Local History

In this book, Alan Taylor reveals that the history of Dorsets oil starts in the 1850s with attempts to extract oil and gas from mined oil shale at ...

Newcastle, the largest city in the North East, has a long and proud history stretching back to Roman and Saxon times. Its position defending the mo...

With its magnificent Early English cathedral, timbered buildings and historic houses, Salisbury has a wealth of history and architectural treasures...

High Wycombe is often looked upon as the archetypal, provincial town a suburban satellite of London with little history of note. Such a viewpoint ...

The town of Dartmouth, lying on the River Dart estuary on Devons south coast, has long had close associations with the sea. It was an important por...

Lincolnshire has many well-known stories of the supernatural, among the best known of which is that of the Lincoln Imp. In this book author Daniel ...

The county of Devon, with its coastline north and south, wild moorland, and rolling rural countryside, villages, market towns, many characterised b...

Medieval Kings Lynn (Bishops Lynn before 1537) was a premier English port, a position it retained until the Industrial Revolution. Its maritime eco...

From its origins as a fishing town, Scarborough has become the largest holiday resort on the North Yorkshire coast. In this book, author Mike Smith...

The historic cathedral city of Canterbury has traces of its Roman past. The oldest church in England, St Martins, can trace its history back to thi...

Despite its size the Cheshire town of Knutsford is full of history, beautiful Italianate architecture and quirky buildings. It is also surrounded b...

For almost forty-five years following the end of the Second World War, the world held its breath as the spectre of an even more terrible and devast...

Once, the output of such yards as Harland & Wolff and Workman, Clark was vital business of national and international importance. The Harland &...

Piccadilly, Londons milelong western artery, was originally known for its busy coaching inns and magnificent aristocratic palaces, and, more recent...

People have lived and died in Chester for over 2,000 years, and stories of ghosts have swirled around the city all that time. What is unusual about...

The Gloucestershire town of Cirencester has a rich and diverse history dating back to Roman times when, known as Corinium, it was the second larges...

Hemmed in by river, downland and sea, the archaeology of Kent has always had a reputation for uniqueness. So when the Portable Antiquities Scheme, ...

The Lancashire city of Preston has an illustrious history stretching back to Roman times. From the thirteenth century onwards it became renowned fo...

The county of Worcestershire in the West Midlands is characterised by its beautiful cathedral city of Worcester, attractive market towns and villag...

Greenwich was home to a royal palace from medieval times and was a particular favourite of the Tudor monarchs, and the Royal Observatory was built ...

Situated on the south-east coast of Kent, the picturesque twin towns of Deal and Walmer attract many visitors due to their location and extensive h...

For centuries Farnborough was a small town south-west of London, but today it has transformed into a large, vibrant commercial community, synonymou...

So, what is the significance of the seventeenth-century Sir Thomas Abney to Loughborough, and what is the connection between the young Princess Ale...