Local History

With a proud history of industry and creativity, Manchester is one of the worlds greatest cities. In 2015 it was designated The Northern Powerhouse...

This fascinating collection of extracts contains diarists famous and ordinary, young and old, serious and cynical, but with Brighton always setting...

This book weaves together many personal accounts to tell the full story of St Neots and the First World War not just the experience of the trenche...

This book is a guide to the remarkable and curious sights to be found in East Yorkshire, spanning centuries of history from Roman times right up to...

Discover the darker side of Devon with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the county. Legendary north Devon highwayman Tom ...

The great, the good, and the very, very bad from Worcestershires past live again in this informative, lively and entertaining collection of more th...

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

According to one observer, Lewes has seen more poor devils sentenced for treason, murders and felonies than any other Sussex town. These tales from...

Made on the Isle of Wight is a pictorial celebration of the immense contribution to the aviation, automotive and marine industries that this tiny i...

Until the early part of the 18th century life for the majority of Britons had not changed greatly since the Middle Ages, but then in the space of 3...

by local artist John Clark Mayden.Bronze Winner of the Foreword INDIES Award for Photography by FOREWORD ReviewsBaltimore native John Clark Mayden'...

Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum ...

THE REVIVAL AND RESTORATION of the Welsh Highland Railway is one of the greatest heritage railway achievements of the 21st Century, yet its success...

This collection of phantoms, ghouls and spirits contains new and well-known spooky tales from Worthing and its environs. Featuring the 8ft-monk rea...

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

The Georgian era was perhaps one of the most shocking, gory, vice-ridden and downright surprising in the capital's history. From an anaconda attack...

In the early hours of 16th October 1987, the Great Storm raged relentlessly across south-east England. In Canterbury, the author awoke amidst sound...

The Little Book of Wales is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and history in Wales. Here we find out about the co...

Southend has a complex and surprisingly interesting history. From 18th-century origins as the South End of Prittlewell Parish, it has grown over 30...

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

SUSSEX, East and West, has been well served by fine cartographers over the past four centuries, but this exciting work is no mere collection of his...

A history of Ely