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The NEW 2010 Phillimore Catalogue. Featuring all our latest and available backlist titles.
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G e n e r a l T i T l e s
2-5 LocalandFamilyHistory
6 DomesdayBook
7 FamilyHistories
8 CivilEngineering
local HisTory( regionally grouped)
8 Scotland 9 Cumbria•Lancashire 10 Northumberland•Durham 11 Yorkshire 12 Cheshire•Shropshire 13 Shropshire•Wales 14 Herefordshire•Worcestershire 15 Warwickshire 16 Warwickshire•Staffordshire
•Derbyshire 17 Nottinghamshire•Lincolnshire 18 Lincolnshire•Leicestershire• Northamptonshire
19 Oxfordshire 20 Buckinghamshire•Berkshire 21 Hertfordshire • Bedfordshire •
Cambridgeshire • Huntingdonshire 22 Norfolk 23 Norfolk•Suffolk•Essex 24-5 Essex 26-8 London 29 Middlesex•Surrey 30 Surrey 31 Surrey•Kent 32 Kent 33-5 Sussex 36 Hampshire 37 Dorset•Wiltshire 38 Gloucestershire 39 Somerset•Devon•Cornwall 40 ChannelIslands 41-3 England’sPastforEveryone 44 Index
conTenTs
PHILLIMOREPublishers of British local and family history since 1897
compleTe caTaloGue2010
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siGnposTs To THe pasT:place-names and the History of england
Margaret GellingPlace-namesare important tothehistorianandthearchaeologist.Quiteapart fromtheinherentinterestoftheoriginalmeaningofaplace-name,thefactthatinEnglandthereare six successive layers of language reflected in the stock of place-names means thattheyprovidevital evidence fordatingand, indeed, forestimating themixtureof racesin the compositionof thenation.The author, as President of theEnglishPlace-NameSociety,hassucceededinbringingthestoryofEnglishplace-namestoawiderpublicinthisfascinatinggeneralstudy.
The Listenersaidthatthebook‘opensupthewholesubjectinthemostenthrallingmanner’,whileCommentobserved‘…aclassicinthisfield,essentialreadingforanyoneinterestedinlocalhistory’.Thisneweditionemphasisesthecontributionthatthisphilologicaldisciplinecanmaketotheworkofthearchaeologistandthehistorianandtoourunderstandingofthelongprocessofhumansettlementinourisland.Thesub-titleofthebookis‘Place-NamesandtheHistoryofEngland’…DrGellingandhercolleagueshavemadegreatstridesinexploitingthelatentstoreofinformationaboutthepastpreservedinthenamesofplaces.
Octavo, 296pp, limp, 21 maps, rpt ’10 978 1 86077 592 5 £14.99
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enclosure recorDs For HisToriansSteven HollowellExamines the process of enclosure, which changed thelandscape and the rural economy for ever, and reproducesandtranscribesdocumentaryrecords.Quarto, 192pp, ’00 978 1 86077 128 6 £15.99
cHurcH courT recorDs Anne Tarver Limited stockThefirstpracticalguidetounderstandingbothLatinandEnglishchurchcourtrecords.Quarto, 160pp, ’94 978 0 85033 927 7 £14.99
olD TiTle DeeDsN.W. Alcock A comprehensive, systematic guide to deeds, whetherabout places for the local historian or people for thefamilyhistorian.Quarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 160 6 £14.99
sources For local HisToriansPaul Carter and Kate Thompson Limited stockAnessentialguideforthelocalorfamilyhistorian.Royal 8vo, 248pp, ’05 978 1 86077 358 7 £17.99
maps For HisToriansPaul HindleAcomprehensiveguidetotheprovenance,content,accuracy,locationandusesofmaps.Quarto, 160pp, rpt’02 978 0 85033 934 5 £14.99
people aT Homeliving in a Warwickshire Village, 1500-1800N. W. AlcockAuniquere-creationoflifeoverthreecriticalcenturiesthatappliestoalmostanyothertraditionalvillage.Quarto, 256pp, ’93 978 0 85033 863 8 £19.95
VillaGe recorDs John WestRangingfromSaxonchartersandplace-namestoturnpiketrustrecordsandcommercialdirectories.Quarto, 320pp, ’97 978 1 86077 040 1 £30.00
TiTHe surVeys For HisToriansRoger J.P. KainandHugh C. PrinceAfullexplanationoftithesandtheTitheCommutationActof1836,thisbookexaminesallthedifferentdocuments,schedulesandmapsproducedbythisremarkablesurvey.Quarto, 160pp, ’00 978 1 86077 125 5 £14.99
researcHinG THe HisTory oF a counTry Housea Guide to sources and their use
Richard GoodenoughNewandupdatededition.Packedwithexamplesof research andhow theywereused, thisbookdemonstrates how to use the wide range of maps and documentary sources available from local,regional andnational archivecentres.Theauthorencourages a systematicprocessof research intothefascinatingandtopicalsubjectofhousehistory,withfrequentreferencetoonlinesources.Theoriginsofthisbookdatefromtheearly1990swhentheauthorbegantoresearchthehistoryofhisowncountryhouse in theKentDownsatTrimworth,nearCanterbury.Theseearly investigationsledhimtoseehowTrimworthcouldbeusedasacasestudyinavoyageofdiscoverywhichotherscould also enjoy.The book will be most relevant to the owners of country houses, providing amethodologyforthelessexperiencedtotraceanexcitingpathwayofinquiry.Includesaglossary.
Quarto, 176pp, 80 ills, Apr’10 978 1 86077 610 6 £17.99
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LOCAL And fAMILy HISTORy – GEnERAL TITLES
‘ouTraGeous WaVes’Global Warming and coastal change in Britain through Two Thousand years
Basil CracknellThisbookmapstheimpactofmedievalsealevelriseforthewholeofthecoastlineofBritain–althoughthedisasterscausedbymedievalglobalwarmingandrisingsealevelshavebeendescribedas‘among theworst recorded inhumanhistory anywhere in theworld’,untilnowno attempthasbeenmadetopaintacompletepictureofwhathappenedatthistime.Theauthorcovers(inorder):North-EastCoast,Fenlands,EastAngliaandtheBroads,Thamesestuary,London,EastKentcoast,RomneyMarsh,Sussexcoastalplain,SelseyBilltotheSolent,theIsleofWight,theChannelIslands,theScillyIsles,thesouth-westpeninsula,SouthWales,CardiganBay,Anglesey,NorthWales,DeeandMerseyestuaries,Wirralpeninsula,Lancashirecoast,MorecambeBay,CumbriancoastandtheScottishcoast.ThebookendsbyanalysingtheeffectsofmedievalglobalwarmingonBritain’scoastline(whichwaspermanentlychanged,with217townsandvillagesdestroyedbythesea),andsomelessonsaredrawnfortoday’sglobalwarming.
Royal 8vo, 320pp, 185 ills, ’05 978 1 86077 344 0 £19.99
arcHiVes: The Very essence of our Heritage Christopher KitchingThisbookillustratestheprofusionanddiversityofarchives,alongwiththeirowners,custodiansandusers.A4, limp, 80pp, ’96 978 1 86077 018 0 £14.95
GenealoGy For BeGinnersKarin ProudfootA new, seventh edition of the well-loved guide andbeginner’sbookoffirstchoice.Octavo, limp, 160pp, ’03 978 1 86077 268 9 £8.99
House HisTories For BeGinnersColin and O-lan StyleWritteninanentertainingandinformativestyle,andfilledwithfineillustrations,thisbookwillactasanexcellentreferencebookforthoseseekingtotakeupthisrewardinghobby.Quarto, 216pp, ’06 978 1 86077 405 8 £15.99
THe pHillimore aTlas & inDeX oF parisH reGisTers 3rd edition
editedbyCecil R. Humphery-Smith
The essential, compre-hensiveguidetoparishregisters. ‘No profes-sional,orkeenamateur,
family historian should be without this book.’Family Tree Magazine
Lge 4to, 320pp, 52/50 maps, ’03 978 1 86077 239 9 £50.00
THe miDlanD peasanTThe economic and social History of a
leicestershire VillageW.G. Hoskins
THEMIDLANDPEASANT,oneofHoskins’mostadmiredworks,portrays,withtheaidoflocal records, a monumentally stable peasantsociety, which greatly strengthened its rootsduring the 16th and 17th centuries. Englishagrarian life in this period is seen throughWigston Magna in Leicestershire, one of thelargest villages in the Midlands, and the freepeasantry were the largest single class withinit. Originally published in 1957 and hardlyever out of print, this book is one of the
key texts on the life of the agricultural labourer from medievaltimes to the19th century.Republished tomark the centenaryof W.G.Hoskins’birth.
246x168mm, limp, 352pp, 13 ills, rpt’08 978 1 86077 525 3 £18.99Leatherbound edition £130.00
TracinG THe HisTory oF a BusinessJohn Orbell
AvaluableadditiontoPhillimore’salreadyimpressiverangeofbooksonhowtousearchivematerialforhistoricalresearch,thisdefinitiveguidehasbeencomprehensivelybroughtuptodatetoincludetherecentdevelopmentofusefulonlineanddigitisedsources.Itincludeshowtousenewonlinesources and is applicable to businesseslargeandsmall.
Royal 8vo, 192pp, 31 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 575 8 £19.99
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THe eVoluTion oF neTTie HuXley, 1825-1914Martin Huxley CookeRoyal 8vo, 160pp, ’08 978 1 86077 528 4 £20.00
aDolpHe ValeTTeCécilia LyonThebiographyoftheFrenchartistwholivedinManchesterandtaughtL.S.Lowryhowtopaint.Lge 4to, 160pp, ’06 978 1 86077 426 3 £35.00
THe reGeneraTion THrouGH HeriTaGe HanDBooKHow to use a redundant historic building as a catalyst for change in your community.EditedbyFred Taggart with Simon Thorpe and Lydia Wilson. ForewordbyHRH The Prince of Wales.Royal 8vo, limp, 88pp, ’06 978 1 86077 391 4 £12.50
William roXBurGHThe Founding Father of indian BotanyTim RobinsonLge 4to, 256pp, ’08 978 1 86077 434 8 £50.00
man oF many TalenTs: James DouglasRonald Jessup Limited stockBiography of the pioneer of archaeology.Octavo, 324pp, ’74 978 0 85033 199 8 £17.99
sanDerson miller and his landscapesJennifer MeirManyofMiller’s landscapeswerecompletedoveradecadebefore‘Capability’Brownsetuphisownpracticein1749.Royal 8vo, 272pp, ’06 978 1 86077 387 7 £30.00
TenTH-cenTury sTuDiesed. byD. Parsons Limited stockCommemorativeEssaysof theMillenniumof theCouncilofWinchester andRegularis Concordia.Quarto, 288pp, ’75 978 0 85033 179 0 £40.00
scHools aT WarDavid StranackRoyal 8vo, 96pp, ’05 978 1 86077 338 9 £14.99
JusT a liTTle cHariTy: a social HistoryJohn WoltersAhistoryoftheSocietyofSchoolmasters.Quarto, 124pp, ’06 978 1 86077 398 3 £15.99
musical HanDBells: a comprehensive History of the Bells and their FoundersWilliam ButlerThisdefinitiveworkdealswiththeevolutionofsmallbells,development of pattern-cast bells and over 100 foundersincludingthosewhomadecrotals.Quarto, 176pp, ’00 978 1 86077 118 7 £19.50
THe cHilDren’s FronTHenry Buckton
ThosewhowerechildrenduringtheSecondWorldWarspenttheirformativeyearsamidstaquiteextraordinary successionofevents thatcannot fail tohave leftavivid impression.Thisabsorbingaccountcombinesthememoriesofthosewhowereyoungatthetimewithhistoricalresearchtoexaminethemajor factors influencingwartimechildhoodanddevelopment.Thereare storiesbypeoplefrommanydifferentbackgroundsandareasofBritainbutallhadincommonthefacttheywereyoungduringthisuniqueperiod.
