Local History

Shropshire is England’s largest inland county, extending from the fringes of the Black Country and the Potteries to the high sheep pastures of Clun...

The county of Buckinghamshire holds many delights, from the rolling Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, to the meandering routes...

Author and historian David Paul brings us a selection of strange and mythical tales from across Yorkshire, from the Wolds, Dales and Moors to its l...

Bristol's history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. This book explains why the vicar in one church goes on an annual trek to ...

Aberdeen, Scotland's third largest city, has been a place of economic importance since the development of the shipbuilding and fishing industries, ...

In the August of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year, a Charter conferring the dignified title of City upon the town of Nottingham was signed. In...

From its status as the world's first industrialised city, through late twentieth-century decline and subsequent regeneration and rebirth as the 'Se...

Known as a major industrial centre, the city of Dundee has a long and eventful history. Following the development of a small trading port in the el...

The coasts of Scotland are a goldmine for fishing boats new and old, and this latest selection from James Pottinger covers a huge variety of them –...

This attractive London suburb is known from many references in popular culture, frequent appearances on film and television and, of course, as the ...

The elegant Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort of Eastbourne has a long and fascinating history. Local author and historian Kevin Gordon takes ...

Brighton has long been an important seaside town, and today draws in visitors from all over Britain and beyond for its varied nightlife, rich histo...

The First and Second World Wars had a profound effect on all parts of Great Britain, and the comparatively isolated and rural island of Anglesey wa...

The Bristol City Miscellany - a book on the Robins like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legend. Now, with the club experien...

The world of the nineteenth-century woman was extremely narrow. Quiet, uncomplaining, and of delicate constitution, she spent her days at home with...

Who is the unseen lady that makes her presence chillingly felt to those who fail to bid her ‘Good Morning’? What was the featureless dark shadow th...

London Then and Now – People and Places takes an amazing cross-section of vintage photographs of London from the 1850s through to the 1960s, and pa...

First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Tyneside offers an intimate...

From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena, to first-hand encounters with phantoms and spirits,...

Although an idyllic setting, where violent crime is thankfully rare, the Channel Islands have a shadier side. Contained within the pages of this bo...

The Birmingham City Miscellany – a book on the Blues like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legend. Delve deep to find out al...

Rathfarnham is one of the most fascinating and attractive parts of South County Dublin. Over the years it has witnessed some of the pivotal events ...