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THESE ABBREVIATIONS (MOST TO SOURCES) ARE USED IN MANY OF THE MALTHOUSE PRESS PUBLICATIONS

S

s Shilling(s)
S South
S. Staffordshire (Cambridge County Geographies). W Bernard Smith. 1915
S&COP. Silverdale and Chesterton in Old Photographs. Dave Adams. 1988.
S&DOP. Stafford and District: Postcards from the Past. Roy Lewis. 1998.
S&UR. The Stafford & Uttoxeter Railway. P Jones. 1981
S&W. Staffordshire and Warwickshire Past and Present. Langford, John Alfred. 1880
S&WC. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Dr J Ian Langford. 1974
SA. Staffordshire Advertiser. 1795-
SAC. The Story of the Ancient Parish of Castlechurch. Alfred Middlefell. 1998
SAIW. Stafford As It Was. R Lewis & J Anslow. 1980
SAL. Short Account of The City of Lichfield. Charles Edward Stringer. 1819
SARA. Smethwick And Round About, articles by W Ellery Jephcott in Smethwick Telephone
SARCH. Staffordshire Archaeology. Edited by FSC Celoria. 1972 - 1975
SAS. Swynnerton and the Swynnertons. Rev BT Swinnerton. 1900 (printed 1971)
SAS Staffordshire Agricultural Society
SASR. Staffordshire Archaeological Studies. Volume 1 1984 -
Sat Saturday
SAWW2. Staffordshire Airfields in the Second World War. Martyn Chorlton. 2007
SBB. Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts. David & Martine Swinscoe. 1998
SBG. Story of Biddulph Grange. A Ferris. 1985 1986
SBI. Some British Inns (No. 16). WE Tate
SBT. Staffordshire Bull Terrier. JF Gordon. 1971
SC. Staffordshire Curiosities. FW Hackwood. 1905
Sc Scene
SCA. Shell County Alphabet. G Grigson. 1966
SCA Stoke-on-Trent City Archives
SCC. Story of Clifton Campville. Presented to WSL by JS Horne. 1892
SCCC. Stafford Castle and Castle Church. JS Horne. 1933
SCFK. Stourton Castle and Forest of Kinver. Capt RM Grazebrook. 1919
SCH. Staffordshire Catholic History Journal. 1961 -
SCHJ. Staffordshire Catholic Historic Journal. 1961 -
SCK. Stewponey Countryside. Frances E Campbell. 1979
SCM. Staffordshire County Magazine.
SCP. Staffordshire County Pictorial (incorporating the Venture)
SCR. Stafford Castle Reports. Excavation Report. c1980 onwards
SCS. Stories, Customs, Superstitions,Tales, Legends and Folklore of the Black Country. Jon Raven. 1986
SCSB. St Chad’s, Slindon 1894-1944. Jane Benton. 1993
SCSF. Staffordshire Customs, Superstitions, Folklore. FW Hackwood. 1924 1974 edition
SD. Staffordshire Described. Thomas Cox. 1728
SDOP. Sedgley and District (Britain in Old Photographs Series). Trevor Genge. 1995
SDOPP. Stone and District: a Portrait in Old Picture Postcards. Roy Lewis. 1993
SDSSOP. Sedgley and District: A Second Selection (Britain in Old Photographs Series). Trevor Genge. 1997
SDW. Staffordshire Dialect Words: a historical survey. D Wilson. 1974
SEDG. Stone, Eccleshall & District Gazette. April 1987 - Nov 1988
Sept September
SFH. Starting From Hartshill. DM Holt. c1976
SFL. Shropshire Folklore. Charlotte Sophia Burne. 1883
SG. Staffordshire Glimpses or Glimpses of Bygone. FW Hackwood. 1925
SGH. Staffordshire Gleanings. FW Hackwood. 1922
SGM. Staffordshire Gritstone: Peak District Climbs. Gary Gibson. 4th Series. Volume 7. 1989
SGNS. Short Guide to North Staffordshire. R Nicholls. 1933
SGS. Shell Guide to Staffordshire. H Thorold. 1978
SGSAS. Staffordshire Gazetteer. Staffordshire Archive Service. Department of Library Arts & Archives. 1994
Sgt Sergeant
SH. The Staffordshire Historians. MW Greenslade. 1981 (technically part of SHC - 4th series volume 11).
SHBP. Staffordshire and some Neighbouring Records, Historical, Biographical and Pictorial. The Mercian Series. Allan North (publisher). ND but shortly after 1910.
