Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia
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Secret Sunderland
Marie GardinerCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99Sunderland enjoys a good hark back. Mackems (Sunderland natives) take great pleasure in sharing their knowledge pointing out what used to be where...
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Growin'' Up in Lancashire: Memories of a Northern Childhood
Brian CarlineCurrent price €10.26Original price €12.99This is the perfect book for anyone who remembers Lancashire in the 40s and 50s - or for anyone who doesn''t, but would like to peer through the ...
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The Story of Sheffield
Tim CooperCurrent price €22.53Original price €26.50Sheffields story is one of fierce independence and a revolutionary spirit, its industrial origins having their roots in the same forests as the leg...
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The Making of the Crofting Community
James HunterCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99This book has been seminal in bringing to the fore the injustices that have been inflicted on the Highlands in the name of government and landlord ...
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The Most Extraordinary District in the World
Barrie TrinderCurrent price €22.52Original price €28.50The Ironbridge Gorge, a cradle of the Industrial Revolution, in the late 18th century was a magnet for writers, artists and industrial spies. The l...
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The Cotswolds Colouring Book: Past and Present
The History PressCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99The Cotswolds has charmed visitors for centuries, and this collection of intricate illustrations is a celebration of the regions unique appeal. Fea...
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Walking the Old Ways of Herefordshire: The history in the landscape explored through 52 circular walks
Andy JohnsonCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99Current price €15.79Original price €19.99Save 21% -
Place Names and Field Names of Northumberland
Stan BeckensallCurrent price €18.95Original price €23.99In his latest book on the county, Stan Beckensall explores what place names and field names mean, and how they can reveal an intimate part of our l...
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Palaeography for Family and Local Historians
Hilary MarshallCurrent price €24.23Original price €28.50Family and Local Historians frequently encounter the challenge posed by the writing, and sometimes the translation, of the records which might most...
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Past Times of Macclesfield Volume III
Dorothy Bentley SmithCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50This is the much anticipated third volume of Dorothy Bentley Smiths highly successful series of Past Times books. This title covers a period of fiv...
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Aberystwyth and the Great War
William TroughtonCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50Basking in the summer sunshine of July 1914, the west coast of Wales seemed far away from a war on mainland Europe. However, its effects were soon ...
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Blickling Estate
Anna GrovesCurrent price €8.30Original price €10.50Nobody ever forgets their first sight of Blickling. The breath-taking red-brick gabled mansion and ancient yews sit at the heart of a magnificent g...
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The Patapsco: Baltimore''s River of History
Paul J. TraversCurrent price €29.74Original price €34.99Long the main resource on this key American river, this books expanded second edition includes dozens of new photos and maps, updates, and six new ...
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Dead Interesting: Stories from the Graveyards of Dublin
Shane MacThomaisCurrent price €16.14Original price €18.99From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing monument, every marker in Glasnevin cemetery bears witness to a life that, in ways s...
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Glorious Gentlemen: Tales from Scotland''s Stalkers, Gillies and Keepers
Bruce SandisonCurrent price €15.29Original price €17.99With more than its fair share of dramatic mountains, moorlands, lochs and rivers, Scotland is famously one of the most beautiful countries in the w...
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Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age
Federico SantiCurrent price €24.23Original price €28.50Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed the Queen of Resorts, has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, these ...
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Curious About... Hull: Walks of Discovery in and Around Hull...: 2023
Robert BrookCurrent price €11.05Original price €13.99Current price €11.05Original price €13.99Save 21% -
Lost Loot III: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Patricia HughesCurrent price €18.95Original price €23.99In this third book beckoning readers to search for historic lost loot, journey to New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to learn about Native Amer...
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The Secret History of Chelmsford
Paul WreyfordCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50Charles Dickens described Chelmsford as the dullest place on earth and added that there was not a lot to see here. He was wrong. This book does not...
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Portsmouth: A Pocket Miscellany
John SaddenCurrent price €9.34Original price €10.99Did you know? Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder was decapitated in a freak accident in Portsmouth in the nineteenth century. Portsmouth- born P...
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Dead Drunk for Twopence - The Public Houses of Castle Cary and Ansford
Chris HicksCurrent price €12.63Original price €15.99Current price €12.63Original price €15.99Save 21% -
Top Ten of Yorkshire
Mike FoxCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99Who knew? The first Briton in space hailed from Yorkshire. Who knew? Yorkshire is home to the world's oldest football club. Who knew? Yorkshire is ...
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Coventry and the Great War
David McGroryCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50Coventry and the Great War is a detailed account of life in Coventry during the First World War. It covers many aspects of life including the citys...
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The A-Z of Curious Sussex: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics
Wendy HughesCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99In this engaging book, Wendy Hughes takes you on a grand tour of the curious and bizarre, the strange and the unusual from Sussexs past. Read about...
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Brownsea Island
Clare GogertyCurrent price €8.30Original price €10.50What happened on the first Scout camp in 1907? How do you spot a rare red squirrel? And why did one person, the reclusive Mrs Bonham-Christie, turn...
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The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Tradition
South Dakota State Historical SocietyCurrent price €20.94Original price €26.50First impressions of the political landscape in South Dakota tend towards an assumption of hard-line conservatism, and yet such a conclusion barely...
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The Melbourne Tram Book: 3rd Edition
Dale BuddCurrent price €16.14Original price €18.99Melbournes trams are more than a mode of transport. They are a symbol of the city.This fully updated new edition of The Melbourne Tram Book is a co...
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Pershore Men of the Great War 1914 -1918
Greyhound Self-PublishingCurrent price €10.26Original price €12.99Current price €10.26Original price €12.99Save 21% -
Yorkshire the Secret War 1939-1945
Ron FreethyCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99this book charts the experiences of those working in Yorkshire's hush-hush occupations, such as silk map making, radar components and machine guns,...
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The Light Ships: Church, Art and Community in the Lincolnshire Fens
Francois MatarassoCurrent price €6.59Original price €8.90Current price €6.59Original price €8.90Save 26% -
The Other National Theatre: 350 Years of Shows in Drury Lane
Robert WhelanCurrent price €19.36Original price €24.50Current price €19.36Original price €24.50Save 21% -
Cleveland A to Z: An Essential Compendium for Visitors and Residents Alike
John J. GrabowskiCurrent price €33.17Original price €41.99A richly illustrated celebration of Cleveland history and culture.Cities around the globe, whether large or small, have characteristics that create...
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Sandringham Days: The Domestic Life of the Royal Family in Norfolk, 1862-1952
John MatsonCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99This is a fascinating portrait of royal life at Sandringham, from the early life of Albert Edward to the modern day. Drawing on letters, diaries an...
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Unseen Isle of Wight: Britain in Old Photographs
Jan TomsCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99The Isle of Wight has a fiercely proud history with monarchs, merchants, militiamen, smugglers, soldiers and sons of the plough all leaving their i...
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Northumbria: History and Identity 547-2000
The History Press LtdCurrent price €25.68Original price €32.50The North East is probably Englands most distinctive region. A place of strong character with a very special sense of its past, it is, as William H...
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A Vanished Past: Horley Oxfordshire its People at Work, the Village and Countryside: Volume 3
Clare MarchantCurrent price €17.37Original price €21.99Current price €17.37Original price €21.99Save 21%