AtatimewhenchildrenwereinmortaldangerbecauseofdailyattacksonBritishsoil,measurestakentoprotectthemincludedgasmasks,air-raidsheltersandtheblackout.Schoolingwasinterruptedandthelandbecameanislandfortressasmilitaryequipmentandinstallationsappearedeverywhere.Theexperienceofevacuation is recalledand the feelings itgave rise to,whichextended fromasenseofsecuritytofearofabuse.Thebooklooks,too,atthetoys,games,clubsandentertainmentofthetime.
245x168mm, limp, 208pp, 59 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 571 0 £14.99
a HisTory oF sea-scouTinG1909-2009Roy Masini
SeaScoutingintheUKbeganin1909,ayearaftertheestablishmentofScouting.Verylittlehasbeenwrittenabout the founderof theSeaScoutsmovement,WarringtonBadenPowell,whowastheelderbrotherofRobertBadenPowellandakeenyachtsmanandsailor.HewroteSea Scouting for Boysin1912anditremainedthemainSeaScouting‘textbook’formanyyears.AfterGreatBritaindeclaredwaronGermanyin1914,LordKitchenermadeanurgentappealforSeaScoutstoperformdutiesascoastallookoutsandtherebyreplacethecoastguardswhohadbeenrecalledbytheRoyalNavyforserviceinHMships.
TheCoronationYearof1937broughtfreshimpetustoSeaScoutingwhentheDukeofKent,CommodoreofSeaScouts,acceptedRSSDiscoveryasaheadquartersandtrainingcentre.Todaytherearesome450SeaScoutsgroupsthroughouttheUnitedKingdom.
Royal 8vo, 192pp, 100 ills, May’10 978 1 86077 573 4 £25.00
A history ofSEA-SCOUTING
1909-2009
LOCAL And fAMILy HISTORy – GEnERAL TITLES
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THe lorD lieuTenanTs and their DeputiesMiles JebbTheofficeofLord-LieutenantforacountyorareawithintheUnitedKingdomhasexistedforoverfourcenturies.Royal 8vo, 224pp, ’07 978 1 86077 451 5 £25.00
THe royal HorTiculTural socieTya History 1804-2004Brent Elliott Lge 4to, 458pp, ’04 978 1 86077 272 6 £50.00
THe inDusTrial WinDmill in BriTainRoy GregoryRoyal 8vo, 160pp, 05 978 1 86077 334 1 £19.99
BriTisH samplersJane Toller Limited stockA concise history from the 16th century.Octavo, limp, 64pp, ’80 978 0 85033 383 1 £5.99
THe FirsT FooD empire:a History of J. lyons and co.Peter BirdLge 4to, 400pp, ’00 978 1 86077 132 3 £25.00
Well-HeeleD: The remarkable story of the public Benefit Boot companyBrian Seddon and David L. BeanLge 4to, 128pp, ’04 978 1 86077 313 6 £17.99
FrienDly inVasion: memories oF operaTion BoleroThe american occupation of Britain 1942-1945Henry BucktonRoyal 8vo, 208pp, ’06 978 1 86077 433 1 £9.99
THe leGion oF FronTiersmenGeoffrey A. Pocock Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 208pp, ’04 978 1 86077 282 5 £25.00
THe orDer oF THe BaTH Peter GallowayA4, 320pp, 64 ills, ’06 978 1 86077 399 0 £50.00
THe iron BriDGesymbol of the industrial revolutionNeil Cossons and Barrie Trinder, Forewordby Eric DeLonyLge 4to, 168pp, ’02 978 1 86077 230 6 £25.00
THe aGe oF arTHur AHistoryoftheBritishIslesfrom350to650
John Morris
Vol.1:roman BriTain anD THe empire oF arTHur A5, limp, 1977 978 0 85033 289 6 £8.50
Vol.2:THe successor sTaTes A5, limp, 1977 978 0 85033 290 2 £8.50
Vol.3:cHurcH, socieTy anD economyA5, limp, 1977 978 0 85033 291 9 £8.50
arTHurian perioD sources Generaleditor: John Morris
Vol.1.inTroDucTion, noTes anD inDeXLib. edn., ’95 Limited stock 978 0 85033 755 6 £19.95
Vol.2.annals anD cHarTers Lib. edn., ’95 Top 978 0 85033 757 0 £19.95
Vol.3.persons Lib. edn., ’95 978 0 85033 759 4 £19.95
Vol.4.places & peoples, & saXon arcHaeoloGyLib. edn., ’95 978 0 85033 761 7 £19.95
Vol.5.GenealoGies anD TeXTsLib. edn., ’95 978 0 85033 763 1 £19.95
Vol.6.sTuDies in DarK-aGe HisTory Lib. edn., ’95 978 0 85033 765 5 £19.95
Vol.7. GilDas ed.andtrans.byM. Winterbottom Lib. edn., ’78 Top 978 1 86077 201 6 £14.00 Limp, ’78 Top 978 1 86077 202 3 £8.50
Vol.8. nennius ed.andtrans.byJohn Morris Lib. edn., ’80 978 0 85033 297 1 £14.00Limp, ’80 978 0 85033 298 8 £8.50
Vol.9. sT paTricKed.andtrans.by A.B.E. HoodLib. edn., ’78 978 0 85033 299 5 £14.00 Limp, ’78 Top 978 0 85033 300 8 £8.50
marc isamBarD BrunelPaul Clements
Marc IsambardBrunel (1769-1849) leftFrance after serving inLouisXVI’snavyas anofficercadet,and,attheageof30,cametoBritainviaAmerica;50yearslaterhediedhere.NapoleonBonaparte(1769-1821)nourishedanequallyextraordinaryintellect.OnleavinghisnativeislandofCorsicahewent toFrance,wherehebecameFirstConsul aged30andwagedwar againstBritain.HediedinStHelena22yearslater.ThisrevisedbiographyofMarcBrunelreveals,forthe first time, how both these temperamentally opposed men laboured, unceasingly and withgreatcourage,onbehalfoftheiradoptedcountries,andhowmuchMarcBrunelcontributedtoNapoleon’sultimatedefeat.MarcBrunel, inaddition tobeingan inventor,artist andmusician,was the 19th century’s most innovative engineer.This authoritative work must represent thedefinitiveexplorationofthisremarkableman’slifeandbringshisconsiderableachievementsintofocusforthemodernhistorian.Entertainingyethighlyinformative,andenhancedbyaselectionofbeautifullyproducedillustrations,itwillbewidelywelcomed.
Royal 8vo, 272pp, 42 ills, ’06 978 1 86077 400 3 £16.99
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dOMESdAy bOOk
prinTeD WorKs
• The story of Domesday BookEdited byR.W.H. Erskine andAnn Williams Seventeen essays by 15 historians thrownew light on the dark corners ofKingWilliam’sextraordinary Survey.Royal 8vo, limp, 288pp, 80 figs, ’03 978 1 86077 273 3 £17.99
• Domesday BookGeneral editor John MorrisThe first uniform English translation, published in parallel text withAbraham Farley’sLatintext,county-by-county,eachwith introduction,glossary, fullnotes, indexesandmaps.Volumesarelistedseparately,withISBN,onregionalpagesofthiscatalogue.
1 Kent-------------------16.00---------- 10.00 2 Sussex-----------------15.00----------- 8.75 3 Surrey-----------------12.00----------- 7.00 4 Hampshire-------------18.00---------- 11.25 5 Berkshire--------------14.00---------- 8.25 6 Wiltshire---------------16.00---------- 10.00 7 Dorset-----------------18.00---------- 11.25 8 Somerset--------------22.00---------- 13.00 9 Devon(2vols)---------44.00---------- 24.50 10 Cornwall--------------14.00----------- 8.25 11 Middlesex-------------12.00----------- 7.00 12 Hertfordshire----------15.00----------- 8.75 13 Buckinghamshire------15.00----------- 8.75 14 Oxfordshire------------14.00----------- 8.25 15 Gloucestershire--------16.00---------- 10.00 16 Worcestershire---------16.00---------- 10.00 17 Herefordshire----------18.00--------- 11.25 18 Cambridgeshire--------16.00---------- 10.00 19 Huntingdonshire-------12.00----------- 7.00
library limp Vol. county edn (£) edn (£)
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20 Bedfordshire------------ 14.00-------- 8.2521 Northamptonshire------ 16.00-------10.0022 Leicestershire----------- 14.00-------- 8.2523 Warwickshire----------- 14.00-------- 8.2524 Staffordshire------------ 12.00------- 7.0025 Shropshire-------------- 20.00-------12.5026 Cheshire--------------- 15.00-------- 8.7527 Derbyshire------------- 12.00-------- 7.0028 Nottinghamshire------- 14.00-------- 8.2529 Rutland---------------- 12.00-------- 7.0030 Yorkshire(2vols)------- 44.00-------24.5031 Lincolnshire(2vols)---- 38.00-------20.0032 Essex------------------ 24.00------13.5033 Norfolk(2vols)-------- 44.00-------24.5034 Suffolk(2vols)--------- 48.00------27.0035 BoldonBook---------- 12.00-------- 7.0036 IndexofPlaces--------- 50.00------- N/A37 IndexofPersons-------- 50.00------- N/A38 IndexofSubjects------- 50.00------- N/A
• index to Domesday BookThe first comprehensive index ever produced, made possible by the original and detailedreferencing systemdevised by JohnMorris for the Phillimore translation.Vol.36 places by J.McN. DodgsonandJ.J.N. Palmer 1992 978 0 85033 702 0 £50.00Vol.37 persons byJ.McN. DodgsonandJ.J.N. Palmer 1992 978 0 85033 703 7 £50.00Vol.38 suBJecTs byJ.D. Foy TOP 1992 978 0 85033 704 4 £50.00
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• Domesday explorer cD-romJohn Palmer, Matthew Palmer and George SlaterSystemrequirements:MicrosoftWindows95,98,2000,WindowsNTorWindowsXP(Pleasenote:DomesdayExplorerisNOTcompatiblewithWindowsVista);64MBofRAM;150MBavailable hard-disk space; 24-bit video display card; SVGA (800 x 600) or higher resolutionmonitor.CD-ROM, ’00 978 1 86077 163 7 £10.00
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THe coVenTrys oF croomeCatherine Gordon
Published in association with the National Trust
Quarto, 256pp, 26/112 ills, ’00 978 1 86077 139 2 £25.00
fAMILy HISTORIES
THe saXon House oF elDreDNelson B. EldredandJ. T. Eldrid Limited stockQuarto, 176pp, ’92 978 0 85033 822 6 £20.00
a peDler Family HisTorySir Frederick PedlerQuarto, 144pp, ’84 978 0 85033 547 7 £17.99
HuGH reVel: master of the Hospital of st John of Jerusalem 1258-1277 Cecil Humphery-SmithQuarto, 160pp, ’94 978 0 85033 895 9 £17.95
eric milner milner-WHiTe Robert T. HoltbyQuarto, 96pp, ’91 978 0 85033 813 3 £9.99
THe WaGners oF BriGHTonAnthony WagnerandAntony Dale Limited stockQuarto, 192pp, ’83 978 0 85033 445 4 £17.99
THe WiGG Family J.L. Kirby JrQuarto, 220pp, ’88 978 0 85033 632 0 £20.00
GiBsiDe anD THe BoWes Family Margaret WillsQuarto, limp, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 998 7 £14.95
DissenTinG ForBears: The maternal ancestors of J.m. KeynesNeville Brown Limited stockQuarto, 224pp, ’89 978 0 85033 670 2 £20.00
peDiGree oF raiKesR. D. Raikes Limited stockQuarto, 96pp, ’80 978 0 900592 73 7 £20.00
THe TreFFry FamilyAdelaide RideoutQuarto, 208pp, ’84 978 0 85033 545 3 £15.00
coopers anD cusToms cuTTers: The Worthingtons of DoverJan Worthington Limited stockQuarto, 360pp, ’97 978 1 86077 011 1 £25.00
THe WorTHinGTons oF meDieVal enGlanDP.M. Worthington Limited stockOctavo, 360pp, ’85 978 0 85033 587 3 £30.00
