A list of general works on Staffordshire. Works relating to individual locations within the county can be found on the appropriate parish pages.

A History of Staffordshire
by MW Greenslade & DG Stuart.
Published by Phillimore & Co Ltd, Chichester, W Sussex, 1998 (3rd Edition).
ISBN 1 86077 071 1

The King's England. Staffordshire
edited by Arthur Mee.
Published by Kings England Press, Carlton, S Yorkshire, 1994 (New Edition).
ISBN 1 872438 09 1
(First published 1937 by Hodder & Stroughton Ltd)

Shire County Guide, Staffordshire
by Peter Heaton.
Published by Shire Publications Ltd, Princes Risborough, Bucks, 1991 (2nd Edition).
ISBN 0 7478 0113 4

Staffordshire
by Vivian Bird.
Published by Batsford, 1984.

Staffordshire
by Phil Drabble.
Published by Hale County Books, 1948.

A Survey of Staffordshire
by Sampson Erdeswick.
Published by JB Nichols, 1844.

The Natural History of the County of Stafford
by Robert Garner.
Published by John Van Voost, 1844.

Victorian & Edwardian Staffordshire from Old Photographs
by Pamela Murray & Robert Frost.
Published by Batsford, 1997.

Staffordshire & the Black Country
by Michael Raven.
Published by Michael Raven, 1988.

Staffordshire
by WB Smith.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 1915.

Staffordshire Within Living Memory
by Staffordshire Federation of Women's Institutes.
Published by Countryside Books, Newbury, 1992.

Staffordshire. A Shell Guide
by Henry Thorold.
Published by Faber, 1978.

Great Men of Staffordshire
by Laurence Meynell.
Published by Bodley Head, 1955.

The Natural History of the County of Staffordshire
by Robert Plot.
Published Didsbury, 1686.
Reprinted EJ Morton, 1973.

History of the Staffordshire Potteries
by Simeon Shaw.
Published New York, 1829.
Reprinted Beatrice C Weinstock, 1968.

Memorials of Old Staffordshire
by Rev W Beresford.
Published by George Allen, 1909.

Historic Staffordshire
by R Dent & J Hill.
Published by Midland Educational Co, Birmingham, 1896.

The Tame Mills of Staffordshire
by D Dilworth.
Published by Philimore, 1976.

A Topographical & Historical Description of the County of Stafford
by Rev Mr Nightingale.
Published by Serwood, Neely & Jones, 1820.

Industrial Archaeology of Staffordshire
by R Sherlock.
Published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1976.

A History of Printing in North Staffordshire
by A Rotherham & M Steele.
Published by North Staffs Polytechnic, 1975.

The Rise of the Staffordshire Potteries
by John Thomas.
Published by Adams & Dart, Bath, 1971.

The Folklore of Staffordshire
by John Raven.
Published by Batsford, 1978.

Staffordshire Curiosities & Antiquities
by FW Hackwood.
Published Handsworth, 1905.

The Staffordshire Landscape
by DM Palliser.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1976.

Staffordshire Poets
by CH Poole & R Markland.
Published by N Ling, Lytham, 1928.

A Military Bibliography of Staffordshire

Bibliotheca Staffordiensis by Rupert Simms.

Old Parish Boundaries of Staffordshire by Tim Cockin.

The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Staffordshire Volumes

Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Indexes to the series

'Bibliotheca Staffordiensis' is a remarkable work compiled by Rupert Simms published in 1894.
The full title is 'Bibliotheca Staffordiensis; or a Bibliographical Account of Books and other Printed Matter relating to, printed or published in, or written by, a native, resident, or person deriving a title from, any portion of the County of Stafford; giving a full collation and biographical notices of authors and printers. together with as full a list as possible of Prints, Engravings, Etchings, &c, of any part thereof; and portraits of persons so connected.'

The author lost both of his hands at the age of eight but learned to write by inserting a pencil in a hole in the leather case he wore on his right arm. He became a tea hawker at the age of 16 but later became a secondhand bookseller. During this career he spent eleven years collecting and collating the information for the book.

'Bibliotheca Staffordiensis' was published in 1894 at Newcastle-under-Lyme by Rupert Simms and printed by AC Lomas, The Johnson's Head, Lichfield.
450 numbered copies only were printed for subscribers whose names are listed in the work.

