Local Postal History

D. W. ANDREWS, Sherborne, a postal history. Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1987. 92pp.

Mike Scott ARCHER, Postman's Roots (2000 Years of Letter Carrying in Breconshire). Welsh Philatelic Society, 2003. 30pp.

J. O. A. ARKELL, Parcel Post Labels of Great Britain, The. Part 1 – Berkshire. Batley: Harry Hayes, 1976. 32pp.

— Parcel Post Labels of Great Britain, The. Part 2 – Yorkshire. Batley: Harry Hayes, 1977. 80pp.

— Parcel Post Labels of Great Britain, The. Part 3 – Devonshire and Gloucestershire (Including Bristol). Batley: Harry Hayes, 1979. 47pp.

Brian AUSTEN, English Provincial Posts 1633‑1840: A study based on Kent examples. London: Phillimore & Co., 1978. 192pp.

J. Manwaring BAINES, Hastings and The Royal Mail. 16pp.

Cyril BAKER, History of the Posts in Halifax Parish. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1974.

Ian BAKER, David GRAHAM, Michael SANIG and Bill SHAND, The Scottish Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1813 – 1839 & The Welsh Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax 1836 – 1839. Scottish Postal History Society, 2017. 376pp.

Peter BATHE, The Bye Posts and Cross Posts of London. Carshalton Beeches, Surrey: London Postal History Group, 1989. 106pp.

Richard BEITH, Yorkshire Air Mails. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1983. 45pp.

Ken BENHAM, The Village Undated Handstamps of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1982. 47pp.

Neil BLAIR, The Postal History of Perth. 27pp.

Watson BOLCKOW, The Postal History and Postal Markings of Stockton‑on‑Tees. 46pp.

Dennis BOYES and Herbert CLARKSON, Leeds and its Sub‑Offices – Postal History Notes to 1900. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1980. 109pp.

Dennis BOYES, A Postal History of Bradford to 1884. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1977.

Daniel BRIGGS, The Bristol Post Office In the Age of Rowland Hill 1837‑1864. 22pp.

H. Maurice BRISTOW, The Postal History of The Crystal Palace. London: London Postal History Group, 1988. 65pp.

Stanley BROWN, Perth and Philately – The Last 20 Years. 33pp.

— Shetland and Philately. 23pp.

George BRUMMELL, The Local Posts of London 1680‑1840. Cheltenham Spa: R. C. Alcock Ltd, 1938. 91pp.

Eric BUCKLEY, Yorkshire Postal History Society No 5 – Wakefield Postal History. 45pp.

Eric BUCKLEY and Ronald WARD, Sheffield Postal History from earliest times to 1850. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1969. (YPHS Publication No. 3) 

Colin P. BULLAMORE, History of Whitby's Post. Whitby: Colin P. Bullamore, 1975. 87pp.

— The Postal History of Scarborough 1558‑1952. 59pp.

Charles CALVERT, The History of the Manchester Post Office 1625‑1900. Manchester: J E Lea, 1966. 

— Manchester Penny Posts 1793‑1840. Manchester: J E Lea, 1969. 

Peter CHADWICK, The Flat Topped Three of the London District Post. Author, 2020. 40pp.

E. R. CHAMBERS, The Postmarks of Oxford 1705‑1978. 45pp.

M. V. D. CHAMPNESS, Saffron Walden – Some Aspects of the Postal History of an Essex Market Town. 28pp.

— Saffron Walden. Some Aspects of the Postal History of an Essex Market Town.. Bishop's Stortford: Peter A. Forrester Smith, 1969. 28pp.

H. CLARKSON and H. C. VERSEY, Leeds Postal History from earliest times to 1858. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1970. (YPHS Publication No. 4) 

W. W. CLARKSON, Postal History – Falkirk. 35pp.

— The Post Office In Falkirk & District. 56pp.

Rex CLARK, Manuscript Town Markings on Early Scottish Mail. 147pp.

Brian CLAYTON, Wakefield's Postal History – Service Through the Centuries. 27pp.

Duncan CLOSE, Sanquhar Post Office – Oldest In The World. 120pp.

William COCHRANE, The Glasgow Penny Post. 238pp.

Robert COLES, History of Communications in South West Hampshire: Volume 1 – The Development of The Postal Service and Transport. 142pp.

— History of Communications in South West Hampshire: Volume 2 – Village Post Offices. 148pp.

— History of Communications in South West Hampshire: Volume 3 – Postal and Other Communications. 177pp.

Peter COPELAND, Gloucester's Postal History. 77pp.

John CORRIE, The Dumfries Post Office 1642‑1910. 81pp.

James COURTNEY, A Postal History of Darlington. 44pp.

W. DAVID, C. BODY and Martin CRAVEN, Slogan Postmarks of Kingston upon Hull. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1978. (YPHS Special Series No. 3) 

Roy ERSKINE, Wilsons of Bannockburn. 171pp.

Hugh FELDMAN, London Letter Receivers 1652‑1857, a History of their offices and hand stamps within the General. Penny and Twopenny Posts, in 2 volumes. Postal History Society, 1998.