THe WorTHinGTons oF FailsWorTH anD THeir DescenDanTsPhilip M. WorthingtonOctavo, 400pp, ’05 978 1 86077 289 4 £30.00
THe HarDWare man’s DauGHTer: matthew Boulton and his ‘Dear Girl’Shena MasonRoyal 8vo, 288pp, ’05 978 1 86077 374 7 £25.00
THe Hills oF HaWKsTone anD aTTinGHam: The rise, shine and Decline of a shropshire FamilyJoanna HillRoyal 8vo, 224pp, ’05 978 1 86077 322 8 £25.00
The WiDDrinGTon WomenCecilia WiddringtonAnunsparingpictureofVictorianupper-classwomen.Quarto, 160pp, May’10 978 1 86077 628 1 £25.00
THe BulTeels: The story of a Huguenot FamilyVivien AllenRoyal 8vo, 208pp, ’04 978 1 86077 276 4 £30.00
a HisTory oF THe mallory FamilyS.V. Mallory-Smith PODQuarto, limp, 192pp, ’84 978 0 85033 576 7 £25.00
sT leGer: The Family and the raceMoya F. St Leger PODOctavo, limp, 176pp, ’86 978 0 85033 588 7 £14.99
THe loWTHer FamilyHugh OwenWinnerofthePorticoPrize PODQuarto, limp, 496pp, ’90 978 0 85033 721 1 £40.00
THe sTaFForDsJohn Martin RobinsonQuarto, 160pp, ’02 978 1 86077 219 6 £25.00
FreDericK maTTHias aleXanDer: a Family History J.A. EvansQuarto, 304pp, ’01 978 1 86077 178 1 £25.00
nisBeT oF THaT ilKRobert Chancellor NesbittQuarto, 364pp, ’94 978 0 85033 929 1 £35.00
THe curTis-BenneTT cHronicle: The story of the legal Family and the Genes which made Them Susan Curtis-BennettQuarto, 128pp, ’98 978 1 86077 082 1 £25.00
anDerson FamiliesM. A. Anderson Limited stockQuarto, 192pp, ’84 978 0 85033 555 2 £20.00
THe moFFaTsFrancis Moffat of that IlkQuarto, 144pp, ’87 978 0 85033 645 0 £25.00
alice oWenThe life, marriages and Times of a Tudor ladyClive RoseRoyal 8vo, 176pp, , ’06 978 1 86077 379 2 £15.95
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elGin’s loVe-GiFTcivil War in scotland and the
Depositions of 1646John Barrett and Alastair Mitchell
In 1645 and 1646 the Scottish royal burghofElginwas thrust into the front lineof theCivilWar that wracked the three kingdomsofKingCharles’realmduringthe1640s.TheindignitiesheapedupontheElgintownsfolkaregraphicallydescribedinauniquerollofhon-our,nowpublishedasTheElginDepositions.Thisastonishingdocumentwascompiledasatestimonyof thecommunity’s steadfastness inadversity;ofsufferingsnotshirkedbutembracedasElgin’sLove-gift.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 4 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 474 4 £25.00
CIvIL EnGInEERInG • SCOTLAnd
THe moTorWay acHieVemenT
Building the network
The series, put togetherbyTheMotorwayArchive,is designed to be a collection of all the knowledgegatheredbyengineersofBritain’smotorwaynetwork.Thesehardbackedbooksarepackedwithintegratedcolour illustrations and will be of great interest toanyonewhowantstoknowmoreaboutthenation’smotorway system, the replacement value for whichthegovernmentputat£65billionin2006.
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTmotorway management in the united Kingdom The First Fifty yearsW.M. Johnson246x197mm, 224pp, ’08 978 1 86077 588 8 £25.00
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network in the midlandsJohn Carrington246x197mm, 256pp, ’09 978 1 86077 536 9 £25.00
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network: The north eastF.A. Sims246x197mm, 256pp, ’08 978 1 86077 520 8 £25.00
THe moTorWay acHieVemenT: Building the networkThe north West of englandHarry L. Yeadon246x197mm, 192pp, ’05 987 1 86077 352 4 £20.00
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network in southern and eastern englandSir Peter Baldwin, Robert Baldwin and Dewi Ieuan Evans246x197mm, 320pp, ’07 978 1 86077 446 1 £30.00
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network in WalesBrian Hawker and Howard Stevens246x197mm, 224pp, Feb’10 978 1 86077 590 1 £25.00
DunDonnell oF THe macKenZiesDavid Iredale
Dundonnell is a former Mackenzie estatesituated along the rugged western coast ofScotland, north of Skye. People have livedand worked here for the past 10,000 years.In the distant days of the clans, Mackenzies,MacleodsandMacdonaldsfoughtferociouslyoverterritoriesintheareaknownthenasthebaronyofLochbroom.Theestateswouldlaterreserve thousands of acres for hunting and,more recently, for forestry.During the1960stheabandonedhousesoftheScoraigpeninsulabecameahome foraNewAgecommunity.Thisillustratedstudyoftheestate,boughtbySirTimRice in1998, throws lighton the fascinatinghistoryof thiscornerofhighlandScotlandandwillbeenjoyedbyallthosekeentoknowmoreaboutitsspecialpast.
Royal 8vo, 240pp, 60/30 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 461 4 £30.00
ciVil enGineerinG HeriTaGe
Theseriesexaminesthecontributioncivilengineeringhasmadetosocietyoverthelasttwohundredyears,includingitssuccessesandfailures,includingtransportnetworks,architectureandlandscapedesign.Eachvolumecoversaparticularregionandincludesacounty-by-countygazetteerofgroundbreakingmonumentstocivilengineering,frompumpingstationstocathedrals.
ciVil enGineerinG HeriTaGeeast anglia Peter Cross-RudkinQuarto, 160pp, May’108 978 1 86077 637 3 £18.99
ciVil enGineerinG HeriTaGeWales Keith ThomasQuarto, 192pp, May’10 978 1 86077 638 0 £18.99
ciVil enGineerinG HeriTaGeWest midlands Roger CraggQuarto, 176pp, May’10 978 1 86077 572 7 £18.99
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CuMbRIA • LAnCASHIRE
a HisTory oF cumBerlanD anD DcHWesTmorlanDWilliam RollinsonQuarto, 152pp, ’96 978 1 86077 009 8 £15.95
THe sTone circles oF cumBriaJohn Waterhouse PODQuarto, limp, 192pp, ’85 978 0 85033 566 8 £25.00
THe eDen Valley and the north penninesW.R. MitchellTherichhistoryofthevaleisbroughttolifeinthisbeautifullyillustratedbook.Royal 8vo, 176pp, ’07 978 1 86077 450 8 £15.99
THe DuKe oF norFolK’s DeeDs aT arunDel casTle Dacre estates in northern countiesedited by Heather WarneTheessenceofeachdeedisgiveninEnglish,andincludeseveryplace-nameandeverypersonalname.Royal 8vo, 304pp, ’05 978 1 86077 377 8 £25.00
linKs alonG THe line: The story of the Development of Golf
Between liverpool and southportHarry Foster
South-west Lancashire boasts the largest, andarguablythefinest,tractofcoastalsanddunesin the country and is thehomeof an extra-ordinaryclusterofgolfcourses.Theseclubshavejustifiablyattainedan internationalreputationwithmajor championships and representativematches, both amateur and professional. Golfinsouth-westLancashireisplacedinitssocial,economic and spatial setting and it is arguedthatgolfwasnotmerelyaresponsetochangebutoneoftheenginesofchange.
Royal 8vo, 128pp, 84 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 523 9 £16.99
THe moTorWay acHieVemenT: Building the networkThe north West of englandHarry L. Yeadon see also p.8246x197mm, 192pp, ’05 987 1 86077 352 4 £20.00
isle oF man: a pictorial History D. Robert EllerayQuarto, 128pp, ’89 978 0 85033 677 1 £13.99
arounD morecamBe BayW.R. MitchellRoyal 8vo, 160pp, ’05 978 1 86077 331 0 £15.99
lancasTer: a HistoryAndrew WhiteRoyal 8vo, 176pp, ’03 978 1 86077 244 3 £17.99
BoWlanD anD penDle HillW.R. MitchellRoyal 8vo, 160pp, ’04 978 1 86077 285 6 £15.99
Burnley: a pictorial History Brian HallandKen SpencerQuarto, 128pp, ’93 978 0 85033 866 9 £13.99
ormsKirK: a HistoryMona DugganRoyal 8vo, 176pp, ’07 978 1 86077 466 9 £15.99
TraFForD parKRobert NichollsQuarto, 192pp, ’96 978 1 86077 013 5 £8.99
William Hulme and His Trust I.B. FallowsRoyal 8vo, 256pp, ’08 978 0 85033 535 2 £16.99
BirKenHeaDElizabeth DaveyRoyal 8vo, 144pp, ’09 978 1 86077 491 1 £16.99
sTocKporT: a HistoryMorris GarrattRoyal 8vo, 144pp, ’09 978 1 86077 543 7 £18.99
souTHporT: a HistoryHarry FosterA19th-century townwhichgrewupona thinly populated coast of sandy dunes,Southportfirstdevelopedasabathingresortbeforebecomingadesirableplacetolive.Thisnewaccountofthearea’spastplacesthemoderntowninsidealongerchronologicalnarrative.Itexaminespreviouslyneglectedevidence from prehistory and traces themanors, townships and parishes thatoccupiedthebarrencoastalstripofNorthMeolsinmedievaltimes.Thisinformedandauthoritativehistoryfromanauthorwhohasalreadywrittenninebest-selling local
historybooksisbeautifullyillustratedthroughout,manyofthe150imagesbeingpublishedhereforthefirsttime.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 150 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 502 4 £16.99
THe lune Valley anD THe HoWGill Fells
W.R. MitchellThe LuneValley is in border country, ahistoric and picturesque divide betweentheLakeDistrictand theYorkshireDales.To the Romans, the valley provided alow-lying route between the LancashirePlainandSolwayFirth.IttooktheAnglo-Saxons to clear the tracts of forest andcreate settlements with the suffix -ton.In Edwardian times this rich agricultural
backdropprovided the setting forgrandestates.This readable andinformativehistoryexaminesthegeology,farming,craftsandindustriesoftheLuneValleyandHowgillFells,aswellasthetransport,religiousaffairs,sportandcultureofthisdistinctiveregion.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 100 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 550 5 £16.99
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nORTHuMbERLAnd • DurHam
norTHumBriaHistory and identity, 547-2000
edited by Robert CollsThebook is aworkof exceptional scholarship.Neverbeforehave somany acclaimedhis-toriansaddressedtogethertheissueswhichhaveaffectedthisspecialregion.Clearlywritten,andrichinideas,chaptersexplorethephysicaloriginsofNorthumbriaandconsiderjusthowthepressingpoliticalandmilitaryclaimsofadjoiningstatesshapedandtemperedit.Therearefurtherchaptersonart,music,mythology,dialect,history,economy,poetry,politics, religion,antiquarianism,literatureandsettlement.TheyshowhowNorthumbrianshavelivedanddied,andlookedforwardandback,andtheseaccountsoftheNorthEast’spastwillsurelyhelpintheshapingofitsfuture.
