Further reading
Rosemary E. Boyne, Trevor Boyns, John Richard Edwards.
Historical accounting records : a guide for archivists and researchers (London: Society of Archivists, 2000) [King's Meadow Campus Ref HF5616.G7]
John Armstrong and Stephanie Jones. Business documents: their origins, sources and uses in historical research (London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1987) [King's Meadow Campus Manuscripts Department HF5849.67.A7]
J.R. Edwards. A History of Financial Accounting (London: Routledge, 1989)
S. Marriner. 'Company financial statements as source material for business historians', Business History 22(2), 1980, 203-35.
Basil S. Yamey (ed.) The historical development of accounting : a selection of papers ( New York : Arno Press, 1978)
B.S. Yamey. 'Business accounts' in T.C. Barker, R.H. Campbell and P. Mathias (eds), Business History (London: The Historical Association, 1960). ('Helps for Students of History' no 59)
A.C. Littleton and B.S. Yamey. Studies in the History of Accounting (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1956)
Nicholas A.H. Stacey. English accountancy : a study in social and economic history, 1800-1954 (London : Gee, 1954)
John Orbell and Alison Turton.
British banking : a guide to historical records
(Aldershot : Ashgate, 2001) [King's Meadow Campus (MSS) Ref HG1616.R4]
Robert Goodacre. A Treatise on Book-Keeping adapted to the use of Schools (Nottingham, 1818) [King's Meadow Campus Briggs Collection LT210.HF/G6]
Local history and taxation records
Jeremy Gibson, Mervyn Medlycott and Dennis Mills.Land and Window Tax Assessments, 1690-1950 (Bury : Federation of Family History Societies. 2nd edn, 1998; updated 2nd edn, 2004) [King's Meadow Campus (MSS) Ref CS434.G4]
M. Jurkowski, C. Smith and D. Crook, Lay Taxes in England and Wales, 1188-1688 (Kew, 1998)
L. M. Munby (ed).
Short guides to records. First series - guides 1-24. New edn (London, 1994). [King's Meadow Campus Ref D8.H4.S1]
K.M. Thompson (ed). Short guides to records. Second series - guides 25-48 (London, 1997). [King's Meadow Campus Ref D8.H4.S25]
Both these volumes include notes on parish accounts and taxation records.
Mary Ellis.
Using Manorial Records, Public Record Office Readers' Guide No 6 (Kew : PRO, 1997) [King's Meadow Campus (MSS) Ref CS434.E5]
This book includes a chapter on manorial accounts.
W. E. Tate. The parish chest : a study of the records of parochial administration in England (Chichester : Phillimore, 2000; Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1969) [King's Meadow Campus (MSS) Ref CD1068.T2]
The classic study of parish records, including reference to the accounts of the churchwardens, the overseers of the poor, and other parish officials
Web Resources
All links were correct in September 2008.
- Current Value of Old Money An extensive list of links to many useful websites giving examples of wage rates, prices, and costs of living at particular points in time.
- Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2006 This useful online tool converts monetary values to give an indication of how much a particular sum of money would be worth today. For instance, if you had £5 in 1600, this would be the equivalent of having £676.75 in 2006.
- Various websites on the history of banking. The RBS group's current and past constituents include National Westminster Bank, Child & Co., Coutts & Co., Drummonds and Williams Deacon's Bank, among others
- The National Archives' online research guides
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