Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Minute Books and Other Documents of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis: A.D. 1252 to 1800 : with Extracts and Some Notes : Pub. by Direction of the Mayor (R.N. Howard, Esq., J.P.) and CorporationSherren & Son, 1883 - 223 pages |
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