Collections for a History of Staffordshire is an ongoing series of publications containing a wealth of material relating to the county. The series commenced in 1880 and is published by the Staffordshire Record Society which was known as the William Salt Archaeological Society prior to 1936.
Volumes were usually (but not always) published annually and four different numbering systems have been used during the lifetime of the project.
The First Series was denoted by Roman numerals and date as follows:
Vol I, 1880 through to Vol XVIII, 1897
The Second Series was known as the New Series (NS) and was denoted by Roman numerals and date as follows:
Vol I (NS), 1898 through to Vol XII (NS), 1909
The Third Series was denoted by date only as follows:
1910 through to 1951
The Fourth Series was denoted by date and Roman numerals as follows:
4th Series, Vol I, 1957 through to Vol XIX, 1999 (ongoing)

• Index to the First Series
• Index to the Second Series
• Index to the Third Series
• Index to the Fourth Series
• Planned Future Volumes
• Location of Copies

Index to the First Series

Vol I, 1880
Pipe Rolls of 1130 and 1155-1189, Latin Text and Notes, Liber Niger of 1166
The Register of Bishop Roger de Norbury, 1322-58
History of Blymhill

Vol II, 1881
Pipe Rolls of 1189-1216, Latin Text and Notes
Staffordshire Cartulary
Arms taken in the Visitation of 1663-4
History of Blymhill

Vol III, 1882
Plea Rolls of 1189-1216
Final Concords of 1189-1216
Staffordshire Cartulary
The Visitation of 1583
The Wasteneys Family

Vol IV, 1883
Plea Rolls of 1216-72
Final Concords of 1216-72
Ronton Priory Cartulary
History of Church Eaton

Vol V, Part I, 1884
Hundred Rolls of 1255 and 1275
Burton Abbey Cartulary
Pleas of the Forest 1262, 1271, 1286, 1300

Vol V, Part II, 1884
Visitations of Staffordshire 1663-64

Vol VI, Part I, 1885
Plea Rolls 1272-94
Stone Cartulary
Plea Rolls 1218-38

Vol VI, Part II, 1885
Capitular Muniments at Lichfield

Vol VII, 1886
Plea Rolls 1294-1307
Subsidy Roll of 1327
History of the Swynnerton Family

Vol VIII, 1887
Military Service of Staffordshire Tenants 1230-1374
Cartulary of St Thomas, Stafford
History of Castle Church Parish

Vol IX, 1888
Assize and King's Bench Rolls 1307-27
Fine Rolls 1307-27
The Barons of Dudley

Vol X, 1889
Coram Rege Rolls and Pleas of the Crown 1307-27
Subsidy Roll of 1332
Younger Branches of Sutton of Dudley

Vol XI, 1890
Plea Rolls 1327-41
Final Concords 1327-1547
Cartulary of Trentham Priory

Vol XII, 1891
Plea Rolls 1341-59
Final Concords of mixed counties, including Staffordshire 1485-1558
Final Concords 1558-59
Supplement to the History of Blymhill

Vol XIII, 1892
Plea Rolls 1360-87
Final Concords 1559-73

Vol XIV, 1893
Coram Rege Rolls 1327-83
Final Concords 1573-80
Military Service of Staffordshire Tenants 1377-99
History of Weston-under-Lizard

Vol XV, 1894
Plea Rolls 1387-1405
Final Concords 1580-89
Muster Roll of 1640

Vol XVI, 1895
Staffordshire, extracts from Cheshire Plea Rolls 1327-1413
King's Bench and Coram Rege Rolls 1377-1413
Final Concords 1589-1603
Rydeware Cartulary

Vol XVII, 1896
Plea Rolls 1413-35
Final Concords of mixed counties, including Staffordshire manors 1558-88
The Poll Tax, Hundreds of Offlow and Cuttlestone 1379-81
Shenstone Charters

Vol XVIII, 1897
Final Concords of mixed counties 1588-1603
Final Concords of mixed cities 1558-1603
Final Concords of Staffordshire 1603-07
Military Service at Calais and Crecy

Index to the Second Series

Vol I, (NS), 1898
The Gresleys of Drakelowe

Vol II, (NS), 1899
History of Weston-under-Lizard

Vol III, (NS), 1900
Final Concords 1607-12
The Swynnertons of Eccleshall and Chell
Plea Rolls 1435-60