SHC. Staffordshire Historical Collections.
SHCSYB Stone Historical and Civil Society Year Book
SHCB. Smethwick from Hamlet to County Borough: A Brief History. KW Inskip. 1966 SHCST. Stafford Historical and Civic Society Transactions.
SHEF Sheffield Museum
SHJ. Staffordshire History Journal.
SHOP. Short History of Pelsall. Joyce Hammond. 1981
SHOS. History of Staffordshire. Stebbing Shaw. Volumes 1, 2 1798 1801
SHOSA. History of Staffordshire. Appendix to both Volumes. Stebbing Shaw. 1801
SHOW. Short History of Walsall. Herbert Lee. 1927
Shrops Shropshire
SHST. Sociological History of City of Stoke-on-Trent. Ernest JD Warrillow. 1977
SHWB. Short History of West Bromwich. West Bromwich Library. 1964
SI Statutory Instruments
No. 152 = The Newcastle-u-Lyme
(Parishes) Order 1984
No. 223 = The West Midland Counties Order 1965
SIAS Stafford Industrial Archaelogical Society.
SIASJ Journal of the Staffordshire Industrial Archaelogy Society
SIC. Shelton and its Church. Father Leonard Skinner. 1985
SIN. Swythamley and its Neighbourhood. Various Authors. 1874
SIOT. Stafford in Olden Times. JL Cherry. 1890
SIS. Stone in Staffordshire. Norman A Cope. 1972
SIT. Stone: an industrial tour. Fred Brook. ND, possibly 1975
SJ Society of Jesus
SJ an OS reading
SJC. Staffordshire Folklore. SJ Coleman. 1955
SK an OS reading
SK. Staffordshire Knots. Edited by Dr AM McAldowie. 1895
SKYT. Stafford: Know Your Town. ALP Roxburgh.1948
SL. Staffordshire Landscape. DM Palliser. 1976
SLC. Story of Leek Church. Henry Woodhouse. 1988
SLHT. Streetly Local History Trail. Charles Robertson. ND
SLM. Staffordshire Life Magazine. 1947 - 1959, 1983 -
SLR. Sketches in and around Lichfield and Rugeley. Alfred William. 1892
SLR. A Swift Look Round. Tamworth Herald. 19??
SLS. St Lukes Church and Parish, Sheen. ACF Nicoll. 1984
SM. Staffordshire Miscellanies. James Broughton. 1831
SMASCC. St Mary and All Saints Church, Checkley. Clive Smith. 1987
SMASCW. St Mary and All Saints Church, Whitmore. JDS Hawley. 1984
SMC. Staffordshire Collections. James Broughton. 1827
SMCC. Staffordshire Moorlands and Caldon Canal. H Bode. 1971
SMEOP. Smethwick in Old Photographs. John Maddison. 1989
SMM. Staffordshire: Its Magic and Mystery. Doug Pickford. 1994
SMML. Staffordshire: Murder Myths and Legends. Tony J Hollis. Late 1990s
SMOPP. Staffordshire Moorlands in Old Picture Postcards. WG Short. Volume 1. 1988. G Bowyer & R Poole. Volume 2. 1989
SMSE. Smallwood Manor: The history of a Staffordshire estate. Sam Taylor. 1993
SMT. Staffordshire Tracts. James Broughton. 1810
SN. Staffordshire Newsletter newspapers (starting with the Stafford Newsletter (1906 to Jan 22 1955 when became the Stafford and Mid Staffordshire Newsletter, then became the Stafford Newsletter)). Many of the later references relate to the Staffordshire Newsletter Stone edition, published from 1971.
SNAR. Street Names of Aldridge, Rushall, Streetly & Pheasey. Betty Fox. 1996
SNBC. Street Names of Brownhills, Clayhanger, Shelfield & Walsall Wood. Betty Fox. 1999
SNBP. Street Names of Bloxwich & Pelsall. WF Blay & Ann Galbraith. 1994
SNDB. Street Names of Darlaston & Bentley. Malcolm Timmins. 1993
SNEDE. The Family of Sneyd (Snede). Roger ES Wykes-Sneyd. 1986 (copy in Keele University Library)
Snr Senior
SNSV. Street Names of Stourbridge and its Vicinity. H Jack Haden. vol 1 1988. vol 2 1999
SNTG. Shugborough. John Martin Robinson. The National Trust. 1989
SNW. Street Names of Willenhall. Horace Davis. 1995
SNWA. Street Names of Walsall. WF Blay. 1992
SO&N. Stoke Old and New. Richard Talbot. 1977
SOB. Story of Bloxwich. Ernest James Homeshaw. 1955
