Local History

Taking you through the year day by day, The Scarborough Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from differ...

In 1913 an ambitious young businessman named William Morris converted a derelict military college on the outskirts of Oxford into an assembly hall ...

Secret Coventry goes behind the façades of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the citys fascinating past. Join author David McGr...

The ancient land of Cornwall is steeped in mysterious tradition, proud heritage and age-old folklore. Before books were widely available, wandering...

In Yeovil in the Great War 1914-1918 Jack Sweet takes a personal look back on the town during those momentous years from the outbursts of patriotic...

This revised edition is an accumulation of two decades of research and fieldwork by the authors, and presents a comprehensive account of the little...

Storyteller Tony Bonning brings together stories from one of the most enigmatic regions of Scotland: a land hemmed in by rivers and mountains; a la...

In the late 1950s and 60s, steam motive power depots attracted railway enthusiasts like pins to a magnet. There was no need to wait on a platform f...

This new illustrated history traces Rye's origins from the Norman Conquest until beyond its period of great prosperity under the Tudor monarchs. Ma...

This is the story of how the Cold War impacted on the people of East Anglia. Had nuclear conflict broken out, the region would have found itself as...

St Andrews is without doubt one of Scotlands most historic and beautiful cities. Once the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, it played a prominent...

Many people first encounter Hawaii through the imaginationa postcard picture of hula girls, luaus, and plenty of sun, surf, and sea. While Hawaii i...

Mansfield has seen many changes over the year. Influenced by its industrial past of coal mining and textiles, it still thrives as a market town. Dr...

The townships of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme nestle neatly in a triangular area bordered on the south by the River Mersey, on the north-west by ...

From reports of haunted castles, stately halls, hotels, public houses, Roman forts, stone circles and even Englands deepest lake, to heart-stopping...