Vol IV, (NS), 1901
Final Concords of mixed counties touching Staffordshire 1603-25
Final Concords of Staffordshire 1613-17
Plea Rolls 1456-74
Muster Roll for Offlow Hundred 1539

Vol V, (NS), 1902
The Gifford Family
Muster Roll for Cuttlestone and Pirehill Hundred 1539

Vol VI, Part I (NS), 1903
Final Concords 1615-19
Muster Roll for Seisdon and Totmanslow Hundreds 1539
Plea Rolls 1474-85
Inventory of Church Goods 1552

Vol VI, Part II (NS), 1903
History of the Wrottesley Family

Vol VII, (NS), 1904
History of the Family of Okeover
Final Concords 1618-22
Early Chancery Proceedings 1377-1509

Vol VIII, (NS), 1905
Register of Bishop Roger de Stretton 1360-85

Vol IX, (NS), 1906
Chancery Proceedings 1560-70
Sir James de Audley, KG, and the Audley Family
The Burton Abbey Surveys
Cartulary of Dieulacress Abbey

Vol X, Part I (NS), 1907
The Tenure of Draycot-under-Needwood
Final Concords 1622-25
Star Chamber Proceedings, Henry VII & Henry VIII
Forest Tenures of Staffordshire
Alrewas Court Rolls 1259-61

Vol XI, (NS), 1908
History of the Bagot Family
The Place called Monetville in Domesday
The Inquests on the Staffordshire Estates of the Audleys 1273-1308
Reviews of the PRO Publications 1350-4, 1405-8, 1429-41

Vol XII, (NS), 1909
Chetwynd's History of Pirehill Hundred, Part I

Index to the Third Series

Vol 1910
Star Chamber Proceedings 1516-49
Alrewas Court Rolls 1268-73
History of the Lane Family
Notes on Staffordshire Visitation Families

Vol 1911
Final Concords 1272-1327
Inquisitions Post-Mortem 1242-1327
The Testa de Nevil 1212-1316
Staffordshire Cartulary 1200-1327

Vol 1912
Star Chamber Proceedings 1498-1553
Review of the Lists and Indexes of the PRO
The Early Swynnertons
Staffordshire Sheriffs, Escheaters and Justices

Vol 1913
Inquisitions Post-Mortem 1327-66
Notes on the Manors of Aston & Walton, near Stone, in the 13th and 14th Centuries
A Newcastle Cartuary of the Early 14th Century
Early Rolls of Arms and Armorial Seals of Staffordshire

Vol 1914
Chetwynd's History of Pirehill Hundred, Part II

Vol 1915
Staffordshire Incumbents and Parochial Records 1530-1680

Vol 1916
Will of Wulfric Spot
Stafforshire Pre-Conquest Charters
Early Staffordshire History
The Burton Abbey 12th Century Surveys
The Watling Street in Staffordshire

Vol 1917-8
Staffordshire Parliamentary History Vol I, 1213-1603

Vol 1919
History of Blithfield
Gregory King's Notebook
The Staffordshire Hidation

Vol 1920
Staffordshire Parliamentary History Vol II, 1603-1780, Part I

Vol 1921
Calendar of Salt MSS
Hearth Tax for Pirehill Hundred 1666

Vol 1922
Staffordshire Parliamentary History Vol II, 1603-1780, Part II

Vol 1923
Shenstone Charters from the Oseney Cartulary
Forest Pleas in the Pipe Rolls of 1166-67
Note on Betley Morris Dance Window
Some Unidentified Domesday Vills
Some Ridware Armorial Glass
Hearth Tax for Seisdon and Offlow Hundreds 1666

Vol 1924
Lichfield Magnum Registrum Album

Vol 1925
Notes on Arblaster, Hevenningham, and Draycote Families of Staffordshire
Hearth Tax for Totmonslow Hundred 1666

Vol 1926
Two Early Staffordshire Deeds
Chancery Proceedings (D to H) 1558-1579
Ancient Earthwork at Huntley, near Cheadle
A Register of Staffordshire Wills 1553-1583

Vol 1927
The Stafford Mint under Henry II
The Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Roll for 1586
Hearth Tax for Cuttlestone Hundred 1666
Report on Roman Camp at Wall Heath, Kingswinford
Gnosall Lawsuit 1395