Royal 8vo, 192pp, 130 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 471 3 £20.00
neWcasTle upon Tyne: a modern HistoryeditedbyRobert Colls and Bill LancasterQuarto, 384pp, ’01 978 1 86077 167 5 £19.99
TynesiDe in THe seconD WorlD WarDr Craig ArmstrongRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’07 978 1 86077 467 6 £17.99
GiBsiDe anD THe BoWes FamilyMargaret Wills See page 7
DurHam ciTyKeith ProudRoyal 8vo, 160pp, ’03 978 1 86077 249 8 £15.99
WesT DurHam: The archaeology of industryFrank Atkinson and Andy GuyRoyal 8vo, 304pp, ’08 978 1 86077 447 8 £25.00
DarlinGTon: a pictorial History Robert WoodhouseQuarto, 128pp, ’98 978 1 86077 085 2 £13.99
THe DiscoVery oF TeesDaleMichael RuddRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’07 978 1 86077 453 9 £20.00
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network: The north east
F.A. SimsCovering the counties of theWestRiding, North Riding, Durhamand Northumberland, includingthe Newcastle Central MotorwayEast and the Western Bypass, thiseminently readable and illustratednar rat ive touches on the earlyhistoryoftheplanning,designandconstruction of motorways andthe setting up of Highways andBridgesDepartmentsinthevariouscounties and theprominentpeoplewhowereinvolvedatthetime.Themanysignificantfeatsofengineering
coveredhererangefromovercomingthehazardsofcrossingthePenninesandtheglacialsiltlakesofDurhamtoroutingamotorwayonatwo-levelstructurethroughSheffield.Timesofgreatdramaareremembered,suchasthetraumaoverTinsleyViaductandthefailureduringconstructionoftheCalderBridge. see also p.8
246x197mm, 256pp, 76/52 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 520 8 £25.00
neWcasTle anD GaTesHeaDBefore 1700
editedbyDiana Newton and A.J. PollardModernNewcastleandGatesheadarerenownedforcoal,afootballclubandtheirvibrantculturalscene.Buttheirpre-modernhistoryisequallydistinctiveas thecitywasforcenturiesthepre-eminent north-east port trading across theNorth Sea, focal point of regional society and themainmilitarybasefortheeasternScottishmarches.TheconcludingpartofPhillimore’sacclaimednorth-easterntrilogy,thiscollectionofessaysbyscholarseminentintheirfieldsbringstogetherunderonecovertheresultsofrecentarchaeologicalandhistoricalresearchtorevealthevigourandvarietyoftheearlyhistoryofthesesettlementsatthelowestbridgingpointoftheTyne.AuniquefeatureisthetwinningwithGatesheadandNewcastle,long-termrivalsacrosstheriver.Bylinkingtheirsharedhistoryuntilthebirthofmoderntimes,thecollectiondoesforthepastwhattheMillenniumBridgedoesforthepresent.
Royal 8vo, 368pp, 101 ills, Oct’09 978 1 86077 579 6 £25.00
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DomesDay BooK: yorKsHire with parts of lancashire and cumbriaGened.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib edn. 978 0 85033 530 9 Limited stock £44.00limp 978 0 85033 531 0 Top £24.50
yorKsHire FisHerFolKPeter Frank Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 256pp, ’02 978 1 86077 207 8 £17.99
a HisTory oF ricHmonD anD sWaleDaleR. Fieldhouse and B. Jennings PODOctavo, limp, 534pp 978 1 86077 364 8 £18.99
KeiGHley: a pictorial HistoryJ. Stewart Cardwell Limited stockQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 062 2 £6.99
THe BriDlinGTon liFeBoaT: The First 200 years, 1805-2005 Fred WalkingtonRoyal 8vo, limp, 160pp, ’05 978 1 86077 335 8 £9.99
a HisTory oF WHiTByAndrew WhiteRoyal 8vo, 224pp, rpt’04 978 1 86077 306 8 £16.99
HarroGaTe pasTW.R. Mitchell Limited stockQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 181 1 £15.99
yORkSHIRE
ilKley: a History of a Wharfedale TownRhona Finlayson
For many years Ilkley was protected fromthe arrival of the industrial age by locallandowners.Consequentlythevillageanditssurroundingsretainedtheirbeautifulsettingwhich,incombinationwithnaturalspringsrising on the nearby moorland, led to thedevelopmentofawell-knownandpopularspa, particularly during the hydrotherapyboomofthe19thcentury.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 150 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 567 3 £18.99
scarBorouGH: a HistoryTrevor Pearson
TheRomanschosetheheadlandthatdividesScarborough’stwobaysforawatchtower,butitwas theVikingswho, according to legend, first gave the town its name.The settlementtheyfoundedwaslaterrazedtothegroundbytheNorwegiankingHaraldHardradain1066andno traceof ithas everbeen found.The recordedhistoryofScarboroughbegins in themiddleofthe12thcenturywiththeconstructionofthecastleontheheadland.KingHenryIIissuedacharter in1163andtheroyalboroughwas the largestandmostprosperousportontheYorkshirecoastinthe13thand14thcenturies,butitfellintodecline.
Scarboroughbecamethecountry’sfirsttrueseasideholidayresortafterthediscoveryofseabathinginthe18thcentury.Thecomingoftherailwayin1845usheredinmasstourismandsawtheconstructionofnewboardinghousesandhotelswherevertherewasaviewofthesea.ThisfullyillustratednarrativeistheperfectintroductiontothehistoryofScarborough.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 150 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 568 0 £18.99
sKipTon anD THe craVen DalesW.R. MitchellRoyal 8vo, 143pp, ’06 978 1 86077 390 7 £16.99
a HisTory oF DoncasTerBrian BarberRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’07 978 1 86077 486 7 £16.99
sea painTer The life and Work of J.r. Bagshawe,
1870-1909, marine artist Peter Frank
Joseph Bagshawe’s artistic preoccupationwaswiththeseainallitsmoods:turbulence,calm,oilyswellandangrystormarealltobe found inhiswork.Hisother,human,focus was those who sailed upon the seaandderivedtheirlivingfromit,especiallythe fisher folk and their families whodweltontheshoresoftheNorthSea.ThevillageofStaithesandtheportofWhitbyontheNorthYorkshirecoastcapturedhisattentionmostofall.Hewasonly39yearsold at the time of his death in 1909. Bythen,hisenormoustalentwasbeingrecognisedandhehadbeenelectedamemberoftheRoyalSocietyofBritishArtists;between1897 and 1910 17 of his paintings had been chosen for displayatRoyalAcademySummerExhibitions.Inrecentyearsinterestin theStaithesGroupofArtists has grown steadily andwith itcuriosityaboutBagshawe.
Royal 8vo, 96pp, 15/50 ills, Apr’10 978 1 86077 617 5 £16.99
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CHESHIRE
DomesDay BooK: cHesHire with parts of lancashire, cumbria, and north Wales Gen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib. ed. 978 0 85033 139 4 TOP £15.00 Limp 978 0 85033 140 0 £8.75
WilmsloW anD alDerley eDGea pictorial History Roy WestallQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 867 6 £6.99
creWe: a HistorySusan ChambersRoyal 8vo, 144pp, 132 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 472 0 £15.99
KnuTsForD: a HistoryJoan LeachThis charming new history is long overdue and, enhancedbyadelightfulselectionofphotographs,willinterestallwhoknowthetown.Royal 8vo, 144pp, ’07 978 1 86077 473 7 £15.99
cHurcH plaTe of the Diocese of chesterMaurice H. Ridgway (editedbyMichael Sherratt) Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 256pp, ’07 978 1 86077 476 8 £35.00
caTaloGue oF silVer in THe GrosVenor museum, cHesTerPeter BoughtonAnessentialworkofreferenceforallcollectorsandarichsourceforstudentsofthedecorativeartsandhistoryofsilver.A4, limp, 228pp, ’00 978 1 86077 153 8 £19.95
cHesTer: a HistorySimon Ward
Chesterhas a long and fascinatinghistory,dating from the arrivalof theRomanarmyaroundA.D.74.Theirfortresswasthestimulusforthegrowthofaprosperoustownwithsuchattributesofclassicalcivilisationasbathhouses,centralheatingandanamphitheatre.Thefifth-centurycollapsewasfollowedbyexpansionunderSaxonMercia,andthethreatofVikingattackwascounteredbythecreationofaburh.AftertheNormanConquest,itbecamethecapitalofapowerfulearldomandlaterEdwardI’sheadquartersforhisconquestofNorthWales.Alargeabbeydominatedthecentreandswathesoflandwereenclosedinfriaryprecincts.
Chesterwasformanycenturiesthemajorurbancentreinnorth-westEngland.Inthe20thcenturythedecisionoverwhethertopreserveorreplaceitshistoriccoregavethecityfathersoneoftheirgreatestchallenges.Thisbeautifullyillustratedbookexploresthecitythroughtheagesandlooksatthepeoplewhocontributedtoitsintriguingstory.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 150 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 499 7 £16.99
picTuresque cHesTer: The city in artPeter Boughton
Thetwo-milecircuitofChester’sRomanandmedievalwallsencloses2,000yearsofhistory,includingauniquesystemof two-storeyshoppingstreets, theGothiccathedralandcharmingTudorandStuarthalf-timberedhouses,amonumentalGreekRevivalcastleandthespectacularbuildingsoftheVictorianandEdwardianblack-and-whiterevival.Thecityhasinspiredartistsformorethanfourhundredyears,andtheGrosvenorMuseumhouses700oils,watercolours,drawingsandprintsofthecity.Thecreamof this remarkablycomprehensivecollectionhasbeenselectedtoprovidea fascinatingexplorationofthisuniquecity.ThetextprovidesawealthofinformationaboutChester’sarchitecturalhistoryandthedevelopmentofherdistinctivetownscape.
