Local History

A history of Great Yarmouth.

Robert Woodhouse explores the remarkable and curious sights to be found in West Yorkshire, spanning centuries of history from Roman times right up ...

A history of Neath

Presents a pictorial history of Shirebrook through photographs and images.

A history of the areas pubs and beerhouses.

Featuring a detailed history of the city from the earliest times and a selection of images that show the city at its best, this book provides infor...

A collection of images and captions.

Ghost enthusiasts and pet lovers can combine their passion in this unique publication which will make a most absorbing read for animal lovers and t...

Tales from East Ridings.

History passed in review along the highways of Texas in the century 1761–1860. This was the century of exploration and settlement for the big new ...

Before the Second World War, Petersfield was a small Hampshire market town of around four thousand inhabitants. During the 1950s, '60s and '70s, ho...

Between 1801 and 1851, more than 10,000 people moved to the small fishing village of Torquay. This fascinating book, containing more than 200 photo...

Includes more than 200 archive photographs of local people at work and at leisure, playing sports and attending school, at peace and at war, at wed...

Wakefield was originally a settlement on the River Calder in West Yorkshire, first Anglo-Saxon, then Viking controlled. After the Norman Conquest, ...

During the Second World War, East Kent was at the forefront of the defence of the United Kingdom. In 1940 the ports of Dover, Ramsgate, Folkestone ...

California is an infamously tough place to be poor: home to about half of the entire nation’s homeless population, burdened by staggering home pric...

A history of Black Country aviation.

Sally Tonge, well-known Shropshire storyteller, here retells some of the county's best ghost stories in her own inimitable style. From the "Phantom...

This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Eng...

A history of Wakefield