Vol 1928
Calendar of Lord Hatherton's Charters
Deeds at the Wodehouse, Wombourne
Will of Wulfric Spot

Vol 1929
The Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Rolls, Vol I, 1581-1589

Vol 1930
The Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Rolls, Vol II, 1590-1593

Vol 1931
Enclosures of Open Fields and Commons
Chancery Proceedings, 1558-1579 (H to P)
The Walsall Ship Money Papers 1635-6
Index of Wolverhampton and Tettenhall Marriage Bonds

Vol 1932
The Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Rolls, Vol III, 1594-1597

Vol 1933, Part I
Staffordshire Parliamentary History, Vol III, 1780-1841

Vol 1933, Part II
The Mainwarings of Whitmore

Vol 1934
Walter Landor, 1698
Wolseley Charters
Transport in the 18th Century

Vol 1935
The Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Rolls, Vol IV, 1598-1603

Vol 1936
Lichfield Hearth Tax
Coats of Arms in Stoke Church
Rowley Regis Rent Roll
Gnosall Poor Law Records
Hopton Heath Battle
Ashley Church and Sir David ap Kenric

Vol 1937
Burton Cartulary

Vol 1938
Elizabethan Chancery Proceedings Series II, 1558-1579
An Account of Briefs Collected in Bilston Chapel, 1685
Report on the Roman Villa at Engleton, near Brewood

Vol 1939
Lichfield Cathedral Chancellors
Calendar of the Marquis of Anglesey's Longdon, Lichfield, and other Staffordshire Charters, formerly at Beaudesert
King James II's Proposed Repeal of the Penal Laws and Test Act in 1688, his Questions to the Deputy Lieutenants and Magistracy of Staffordshire and their Answers
Some Charters and Records of the Priory of the Black Ladies of Brewood
Medieval Timber Houses in Sedgley, Brewood, Walsall and Willenhall

Vol 1940
Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Rolls, Vol V, 1603-1606

Vol 1941
A Handlist of English Enclosure Acts and Awards, Staffordshire
Additions to Grazebrook's 'The Barons of Dudley'
Chetwynd Papers in the William Salt Library
Militia Roll for Pirehill Hundred, c1685
A Bundle of Walter, Lord Aston's Letters, 1671-3
Some Letters from the Civil War in South Staffordshire
Ciliv War Documents from Rugeley
Subsidy Roll for Pirehill Hundred, 1640
An Audley Charter and its Seals

Vol 1942-43
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Staffordshire Views Collection in the William Salt Library

Vol 1944
Parrott's Audley Survey, 1733
Audley Terrier, 1708

Vol 1945-46
History of the Manor of Tyrley

Vol 1947
Staffordshire Jurors Book, 1748
Cannock Chase Mining Cause, Mr Justice Talfourd's Record in Verse
Partition of Cheadle Grange
John Flower Sketches in William Salt Library

Vol 1948-49
Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Rolls, 1608-1609

Vol 1950-51
Elias Ashmole and the 1685 Lichfield Election
William Baker of Audlem, Architect
Crop Returns for Staffordshire, 1801
Downfall of Gower Interest in Staffordshire Boroughs
Growth and Function of Lichfield
Brick House Colliery in Rowley Regis

Index to the Fourth Series

4th Series, Vol I, 1957
The Parliamentary Committee at Stafford, 1643-1645

4th Series, Vol II, 1959
Staffordshire Gentry, 1662-1663
Staffordshire Recusants, 1657

4th Series, Vol III, 1960
The Registrations of Dissenting Chapels and Meeting Houses in Staffordshire, 1689-1852

4th Series, Vol IV, 1962
The Cartulary of Tutbury Priory

4th Series, Vol V, 1969
Probate Inventories of Lichfield & District, 1568-1680

4th Series, Vol VI, 1970
Some Staffordshire Poll Tax Returns
Church Lighting in Staffordshire since the Reformation
Staffordshire Quarter Sessions, Archives and Procedure in the Earlier 17th Century
Shugborough, the End of a Village
Steam-Engine Bache, 1670-1712
The Struggle for the Lichfield Interest, 1747-68
Sir Edward Littleton's Fox-Hunting Diary, 1774-89
William Moreton of Willenhall
Joshua Drewry and the First Stafford Newspapers
The Pledge of Patriotism, Staffordshire and the Voluntary Contribution, 1798
Stebbing Shaw and the History of Staffordshire
A Biography of the Writings of S.A.H. Burne