SOBC. Story of the Black Country. FW Hackwood. 1902
SOBP. Story of Bilston. John M Price. 1951
SOBW. Story of Berkswich (or History of the Walton-on-the-Hill area). Women’s Institute. 1950
Soc Society
SOCC. Story of Castle Church. JS Horne. 1939
SofL1. The Spirit of Leek:1 Cathryn Wilson & Lindsey Porter. 2001
SofL2. The Spirit of Leek:2 Cathryn Wilson & Lindsey Porter. 2002
SofL3. The Spirit of Leek:3 Cathryn Wilson & Lindsey Porter. 2002
SofL4. The Spirit of Leek:4 Cathryn Wilson. 2005
SOK. Story of Oulton and Kibblestone. Many Authors. 1977
Som Somersetshire
SOP. The Story of Penkridge. Robert Charles Wilkes. 1985
SOPP. Stafford in Old Picture Postcards. J Anslow & R Lewis. 1984
SOS. Survey of Staffordshire. S Erdeswick. 1593-1603
SOSH. Story of Staffordshire. M Hughes. 1925
SOTB. Six of The Best. Richard Weir. 1988
SOTOPP. Stoke-on-Trent in Old Picture Postcards. Andy Ridler. 1987
SOWB. Story of West Bromwich. JWA Aston. ND Pre 1973
SP an OS reading
SPCC. Sedgley Park and Cotton College. Frank Roberts. 1985
SPJD. Stafford Past: A Guide to the Archaeological and Historical Sites of the Stafford Area. John Darlington. 1994
SPN. Staffordshire Place Names including the Black Country. Anthony Poulton-Smith. 1995
SPNO. Staffordshire Place Names. JP Oakden. Part 1. 1984
SPP. Staffordshire Past and Present: An Historical Pictorial and Descriptive Guide. JW Bradley. 1911
SPRS Staffordshire Parish Register Society
SPT Staffordshire Past Track website
SPWWC Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Company
sq square
SQCS. Some Quaint Customs and Superstitions in Staffordshire. Rev E Deacon
Sqn Squadron
SR. Sedgley Researches. FW Hackwood. 1898
SRDOG. Stone Rural District: The Official Guide (fifth edition c1958)
SRO Staffordshire Record Office at Stafford
SRRC Shropshire Record & Research Centre, alias Shropshire Archives
SS Saints
SS. Staffordshire Sentinel.
SSAHST. South Staffordshire Archaeology and History Society Transactions. 1959 -
SSAS South Staffordshire Archaeological Society
SSBOP. Stone, Sandon, Barlaston in Old Picture Postcards. Tony Priestley. 1988
SSC. Staffordshire & Shropshire Picturesque Views. Frederick Calvert. 1830
SSE. Staffordshire Studies (Essays presented to Denis Stuart). vol 1 1988
SSGLST. Secret Staffordshire - Ghosts Legends and Strange Tales. Marian Pipe. 1994
SSHL. Staffordshire Stories Historical and Legendary. FW Hackwood. 1906
SSR. South Staffordshire Railway. JT Leach. 1992
SSR South Staffordshire Railway
SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
SST. Some Staffordshire Trees. County Planning & Development Department. 1973 SSTY. Stafford. The Story of a Thousand Years. Paul Butters. 1980
SSUN. Sedgley Sundries. Edward Nayler. ND (1900/01?)
SSW. Some Staffordshire Worthies. J Ingamells. 1907
SSWWC South Staffordshire Water Works Company
ST. Staffordshire Tales. Margaret Turner. 1991
Staffs Staffordshire
STAFFS. The Staffords. John Martin Robinson. 2002
STC. Staffordshire at the opening of the Twentieth Century and Contemporary Biographies. Edited by WT Pike. Cameron Penn. 1907
STELE. Smethwick Telephone.
STM. Six Towns Magazine. April 1963 - September 1972
STMSM. Staffordshire Magazine (incorporating STM). November 1972 -
STP. Spirit of The Place (Caverswall). MJW Rogers. 1979
STV. Staffordshire Towns and Villages. Alfred Williams & WH Mallet. 1899
Sun Sunday
SVB. The Staffordshire Village Book. Staffordshire Federation of Women’s Institutes. 1988
SVS. Stourbridge and its Vicinity. William Scott. 1832
SW. Sacred Waters. J and C Bord. 1986
SWH. Staffordshire Worthies. FW Hackwood
SWY. Staffordshire Waterways. David E Owen. 1986

