Local History

A history of Beighton

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 Marlborough.

Spooky stories from Tooting, Battersea, Putney and Balham.

The inter-war period saw the annual holiday become part of the lives of large numbers of people. This book explores the facets of seaside holiday -...

In 2016 the University of Nebraska Press celebrates its 75th anniversary. Proudly rooted in the Great Plains, the Press has established itself as t...

Friday nights were bath nights. Immediately after tea we were given a good scrub with the brushes the girls used on the floor. No fancy smelling so...

Presents a pictorial history of Hertford through a series of old photographs and images. This work is complete with historical captions.

A pictorial history of Ottery St Mary through a series of old and rare photographs and images, this book is complete with historical captions.

Including historical captions, this book offers a pictorial history of Nailsworth and Minchinhampton using a series of old and rare photographs and...

This fascinating compilation of over 220 pictures of bygone Folkestone has been drawn entirely from the author's own extensive collection. It encom...

London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fata...

Engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick, chemist Sir Humphrey Davy, artist John Opie, historian A.L. Rowse, poet Charles Causley, opera singer Ben...

The author captures the intrigue and danger of the royal court during the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, through the eyes of a young woman, Marie He...

Upon every ocean and sea, pirates have been ready to plunder, to rob and to murder for profit. England has always been a nation of mariners, and th...

Illustrated with 200 archive photographs, postcards and other printed ephemera, many previously unpublished, Highgate guides the reader on a circul...

The Great Eastern Railway rose phoenix-like from the ashes of bankruptcy to become one of the greatest of all passenger-carrying lines. Its empire ...

A history of Clay Cross.

Sourced from family albums and council archives, this fascinating collection of over 200 photographs offers an intriguing insight into the changing...

Journey through the darker side of Cardiff and the surrounding valleys, an area steeped in ancient history and ghostly goings-on. Because of its ri...

Presents a pictorial history of Irlam and Cadishead through a series of photographs and images. This title also includes historical captions.

A historical and topographical account of one of the most interesting spots in the metropolis. This work charts the history of the area, world-famo...

The area round Pendle Hill (Burnley, Nelson, Colne and over to Skipton) has long been associated with witches and ghostly goings on. This is a coll...

The area of Sale and Sale Moor, which in the early nineteenth century comprised mainly farmland and small villages, is today a heavily populated pa...