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VCH Warwickshire Publications

Volumes I and II were published in 1904 and 1908. No more volumes were published until in 1935 when the county was selected for a pilot project. Five volumes followed and in 1969 the series was completed in eight volumes. Volume VII in the series was devoted to Birmingham and Volume VIII to the city of Coventry and the borough of Warwick.

VCH Warwickshire

Red Book Publications

Volume I

Edited by H. Arthur Doubleday and William Page, this volume was published in 1904.

The volume contains the following entries:

  • Romano-British Remains
  • Anglo-Saxon Remains
  • Introduction to the Warwickshire Domesday
  • Text of the Warwickshire Domesday
  • Ancient Earthworks
  • Index to Warwickshire Domesday

The full text is available via the Internet Archive.

Volume II

Edited by William Page, this volume was published in 1908.

The volume contains the following entries:

  • Ecclesiastical History
  • Religious Houses
  • Social and Economic History
  • Industries
  • Agriculture
  • Forestry
  • Schools
    • Introduction
    • Warwick
    • Coventry
    • The Bablake
    • Stratford-on-Avon
    • Sutton Coldfield
    • Nuneaton
    • King Edward VI's Schools, Birmingham
    • Birmingham University
    • Atherstone
    • Solihull
    • Rugby
    • Coleshill
    • Monks Kirby
    • Hampton Lucy or Bishops Hampton
    • Salford Priors
    • Kingsbury
    • Elementary Schools founded before 1750
  • Sport, Ancient and Modern
  • Political History

The entries on medieval religious houses are on British History Online.

 

Volume III - Barlichway Hundred

Edited by Philip Styles, this volume was published in 1945.

The volume covers the hundred of Barlichway, in the south-west of the county. It includes the towns of Henley-in-Arden and Stratford-upon-Avon.

This volume is in British History Online.

Volume IV - Hemlingford Hundred

Edited by L.F. Salzman, this volume was published in 1947.

Hemlingford hundred lies in the north of the county, to the north and east of Birmingham. The volume covers several parishes now near or within the Birmingham area, as well as the boroughs of Sutton Coldfield and Nuneaton. Birmingham itself is covered in volume VII.

This volume is on British History Online.

Volume V - Kington Hundred

Edited by L F Salzman, this volume was published in 1949.

Kington hundred lies directly south of Warwick, between the rivers Avon to the west and Itchen to the east. The volume covers the 54 parishes of the hundred, including Atherstone-on-Stour, Brailes and Kineton.

This volume is on British History Online.

Volume VI - Knightlow Hundred

Edited by L.F. Salzman, this volume was published in 1951.

The volume covers Knightlow hundred, in the south-east corner of the county, and bordering Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. It covers the areas surrounding Coventry and Warwick, and includes an account of the boroughs of Leamington Spa and Rugby. (Coventry and Warwick themselves are treated separately, in volume VIII.)

This volume is on British History Online.

Volume VII - The City of Birmingham

Edited by W.B. Stephens, this volume was published in 1964.

The volume covers the religious, political, economic and social history of the largest city in the Midlands.

This volume is on British History Online.

Volume VIII - The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick

Edited by W.B. Stephens, this volume was published in 1969.

An account of the topography, economy, architecture and political and religious life of Coventry and the Borough of Warwick.

This volume is on British History Online.