4th Series, Vol VII, 1973
Bishop Geoffrey Blythe's Visitations, c1515-1525

4th Series, Vol VIII, 1976
A List of Families in the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1532-3

4th Series, Vol IX, 1979
Roman Catholicism in Elizabethan & Jacobean Staffordshire
(Documents from the Bagot Papers)

4th Series, Vol X, 1980
Visitations of the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1829-1841

4th Series, Vol XI, 1982
The Staffordshire Historians

4th Series, Vol XII, 1984
A Map of the County of Stafford by William Yates, 1775
(map published in six sections in slip-case with introductory booklet)

4th Series, Vol XIII, 1988
The 1260 Staffordshire Tallage Assessment
The Guild of St Mary & St John the Baptist, Lichfield: Ordinances of the late 14th Century
Lichfield Chapter Acts, 1433-1461
Supplements to Bishop Blythe's Visitations
The Gentry of Staffordshire, 1662-63, Additions to the List
The Turnpike Network of Staffordshire, 1700-1840. An Introduction & Handlist of Turnpike Acts
William Yates' Map of Staffordshire, 1775. Further Comments
Jonathan Wilson's Account of the Parish of Biddulph, 1791

4th Series, Vol XIV, 1990
T.P. Wood's Staffordshire
- A selection of drawings by Thomas Peploe Wood
from the Staffordshire Views in the William Salt Library

4th Series, Vol XV, 1992
Staffordshire Assize Calendars 1842-1843

4th Series, Vol XVI, 1994
A Rental of the Borough of Burton, 1319
A Staffordshire Quarter Sessions Fine Book, 1572
Matthew Cradock's Book of Rememberance, 1614-1615
The Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing, 1701

4th Series, Vol XVII, 1996
The Staffordshire Reports of Andrew Thompson to the Inclosure Commissioners, 1858-1868:
Landlord Investment in Staffordshire Agriculture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

4th Series, Vol XVIII, 1999
The Forests of Cannock and Kinver: Select Documents 1235-1372

4th Series, Vol XIX, 1999
Staffordshire Histories. Essays in Honour of Michael Greenslade:
Leek before the Conquest
The Architecture & Romanesque Sculpture of Tutbury Priory
A Medieval Staffordshire Fraternity : The Guild of St John the Baptist, Walsall
'Behaving Badly' : Lichfield Women in the Later Middle Ages
Adbaston Churchwardens' Accounts, 1478-1488
Fire on the Chase : Rural Riots in 16th Century Staffordshire
The Defection of William, Fifth Baron Paget, June 1642
Quaker Poor Relief in Staffordshire to the Mid-Eighteenth Century
'The Man from Shropshire'
Dickens at Stafford, April 1852
Childhood & Sudden Death in Staffordshire, 1840-1870
Agricultural Land Use & Cropping in Staffordshire, 1840-1870

4th Series, Vol XX, 2004
Three Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Surveys of Burton Abbey Manors

Select Documents for the Medieval Borough of Burton upon Trent

An Alrewas Rental of 1341

Two Lists of Unbeneficed Clergy in the Archdeaconry of Stafford in 1406

Extracts from a Fifteenth Century Lichfield Cathedral Chapter Act Book

4th Series, Vol XXI, 2007
The Civil War in Staffordshire in the Spring of 1646 :Sir William Brereton's Letter Book 
 

4th Series, Vol XXII, 2009
Staffordshire Glebe Terriers 1585-1884: Part One Abbots Bromley to Knutton
 

4th Series, Vol XXIII, 2009
Staffordshire Glebe Terriers 1585-1884: Part Two Lapley to Yoxall

4th Series, Vol XXIV, 2010
Criminal Cases on the Crown Side of the King's Bench :Staffordshire 1740-1800

4th Series, Vol XXV, 
The Letter Book of Henry, Lord Stafford
 

Planned Future Volumes

Volumes planned for the future include:
The Quarterly Meeting Minute Book 1672-1743 of the Society of Friends in Staffordshire
The Croxden Chronicle
Documents Relating to Staffordshire Inclosures

Complete runs of Collections for a History of Staffordshire are available for consultation at Staffordshire County Record Office and all of the major libraries and Archives in Staffordshire and the West Midlands.
Other large public libraries and university libraries in the UK are also listed as subscribers to the series including Liverpool, Manchester and Derby Public Libraries.
I have attempted to assist overseas researchers in locating copies by listing subscribing institutes from old subscribers lists with the date of commencement of the subscription. Feedback from users of these institutes on up to date holdings would be welcomed.