T

T. A History of Tamworth. John & Henry Wood Roby. 1826
TAB. Tong and Boscobel. George Griffiths. 1894
TABC. Tales from Aynuk’s Black Country. Jon Raven. 1978
TAVR Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve
TB. The (Black Country) Bugle. 1972 -
TBH. Tamworth Building Heritage. Bernard Lowe
TBS. The Barr Story. Richard D Woodall. 1951
TC. The Cornovii. G Webster. 1975
TC Town Council
TCN. Tamworth Castle. Rev Henry Norris. 1899
TCOP. Around Tettenhall and Codsall in Old Photographs. Mary Mills. 1990
TCTH. Trentham: A Church Through History. June Speed. 1994
TD. This Dovedale - a photographic guide. Keith Mantell. 1971
TDOPP. Tamworth and District Portrait in Old Picture Postcards. Roy Lewis. 1994
TE. This England. WS Shears. 1948
TEBC. A Thousand Events in the 19th Century Black Country. Harold Parsons. 1981 TEBC2. A Thousand Events in the C19 Black Country. Harold Parsons. 1986
TEM. This England Magazine.
temp contemporary with
TEW. Topography of England and Wales. JC Hotten. 1863
t-f timber-framed
TFTP. Tales From The Past. Tom Byrne. 1977
TFTPM. More Tales From The Past. Tom Byrne. 1986
TFW. A Town for Four Winters (Military Camps on Cannock Chase). CJ & GP Whitehouse. 1983
TFWH. Tipton. FW Hackwood. 1891
TGT. Tamworth Castle Guide. 1993
TH. Tamworth Herald.
THM. Tamworth Herald Mitchell ‘Newspaper Cuttings’ in Tamworth Library
THS. Topographic History of Staffordshire. William Pitt. 1817 (is in two parts: page references usually refer to part one - but if reference does not relate look at part two)
Thurs Thursday
TMS. The Tame Mills of Staffordshire. D Dilworth. 1976
TNE. A Grand Tour of Norman England. Arthur Weigall. 1927
TNSR. The North Staffordshire Railway. Rex Christiansen & RW Miller. 1971
TOH. This Old House (Betley Hall). GN Brown
TOI. Tale of Ipstones. Rev F Brighton. 1937
TOPP. Tamworth in Old Picture Postcards. David Biggs. 1990
TOS. Tales of Old Staffordshire. Kathleen Lawrence-Smith. 1992
TPC. The Peak Country - painted by W Biscome Gardner, written by AR Hope Moncrieff. 1908
TPCM. Tamworth Parish Church. HC Mitchell. 1935
TPOP. Tettenhall and Pattingham (The Archive Photograph Series). Alec Brew. 1997
TPP. The Pocket Palmer: The story of Rugeley’s most infamous character. John Godwin. 1992.
Trans Transactions
TRBI. Traditional Recipes of British Isles. Compiled by Nell Heaton. 1951
TRTC. The Road to Chartley. Part 1 Uttoxeter to Chartley. Jim Foley. 1998
TSB Trustee Savings Bank
TSS. The Sentinel Story 1873-1973. Printed by James Heap. 1973
TSSOP. Tipton: A Second Selection (Old Photograph Series). John Brimble & Keith Hodgkins. 1997
TSW. The Staffordshire Way. Les Lumsdon & Chris Rushton. 1993
TTH. Trentham: A Church through History. June Steed. 1994
TTOPP. Trentham and Tittensor in Old Picture Postcards. E Watkin and others. 1987
TTT. Tamworth Tower and Town. HC Mitchell. 1936
TTTD. The Tale of the Backbone. John Dearden. (written 1962) 1986
TUC Trade Union Congress
Tues Tuesday
TV television
TWDOP. Tipton, Wednesbury and Darlaston in Old Photographs. Robert Pearson. 1989 TWWW. The Way We Were. Sentinel Monthly Journal. 1995 -
TYD. Ten Year’s Digging in Celtic & Saxon Grave Hills. Thomas Bateman. 1861
TYS. A Thousand Years of Staffordshire. DM Palliser. 1974

