Places In Old Photographs

Bournemouth Airport was first opened as RAF Hurn on 1 August 1941, one of the bases established by the RAF to counter the Luftwaffe presence across...

This illustrated history of the City of London provides a nostalgic look at the Square Miles past and highlights the special character of some of i...

Northampton was nationally important in medieval times but most traces of the period were destroyed by the Great Fire of 1675. The rebuilt town cen...

As an important crossing point of the River Severn, Gloucester has played an important role in history from Roman times to the present day. It was ...

This illustrated history provides a nostalgic look at the Lake Districts past and highlights the special character of some of its most important hi...

Battersea has grown to be a fashionable and vibrant district of south-west London. Referred to as Patricesy in the Domesday Book, Battersea was his...

The royal parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation (mostly hunting) of the royal family....

The Abbey, Britain's largest monastic ruin, was founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks seeking a simpler life. Following the Dissolution of the Mo...

The history of Deal has been shaped by its position on the extreme eastern coastline of Kent. Close to France, it was of such significant naval imp...

Thomas Lord's ground is one of the most famous sporting venues in the world. The long acknowledged headquarters of cricket, its illustrious history...

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

Changed by the 1950s, Norwich was to alter even more during the 1960s. Increased traffic would be met with widened roads and a new flyover, while L...

Beverley, founded around AD 700 by St John of Beverley during the time of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria, was an important centre of trade from...

The canal received its Act of Parliament in 1791, and was opened from Bolton and Bury to Salford in 1797. The canal never reached Manchester. It wa...

The City of London is where London began 2,000 years ago when the Romans invaded Britannia. Today it is one of the most important financial centres...

Once a relatively small rural settlement on the River Clyde, Glasgow expanded dramatically over the centuries to become the largest city in Scotlan...

St Austell History Tour takes the reader on a journey through the Cornish town of St Austell, which became the focus of mining prosperity from the ...

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Dunfermline over the past century. T...

Gillingham Forest provided a hunting lodge for the Angevin Kings, notably King John. In the 1820s, the artist John Constable stayed at Gillingham v...

In Victorian Bradford, when death came, there was only one real place to be buried. For the rich and poor alike the newly laid out Undercliffe Ceme...

Londons Docklands have a rich and varied history. Dating from the Middle Ages, they developed into one of the biggest docks in the world. The riche...

Pontypridd History Tour takes the reader on an exciting journey through this iconic market town, which sits at the gateway to three historic valley...

Described by the Anglo-Saxons as the Farm of Briton, the architecture of the Walworth now ranges from impressive eighteenth-century houses to more ...

The Glasgow, Cowal & Bute Route follows the development of the railways on the southern shores of the River Clyde, describing their influence o...

The Scarborough & Pickering Railway line was opened on 16 July 1885. Having first been mooted 1848, it arrived three years after the opening of...

This book explores in selective detail postcards from Cork City Museum of the region of West Cork from 100 years ago. It takes the reader from Band...

With this book is completed a trilogy of works begun in 2005 with This City Now: Glasgow and its Working Class Past, and continuing with Clydeside;...

The fishing industry has always been important to Britain. From the deepsea trawlers to the traditional craft that sailed around the coast, the har...