• USA Institutes
• Canadian Insitutions
• Australian Institutions
• Irish Institutions

USA Institutes

Boston Public Library
Massachusetts
1879

Library of the University of California
Berkeley
California
1917

Chicago University Libraries
Harper W21
Chicago
Illinois
1933

Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland
Ohio
1927

Library of Congress
Washington
DC
1905

Cornell University Library
Ithaca
New York
1915

Duke University Library
Durham
North Carolina
1944

Harvard College Library
Cambridge
Massachusetts
1890

Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery
San Marino
California
1937

University of Michigan Library
Ann Arbor
Michigan
1936

New England Historic Genealogical Society
9 Ashburton Place
Boston
Massachusetts
1925

Newberry Library
Chicago
Illinois
1900

New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street
New York
1897

New York State Library
Albany
New York
1914

Peabody Institute
Baltimore
1926

Pennsylvania University Library
Pennsylvania
1921

St Louis Public Library
St Louis
Missouri
1919

Genealogical Society of Utah
80 North Main Street
Salt Lake City
Utah
1944

Wisconsin State Historical Society
Madison
Wisconsin
1911

University of Wisconsin Library
816 State Street
Madison
Wisconsin
1944

Yale University Library
New Haven
Connecticut
1919

Canadian Institutions

Toronto University Library
Toronto
1941

Australian Institutions

Victoria Public Library
Melbourne
Victoria
1910

Melbourne University Bailliou Library
Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria

Irish Institutions

Trinity College
Dublin
1937

A list of works on Staffordshire Military History in chronological order of publication (most recent works listed first).

Colours, Battle Honours & Medals of a Staffordshire Regiment - 80th Regiment of Foot
by Robert Hope.
Published by Churnet Valley Books, 43 Bath Street, Leek, Staffs, 1999.
(Includes lists of Casualty & Medal Rolls and Annual Listings of Officers)

The Zulu War and the 80th Regiment of Foot
by Robert Hope.
Published by Churnet Valley Books, 43 Bath Street, Leek, Staffs, 1999.
(Includes a biographical account of every man in the regiment who fought in the war)

Queen's Own Royal Regiment the Staffordshire Yeomanry
An Account of the Operations of the Regiment during World War II, 1939-1945
by Major DF Underhill.
Published by Staffordshire Libraries, Arts & Archives, 1994.

Rat's Tales. The Staffordshire Regiment at War in the Gulf
by Nicholas Benson.
Published by Brassey's, London, 1993.

The Staffords 1881-1978. Badges and Uniforms
by G Rosignoli & CJ Whitehouse.
Published by G Rosiglio, Cannock, 1978.

The North Staffordshire Regiment: The Prince of Wales (The 64th/98th Regiment of Foot)
by Hugh Christopher Bult Cook.
Published by Leo Cooper, London, 1970.

History of the South Staffordshire Regiment, 1705-1959
by Colonel WL Vale.
Published by Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1969.

The Staffordshire Regiment, the Prince of Wales's (A History of the Regiment)
by Departments of State & Official Bodies.
Published by Malcolm Page, London, 1959.

A Short History of the South Staffordshire Regiment
by Colonel WL Vale.
Published by Whitehead Bros, Wolverhampton, 1949.

Your Men in Battle, The Story of the South Staffordshire Regiment, 1939-45
by LB Duckworth.
Published by Express & Star, Wolverhampton, 1945.

The War History of the 6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
by Officers of the Battalion.
Published by William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1924.

History of the South Staffordshire Regiment, 1705-1923
by JP Jones.
Published by Whitehead Bros, Wolverhampton, 1923.

The History of the 7th Ser. Bn., Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment, 1914-1919
by LR Missen.
Published by W Heffer & Sons, Cambridge, 1920.

The History of the Seventh South Staffordshire Regiment
by Major AH Ashcroft.
Published by Boyle, Son & Watchurst, London, 1919.

The South Staffordshire Regiment, the Work of the Care Committee,
October 1914, to January 1919
by Swynfen J Jervis.
Published by Cole & Co, London, 1919.

