks for the genealogist and local historian) |
- Books - Suffolk Snapshots series and Suffolk Tithe Index series; Berks pubs & local history booklets; Yorks cricket history; IT guides
- CDs - Suffolk tithe maps on CD in .tif format; Suffolk Snapshots series (.pdf format); Berks local history series
- Microfiche - Some volumes of Suffolk Snapshots series
- Ordering - on-line ordering or mail-order
- Contact Information
- Links - other web-sites that may be of interest
"Making IT work for you (some practical ideas for local historians)" - a practical guide for novice computer users to using computers in their research More historical walks in East Ilsley - new booklet of longer walks The Coulson family - millers of North Yorkshire - several generations of the Coulson family were millers, wheelwrights and wood-turners working 12 different mills in N Yorks
We are currently working on a number of new publications that will arrive during 2007 (with luck!).
- In the Suffolk Snapshots series, volumes on Peasenhall, Hintlesham and Marlesford
- For the East Ilsley Local History Society -
- CD on More wills transcripts,
- CD on E Ilsley in 1830s (map and terrier)
Books currently available -
- Berks pubs - a history of the pubs & breweries of East & West Ilsley and the people who ran them
- Berks local history series - topics from East Ilsley Local History Society
- Suffolk Snapshots series - snapshots of village life in the 1840's
- Suffolk tithe index series - finding aids for genealogists
- Yorks Local Cricket - "180 Not Out" - a set of pictorial histories of local cricket in West Yorkshire
- IT guide - practical tips for local historians
Why is it that East Ilsley still has 3 pubs when many larger villages struggle to support one? Did you know that there used to be up to 14 pubs there? Did you know there used to be 2 breweries in West Ilsley?
"Time, Gentlemen please" (300+ years of pubs and brewing in East and West Ilsley) by S G Burnay. This history of the pubs & breweries of the Ilsleys traces their history and the people who ran them. Many of the people who ran the pubs were not local, but originally came to the village in connection with the Sheep Fairs, the Corn Market or horse racing, and stayed as publicans. There are many links between the new families and older village families - more of a family web than a family tree! West Ilsley was the brewing village - being the home of the original Morland brewery as well as an older brewery, known as Horner's. The book includes an index to the publicans and their families, together with maps and photos. It will be of interest to both genealogists and local historians (as well as those interested in pubs).
Title
Price
"Time, Gentlemen please" (300+ years of pubs and brewing in East and West Ilsley) by S G Burnay (A5 soft cover, 101 pages)
£8.00 plus P&P
A series of local history booklets & CD-ROMs in association with East Ilsley Local History Society. The titles currently available are -
Title & Author
Content
"Stained glass windows in St.Mary's church, East Ilsley", Molly Kennedy includes colour photos of each of the windows and a brief history of the people depicted. "The origins of East Ilsley and its name", Nigel Wardell historical and archaeological evidence for the origins of the village "Monumental inscriptions of East Ilsley", Eric Saxton a name index to the people commemorated in the graveyards (a full transcription of these inscriptions with additional biographical data is now available on CD - see below) "Transcripts of East Ilsley wills", Eric Saxton a name index to the people mentioned in the wills of Ilsley residents , including both testators and beneficiaries (full transcription of the first volume of these wills is now available on CD - see below) "East Ilsley Parish Council - the first 100 years", Bob Moulton a brief history of local government at the parish council level, with excerpts from the early Minute Books of the parish council "The Hildesley brass", Eric Saxton a history of this beautiful brass in the church at East Ilsley and the evidence for a reconstruction of how it originally looked, including colour photos "Historical walks in East Ilsley", Sue Burnay short walks in the village with a historical slant, including maps and photos. "Far famed for sheep and wool", Nigel Wardell a history of the markets and fairs of East Ilsley, from their earliest beginnings to the present day. "More historical walks around East Ilsley", Sue Burnay longer walks around the parish with a historical or archaeological slant, including maps and photos.
All booklets in this series are A5 soft cover and are priced at £2.00 each (plus P&P)
"Transcripts of some East Ilsley Wills", Eric Saxton (CD)
Full transcriptions of 46 wills of people who are commemorated in St. Mary's church, East Ilsley. A synopsis of each will and a full name index to testators, beneficiaries and other people mentioned in the wills are also included. £7.50 (plus P&P) "Monumemtal inscriptions of East Ilsley", Eric Saxton (CD)
Monumental inscriptions from both inside and outside St. Mary's church and the Baptist Chapel in East Ilsley. Additional biographical information from census data, parish registers and other sources is provided for many of the entries. £10.00 (plus P&P)
This series is aimed at genealogists and local historians interested in the villages of eastern Suffolk. Each book brings together data from tithe apportionments and maps, the census records of 1841 and parish registers to form a detailed picture of village life in rural Suffolk in the 1840's. This is a time period of considerable interest, when many agricultural communities were at their peak population and new industrial areas were starting to build up. In many cases you can identify precisely where your ancestors lived and who were their neighbours and landlords.
