Completed County Histories
Some of the county histories have been completed. For each of these, the number of volumes published and the date of completion is as follows:
- Bedfordshire (3 volumes) 1972
- Berkshire (4 volumes) 1972
- Buckinghamshire (4 volumes)
- Cambridgeshire (10 volumes) 2002
- Hampshire (5 volumes) 1973
- Hertfordshire (4 volumes) 1971
- Huntingdonshire (3 volumes) 1974
- Lancashire (8 volumes) 1993
- Rutland (2 volumes) 1975
- Surrey (4 volumes) 1967
- Warwickshire (8 volumes) 1969
- Worcestershire (4 volumes) 1971
- Yorkshire (North Riding) (2 volumes) 2002
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Famous quotes containing the words completed, county and/or histories:
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—André Maurois (1885–1967)
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—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)
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—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)