The Military Forces of Staffordshire in the Nineteenth Century
A series of articles originally published in the Staffordshire Advertiser, 1901.
Reprinted & Published by VJ Bulman, Wolverhampton, 1984.

Historical Records of the 3rd King's Own Staffordshire Militia, now the 4th Battalion the Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment
by Captain CCW Troughton.
Published by AC Lomax, Lichfield, 1894.

Historical Records of the 1st King's Own Stafford Militia, now the 3rd & 4th Battalions
South Staffordshire Regiment
by Captain CH Wylly.
Published by AC Lomax, Lichfield, 1893.

History of the Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment
by Captain AW Prior.
Published by AC Lomax, Lichfield, 1892.

History of Battalions, 38/64 RD Number Three, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, late 80th Foot
by Lieutenant RM Owens.
Published by AC Lomax, Lichfield, 1892.

Extracts from the Records of the Services of the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, Late 38th Regiment
by Lieut Col Eyre
Published by The Army & Navy Co-operative Society, London, 1883

Memoirs of the Services of the 64th Regiment (Second Staffordshire), 1758 to 1881
by Henry George Purdon.
Published by Allen & Co, London, 1882.

The Records of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry
by Peter Charles G Webster.
Published Lichfield, 1870.

Home Guard

Histories of some Staffordshire Home Guard units have been published as detailed below.
Copies may be found in the Imperial War Museum, London.

The Record of the 24th Staffordshire (Tettenhall) Battalion Home Guard, 14th May 1940-3rd December 1945
by AJ Parkes.
Published Steens, Wolverhampton, 1946.

Home Guarding May 1940-December 1944, by the 32nd (Aldridge) Battalion, South Staffordshire Home Guard
by Capt FH Timins.
Published Walsall Lithographic Co, Walsall, 1945.

The History of No 7 Platoon, Milford, Brockton & Walton Home Guard, May 1940-December 1944
by Capt JH Pharo & Lt S Duke.
Published Hourd & Son Ltd, Stafford, 1945.

The 13th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Home Guard
by (Anon).
Published Whitehead Bros, Wolverhampton, ND.

'Old Parish Boundaries of Staffordshire' is a new series compiled by Tim Cockin, author of The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia.
When completed, the series of guides to the administrative units of Staffordshire will cover all of the Hundreds of Staffordshire. All ancient parish, township, ward and civil boundaries are shown on separate parish maps and an index of places in the hundred, related to their respective townships, is provided. Each parish chapter has an abstract on parochial archives. Volumes available to date are:

Volume One : Pirehill
ISBN 0-9539018-1-5
Published 2005, Malthouse Press.
Covers Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Abbots Bromley, Audley, Biddulph, Colwich, Eccleshall, Madeley and Stone.

Available through Malthouse Press, Grange Cottage, Malthouse Lane, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, ST12 9AQ

The History of Staffordshire is part of the national ongoing series known as the Victoria County History intended to provide a comprehensive and authoritative history of each county.
Volumes less than three years old are distributed by Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
More information on the Staffordshire volumes including latest news and an index of articles can be found on the Victoria County History pages.
The British History Online site has placed online the full text of the Victoria County History of Staffordshire volumes 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 14 & 17.

Details of volumes so far published for Staffordshire are as follows:

Volume I
Natural History, Archaeology, Prehistory, & Political, Social, & Economic History.
Published 1908, Reprinted 1968.
Out of Print

Volume II
Industries, Communications, Forests, Sport. Index to Volumes I & II.
Published 1967.
ISBN 0 19 722715 5

Volume III
Ecclesiastical History. Indexed.
Published 1970.
ISBN 0 19 722732 5

Volume IV
The Staffordshire Section of Domesday Book, West Cuttlestone Hundred.
(Villages SW of Stafford to the Shropshire Border). Indexed.
Published 1958, Reprinted 1986.
ISBN 0 7129 1038 7

Volume V
East Cuttlestone Hundred (Towns & Villages in the Cannock Chase Area). Indexed.
Published 1959, Reprinted 1986.
ISBN 0 7129 1039 5

Volume VI
Agriculture, Schools, Keele University, the Borough of Stafford. Indexed.
Published 1979.
ISBN 0 19 722733 3

Volume VII
Leek and the Moorlands. Indexed.
Published 1995.
ISBN 0 19 722786 4

Volume VIII
The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the City of Stoke-on-Trent. Indexed.
Published 1963.
Out of Print

Volume IX
The Borough of Burton-upon-Trent.
Published 2004.

