The History of Modbury is a downloadable file (52Mb) of a book of historical references collated by Mr & Mrs W A Major and published in March 1959. The understanding is that only 3 copies of the book were made.

The opening pages describe the contents.

‘The History of Modbury, collected by Mr & Mrs W A Major with the generous assistance of Plymouth City Library and their staff.’

‘The following pages are a collection of historical notes written at various periods concerning the Town and Parish of MODBURY during the last thousand years. We have reproduced them word for word, and our only additions are certain dates and references. We have kept the various accounts separate as we found them, and the similarity of the facts gives the whole story considerable validity.’