Notes & Queries for Somerset & Dorset (SDNQ) is a journal dedicated to the history of the counties of Somerset and Dorset. Published in an unbroken sequence since 1888, our journal is the oldest continuously published periodical of its kind.
If you’ve a question about the history of Somerset or Dorset, then SDNQ can probably answer it. With over 135 years’ worth of articles on subjects as wide ranging as antiquities, archaeology, architecture, armorial bearings, art, Christmas carols, culture, customs, dialects, farming, folklore, genealogy, heraldry, literature, local history, monumental inscriptions, music, remedies, weatherlore, wildlife, wife selling, and witchcraft, there’s not a lot we don’t know!
‘It’s like Wikipedia before there was Wikipedia – with user-generated content from our worldwide membership. SDNQ is a place where ideas and research can be shared and discussed.’
For an annual subscription of just £8.00 you will receive two copies a year of our journal. Details of how to subscribe can be found on our Contact page.
The entire run of our journal from vol.1 (March 1888) to vol.39 (September 2020) has now been digitised, details of which can be found on our SDNQ Journal page. Print copies of the journal can be found at the following locations and can also be purchased via our Contact page.
For all enquiries please use our Contact page.
