Local History

'Village life and the landmarks which mattered to us have changed so much. They are a part of history ...' Ceri Vyner and her family lived in Littl...

Historical walking guide along the trails of Leuven scientists and their laboratories.Throughout its history, Leuven University has been home to ma...

In his inimitable prose, master storyteller Peter Quinn chronicles his odyssey from the Irish Catholic precincts of the Bronx to the arena of big-l...

Crowds of visitors flock to Whitby to explore the ancient abbey, walk the narrow streets, pass Captain Cooks home and see the replica of his ship E...

Major interdisciplinary study of medieval church porches, bringing out their importance and significance. The church porches of medieval England a...

This is a work of East Anglian oral history. Over a period of nearly 30 years I listened to and recorded a number people from different backgrounds...

An engaging account of the Cocks family and their life at Napton Lock as carpenters on the Oxford Canal for more than a hundred years. Painstaking...

The first book to look specifically at the movement of Cornish men and women to and from the Caribbean from the early days of colonialism.  A fasci...

The unvarnished history of America's most notorious palace, its original American queen, and its current controversial king.Moments between the Roa...