Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

This deeply felt memoir is a love letter to Washington, DC. Carol Lancaster, a third-generation Washingtonian who knew the city like few others, ta...

This book tells the intriguing story of the town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire. Covering events from the twelfth century through to today, it...

One of the UKs largest cities, Leeds is a major commercial, financial and cultural centre in West Yorkshire. Leeds Pubs is like a good pub: accessi...

Winner of the 2021 San Diego Book Award  Empire Builder is the previously untold story of a pioneer who almost singlehandedly transformed the bankr...

Oxford is famous for offering an Education in Intoxication. The citys historic and picturesque pubs have been frequented by countless visitors, ran...

This engaging overview of Maine''s maritime history ranges from early Native American travel and fishing to pre-Plymouth European settlements, wars...

At first sight, this intriguing map appears to offer a guide to the pubs of Victorian Oxford, designed in a similar way to tourist maps today. Beer...

Opened in 1931 as Yeadon Aerodrome, Leeds-Bradford Airport is the largest in Yorkshire. Regular flights began from the airport in 1935 with a servi...

Yorkshire remains the largest county in England, and to those born within its boundaries it is unquestionably the greatest; whether this pride is j...

Norwich Through Time contains 180 photographs of Norwich, of which 90 are old photographs. Some printed in a sepia tone and some printed in full co...

Sheffield has been dubbed Steel City but it was and still is much more than that, and it is for much more than manufacturing metal ingots that Shef...

15th August 1903 - On this day Aberdeen Football Club played its first match, holding Stenhousemuir to a 1-1 draw. 21st April 1943 - Luftwaffe bomb...

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Hull during the 20th century. The bo...

Extracted from four of her diaries, this book is a unique record of the day-to-day life of Esther Rowley, a remarkable woman of intelligence and st...

In July 1922 the Rotherham Advertiser requested that the people of Rotherham remember the impact which the First World War had on the town and the ...

These traditional stories and local legends have been handed down by storytellers for centuries. As folk tales reveal a lot about the people who in...

From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and supernatural phenomena, to first-hand encounters with phantoms and spirits, this co...

Oxfordshire Murders brings together twenty-five murderous tales, some which were little known outside the county, and others which made national he...

Bandstands of Britain is a historical celebration of one of the best-loved features still found in many of our parks, open spaces, squares and seas...

Located in the heart of Londons East End, the Thames Ironworks might be described as characteristic of the industrial and social landscape of the V...

Bournemouth in the 1950s & 60s offers a rare glimpse of life in the town during a fascinating period, which started with post-war austerity and...