U

UA Unitary Authority
UAd Uttoxeter Advertiser
UBCB. The urban and industrial songs of the Black Country and Birmingham. Jon Raven. 1977
UCC. An History Sketch of the Parish of Croxall in the County of Derby. Rev Richard Ussher. 1881
UDC. Staffordshire up and down the County. Henry Allen Wedgwood. Volumes 1,2,3. 1881
UFO(s) Unidentified Flying Object(s)
UFO REALITY. UFO Reality. Jenny Randles. 1983
UFO STUDY. UFO Study. Jenny Randles. 1981
UHAW. Up Hill all the Way. St Paul’s Quarnford. A History of the Church & Parish 1744-1994. Jack Nicoll. 1994
UK United Kingdom
ULM Uttoxeter Living Memories. Uttoxeter Civic Society. 2005.
UMGH. Life of Major General Harrison. Henry Wedgwood. 189?
UNT. Under the Needwood Tree: A glimpse into the History of Barton-under-Needwood. Steve Gardner. 1995
UOK University of Keele
UOPP. Uttoxeter in Old Picture Postcards. PM Turner. 1994
USAAF USA Air Force
UST. Underneath Stafford Town; an archaeological assessment. Martin Carven. University of Birmingham. 1982
UTP. Uttoxeter in Times Past. Julia Smith. 1983
UTR. History of Tutbury and Rolleston. Charles Haywood Underhill. ND c1946

V

VAD. Vestiges of Antiquity in Derbyshire. Thomas Bateman. 1948
V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London
VB. Staffordshire. V Bird. 1974
VBB. Visiting Bradnop. H Bode. 1973
VBE. Visits to Fields of Battle in England. Richard Brooke. 1858
VC. Victorian Cheadle 1841-81. FJ Johnson. 1991
VC Victoria Cross
VCH. Victoria County History: Staffordshire. Volume 1 (Geology, Palaeotology, Botany, Zoology, Natural History, Early Man, Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon, Political History) 1908. Volume II (Industry, Communications, Forests, Sport, Index to volumes I and II) 1967. Volume III (Religion, Religious Houses, Monastic hospitals and colleges) 1970. Volume IV (Staffordshire Domesday, West Cuttlestone hundred) 1958. Volume V (East Cuttlestone hundred) 1959. Volume VI (Agriculture, Schools, Keele University, Stafford) 1979. Volume VII (Leek and the Moorlands) 1995. Volume VIII (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent) 1963. Volume IX (Burton-upon-Trent) in progess in 1999. Volume XIV (Lichfield) 1990. Volume XVII (Smethwick, Walsall, West Bromwich) 1976. Volume XX (South Seisdon hundred) 1984. Other county Victoria County Histories. VCHC: Cheshire. VCHD: Derbyshire. VCHH: Herefordshire. VCHL: Leicestershire. VCHLA: Lancashire. VCHN: Northamptonshire. VCHS: Shropshire. VCHW: Worcestershire. VCHWA: Warwickshire.
VDC. Views of Dudley Castle and Lime Caverns. William Hawkes Smith. 1836
VE. Victorian Eccleshall. David Vincent. 1982
VED. Vanishing England. PH Ditchfield & Fred Roe. 1910
VESOP. Victorian and Edwardian Staffordshire in Old Photographs. P Murray & R Frost. 1977
VFC. Voices of Five Counties: A Guide to writers of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire. Rosemary Toeman. 1994
VH. Victorian Hamstead. Roger Clive Meachem. 1988
VL. Visiting Leek. Part 1 Town Centre. H Bode. 1974. Part 2 from Ashbourne. H Bode. 1975
vol volume(s)
VSSR. History of the South Staffordshire Regiment. WL Vale. 1969

