Local History

This is the history of York as you have never encountered it before! Travel back to a time when Erik Bloodaxe was resident monarch, or when William...

Discover Beatrix Potter's lovely farmhouse and cottage garden and see how her surroundings inspired many scenes in her books, and how, in later lif...

Seen from the air, London takes on a whole new look. This new edition of the ever-popular Pitkin Guide Over London features all-new stunning aerial...

The East Anglian herring fishing industry can trace its roots back to before the Norman's arrived in 1066. The main ports, and great rivals were Gr...

'There's something about the Whiteknights area that makes people stay here.' - From the Foreword by Fiona Talkington, BBC Radio 3 Presenter and lon...

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

Municipal Boundary changes in 1964 elevated Solihull to County Borough status and at the same time transferred Hockley Heath to the Stratford-upon-...

With more than its fair share of dramatic mountains, moorlands, lochs and rivers, Scotland is famously one of the most beautiful countries in the w...

This absorbing collection delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Stirling during its long history. Cases of murder, robbery, ass...

St Austell History Tour takes the reader on a journey through the Cornish town of St Austell, which became the focus of mining prosperity from the ...

From reports of haunted estates, hotels, public houses, chapels and churchyards, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and relate...

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Dunfermline over the past century. T...