Each book contains a full name index, a set of detailed tithe maps, summary maps showing the main landowners and land usage, and an index to the field names identified in the tithes. The tithe apportionments are cross-referenced to the detailed maps to aid in finding each specific plot. Where possible, the census locations have been identified and cross-referenced to the tithe plot numbers.
The complete set of tithe maps which are printed in the Suffolk Snapshots series of books are also available on CD as Tagged Image Format (.tif) files.
Parishes currently available:
Parish (all as spiral-bound A4 books) No. pages
Price
SS1 - Middleton cum Fordley in the 1840's ** 85
SS2 - Leiston cum Sizewell in the 1840's ** 115
SS3 - Kelsale cum Carlton in the 1840's ** 115
SS4 - Theberton in the 1840's ** 68
SS5 - Saxmundham in the 1840's ** 102
£11.25 + P&P SS6 - Yoxford in the 1840's 104
£11.70 + P&P SS7 - Darsham in the 1840's 64
£9.00 + P&P SS8 - Westleton in the 1840's 110
£11.25 + P&P SS9 - Knodishall in the 1840's 66
£9.00 + P&P
** NB. These volumes are now only available as microfiche (SS1, SS2 and SS3 only) or as PDF files on CD-ROM (readable using Adobe Acrobat reader software) - each volume is £6.00 +P&P for microfiche or £7.50 + P&P for CD-ROM
This is a series of finding aids for the genealogist and local historian. Each booklet contains an index to the people listed as owners or occupiers of land in the tithe apportionments, which were drawn up in the early 1840’s. The apportionments, and the maps that they accompany, detail every field, barn and dwelling in the parish which were liable to tithe rent charges. In some parishes, the lists also include properties that were exempt from tithes. The booklets in this series provide a pointer to the parishes where individuals owned or occupied property.
Tithes were applicable to all classes of people, so that the names included in the index cover all types - agricultural labourers, artisans, farmers, professional people and landed gentry. Because of this broad coverage, the tithes are a very useful way to locate families in the early part of the 1840’s. The earliest of the apportionments were drawn up in 1839, the latest in about 1846. Since such a wide range of people are covered, from the agricultural labourer in his tiny tenement cottage to the local lord of the manor with hundreds of acres of land, a letter code has been put against each name to help identify the type of property.
A > 20 acres mainly significant farms B 1 to 20 acres smallholdings or larger houses C < 1 acre cottages, shops, gardens etc. Example of tithe index entry - Word file (.doc) 23kB
Currently available:
The four volumes that have now been completed cover the whole of the Dunwich and Orford Deaneries in east Suffolk. The area covered includes the 50 parishes (approximately the same coverage as the Blything registration district) in Dunwich.
Parishes covered Price Vol.1: Dunwich (south) Aldringham, Carlton, Darsham, Dunwich, Fordley, Kelsale, Knodishall, Leiston, Middleton, Theberton, Thorpe, Westleton and Yoxford (available as A5 booklet - 39 pages)
£3.00 + P&P Vol.2: Dunwich (north) Benacre, Blyford, Blythburgh, Brampton, Bulcamp, Covehithe, Easton Bavents, Frostenden, Henstead, Reydon, Sotherton, South Cove, Southwold, Stoven, Uggeshall, Walberswick, Wangford, Westhall, Wrentham (available as A5 booklet - 36 pages)
£3.00 + P&P Vol.3: Dunwich (west) Bramfield, Chediston, Cookley, Cratfield, Halesworth, Heveningham, Holton St. Peter, Huntingfield, Linstead Magna, Linstead Parva, Peasenhall, Rumburgh, Sibton, Spexhall, Thorington, Ubbeston, Walpole, Wenhaston & Melles, and Wissett (available as A5 booklet - 36 pages)
£3.00 + P&P Vol.4: Orford Aldeburgh, Benhall, Blaxhall, Bruisyard, Chillesford, Cransford, Farnham, Friston, Great Glemham, Little Glemham, Iken, Orford, Rendham, Snape, Sternfield, Stratford St. Andrew, Sudbourne, Swefling, Tunstall and Wantisden (available as A5 booklet - 36 pages)
£3.00 + P&P
The 3 volumes of this publication are a product of a pioneering project designed to preserve and celebrate the rich cricketing heritage of Calderdale and Kirklees in West Yorkshire. The books provide a fascinating insight into the history of local cricket, with each of the volumes covering a different geographical area. Of special interest to local history enthusiasts and cricket fans alike, these books focus not only on the game and players, but also on the social dimensions of the sport and the clubs' strong links with their local communities.
