Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

Whitstable is a stirring little town, with strong business proclivities, and a history stretching far back into the remote past. So wrote a Kentish...

'Rich and moving' New York Times'A book that expands and breaks your heart' Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.A revelatory ...

Glasgow has long been an important settlement on the River Clyde but it grew rapidly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to become one of th...

For many the vibrant seaside village of Mumbles is the gateway to the beautiful Gower Peninsula, and both have fascinating history and fine scenery...

The town of Dartmouth, lying on the River Dart estuary on Devons south coast, has long had close associations with the sea. It was an important por...

Medieval Kings Lynn (Bishops Lynn before 1537) was a premier English port, a position it retained until the Industrial Revolution. Its maritime eco...

Despite its size the Cheshire town of Knutsford is full of history, beautiful Italianate architecture and quirky buildings. It is also surrounded b...

Stephen Millar returns to explore Edinburgh, its neighbouring Leith and the tribes that reside there. In the book, he discusses how the groups came...

'Brilliantly written and researched . . . I loved it.' Rosie Goodwin The second book in an emotional and heartwarming WWII Series. For fans o...

So, what is the significance of the seventeenth-century Sir Thomas Abney to Loughborough, and what is the connection between the young Princess Ale...

The historical county of Suffolk has a host of strange and mysterious tales ranging from ancient legends and stories of the supernatural to more mo...

Leicester History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this East Midlands city. Local author Stephen Butt guides us through the...

Chatham History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this historic Kentish town and its former dockyard, now a major tourist at...

Galashiels History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this famous Borders textile town. This new book guides us through the s...

The Area of Outstanding National Beauty known as the Cotswolds is famous for its range of rolling green hills and quaint English towns and villages...

Stockport sits on elevated ground 7 miles south-east of the city centre of Manchester. No part of Stockport is recorded in the Domesday Book but th...

On the north bank of the River Ribble lies the city of Preston, the administrative centre of Lancashire. Despite being granted city status relative...

With a coastline that stretches from Plymouth to Seaton, three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Dartmoor National Park, South Devon is a...

This is the true story of how a ten-year-old''s charity challenge led through young philanthropy to a calling in medicine. Recalled by the girl as ...