A4, limp, 128pp, 180/20 ills, ’97 978 1 86077 039 5 £14.95
a HisTory oF WarrinGTonAlan Crosby
Atownatacrossroads,Warrington’spositionononeofthekeynorth-south routes of England, whereit crosses the east-west axis ofthe Mersey valley, has for 2,000years helped to shape its destiny.A Roman road crossed the riverhere, then the medieval bridgebroughtmuchtradetoitsmarket;wh i le the modern motorwaynetwork ha s g iven the townan a lmost unr iva l led locat ionfor commercia l and industr ia ldevelopment.Despiteitsantiquity,inthelate1960sitwasdesignated
anewtownandinthenext30years itwastransformedintoamajor regionalcentre.A longoverduenewlookatevery facetofthetown’spastinarichlyillustratednarrative.
‘Thisbookisarealjoy-andachallenge.Ajoytoreadbecauseitissowellresearchedandsoelegantlywritten,andachallengebecauseitsetsthestandardforfutureurbanhistorianstoemulate,iftheycan.’The Association for Local History Tutors Bulletin
Lge 4to, limp, 208pp, rpt’07 978 1 86077 222 1 £16.99
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DomesDay BooK: sHropsHireGen.ed. John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 585 9 Limited stock £20.00 Limp 978 0 85033 586 8 £12.50
luDloW: an Historical anthology David Lloyd and Peter KleinLge 4to, 176pp, ’06 978 1 86077 286 3 £17.99
BarGes anD BarGemen: a social History of the upper severn navigation 1660-1900 Barrie Trinder Limited stockAnabsorbingpictureofthecolourfullivesofbargeownersandwatermen, in addition to illustratinghow thenavigationwasdevisedandoperated.Royal 8vo, 192pp, ’05 978 1 86077 361 7 £19.99
BeyonD THe BriDGes: The suburbs of shrewsbury, 1760-1960Barrie TrinderRoyal 8vo, 224pp, ’06 978 1 86077 393 8 £20.00
mr aDams’ Free Grammar scHool David and Ruth Taylor Limited stockOctavo, 256pp, ’02 978 1 86077 221 4 £15.95
TelForD: a pictorial History George Evans andRon BriscoeQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 955 0 £13.99
yeomen anD colliers in TelForDEditedbyBarrie TrinderandJeff Cox Limited stockAnanalysisof846inventoriesinDawley,Lilleshall,WellingtonandWrockwardinebetween1660and1750.Octavo, 496pp, ’80 978 0 85033 382 4 £25.00
‘THe mosT eXTraorDinary DisTricT in THe WorlD’: ironbridge and coalbrookdale Barrie TrinderLge 4to, 160pp, ’05 978 1 86077 375 4 £19.99
THe iron BriDGe: symbol of the industrial revolution See page 5
miners anD mariners oF THe seVern GorGeeditedby Barrie Trinder and Nancy CoxProbateinventoriesforBenthall,Broseley,LittleWenlockandMadeley1660-1764. Limited stockOctavo, 384pp, ’00 978 1 86077 126 2 £25.00
SHROPSHIRE • wALES
sHropsHire Hill counTry Vincent WaiteThe land of Clun Forest, Clee Hills and the Stiperstones,south-westoftheriverSevern.Octavo, limp, 192pp, ’89 978 0 85033 365 7 £6.95
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network in the midlandsJohn Carrington see also p.8246x197mm, 256pp, ’09 978 1 86077 536 9 £25.00
GWyneDD: inHeriTinG a reVoluTionThe archaeology of industrialisationin north-West Wales David GwynRoyal 8vo, 272pp, limp, ’06 978 1 86077 515 4 £19.99
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network in WalesBrian Hawker and Howard StevensSeep.7.246x197mm, 224pp, Feb’10 978 1 86077 590 1 £25.00
THe riVer WyeJosephine Jeremiah
The author’s concise and very readablenarrativeaccountofthepastoftheWyeValleyistransformedbyherpicturesandtheircaptionsintoabookofcompellinginteresttoallthecommunitiesalongtheriver’s banks, from villages and markettowns to cathedral city - and to all themany visitors who come to wonder atits magnificent scenery, ancient castles,bridges,centuries-oldchurchesand,notleast, the many ancient inns that graceitsbanks.
‘The author’s prose is evocative, as well as informative, andshe beautifully depicts the human faces of the times... Herwordsareeverybitaspictorialasthemanyillustrations...highlyrecommended.’South Wales ArgusQuarto, 144pp, 178 ills, ’04 978 1 86077 301 3 £14.99
THe inDusTrial reVoluTion in sHropsHireBarrie Trinder
Theacclaimedfirstedition(1973)firmlyestablishedtheShropshireCoalfieldasthecradleof the IndustrialRevolution.After several reprints anewedition appeared in1981,butsince then there has beenmuch further research and re-examination of interpretations,promptingacompletelyre-writtenbookwithanentirelynewstructure,andwithmanymoreillustrations,all integratedwiththerelevanttext.ThisisthebookthatmadeIronbridgea place of international pilgrimage, and, in its third edition, provides a 21st-centuryexplanationwhy!
‘IfthereisonebookwhichBritishindustrialarchaeologistsshouldhaveattheirdisposal(inadditiontotheBibleandShakespeare),itmightwellbeBarrieTrinder’sThe Industrial Revolution in Shropshire...SomeseminallocalstudieshavemouldedourknowledgeofmanyaspectsofBritishhistory,forexample...Hoskins’pioneeringhistoryofDevon.The Industrial Revolution in Shropshirenowranksamongsuchworks.’PeterWakelin,Industrial Archaeology Review, XXV.1
Quarto, 304pp, 70 ills, ’00 978 1 86077 133 0 £25.00
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HEREfORdSHIRE • wORCESTERSHIRE
DomesDay BooK: WorcesTersHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib. ed. 978 0 85033 161 5 TOP £16.00 limp 978 0 85033 162 2 £10.00
THe riVer seVern: a pictorial Historyfrom shrewsbury to GloucesterJosephine Jeremiah‘...exudesacertaingravitaswhichelevatesitfarabovethemerecoffee-tablebrowse.’Canal & Riverboat MagazineQuarto, limp, 128pp, ’98 978 1 86077 271 9 £13.99
THe coVenTrys oF croomeCatherine Gordon see also p.7Quarto, 256pp, ’00 978 1 86077 139 2 £25.00
a HisTory oF sTourBriDGeNigel Perry Quarto, limp, 256pp, rpt’05, 978 1 86077 380 8 £12.99
a HisTory oF HalesoWen Julian HuntRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’04 978 1 86077 317 6 £16.99
malVern Girls’ colleGe Pamela Hurle Limited stockMalvernGirls’Collegewasbuilt as the towndevelopedinto a fashionable Victorian spa town and began life asthe Imperial Hotel,which laterbecame the school’smainbuilding.Duringthecenturyoftheschool’sexistencethestatusofwomeninsocietyhaschangeddramatically.Quarto, 128pp, ’93 978 0 85033 853 9 £14.99
THe ForesT anD cHase oF malVernPamela HurleRoyal 8vo, 176pp, ’07 978 1 86077 440 9 £17.99
a HisTory oF KiDDerminsTer Nigel GilbertRoyal 8vo, 256pp, ’04 978 1 86077 309 9 £17.99
KinG’s norTon: a HistoryGeorge Demidocwicz and Stephen Price
StandinginfrontoftheformerSaracen’s Headinn,withthetowerandspireofStNicolaschurchahead,thevisitortoKing’sNortonispresentedwithaclassicimageoftheEnglishvillage-afinemedievalchurchandaspectaculartimber-framedhousefrontingavillagegreen.ThisfirstdefinitivehistoryofKing’sNortonarea,fromprehistorytoBirminghamsuburb,isfullyillustratedthroughoutandcontainsarchivalsourcematerialnotseenbefore.It also includes the most recent research on the Saracen’s Head, winner of the BBC2Restorationprogrammein2004.
KingsNortonisnowincorporatedintoBirmingham,butwasonceoneofthelargestmanorsandparishes inWorcestershire.Commonthemesrunningthroughout itshistoryincludethevillage,agricultureandpopulation,butothertopicsdiscussed,suchasDomesdayBookortheIndustrialRevolution,arespecifictoaparticularperiod.Thisbookpresentstheresultsofseveraldecadesofworkbytheauthorsonthehistory,topography,archaeologyandarchitectureofKing’sNorton.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 129 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 562 8 £20.00
DomesDay BooK: HereForDsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib. ed. 978 0 85033 469 2 Limited stock £18.00 Limp 978 0 85033 470 8 £11.25
DroiTWicH: a pictorial History Lyn Blewitt andBob FieldQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 902 4 £13.99
THe Vale oF eVesHam: a pictorial HistoryJosephine JeremiahQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 050 0 £13.99
VillaGe recorDs John West See p.2
WorcesTer caTHeDralUte EngelWorcester Cathedral is one of theoutstanding monuments of medievalEngland. This book, a revised andupdated translation of the Germanedition (2000), is the first completearchitecturalhistoryofthecathedral,covering all aspects of the buildingfrom the 11th to the 14th centuries,includingthelaterrestorations.
In this authoritative book thesephasesofconstructionaresetintheirhistorical context, based on archi-tectural and documentary evidence.Patrons, masons and finance are all
discussed. The iconographical significance of the cathedral’srich sculptural embellishments, the functions and liturgicalarrangementsof thebuilding (suchasaltars, shrinesandLadyChapels) and the veneration of Worcester saints Oswald andWulfstanareexplored.
WorcesterCathedralisofnationalimportanceastheburialplaceofKingJohn,whosesonHenryIIIactedaspatronofthenewWorcesterchoir.Animportantcontributiontothehistoryof ecclesiastical buildings, this well-illustrated book will alsobe of interest to anywhohavemarvelled at the splendour ofWorcesterCathedral’sarchitecturalheritage.
Quarto, 368pp, 245 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 360 0 £30.00
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wARwICkSHIRE
DomesDay BooK: WarWicKsHireGen.ed.John Morris. Seriesnotespage6.Lib edn. 978 0 85033 141 7 £14.00limp 978 0 85033 142 4 Limited stock £8.25
ciTy-sTaTe anD naTion: Birmingham’s political History, 1830-1940Roger Ward,withaForewordbyProfessor Carl ChinnRoyal 8vo, 288pp, ’05 978 1 86077 320 4 £20.00
a BreaTH oF FresH air: Birmingham’s open-air schools 1911-1970 Frances WilmotandPauline SaulQuarto, 368pp, ’98 978 1 86077 075 3 £30.00
eDGBasTon: a HistoryTerry SlaterQuarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 216 0 £15.99
HarBorne: a HistoryEdward ChithamQuarto, 144pp, 156 ills, ’04 978 1 86077 294 8 £15.99
BournVille: model Village to Garden suburbMichael HarrisonQuarto, 288pp, ’99 978 1 86077 117 0 £19.99
sHirley: a pictorial History Sue BatesQuarto, 128pp, ’93 978 0 85033 869 0 £13.99
soliHull pasT Sue Bates Quarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 176 7 £14.99
suTTon colDFielD: a pictorial History Sue Bates Limited stockQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 037 1 £13.99
a HisTory oF coVenTryDavid McGroryRoyal 8vo, 304pp, ’03 978 1 86077 264 1 £18.99
a cenTury oF celeBraTinG cHrisT: The Diocese of Birmingham 1905-2005Terry Slater Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 240pp, ’05 978 1 86077 341 9 £19.95
roWley reGis: a HistoryEdward ChithamQuarto, 144pp, ’06 978 1 86077 418 8 £15.99
aTHersTone: a pleasantly placed Town
Nat Alcock and Margaret Hughes (editors)In chronicling the development of asmallNorthWarwickshiremarkettown,this book offers a fascinating study ofthe history of Warwickshire and theMidlands more generally. The 13th-centuryestablishmentofthenewtownand account of 14th- to 18th-centurysmal l-town l ife are authoritativelydescribed.Aremarkablecentralchapter,extensively i l lustrated, provides anarchitecturalreviewofallthebuildingsin the town centre, together with
carefullydetailedhistoriesofsixoftheoldestofthem.