— London Letter Receivers 1652‑1857, a History of their offices and hand stamps within the General. Penny and Twopenny Posts, Supplement No 1.

Stephen FERGUSON, The Post Office in Ireland – an Illustrated History. Irish Academic Press, 2016. 448pp.

Eric FORD, Shepton Mallet – An Historical and Postal Survey. 120pp.

Peter A. FORRESTIER SMITH, Bishop's Stortford – An Outline Postal History. 92pp.

David FOSTER, The Postal History of Berwick‑upon‑Tweed. Scottish Postal History Society, 2015. 171pp. (Monograph Series No. 4)

Craven FOWLER, Yorkshire Postal History Society No 7 – Postal History of Kingston upon Hull, Hedon and Holderness. 198pp.

D. G. T. FRANKS, An Illustrated Postal History of Carshalton in Surrey. Carshalton, Surrey: London Postal History Group, 1993. 77pp.

Jeremy GREENWOOD, The Posts of Sussex – The Chichester Branch 1250‑1840. 110pp.

S. D. HANSON, The Postal Service in Walthamstow. 43pp.

Stephen HARPER‑SCOTT, Sent by Mail – The Story of Histon & Impington's Post. 22pp.

D. G. HASLAM and C. KIDD, Lancashire & Cheshire Skeleton Handstamps 1838‑1982. Bury: Postal History Society of Lancashire, 1983. 46pp.

Roy HENDERSON, Barnet, Hertfordshire and Surrounding Districts, 1642‑1971. Barnet and District Philatelic Society, 1971. 54pp.

Don HILDITCH, The Postal History of Elgin. Scottish Postal History Society (Monograph Series No. 3)

Norman HILL, The Postal History of Rotherham and District.

Paul HILL, The Story of Hinckley's Postal Service. 62pp.

John HOBBS, Postmarks of Worthing 1806‑1981. 40pp.

— Postmarks of Worthing 1806‑1987. 146pp.

Bill HOGG, Dundee Post. 91pp.

G. H. R. HOMER‑WOOFF, The Postal History of Wokingham. 52pp.

— The Postal History of Newbury. 36pp.

— The Postal History of Abingdon. Author, 1987. 24pp.

— The Postal History of Wallingford. Author, 1987. 26pp.

— The Postal History of Wantage. 24pp.

— Peterborough Postmarks. A study of the marks found on letters to and from Peterborough and the local postal area of responsibility from the Restoration to the 20th Century. Author, 2006. 21pp.

Bryan HUNT, Postmarks and Postal Markings of Southampton 1700‑1914. 58pp.

— The Post In Southampton – From the Collection of Bryan Hunt. 72pp.

Parker HUNT, The Royal Mail in Bedworth 1825‑1925. 47pp.

Brian JOHNSON, Alderbury's Post Office. 16pp.

M. KING, Newark on Trent – A History of Its Post. 43pp.

Jo KIRKHAM, Rye Memories – The Postal History of Rye. 84pp.

Britnor LATHAM, An Introduction to the Postal History of Reigate, Redhill and District. 31pp.

Frank LAWLESS, Chimney Stacks and Penny Blacks. 46pp.

Eric LEWIS, Sheffield Posts in Peakland. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1979. (YPHS Publication No. 13) 

N. B. LYONS, Rickmansworth & Its Place in the English Postal System. 70pp.

James MACKAY, St Kilda – It's Posts and Communications. 73pp.

— Islands Postal History Series: No.12 – Isle of Wight. Dumfries: James A. Mackay, 1981. 112pp.

— The Postal History of Glasgow. 220pp.

— Postal History of Dumfries. 120pp.

— Scotland's Post. 199pp.

— Islands Postal History Series. Author 620pp. (Scottish Islands series) 

M. J. MAPLETON, The Rubber Datestamps of Cumbria, 2nd edition. Cumbria Postal History Society, 2003. 51pp.

C. W. MEREDITH, Scots Local Cancellations. A history of their usage and the various types involved. Cheltenham: R. C. Alcock, 1953. 56pp.

John H. MILLENER and Betty SAVAGE, The Undated Circular Marks of Somerset and Dorset. Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1992. 37pp.

Graham MOSS, The Middlewich Letters (Carriers on the Trent & Mersey Canal in 1846). Oldham: Postal History Society of Lancashire, 1989. 52pp.

Sydney J MUGGERIDGE, The Postal History of Maidstone and the surrounding villages together with notes of their Postal markings. London: The Postal History Society, 1972. 36pp.

D. J. MUGGLETON, A Postal History of Cambridge. 136pp.

O. W. NEWPORT, The Post in Liverpool. Merseyside: National Galleries & Museums, 1987. 66pp.

Roy PALMER, Leighton Buzzard Postal Markings – with Pictures of Local Post Offices. 60pp.

Stephen PARKIN, Postal Markings of Scotland to 1840, 2nd updated. 146pp.

R. E. F. PEGG, Norfolk Penny Posts. 80pp.

— The History of Norfolk Undated Circular Handstamps 1828‑1860. 291pp.