W

W West
W. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire. W White. 1834 1851
WA. Wolverhampton Antiquary. GP Mander. Volumes 1, 2. 1915-1934
WAAIW. Wheaton Aston: As It Was. Compiled by Local People. 1991
WABC (Beacon radio’s sister station)
WABH. Brief History of Wheaton Aston. DH Thompson. 1973
WAIW. Wolverhampton As It Was. John Roper. Volume 1. 1974
WAM. Wednesbury, Ancient and Modern. FW Hackwood. 1902
Warws Warwickshire
WAS. Wolverhampton Archaeology Society. Reports from 1926 to 1936
WB. West Bromwich. Joseph Reeves. 1836
WBF. The Corporation of the Borough and Foreign of Walsall. EJ Homeshaw. 1960
WBJ. Staffordshire Windmills. Barry Job. 1985
WBOP. West Bromwich in Old Photographs. Robin Pearson. 1989
WBOPP. West Bromwich in Old Picture Postcards. Robin Pearson. 1988
WBY. West Bromwich Yesterdays: A short historical Study of The City of A Hundred Trades RD Woodall. 1958
WC. Walsall Chronicle.
WCW. The Wedgwood Circle 1730-1897. Barbara & Hensleigh Wedgwood. 1980
WDOP. Wednesbury in Old Photographs. Ian M Bott. 1994
WDY. Willenhall and Darlaston Yesterdays. Walsall Library and Museum Services. 1981
WEA Workers’ Education Association
Wed Wednesday
WF. Wolverhampton: 1991 things you wanted to know about Wolverhampton. Partners in Progress. 1991
WFK. William Fowler’s Kingswinford: The man, his maps and the people and places of 1822 and 1840. Eric Richardson. 1999
WFW. Wednesfield:The Field of Woden. John L Smallshire. 1978
WHF. Willenhall to Horseley Fields. (Images of England Series). Alec Brew. 1998.
WHTOP. Wednesfield and Heath Town in Old Photographs. Elizabeth A Rees and Mary Mills. 1992
Wilts Wiltshire
WIS. Windmills in Staffordshire. WA Seaby & AC Smith. 1979
WITP. Workhouses in the Potteries. Diane Baker. City of Stoke-on-Trent Historic Buildings Survey. n.d. 1984?
WIWC. When I was a Child: C Shaw. C Shaw. 1903 1969 edition
WJ. Werrington: Some Notes on its History. JD Johnstone. 1946
WJC. St Peter’s Church, Caverswall. JD Johnstone. 1948
WJO. The Wolverhampton Journal. January 1902 - December 1909
WM. West Midlands. Caroline Hillier. 1976
WMA. West Midlands Airfields. Angus Dunphy. Volumes 1 and 2
WMAG. Wolverhampton Magazine. July 1963 - September 1978 thereafter West Midlands and Wolverhampton Magazine to December 1979
WMARCH. West Midlands Archaeology. CBA West Midlands
WMAT. West Midlands Archaeology. CBA West Midlands
WMC. Wells of Mow Cop. H Hancock. 1985
WMLB. The West Midlands: Landscapes of Britain. Roy Millward & Adrian Robinson. 1971
WMMA. The West Midlands in the Early Middle Ages. Margaret Gelling. 1992
WMVB. The West Midlands Village Book. Women’s Institute. 1989
WNH. The Wrens Nest Hill. E Blocksidge. 1905
WNNNR. Wren’s Nest National Nature Reserve. Geological Handbook and Field Guide. A Cutler. 1990
WOb Walsall Observer
WOLOP. Wolverhampton (The Archive Photographs Series). Mary Mills & Tracey Williams. 1996
WOLV Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery
WOPP. Walsall in Old Picture Postcards. Marilyn Lewis. 1982
Worcs Worcestershire
WORF. The Wandering Worfe. DH Robinson. 1980
WOY. Waterfall of Yesterday. Frances A Harvey. 1977
WOY2. Waterfall of Yesterday. Frances A Harvey. 1998
WP. The Wednesbury Papers. FW Hackwood. 1884
WP&P. Wolverhampton Past and Present. 1985
WP&P. Wordsley Past & Present (Britain in Old Photographs). Stan Hill. 2005
WPG. Weston Park Guide. English Life Publications. 1974
wpm words per minute
WPOPP. Wolverhampton: A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards. Eric Woolley. 1989
WPP. Walsall Past and Present. Howard D Clark. 1905
WRNS Women’s Royal Naval Service
WROP. Walsall Revisited. (Britain in Old Photographs Series). David F Vodden. 1997
WSAS William Salt Archaeology Society
WSL William Salt Library
WSS. The Wetlands of Shropshire and Staffordshire. MD Leah, CE Wells, P Stamper, E Huckerby, C Welch. 1998
WTCEM. History of Wetton, Thor’s Cave and Ecton Mine. James Roberts. 1900
WTMS. Watermills. Peter Wenham. 1989
WW. Wednesbury Workshops. FW Hackwood.
WW1 World War One
WW2 World War Two
WWRB . Who’s Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England. Richard Fletcher. 1989
WWT. Wolstanton (Wolstan’s Town). Percy WL Adams. 1908
WWW. Wombourne What Was. May Griffiths. 1990
WYV. Werrington: Yesterday’s Voices. Elizabeth W Bass. 1983