The books contain a selection of the photos, newspaper cuttings and cartoons collected as part of this heritage archive. The title "180 Not Out" refers to the 180 years of tradition of cricket at the local club level in this part of the country.
Area covered
No. pages Price Vol.1: Calderdale Halifax, Brighouse, Elland, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Calder valley 124 £10 + P&P Vol.2: North Kirklees Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield, Birstall, Heckmondwicke, Cleckheaton, Liversedge 122 £10 + P&P Vol.3: South Kirklees Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Colne valley, Holme valley, Dearne valley, Denby Dale 125 £10 + P&P
This booklet follows one branch of the Coulson family who were millers, wheelwrights and wood-turners in North Yorkshire for several generations. They worked around 12 different mills between the North York Moors and the coast. The Coulsons married into the Garbutt, Ayre and Cowell families, all of whom were millers or closely related to millers. The booklet includes several photos of the mills and family trees of the main branches.
Price
LH10 The Coulson family £2.50 + P&P
Computers are great for organising and storing information but they can be daunting for new users. This booklet is intended to give the local/family historian who is a novice computer user some practical ideas that will help in storing and retrieving their information. It is not intended to be a comprehensive manual but has some simple tips that anyone can use. The examples given in the text are for Microsoft Word, Excel and Works since these are the most common software programs that are likely to be used by the relative newcomer to computers (my apologies to those of you who are Apple users). A limited level of expertise is assumed in the text – you will need to know how to do the following items as a starting point.
Topics that are covered in the main text include
Cataloguing your information so that you can find items easily
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Title |
No. pages | Price |
| Making IT work for you - a practical guide for local historians | 24 | £2.50 + P&P |
The tithe maps which are printed in the Suffolk Snapshots series of books are also available on CD as Tagged Image Format (.tif) files. These can be opened in any suitable Paint/Draw program for modification by the user. These files are supplied for personal use only and remain the copyright of Sigma Books. Any requests for commercial use should be addressed to the publisher (see contact information).
Each parish CD contains a set of detailed tithe maps plus the summary maps for land usage, main landowners, census locations and guide to the detailed maps. The CDs do not contain the tithe apportionment information that is printed in the books. A compendium CD covering the first 6 parishes is also available.
Currently available:
Parish covered Price TM1 - Middleton cum Fordley £3.00 each
+ P&P
TM2 - Leiston cum Sizewell TM3 - Kelsale cum Carlton TM4 - Theberton TM5 - Saxmundham TM6 - Yoxford TMC1/6 - all maps in TM1 to TM6 £12.00 +P&P
TM7 - Darsham £3.00 each
+ P&P
TM8 - Westleton TM9 - Knodishall
Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Suffolk Snapshots series (covering Middleton, Leiston , Kelsale, Theberton and Saxmundham respectively) are now out of print but are available on CD . The CD versions are in .pdf file format, readable with Adobe Acrobat reader software (supplied on the CDs). Each of these volumes contains the full text, maps and indexes as in the original books and are priced at £7.50 + P&P each.
Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Suffolk Snapshots series (covering Middleton, Leiston & Kelsale respectively) are now out of print but are available on microfiche. The microfiche versions are on 2 fiches, suitable for use in any standard microfiche reader. Each of these volumes contains the full text, maps and indexes as in the original books and are priced at £6.00 + P&P each.
You can order books, CDs and maps either by mail direct from Sigma Books or on-line through either the FFHS Publications web-site or through The Parish Chest web-site. Prices and postage and packaging (P&P) charges for direct mail orders are summarised below (on-line prices may be slightly different as P&P is calculated by FFHS for total order).