Royal 8vo, 256pp, 78 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 493 5 £25.00
royal leaminGTon spa: a HistoryLyndon Cave
ThenewtownofLeamingtonSpawasestablishedin1808butthevillageofLeamingtonPriorshasexistedsincemedievaltimes.Thisfirstfull-lengthhistoryofLeamingtonsince1903tracestheevolutionofthevillage,throughthesparesort,tothethrivingmoderntownoftoday.ThepeopleresponsibleforthetransformationofthiscornerofWarwick-shire are introduced to us and the extent of their achievement acknowledged. It wascertainlynotedatthetimebyresidentsandvisitorssuchasCharlesDickens,JohnRuskinandNathanielHawthorne.Thetownretainsmostofitsoriginalqualities,includingmajorbuildingssuchastheRoyalPumpRoomsandopenspacessuchasthefamousJephsonGardens,andthisbeautifullyillustratedaccountpaystributetothemenandwomenwhocreatedLeamingtonSpaandthenensureditssafepassagedowntothepresent.Itwillbeenjoyedbyallthosekeentoknowmoreaboutthehistoryofthisspecialplace.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 160 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 505 5 £18.99
WesT BromWicH: a HistoryEdward Chitham
This new history investigates thepre-industrial as well as the morerecent storyofWestBromwich.Awide range of illustrations, manyfrom the author’s own collection,showsaspectsoftheoldparishandtown that have rarely been seenbeforeinpublishedform.Thetownretains many signs of its ancientheritage,suchastheOakHouse,theManorHouseandAllSaintschurchas well as the many flourishingindustries, someofwhich are still
situatednear thebanksof theTameorbesidethecanalsoftheearlyIndustrialRevolution.ThisstoryofWestBromwichwillintriguepastandpresentresidents.
Royal 8vo, 256pp, 135 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 531 4 £18.99
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wARwICkSHIRE • STAffORdSHIRE • dERbySHIRE
cannocK cHase pasTSherry BelcherQuarto, 144pp, rpt’07 978 1 86077 510 9 £14.99
TamWorTH: a HistoryRichard StoneQuarto, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 278 8 £15.99
a HisTory oF WolVerHampTonChris UptonRoyal 8vo, limp, 192pp, rpt’07 978 1 86077 508 6 £15.99
THe riVer TrenTRichard StoneQuarto, 154pp, ’05 978 1 86077 356 3 £14.99
DomesDay BooK: DerBysHireGened.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib. ed. 978 0 85033 165 3 Limited stock £12.00Limp 978 0 85033 166 0 TOP £7.00
THe DiscoVery oF THe peaK DisTricTTrevor Brighton Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 264pp, ’04 978 1 86077 314 3 £20.00
HaTHersaGe in THe peaK: a HistoryBarbara A. BuxtonRoyal 8vo, 160pp, ’05 978 1 86077 348 8 £17.99
a losT lanDscape:matthew Boulton’s Gardens at soho
Phillada Ballard, Val Loggie with Shena Mason(editor)Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) is arguably the individual with the greatest historicsignificance associated with Birmingham. Together with James Watt, he extendedthetechnologicalboundariesofhistimeandhelpedBritaintooccupycentrestageastheworld’sfirst industrialnation.HisSohoManufactorybecameamust-see stoponthe itinerary of early industrial tourists, fascinated by its machines and hundreds ofemployees.Boulton’s interestsrangedfarandwideandthenewfashionfor landscapegardeningparticularly appealed tohim.Fromthe1760s,whenheandhiswifewentto live at SohoHouse,he set about creatinghisown landscape.His son’snotebookscontainmuchofinteresttohistoriansandtogrowersofearlyvarietiesofmanyfruitsandvegetables.ThelandscapedparkhassincedisappearedunderBirmingham’sindustrialheartlandbutinthe1990sSohoHouseandtheremainingsmallgardenwererestoredanddevelopedasamuseum.AnumberofdrawingsandwatercoloursbyJohnPhillipin the1790s are included, theonly surviving contemporaryvisual evidence forhowthegardenoncelooked.
Royal 8vo, 112pp, 51 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 563 5 £16.99
THe riVer aVon: a pictorial History, from Warwick to TewkesburyJosephine JeremiahQuarto, 128pp, ’99 978 1 86077 116 3 £13.99
people aT Home: living in a Warwickshire Village, 1500-1800 N.W. AlcockThisimportantstudyrelatestoStoneleigh,butislistedonp.2inviewofitsnationalsignificance.
DomesDay BooK: sTaFForDsHireGen.ed.John Morris. Seriesnotespage6.Lib. ed. 978 0 85033 143 1 Limited stock £12.00 Limp 978 0 85033 144 8 £7.00
THe collieries anD coalminers oF sTaFForDsHireRichard StoneRoyal 8vo, 144pp, ’07 978 1 86077 455 3 £15.99
sTaFForD pasTRoy LewisQuarto, 144pp, ’97 978 1 86077 049 4 £14.99
BurTon upon TrenT: a HistoryRichard StoneQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 312 9 £15.99
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nOTTInGHAMSHIRE • LInCOLnSHIRE
DomesDay BooK: noTTinGHamsHireGened.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 147 9 TOP £14.00 Limp 978 0 85033 148 6 Limited stock £8.25
a cenTenary HisTory oFnoTTinGHamJohn BeckettRoyal 8vo, 624pp, ’06 978 1 86077 438 6 £30.00
WesT BriDGForD pasTGeoffrey OldfieldQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 168 2 £14.99
mansFielD: a pictorial HistoryDavid J. BradburyQuarto, 128pp, ’05 978 1 86077 337 2 £14.99
DomesDay BooK: lincolnsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 598 9 Top £38.00limp 978 0 85033 599 6 Top £20.00
sTamForD pasTChristopher Davies Quarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 228 3 £14.99
sHerWooD ForesT anD THe DuKeriesAdrian Gray
The ruthless Norman monarchs hunted here, but the Forest was still full of peasant life whilegreat events were taking place at Clipstone’s royal‘palace’.The Norman barons, fearing deathand judgement,gifted landtothemonasteries,andthemonksbecamethefirstgreatownersofSherwoodbesidestheking.Whenthemonasteriesweresweptawaytheirplacewasquicklytakenby acquisitive landowners.For abrief time thesegildednobles ruled theForest and thewholecountry,buildingpoliticaldynastieson localwealthand influence,withgrandhouses tomatch.Thediscoveryofcoalseemedtoofferanevengranderfutureoflimitlesswealthbutitallvanishedinbarelytwogenerationsasstiffertaxation,combinedwithexcessivegambling,womanisingandwasteful living, threw awaywealth that had taken generations to build up.AdrianGrayweavestogetherthestoryofplacesandpeoplethathavemadetheareaspecial,althoughnotnecessarilyinthewaythattouristsimagine.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 99 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 482 9 £16.99
a HisTory oF lincolnRichard Gurnham
The earliest settlement beside theBrayfordPoolwascalledLindon,andthisCelticnamewasadoptedbytheRomanconquerorsinthefirstcenturyA.D.AftertheEmpirecollapsedthecitydevelopedintotheAnglo-SaxonkingdomofLindsey.ThencamethegreatcathedralbegunbytheNormans,the Conqueror’s cast le and f ineNorman town houses. Throughoutthe12thand13thcenturies thecitythrivedasamajorcentreforthewoolandclothtrades,butevenbeforetheBlack Death struck in 1349 it was
beginning to decline. Rapid growth, however, came only inthe19thcenturywhenthisrathersleepyancientcathedralcitytransformed itself–almost literally ‘overnight’– intoacentreforheavyengineeringand,intheFirstWorldWar,thehomeofthetank.Lincoln’solderheritageisnowbetterpreservedthaneverbefore,andthisfullyillustratedbooktellsthestoryofthisbeautiful‘placebythepool’overtwothousandyears.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 150 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 551 2 £17.99
BosTon: a pictorial History Neil WrightQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 937 6 £14.99
cleeTHorpes: The creation of a seaside resortAlan DowlingRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’05 978 1 86077 343 3 £15.99
GrimsBy: making the Town 1800-1914Alan Dowling Royal 8vo, 176pp, ’07 978 1 86077 463 8 £15.99
HaTcHmenTs in BriTainVol.8:lincolnshire, nottinghamshire, cheshire, staffordshire, Derbyshire, leicestershire and rutland. Seriesnotespage9.Geneds.Peter SummersandJohn E. TittertonOctavo, ’88 978 0 85033 652 8 £14.99
sTreeT names oF cleeTHorpesAlan C. Dowling
Throwlightontheoriginsofstreetnames,whentheywerebuilt,significantbuild-ings and other relevant information oranecdotes,theentriesincludereferencestotheresort’searlyhistory;membersofthe royal family; the Civil War; localpeople and families; local geography;landownersandtrades;andlocalchurchesandchapels.
Quarto, 128pp, 106 ills, Apr’10 978 1 86077 605 2 £12.99
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peTerBorouGH pasTThe city and the soke
David Brandon and John KnightThebookexploresPeterborough’shistory fromthe seventhcentury,describingitsdestructionbyDanishraiders and its restoration with anew abbey. It remained a smallmarketcityuntilthe19thcenturywhenitchanged,dramatically,intoa railway and industrial centre.Today its uniqueness lies in thesuccessfulgraftingontoitsancientcore of new commercial, leisureand housing developments. OneofBritain’s fastest growing cities,it has attracted large numbers ofnewcomers who have given it adynamic, cosmopolitan and multicultural character. In this veryreadablebook,twowell-knowlocalhistoriansprovideafascinatingnarrativeaccountofitsentirepast.
