The Antiquary's Books series was edited by John Charles Cox, and published in London by Methuen & Co. It comprised some 28 titles. In relation to British parish history, it has been said that
"[...] several of Cox's series (1904–15) of Antiquary's Books retained their value, notably his own contributions on parish registers and churchwarden's accounts and Nathaniel Hone on manorial records.
List of titles YearTitleAuthor1904English Monastic LifeFrancis Aidan Gasquet1904Remains of the Prehistoric Age in EnglandBertram Windle1904The Old Service-Books of the English ChurchChristopher Wordsworth and Henry Littlehales1904Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian TimesJohn Romilly Allen1905Shrines of British SaintsJ. Charles Wall1905Archaeology and False AntiquitiesRobert Munro1906The Manor and Manorial RecordsNathaniel J. Hone1906English SealsJames Harvey Bloom1905The Royal Forests of EnglandJohn Charles Cox The Bells of EnglandJohn James Raven1906The Domesday InquestAdolphus Ballard Parish Life in Medieval EnglandFrancis Aidan Gasquet The Brasses of EnglandHerbert W. Macklin English Church FurnitureJohn Charles Cox1908Folk-Lore as an Historical ScienceGeorge Laurence Gomme English CostumeGeorge Clinch1908The Gilds and Companies of LondonGeorge Unwin The Medieval Hospitals of EnglandRotha Mary Clay1910Old English Instruments of MusicFrancis William Galpin1911The Roman Era in BritainJohn Ward1911Romano-British Buildings and EarthworksJohn Ward The Parish Registers of EnglandJohn Charles Cox Castles and Walled Towns of EnglandAlfred Harvey1912Old English LibrariesErnest Albert Savage1913Ancient Painted Glass in EnglandPhilip Nelson1913Churchwardens' Accounts from the Fourteenth Century to the Close of the Seventeenth CenturyJohn Charles Cox1914The Hermits and Anchorites of EnglandRotha Mary Clay1915The Schools of Mediaeval EnglandArthur Francis Leach
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