Y

YHA Youth Hostel Association
YONS. Records of Ye Olde Nortonian Society. 1925,1957,1979
Yorks Yorkshire
YX. Yoxall: A Walk through History. Denis Stuart. 1979

Z

ZSB. Illustrated Map of Staffordshire showing curiosities limited to 700 copies. Celebrating Sidney Barnes Centenary 1973.
ZYC2005 Social History Walk handouts (2005) by Andrew Dobraszczyc.
1 = Trentham Village and the Leveson-Gower Family of Trentham Hall.
2 = Hanchurch: An Estate Village.
3 = Hanchurch Hills and the Model Farm.
4 = Northwood.
5 = Dairyfields: A 1930s Housing Estate.
6 = Hem Heath: An Edwardian Estate Development.
7 = Blurton village.
8. Alternative view of Trentham Park
9= Normacot: Forest, Furnace & Housing Estates
10 = Rough Close: A Surviving Common
11 = Barlaston Village
12 = Barlaston Hall Estate
13 = Oulton Heath: An 18th Centry Enclosed Landscape
14 = Parkfields: A 17th Century Enclosure
15 = Tittensor: An Estate Village
16 = Beech: Stone Cutters, Caves & Quarries
17 = Swynnerton Village (walk given by Rose Wheat, and the information was given verbally on the walk)
18 = Swynnerton Old Park
19 = The Enclosure of Oulton Heath
20 = A Time of Havoc: The enclosure of Stone Townfield

1749 = Emanuel Bowen
1801 = C Smith ‘A New Map of the County of Stafford’
1834d = 1834 directory
1841 = Census Return
1851w = 1851 White’s directory
1890 = OS six inch to 1 mile
1889 = OS six inch to 1 mile (24 NE) surveyed in 1875-78
1900 = OS 6 inch to 1 mile map of 1900
1901 = OS six inch to 1 mile
1995 = OS Street Atlas of Staffs


* After DoE defines grade of listing; after a page number may identify the second of the same page number for instance in SHOS and GNHS and GNHSS, but was formerly used in the preparation of the book to identify noteworthy references.

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