Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia
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The Old Ways of Cumbria: History & Landscape
Beth & Steve PipeCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99This unique book explores the history of Cumbria via ten ancient routes that wind through some of the most spectacular parts of the Lake District a...
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Secret Hastings & St Leonards
Tina BrownCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Today Hastings (and neighbouring St Leonards-on-Sea) is a busy seaside town, popular with holidaymakers and day trippers wanting to soak up its coa...
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50 Gems of Cornwall: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places
John HusbandCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Cornwall is a popular holiday destination best known for its dramatic coastal scenery and wonderful beaches. In this book, John Husband takes the r...
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Durham City in 50 Buildings
Derek DoddsCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The historic city of Durham attracts many visitors each year. They are drawn to its iconic buildings, particularly the great Norman cathedral and c...
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Secret Hereford
David PhelpsCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The history of Hereford began with the establishment of the Saxon St Guthlacs Monastery on the site of what is now Castle Green. Slightly later cam...
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Preston Murders and Misdemeanours
Keith JohnsonCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99A Preston Chronicle newspaper headline in 1866 of Thievery, Knavery & Harlotry in Preston described a town struggling with crime and its conseq...
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Harpenden History Tour
John CooperCurrent price €13.59Original price €15.99In this comprehensively illustrated guide, Harpenden History Tour takes the reader on a nostalgic journey around this quintessential country villag...
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Wolverhampton Through Time
Alec BrewCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The West Midlands city of Wolverhampton has a fascinating history. Originally a medieval market town, it grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolut...
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Secret St Helens
Sue GerrardCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99In 2018, St Helens celebrated its 150th anniversary as a town. In this book, Sue Gerrard traces the fascinating and hidden heritage of this Lancash...
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A-Z of Stamford: Places-People-History
Christopher DaviesCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Stamford is one of Englands finest stone towns, a happy mix of medieval and Georgian architecture that was untouched by the Industrial Revolution o...
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Secret Monmouth
Louise WyattCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Monmouth, the historic county town of Monmouthshire in Wales, was the site of a Bronze Age boatbuilding community and a Roman fort. Todays town was...
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50 Gems of Somerset: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places
Andrew Powell-ThomasCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The county of Somerset can trace its origins back to Anglo-Saxon England, when it was a distinct part of the kingdom of Wessex, although the histor...
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A-Z of Dumfries: Places-People-History
Keith KirkCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The town of Dumfries, in the south-west of Scotland and known as the Queen of the South, became a royal burgh in 1186 and grew into an important ma...
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A-Z of Jersey: Places-People-History
Tracey RadfordCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Although it occupies just 45 square miles, Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands, and has a fascinating history that has links to both Brita...
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Secret Darlington
Chris LloydCurrent price €14.62Original price €19.75The County Durham town of Darlington has a long and interesting history. In medieval times it was a market town for the surrounding area, with reco...
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Illustrated Tales of Sussex
Christopher HorlockCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99The old county of Sussex is one of the most beautiful in England, but beneath its rural idyll lies a history that is surprising and often shocking....
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Derby History Tour
Maxwell CravenCurrent price €13.59Original price €15.99Derby History Tour offers a fascinating insight into the history of this city in the East Midlands. Author Maxwell Craven guides us around its well...
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Secret Ramsgate
Andy BullCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99The seaside town of Ramsgate in Kent developed as an important port in medieval England, associated with the Cinque Port of Sandwich. Close to the ...
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Churches of the Marches
John KinrossCurrent price €14.62Original price €19.75In this stunning, full-colour book, John Kinross explores the fascinating history behind the smaller, lesser-known churches of Herefordshire, Shrop...
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Historic England: Plymouth: Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England
Ernie HoblynCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99This illustrated history portrays one of Englands finest cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Plymouths past and highlights the special characte...
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Ipswich in 50 Buildings
Caleb HowgegoCurrent price €14.62Original price €19.75Ipswich has a fascinating history dating back to its Anglo-Saxon roots as a settlement on the banks of the River Orwell in East Anglia. Since then,...
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Lost Bury St Edmunds
Martyn TaylorCurrent price €15.79Original price €19.99Bury St Edmunds is a proud and traditional medieval market town that has managed to preserve its identity in the face of post-war modernisation, an...
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A-Z of Manchester: Places-People-History
Jean & John BradburnCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Manchester can boast an unparalleled heritage. The Second City of the Empire gave the world technological innovation as well as manufacturing stren...
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Lost Shrewsbury
David TrumperCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99The Shropshire market town of Shrewsbury, lying on the River Severn, was an important centre of the wool trade in medieval England and its prosperi...
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