‘…Afascinatingnarrative...Wellillustrated,thisbookwillintriguelocalpeopleandvisitorsalike...’Cambridgeshire Journal
‘There is great capacity for further readingbut this lavish, andalwaysinterestingbookmakesanexcellentstarter.’Rutland Times
Quarto, 144pp, 150 ills, ’01 978 1 86077 184 2 £14.99
a HisTory oF louTHRichard Gurnham
Anglo-SaxonInvadersfirstsettledatthepointwheretheancientBartonStreettrackwayfordedtheriverLudinthelaterfifthorearlysixthcentury.FollowingthearrivalofChristianity,thelittlesettlementbecameanimportantreligiouscentreandthelocation,intheeighthcentury,ofamonastery.ThiswasdestroyedbyDanishinvaders,andthelastBishopofLindsey,Herefrith,diedamartyr’sdeathatVikinghands.Thesettlementflourished under Danish rule as a centre for the surrounding agricultural area, andbythetimeoftheNormanConquestithadestablishedaweeklymarket.Aplannednew town grew as England’s wool trade prospered, assisted by the entrepreneurialactivities of the Cistercian monks of nearby Louth Park Abbey. A number of localmen were hanged in Louth market place for their part in the Lincolnshire Rising,andsuccessiveplagueshadadevastatingeffectinthelate16thand17thcenturies,butgrowthreturnedfollowingthearrivalfirstoftheturnpikeroadsandthenthebuildingofthecanalandrailway.Thisfullyillustratedaccountofthetown’shistorycombinesausefuloverviewof themajor influencesonLouth’sdevelopmentwith awealthofdetailwhichbringstolifethecommunityintimespast.Royal 8vo, 224pp, 100 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 459 1 £17.99
DomesDay BooK: leicesTersHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 331 2 Limited stock £14.00 Limp 978 0 85033 332 9 Limited stock £8.25
leicesTersHire eVenTsMalcolm ElliottRanging from those that shaped the county’s history andeventhatofthenation,tothosethatonlyfeatureinthelocalsportingcalendar.246x197mm, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 280 1 £15.99
LInCOLnSHIRE • LEICESTERSHIRE •
nORTHAMPTOnSHIRE
DomesDay BooK: ruTlanDGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib. ed. 978 0 85033 173 0 Limited stock £12.00limp 978 0 85033 174 9 Limited stock £7.00
THe riVer GreaT ouse anD THe riVer cam: From Brackley to King’s lynnJosephine JeremiahQuarto, 128pp, ’06 978 1 86077 417 1 £15.99
a HisTory oF norTHampTonsHire DcHR.L. GreenallQuarto, 144pp, ’00 978 1 86077 147 7 £15.99
DomesDay BooK: norTHampTonsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 163 9 Limited stock £16.00 Limp 978 0 85033 164 6 £10.00
THe riVer nene: a pictorial HistoryJosephine JeremiahInthisstrikingcollectionofcarefullycaptionedoldphoto-graphs, the author vividly reveals life along the Nene inbygonetimes.Quarto, 128pp, ’03 978 1 86077 257 3 £14.99
DaVenTry pasTR.L. GreenallQuarto, 144 pp, ’99 978 1 86077 108 8 £6.99
JosepH Grose anD THe moTor car: a True pioneer Alan Burman Limited stockHaving introduced the motor car to Northamptonshire,Grose specialised in bespoke coachwork of world-famoushighquality.Quarto, 144pp, ’98 978 1 86077 090 6 £14.99
a HisTory oF KeTTerinGR. L. GreenallRoyal 8vo, 256pp, ’03 978 1 86077 254 2 £18.99
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upper anD miDDle THamesFrom source to reading: a pictorial History
Josephine Jeremiah RisingintheGloucestershireCotswolds,theThamesflowsinaneasterlydirectionfor215milestothesea.ItsupperreachespassCricklade,LechladeandEynsham.Leavingthe‘dreamingspires’ofOxford,theThamespassesAbingdonandWallingfordbeforerunningthroughatractivesceneryattheGoringGapbetweentheBerkshireDownsandtheChilternHills.FromPangbourne,theriverflowspastCavershamandReadingtoitsjunctionwiththeKennet&AvonCanal.
Thisnewstudyuses18th-centuryaquatints,19th-centuryengravingsandoldphotographsoftheriverandthesettlementsalongitsbankstoillustrateanhistoricaljourneyfromsourcetoReading.Ancientbridges, ferries, flash locks andpound locks are featured, plus centuries-oldchurches,millsandinns.Rivercraftusedforworkandpleasurearealsoportrayed.Thiscollectionwillengagetheinterestofriverusers,ramblersandresidentsalikewhoenjoythehistoryofthismostfamousofBritain’srivers.
Royal 8vo, 128pp, 176 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 460 7 £15.99
DomesDay BooK: oXForDsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 169 1 TOP £4.50 Limp 978 0 85033 170 7 £8.25
BanBury: a HistoryBrian LittleQuarto, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 242 9 £15.99
VicTorian BanBury Barrie Trinder PODQuarto, limp, 252pp 978 1 86077 369 3 £16.99
THe WiGGinTon consTaBle’s BooK 1691-1836ed.by F. D. Price Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 176pp, ’71 978 0 900592 55 3 £14.95
GlympTon parK esTaTe: a HistoryText:John Martin Robinson Photographs:Mark Fiennes
Limited stockQuarto, 80pp, ’98 978 1 86077 077 7 £12.50
Henley-on-THames: a History David C. Whitehead
Henley-on-Thamesconjuresupformanypeople,especiallythosewhohavenevervisited,visionsoftheRoyalRegatta,ofrelaxedafternoonsbytheThames,oflargehouseswithspaciouslawns.For its residents, thedominant images are likely tobeof traffic jamsand supermarkets.Bothviewsare,ofcourse, far fromcompleteanddonotdojusticetotherealityofaworkingandcommutertownwithaspecialcharacterreflectingseveralcenturiesofhistory.
Henley’sprosperityhasundergonemarkedfluctuationsovertime,andthisbooktracesthehistory of the town and its surrounding villages from Roman times to the present day.TheNormanperiodsawtheestablishmentofHenleyasaplannedsettlementwithalayoutofroadsthatstillformsthebasisofthetowncentre.ThankstoitspositionontheThames,itthengrewintoamajortradingcentreforgrain,timberandfirewooddestinedforLondon.Inthe1700sthetownbecameanimportantstoppingcentre,butwhentheGreatWesternRailwaywasbuiltinthe1840s,Henleysufferedadownturnincoachtrade.Thetowncurrentlybenefitsfromthelocalauthority’sdesiretoconserveitshistoricimportance.Thebookincludesbriefaccountsofsomeoftheindividualswhohelpedtoshapeitshistory,andisillustratedwithawiderangeofphotographs,mapsanddrawings.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 130 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 452 2 £15.99
WiTney: a HistoryStanley C. Jenkins
Witneygrewupastheresultofdeliber-ate planning on the part of successiveBishops of Winchester, a spaciouswedge-shaped market area being laidout parallel to the river Windrush.By theendof theMiddleAges ithadgrown into a populous market townwith a developing blanket industry,andremainedfamousasacentreoftheblanket manufacturing industry untiltheclosureofthelastmillin2002.Thisfullyillustratednarrativebringsthefas-cinating history ofWitney to life and
will be enjoyedby all those keen to know thisCotswold town alittlebetter.Quarto, 160pp, 150 ills, May’10 978 1 86077 620 5 £18.99
WITNEYA History
OXfORdSHIRE
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aylesBury: a HistoryHugh Hanley
Aylesbury’s claim to be the county townofBuckinghamshirederives from its earlystatusasaroyalmanor,whichmadeittheobvious location for the county gaol andthevenuefor theassizesandothercountygatherings.In1554QueenMarygrantedthetownsmenaroyalcharterofincorporationand, although the charter soon lapsed,the right which it conferred of electingtwoMPssomehowsurvivedandwas laterclaimedonbehalfofthehouseholders.
Aylesbury’s experience as a Parliamentary garrison during theCivilWarfosteredthegrowthofreligiousdissent,andattheResto-rationin1660itwasbrandeda‘fanatic’place.TodayAylesburyhasexpandedbeyondthelimitsof itsancientparishandishometoavarietyofserviceandlightengineeringindustries.ThisreadableandinformednewaccounttellsthestoryofAylesburyfromitsoriginstothepresentandwillbegreatlyenjoyedbyanyonewithaninterestinthetown.
Royal 8vo, 208pp, 150 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 496 6 £18.99
buCkInGHAMSHIRE • bERkSHIRE
DomesDay BooK: BucKinGHamsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 167 7 Limited stock £15.00 Limp 978 0 85033 168 4 £8.75
sTony sTraTForD pasTRobert AyersandAudrey LambertQuarto, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 266 5 £14.99
neWporT paGnell: a pictorial History Dennis Mynard andJulian HuntQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 995 6 £6.99
aylesBury: a pictorial History Hugh Hanley andJulian HuntQuarto, 128pp, ’93 978 0 85033 873 7 £13.99
apprenTicinG in a marKeT ToWn: The story of William Harding’s charity,aylsebury, 1719-2000 Hugh HanleyRoyal 8vo, 196pp, ’05 978 1 86077 324 2 £19.95
princes risBorouGH pasTSandy McFarlane andChris KinghamQuarto, 144pp, 97 978 1 86077 047 0 £14.99
a HisTory oF amersHamJulian HuntQuarto, 136pp, ’01 978 1 86077 187 3 £6.99
cHesHam: a pictorial HistoryJulian HuntQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 058 6 £6.99
HiGH WycomBe pasTJames RattueQuarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 218 4 £15.99
marloW: a pictorial History Rachel Brown andJulian HuntQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 942 0 £13.99
GerrarDs cross: a HistoryJulian Hunt and David ThorpeQuarto, 176pp, ’06 978 1 86077 388 4 £17.99
eVeryone a Hero: sToKe poGesa Buckinghamshire Village in the Great WarLionel RigbyRoyal 8vo, 176pp, ’06 978 1 86077 378 5 £17.99
sTreeT names oF milTon KeynesAnne BakerRoyal 8vo, limp, 96pp, ’06 North 978 1 86077 408 9 £9.99 East 978 1 86077 411 9 £9.99 South 978 1 86077 412 6 £9.99 West 978 1 86077 410 2 £9.99 Top Central 978 1 86077 409 6 £9.99
DaTcHeT pasT Janet KennishQuarto, 144pp, ’99 978 1 86077 103 3 £13.99
HillTop VillaGes oF THe cHilTernsDavidandJoan Hay Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 264pp, ’83 978 0 85033 505 7 £9.95
DomesDay BooK: BerKsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 171 4 Limited stock £14.00 Limp 978 0 85033 172 1 £8.25
queen anne’s scHool, caVersHameditedbyMary Driver andAudrey Scott Limited stockQuarto, 144pp, ’94 978 0 85033 892 8 £14.99
a HisTory oF reaDinGStuart HyltonRoyal 8vo, 256pp, ’07 978 1 86077 458 4 £17.99
sWinley special: one Hundred years of Harry colt’s ‘least Bad course’ Nicholas CourtneyRoyal 8vo, 224pp, ’08 978 1 86077 481 2 £25.00
THe KenneT anD aVon naViGaTion see p. 38
BeaconsFielD: a HistoryJulian Hunt and David Thorpe
BeaconsfieldisaBuckinghamshiremarkettownwithanationalreputation.Itisbestknownasthehomeof17th-centurypoetEdmundWallerandof18th-centuryParliamentarianEdmundBurke.Beaconsfieldwashome froman earlydate to a growing number of lawyers.ThewealthoftheWallerfamilywasbasedontheirlegalexpertiseandwhentheWallersmovedtoGloucestershireinthe19thcentury,theirplaceat theheadof local societywas takenby theLawsons,proprietorsoftheDaily Telegraph.
WiththeopeningoftheGreatCentralandGreatWesternJointRailwayin1906,manynewcomerstooktheopportunitytoliveinBeaconsfield.AmongthemwerethewriterG.K.ChestertonandtheeditoroftheObserver,J.L.Garvin.
