Books and publications for sale

The following books and publications can be purchased from Plymouth and West Devon Record Office:

Please note that some of the books for sale have been out of print for some time and only limited quantities are available.

  • Plymouth City Charters 1439 to 1935 - by C E Welch, published by the City of Plymouth in 1962, available for £1
  • A Short History of the Plymouth School of Navigation - by G R Hughes, published in 1962, available for £1
  • Plymouth Building Accounts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries - by Edwin Welch, published by the Devon and Cornwall Record Society in 1967, available for £5
  • The History of Hoe Grammar School and the Dymond family - by W Ivor Thompson, published in 1987, available for £5
  • Ships' Crew Lists, A Handlist of the Records in the Devon Record Office - published by Devon Record Office in 1987, available for £3.75
  • Plymouth Archaeology Volume 1, A catalogue of Quaternary Fosil-Bearing Cave Sites in the Plymouth Area - by A T Chamberlain and K Ray, published by Plymouth City Council in 1994, available for £4
  • Plymouth Archaeology Volume 2, Archaeological Investigations and Research in Plymouth 1992 to 1993 - by Keith Ray (Ed), published by Plymouth City Council in 1995, available for £4
  • The Great Storm at Widecombe 21 October 1638 - by Mike Brown, published by the Dartmoor Press in 1996, available for £1.50
  • A Guide to Churchwardens' Accounts - by Mike Brown, published by the Dartmoor Press in 1997, available for £4
  • Understanding Three Life Leases and other Post-Medieval Deeds - by Mike Brown, published by the Dartmoor Press in 1998, available for £4
  • Early Devon Maps - by Mary R Ravenhill and Margery M Rowe - published by the Friends of Devon's Archives in 2000, available for £12
  • The Devon Almanac - by Todd Gray - published by the Mint Press in 2000, available for £9.99
  • Plymouth Through the Lens, No 5 - by Brian Moseley, published in 1990, available for £5.95
  • Plymouth Through the Lens, No 6 - by Brian Moseley, published in 1993, available for £5.95
  • Shipping registers CD ROM - a CD is now available called 'Plymouth's Other Fleet, The Merchant Shipping Registers of the Port of Plymouth, 1814 to 1876'. It can be purchased from our search room counter for £18. If you would like to purchase it by post, please contact us.

If you would like to purchase any of these books, please see our how to pay page.

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