"Land Ownership & Use in Wollescote, Old Swinford, Worcestershire 1710-1830: Transcripts of various documents dated between 1710 to 1830 relating to the ownership and use of numerous pieces of land in Wollescote, in the Parish of Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England" has been produced in the expectation that the transcripts that it contains will be of use to a range of people, in particular local historians and genealogists. Based on historical documents currently in private ownership, the book will be of interest to local historians as it provides a vast amount of information about the use...

The Marwell estate in the parishes of Owslebury and Twyford, Hampshire was for many years in the ownership of the Mildmay family, who subsequently took the surname St John Mildmay. During the winter of 1858-1859, a large set of documents were created in anticipation of a sale of estate. These documents comprised seven folios; two abstracts of title; one abstract of charges on the estate and four folios detailing with requisitions, and answers to the requisitions that passed between the vendors and purchasers solicitors. The earliest document recited in the folios is from 1744, and the latest...

The Education Act 1902 caused the Ganton School to form a new Managers Committee. The Ganton School Managers' Minute Book recorded all of the minutes of this committee from their first meeting on the 9th April 1903 until 1941. It additionally included copies of key letters sent and received by the School Managers. The minute book records how the School Managers managed the school during these years. The details include how they dealt with daily issues, such as hiring school staff, deciding on their pay, and on more than one occasion disciplining the head teacher It also covers their...