author - Ronald Cunliffe Shaw

[zannette]

Does anyone know if the above authors's book are still in print, and if so, where to buy. In particular I am interested in 'The Moons of Amounderness', and I think he also wrote a history of Kirkham. (Moon is a surname here, it's not a book about lunar activity!

many thanks

[KGarrad]

Full title:
Yeomen, Craftsmen, Merchants. The Moons of Amounderness and Leylandshire.
Publisher: W. Watson & Company.

Out of stock on Amazon

FamilySearch have it, and it can be ordered (to view) through your local Family History Centre.
FHL film number: 994066 Item 2

[KGarrad]

There's a list of his published titles here:
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr94036085/

Click on a book title to see in which libraries it may be found.

[Barbara.H]

There are copies of The Moons of Amounderness in some Lancashire libraries here:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mfs/

[Maiden Stone]

Thanks KGarrard and Barbara. I have 2 Moon lines from Kirkham parish. ( there were a lot of Moons in Kirkham.) I recently read excerpts online from " Kirkham in Amounderness - the story of a Lancashire community",  the other book referred to by zannette.

I was interested to see "The Clifton Papers" on that list found by KGarrard. They include a 16thC rental roll for the Manor of Lytham when it was owned by the Molyneux family. One tenant on the roll was the earliest mention of another of my families.

[zannette]

Many thanks for your input. Unfortunately I cannot get to any library as I live in Greece. (No, they don't actually have public libraries here - no money). I was hoping I could locate a 2nd hand copy. Had a look on ebay but nothing there.

all the best

[KGarrad]

If you could locate the publisher (or their modern-day equivalent) maybe they might have a dusty copy somewhere?

Or try 2nd-hand book dealers?

[Gadget]

Or try 2nd-hand book dealers?

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/author/r-cunliffe-shaw/

[Maiden Stone]

Contact Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society. A member is a dealer in second-hand and antiquarian books. When he compiles a new catalogue he puts a link on LFH&HS forum. He probably knows the book. If someone wants a certain book he'll try and find a copy.

I read bits of the book about Kirkham on Ancestry I think.
Have you heard of the Internet Archive? It has texts of some out of print books. I found Catholic Record Society journals from 100 years ago which contained transcripts of R.C. registers. One of my Moon lines accounted for a large proportion of entries at one chapel.
There's another website which publishes texts of old books. It's a subscription site.