David B ROSSALL, The Postal History of the City of York to 1900. Leeds: Yorkshire Postal History Society, 2003. 200pp. (Yorkshire PHS Publication Nos. 24)

H. Ling ROTH, Notes from Bankfield Museum No. 8. 'Halifax Posts' 1684‑1852. 30pp.

B. SAVAGE, Postmarks of Dorset: Steel Handstamps Proof Impressions 1827‑1921. Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1996. 42pp.

William A. SEDGEWICK, The Temporary Handstamps of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1988. 81pp.

John SIGGERS and Norman HIGSON, Further Notes on Wiltshire and its Postmarks. Norman Higson, 2006.

John SIGGERS, Wiltshire and Its Postmarks. Devizes: Sandcliffe Press, 1982.

Thomas A. SIMPSON, The Postal History of Beverley. 46pp.

Thomas SLEMONS, Suffolk Postal History and Postal Markings to 1844. Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2017. 585pp.

K. J. SMITH, Cambridgshire Post Offices. 12pp.

Ken SMITH, The Post Offices of Kent and East Sussex. 106pp.

John SOER, The Postal History of Ashby‑De‑La‑Zouch. 58pp.

— The Royal Mail in Leicestershire and Rutland. Smethwick: Midland (GB) Postal history Society, 1997. 300pp.

W. G. STITT DIBDEN and Tebbut, Stamford Postal History. 50pp. (plus many additional note pages)

J. W. M. STONE, Old‑Down. 25pp.

Jeffrey STONE, The Northeast of Scotland – A Philatelic Miscellany. 63pp.

Roy SUMNERS, An Introduction to Wolverhampton Postal History. 38pp.

Vivien J. SUSSEX and S. SIDNEY, Continental Mail Service 1793‑1815 especially by Yarmouth packet boat. Colchester: East Anglia Postal History Study Group, 1978. 95pp.

Vivien J. SUSSEX, Diss, Norfolk – A Postal History. 79pp.

Ernest TILLEY, The Postal History of Gravesend – Part 1. 77pp.

Derek WALKER, The Worthing Mail. 15pp.

Alan J. WALL, The Undated Postmarks of the Sub‑Offices of Bristol 1830‑1860. Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1996. 30pp.

Don C. WALTON, The squared circle postmarks of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1973. (YPHS Special Series No. 1) 

Frank WALTON, The Sub‑office Postmarks of Sheffield.. Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2018. 406pp. 

Alan WARD, The Postmarks of Evesham and District.

Ronald WARD, The Postal History of Bridlington and Bridlington Quay. Sheffield: Yorkshire Postal History Group, 1967. 41pp.

— The Postal History of Upper Wharfedale Ilkley and Otley. Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1972.

— Chapeltown – Sheffield and District Posts. 77pp.

— Spurn Head Postal History. 29pp.

— The Postal History of Dronfield District Sheffield. 100pp.

Ronald WARD and William A. SEDGEWICK, The Postal History of Doncaster. The Yorkshire Postal History Society, 1975. 139pp.

— Yorkshire Postal History Society No 11 – The Postal History of Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon. 144pp.

— Sheffield's Post Offices in the Wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill. 67pp.

— Yorkshire Postal History Society No 14 – Sheffield's Post Offices in The Wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill. 80pp.

— The Postal History of Goole, Howden and Selby. 96pp.

— The Postal History of Bridlington, Filey and Hunmanby. 77pp.

Ian M WARN, Bristol 5th Clause & Penny Posts. 1793 to 1840, including Rarity Guide. Tonbridge: The Postal History Society, 1980. 142pp.

M. O. WELCH, Postmarks of Somerset: Steel Handstamps Proof Impressions 1826‑1921. Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, 1995. 125pp.

— The Postal History of Somerset 1792‑1837. The Freeling Reports. 313pp.

Vincent WEST, The Postal History of the Oxford Union Society to 1920. London: Royal Philatelic Society, 2012. 54pp.

— The Court Bureau, A London Company and its Stamps 1889‑91. Royal Philatelic Society, 2019. 99pp.

R. M. WILLCOCKS and B. JAY, The British County Catalogue of Postal History, Volume 3 (London). R. M. Willcocks, 1983. 196pp.

— The British County Catalogue of Postal History. Volume 4. R. M. Willcocks, 1988. 146pp.

— The British County Catalogue of Postal History. Volume 5. R. M. Willcocks, 1990. 130pp.

— The British County Catalogue of Postal History, Volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition. R. M. Willcocks, 1996. 248pp.

David WILLIAMS, Durham Postal History. 43pp.

David A. WILSON, The Postal History of Luton and District. 73pp.

Harold S. WILSON, History of the Post in Derby 1635‑1941. London: British Philatelic Trust, 1990. 289pp.

London Post Offices and Streets November 1946. HMSO, 1946. 248pp.

Monopolies and Mergers Commission Report: The Inner London Letter Post 31st March 1980. HMSO, 1980. 129pp.

Horsham Post. 47pp.

The History of Salisbury's Postal Services. 22pp.

The Parcel Post Labels of the Midland Counties (Midland (GB) Postal History Society No. 7). Midland (GB) Postal History Society, 2018. 264pp.