Code Description Price P&P(UK) P&P(overseas) Books:
SS5
Saxmundham in the 1840's £11.25
£1.25
£5.00
SS6
Yoxford in the 1840's £11.70
£1.25
£5.00
SS7
Darsham in the 1840's £9.00
£0.75
£3.75
SS8
Westleton in the 1840's £11.25
£1.25
£4.50
SS9
Knodishall in the 1840's £9.00 £0.75 £3.75 TA1
Tithe index Vol.1
£3.00
£0.50
£1.50
TA2
Tithe index Vol.2 £3.00
£0.50
£1.50
TA3
Tithe index Vol.3
£3.00
£0.50
£1.50
TA4
Tithe index Vol.4 £3.00
£0.50
£1.50
EIP
Time, Gentlemen please £8.00
£0.80
£2.00
LH1
Stained glass windows £2.00
£0.50
£1.50
LH2
Origins of East Ilsley £2.00
£0.50
£1.50
LH3
Monumental inscriptions, E.Ilsley £2.00
£0.50
£1.50
LH4
Transcripts of Ilsley wills £2.00
£0.50
£1.50
LH5
E.Ilsley Parish Council - first 100 years £2.00
£0.50
£1.50
LH6
The Hildesley brass £2.00
£0.50
£1.50
LH7 Historical walks in East Ilsley
£2.00 £0.50 £1.50 LH8 Far famed for sheep and wool
£2.00 £0.50 £1.50 LH9
More historical walks around East Ilsley £2.00 £0.50 £1.50 LH10
The Coulson family - millers of North Yorkshire £2.50 £0.50 £1.50 CC1
180 Not Out - Vol.1: Calderdale £10.00 £1.00 £4.00 CC2
180 Not Out - Vol.2: South Kirklees £10.00 £1.00 £4.00 CC3
180 Not Out - Vol.3: North Kirklees £10.00 £1.00 £4.00 IT1
Making IT work for you £2.50 £0.50 £1.50 Microfiche: SS1MFC
Middleton in 1840's £6.00
£0.50
£1.50
SS2MFC
Leiston in the1840's £6.00
£0.50
£1.50
SS3MFC
Kelsale in the 1840's £6.00
£0.50
£1.50
CDs:
SS1PDF Middleton in 1840's
£7.50 £0.80 £1.75 SS2PDF Leiston in the1840's
£7.50 £0.80 £1.75 SS3PDF Kelsale in the 1840's
£7.50 £0.80 £1.75 SS4PDF Theberton in the 1840's
£7.50 £0.80 £1.75 TM1 Tithe maps - Middleton £3.00 £0.80 £1.75 TM2 Tithe maps - Leiston £3.00 £0.80 £1.75 TM3 Tithe maps - Kelsale £3.00 £0.80 £1.75 TM4
Tithe maps - Theberton £3.00
£0.80
£1.75
TM5
Tithe maps - Saxmundham £3.00
£0.80
£1.75
TM6
Tithe maps - Yoxford
£3.00
£0.80
£1.75
TMC1/6
Tithe maps - TM1 to TM6 £10.00
£0.80
£1.75
TM7
Tithe maps - Darsham £3.00
£.0.80
£1.75
TM8
Tithe maps - Westleton £3.00
£0.80
£1.75
TM9
Tithe maps - Knodishall £3.00 £0.80 £1.75 EI-MI
Monumental inscriptions of East Ilsley £10.00
£0.80
£1.75
EI-W1
Transcripts of East Ilsley Wills £7.50
£0.80
£1.75
Maps:
CM1 Custom map (A4 printed) £3.00 £0.50 £1.60 CM2 Custom map (CD) £4.00 £0.80 £1.75
- orders by mail - you can download an order form to fill in, print out and mail to Sigma Books with your cheque in £ sterling - mail to
Sigma Books, White Hollow, High Street, E.Ilsley, Newbury, Berks RG20 7LE, UK
Order form - Word format (.doc) 44 kB file
- on-line orders - use the secure credit card payment facilities either at the Parish Chest website at www.parishchest.com or in the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) bookshop at www.genfair.com/shop/pages/sig/index.html. NB. If you are ordering CDs or microfiches, rather than books, it is cheaper for EU/UK customers to order via the Parish Chest web-site as they do not need to charge VAT.
Queries or comments, please contact us
We would like to hear from you as to which parishes are of particular interest. The work on transcribing the tithe maps and the data on owners and occupiers is on-going and we welcome input from you in deciding which parishes to do next. Your vote does count!
If you would like to collaborate in producing a Suffolk Snapshots book or local history booklets for your particular parish, please contact us.
E- mail: sue@TAKEOUTsigmabooks.fsnet.co.uk
[NB. please type the address as given but removing the letters TAKEOUT - this is to try and reduce the no. of spam messages generated by automatic web crawlers that target any e-mail addresses given in web pages]
[Please note that Sigma Books has no connection with Sigma Press of Cheshire]
Some other web-sites that may be of interest -
