Berkshire Record Society

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The Berkshire Record Society is a text publication society founded in 1993 to produce scholarly editions of important documents relating to the history of Berkshire, England, held at the Royal Berkshire Archives and elsewhere. It is a registered charity. [1]

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The society's chairman is Ralph Houlbrooke. The General Editor is Anne Curry, who took over from the founding General Editor, Peter Durrant.

In addition to its seris of annual titles, the Berkshire Record Society published An Historical Atlast of Berkshire (Second Edition, 2012) edited by Joan Dils and Margaret Yates, with maps by Clive Brown.

Publications

YearEditor(s)Vol.Title of publication
2024Stuart Eagles30Medicine and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Berkshire: The Commonplace Book of William Savory of Brightwalton and Newbury
2023Joan Dils29Stanford in the Vale Churchwardens' Accounts 1552–1705
2022David Lewis28Living in Tudor Windsor: The Records of the Sixteenth-Century Town
2021Peter Durrant27Hungerford Overseers' Accounts 1655–1834
2019Sue Clifford26Berkshire Schools in the Eighteenth Century
2018Brian Kemp25Reading Abbey Records: A New Miscellany
2017Margaret Yates24Berkshire Feet of Fines 1307–1509: Part II – Fines 1400–1509 and Index
2017Margaret Yates23Berkshire Feet of Fines 1307–1509: Part I – Fines 1307–1399
2017Jeremy Sims22Newbury and Chilton Pond Turnpike Records 1766–1791
2015Sabina Sutherland21The Church Inspection Notebook of Archdeacon James Randall 1855–1873 and other records
2013Joan Dils20Reading St Laurence Churchwardens' Accounts, 1498–1570: Part I – Accounts 1536–1570 and Inventories
2013Joan Dils19Reading St Laurence Churchwardens' Accounts, 1498–1570: Part I – Introduction and Accounts 1498–1536
2012Harry Leonard18Diaries and Correspondence of Robert Lee of Binfield 1736–1744
2010Pat Naylor17Berkshire Archdeaconry Probate Index, 1480–1652 (Part III: Occupations)
2011Pat Naylor16Berkshire Archdeaconry Probate Index, 1480–1652 (Part II: Place Names)
2011Pat Naylor15Berkshire Archdeaconry Probate Index, 1480–1652 (Part I: Personal Names)
2010Kate Tiller14Berkshire Religious Census 1851
2008Ronald & Margaret Pugh13The Diocese Books of Samuel Wilberforce
2008Jeremy Sims12Thames Navigation Commission Minutes, 1771–1790 (Part I)
2008Jeremy Sims11Thames Navigation Commission Minutes, 1771–1790 (Part I)
2005Lisa Spurrier10Berkshire Nonconformist Meeting House Registrations, 1689–1852 (Part I)I
2005Lisa Spurrier09Berkshire Nonconformist Meeting House Registrations, 1689–1852 (Part I)
2004Christine Jackson08Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records, 1627–1641
2002Cecil Slade07Reading Gild Accounts, 1357–1516 (Part II)
2002Cecil Slade06Reading Gild Accounts, 1357–1516 (Part I)
2000Ross Wordie05Enclosure in Berkshire, 1485–1885
1999Ian Mortimer04Berkshire Probate Accounts, 1583–1712
1997Peter Durrant03Berkshire Overseers' Papers, 1654–1834
1995Ian Mortimer02Berkshire Glebe Terriers, 1634
1994Gillian Clark01Correspondence of the Foundling Hospital Inspectors in Berkshire, 1757–1768

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References

  1. "Charity Details". Beta.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2017.