Volume X
Hanbury, Rolleston, Tatenhill, Tutbury & Yoxall.
In Preparation.

Volume XIV
The City of Lichfield and its Neighbouring Villages. Indexed.
Published 1990.
ISBN 0 19 722778 3

Volume XVII
The Boroughs of West Bromwich, Smethwick, and Walsall. Indexed.
Published 1976.
ISBN 0 19 722743 0

Volume XX
Seisdon Hundred (part)
(the SW corner of the county, including Tettenhall, Kinver & Amblecote). Indexed.
Published 1984.
ISBN 0 19 722765 1

Introduction

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For details of guides and textbooks on genealogy and family history, see the Genealogy section.

What's here

• Online Free Full Texts
• Online bibliographical information
• Specialist Publishers
• Specialist Bookstores
• General Secondhand and Rare Books

 

 

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• Internet Archive Texts - "The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books"
• Open Library - "an interface to the published books on archive.org and links to other online book collections"
• HathiTrust - contains over 10 million digitised volumes, including many (all?) of Google Book's and the Internet Archive's available full texts, but also a lot of volumes related to history and genealogy from other sources.
• Google Books Library Project- "An enhanced card catalog of the world's books . . If the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to view and download the entire book".

 

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• The British Library's Catalogue Search allows you to search for over 13 million books in their collection.
• Bibliography of British and Irish History - "The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is the most comprehensive and accurate guide available to what's been written about British and Irish history. It's an essential resource for research and teaching. BBIH is a subscription service and is available remotely via university and research libraries worldwide."
• The on-line Books Page provides links to "over 3 million free books on the Web".
• The Clique - Booktrade and Library Information Services. "Booktrade information for British booksellers, librarians, learned, literary and historical societies, associations and their members for over a century." Information relating to old, rare and out-of-print books in Britain and lists of societies, booksellers and libraries etc.
• The Victorian Women Writers' Project aims "to produce highly accurate transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century".
• The British Book Trade Index, or BBTI, is an index of the names and brief biographical details and trade details of people who worked in the book trade in England and Wales and who were trading by 1851.
• The Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History provided by Ian Maxted.
• The New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors aims to catalog all deceased authors, and all authors of books published before 1964, as an aid to determining copyright status.
• A very large collection of out-of-copyright books is made available by the Internet Archive.

 

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• The Archive CD Books Project - Book Depository listing of the Project's output. "Archive CD Books was a web site that coordinated the on-going and important project of reproducing old books, maps and other documents of historical significance by scanning them and then transferring these scanned images onto CD" (Review.)
• The History Press. "the UK's largest local and specialist history publisher".
• Halsgrove Publishing's Community History Series.

 

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• GENfair - FFHS-associated "online shop for books, CDs, fiche, maps, etc."
• The Society of Genealogists Bookshop
• The Parish Chest - The Family History Federation's comprehensive online shopping facility, for publications from individual family history societies, together with other genealogical goods and services.
• Current Publications from 'The Family History Partnership. (The Partnership's members include such authors as Colin Chapman, Jeremy Gibson, and Stuart Raymond.)
• Chapel Books - "Books and documents for the genealogist and local historian researching England, Wales and Scotland ... arranged by county."
• The National Archives Bookshop - "the full range of National Archives publications, plus other titles selected to aid your research."
• Family History Bookshop - at The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury.
• Genealogical.com - Great Britain/British - from "The World's Largest Publishers of Genealogical Reference Books."
• Internet Genealogical Bookshop - books from all major genealogy and local history publishers.
• Family History Books Online - a service from the Family History Federation

 

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• Biblio.co.uk - "Biblio offers over 85 million used, rare and out-of-print books."
• Abe Books - "the world's largest online marketplace for books"
• BookFinder - "A one-stop search site that lets users view the collections of over 50,000 sellers of new, used, rare, and out of print books."
• AddAll - "Book Search and Price Comparison."
• Archive CD Books USA and (via the Book Depository) Archive CD Books UK sell digital reproductions of old books.
• BookButler (archived copy) is a portal to over 60 online book stores, many specialising in second-hand texts and avoids searching each store individually.