Royal 8vo, 208pp, 150 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 497 3 £18.99
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HERTfORdSHIRE • bEdfORdSHIRE • CAMbRIdGESHIRE • HunTInGdOnSHIRE
a HisTory oF HerTForDsHire DcHTony RookQuarto, 152pp, ’97 978 1 86077 015 9 £15.99
DomesDay BooK: HerTForDsHireGen.ed. John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 137 0 Limited stock £15.00 Limp 978 0 85033 138 7 Limited stock £8.75
HerTForD: a HistoryJacqueline CooperRoyal 8vo, 176pp, ’07 978 1 86077 469 0 £15.99
a HisTory oF sT alBansJames CorbettQuarto, limp, 176pp, ’97 978 1 86077 429 4 £14.99
a prospecT oF asHriDGeDouglas Coult Limited stockThefirstfull-lengthstudyofthehouseandestate.Octavo, 272pp, ’80 978 0 85033 360 2 £11.99
asHriDGe: a living HistoryKay N. Sanecki250x250mm, 96pp, ’96 978 1 86077 020 3 £10.00
leTcHWorTH: The First Garden cityMervyn MillerAdefinitiveneweditionispublishedtocelebrateLetchworth’scentenary.Lge 4to, 280pp, ’02 978 1 86077 213 9 £25.00
WelWyn GarDen ciTy pasTTony RookQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 141 5 £15.99
olD HiTcHinAlan FleckandHelen PooleQuarto, 144pp, ’99 978 1 86077 109 5 £14.99
BisHop’s sTorTForD: a History Jacqueline CooperQuarto, 144pp, ’05 978 0 86077 329 7 £16.99
HoDDesDon: a HistorySue GarsideQuarto, 128pp, ’02 978 1 86077 232 0 £15.99
HisTory oF BeDForDsHireJoyce Godber Limited stockQuarto, 608pp, rpt ’84 978 0 907041 27 6 £19.95
DomesDay BooK: BeDForDsHireGen.ed. John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 149 3 Limited stock £14.00 Limp 978 0 85033 150 9 £8.25
DomesDay BooK: camBriDGesHire Gen.ed. John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 387 3 TOP £16.00 limp 978 0 85033 388 1 TOP £10.00
THe KinG’s colleGe cHoir BooKeditedbyJonathan RipponandPenny CleoburyQuarto, 96pp, ’97 978 1 86077 052 4 £14.99
peTerBorouGH See p.18
THe riVer nene See p.18
a HisTory oF HunTinGDonsHire DcHMichael J. WickesQuarto, 152pp, ’95 978 0 85033 953 6 £15.99
DomesDay BooK: HunTinGDonsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 130 1 Limited stock £12.00 Limp 978 0 85033 135 6 Limited stock £7.00
HunTinGDon: a pictorial History David CozensQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 997 9 £13.99
sT neoTsC.F. Tebbutt PODRoyal 8vo, limp, 376pp, rpt’05 978 1 86077 365 5 £16.99
sT neoTs pasTRosa YoungQuarto, 144pp, ’96 978 1 86077 025 8 £14.99
leiGHTon BuZZarD anD linslaDe a History Paul Brown
The towns of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade were both royal estates before DomesdayBook, and they straddled the boundary between the Danes and Saxons in the centurybefore that. Ownership of the town shuttled between France and England as successivekingsconfiscatedtheestate.TheIndustrialRevolutionandtheadventofimprovedmeansoftransportturnedLinsladeintoathrivingnewtownanditwasbroughtintoBedfordshire.Aperiodofconsiderableexpansionforbothsettlementsfollowed.Thislongawaited,readableandextremelyinformativehistorythrowslightonLeightonandLinslade’sfascinatingpastandwillbeenjoyedbyallthosecuriousaboutthiscornerofthecounty.Itisfullyillustratedandincludesmanyitemsreproducedhereforthefirsttime.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 168 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 495 9 £16.99
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norFolK in THe FirsT WorlD War
Frank MeeresThebookusescontemporarysources–letters,diariesandjournals,togetherwith awide rangeofvisualmaterial– to look at lifeonthebattlefrontsthroughouttheworld,aswellasmenservingatseaandintheair.Itfocusesonthehomefront,too,andthewideningcontributionofwomen,bothinsuchtraditionalrolesasnursingandinnumerousotheroccupations.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 139 ills, ’04 978 1 86077 290 0 £17.99
nORfOLk
DomesDay BooK: norFolKGened.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 478 4 TOP £44.00 Limp 978 0 85033 479 1 Limited stock £24.50
a HisTory oF norWicHFrank MeeresFromanimportantAnglo-Saxonmarkettowntoitsmodernroleasaradicalandprogressivecity.Quarto, 256pp, rpt’01 978 1 86077 083 8 £17.99
KinG’s lynnPaul RichardsAptlydescribed as‘theWarehouseon theWash’,Lynnwas amajorportfromtheMiddleAgesuntilthearrivaloftherailway.Thelastthirtyyearshaveseenthetown’svigorousgrowth,yetthisisthefirsthistoryofthetownsince1907.Quarto, limp, 176pp, rpt ’06 978 1 86077 428 7 £14.99
a HisTory oF THeTForDAlan Crosby PODFewsmalltownshavesuchafascinatingandvariedhistory,andfewaresolittle-knowntooutsiders.ThetfordwasthesixthlargesttownofSaxonEngland;acathedralcityinthelate11thcen-tury;a sleepymedievalboroughwithfivemajormonasteries;andoneofthemostcorruptandvenalofallpocketboroughsduringthe18thcentury.Quarto, limp, 160pp, rpt’05 978 1 86077 367 9 £14.99
a HisTory oF GreaT yarmouTHFrank Meeres
GreatYarmouthdatesitsofficial‘birthday’from1208,butpeoplehavelivedintheareaformanythousandsofyears.Itsprosperityhasrestedforcenturiesuponthe‘silverdarlings’- the herring – upon trade and inmore recent times on tourism.UnlikemostworksonYarmouth,thisbooklooksattheentireareathatnowmakesupGreaterYarmouth,includingGorlestonandthevillagesandformervillagestothenorthandsouth,wheremostinhabitantsofGreaterYarmouthnowlive.Itdiscusseseverythingfromtheeffectof climate changeupon the town to details of themen andwomenof the area,withbriefbiographiesof30peoplefromSaintFurseytoMyleeneKlass.Profuselyillustrated,itincludesmanyfascinatingphotographsfromthe1860stothelate20thcentury,almostallofwhichhaveneverbeforebeenpublished.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 146 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 457 7 £17.99
norFolK in THe seconD WorlD WarFrank Meeres
Norfolkwastrulya‘front-linecounty’duringtheSecondWorldWar.Itsmenandwomenserved inallbranchesof the forces,and,becauseofitsproximitytotheContinent,thethreatofinvasionandtherealityofairraidsaffectedeveryone.Thisbookusesarchiveevidencetolookatwhat lifewas likeboth formen servingoverseas and for those athome.Norfolk people experienced both sides of the evacuee situa-tion:manychildrencametothecountyfromtheLondonarea,whilemanychildrenfromtheNorfolkcoastwerethemselvesevacuatedtotheMidlands.Thisbookdrawsona richarchiveofpersonalpapers,photographs,diariesandletterstotelltheenthrallingstoryofwhatlifewaslikeduringtheSecondWorldWar.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 188 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 389 3 £17.99
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DomesDay BooK: suFFolKGen.ed.John MorrisSeriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 480 7 £48.00 limp 978 0 85033 481 4 £27.00
a HisTory oF Bury sT eDmunDsFrank Meeres Limited stockQuarto, 256pp, ’02 978 1 86077 227 6 £16.99
souTHWolD: portraits of an english seaside TowneditedbyRebeccaandStephen Clegg‘WeeachhaveourownreasonsforlovingSouthwold.Thisbookshouldpleaseusall’ Eastern Daily PressQuarto, 180pp, rpt’04 978 1 86077 097 5 £19.95
WooDBriDGe: a pictorial HistoryRobert SimperQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 977 2 £6.99
FeliXsToWe: a pictorial HistoryRobert MalsterQuarto, 128pp, ’92 978 0 85033 830 0 £11.95
DeDHam, FlaTForD anD easT BerGHolT: a pictorial HistoryIan YearsleyQuarto, 128pp, ’96 978 1 86077 010 4 £6.95
ipsWicH in THe seconD WorlD War David JonesRoyal 8vo, 208pp, ’05 978 1 86077 300 6 £16.99
DomesDay BooK: esseXGen.ed. John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 483 8 TOP £24.00 Limp 978 0 85033 484 5 £13.50
THe norFolK anD suFFolK BroaDsRobert Malster
TheBroadshadtheirorigininmedievalpeatdiggings,butthestoryofthisEastAnglianwetlandregiongoesbacklongbeforethemonasteriesandsaltproductionhelpedgeneratethedemandforfuelthatgaverisetothelarge-scaleproductionof turves,asRobertMalsterdescribes in thisnewhistoryof theregion. In the20thcenturychanges in farmingpracticesandmodernpollution threatenedtodestroy the rich flora and fauna that had first attracted visitors to the Broads,
giving rise to a boat-hire industry thathelpedtosustainthelocaleconomy.Asanenvironmentaldisasterthreatened,scientistssought to find out what had caused themany problems and to discover ways ofcombating them.With global warmingandrisingsealevels,isthehistoryoftheBroadscomingtoanend?Canthiswet-landregion,apotentialWorldHeritageSite,haveanyfuture?
Royal 8vo, limp, 224pp, 146 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 509 3 £18.99
nORfOLk • SuffOLk • ESSEX
esseX in HisToryKenneth Neale Limited stockQuarto, 192pp, ’97 978 1 86077 051 7 £14.99
sWorn To serVe: a History of the essex police Maureen Scollan Limited stockQuarto, 160pp, ’93 978 0 85033 999 4 £14.95
THe HospiTals oF souTHenDMalcolm JefferiesandJ. Alfred Lee Limited stockQuarto, 208pp, ’86 978 0 85033 591 0 £19.99
a HisTory oF souTHenDIan YearsleyQuarto, 160pp, ’01 978 1 86077 188 0 £15.99
leiGH-on-sea: a HistoryJudith WilliamsQuarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 220 7 £15.99
rocHForD: a HistoryMavis SippleQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 310 5 £15.99
rayleiGH: a HistoryIan YearsleyQuarto, 160pp, ’05 978 1 86077 355 6 £15.99
HocKley, HullBriDGe & HaWKWell pasTLesley VingoeQuarto, 144pp, ’99 978 1 86077 110 1 £14.99
souTH BenFleeTRobert HallmannQuarto, 144pp, ’06 978 1 86077 359 4 £15.99
BasilDon ploTlanDsDeanna WalkerRoyal 8vo, limp, 128pp, rpt’01 978 1 86077 191 0 £14.99
WicKForD: a HistoryJudith WilliamsRoyal 8vo, 144pp, ’06 978 1 86077 382 2 £15.99
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ESSEX (cont.)
Billericay: a pictorial HistoryRoger GreenLge 4to, 128pp, ’05 978 1 86077 340 2 £19.99
Grays THurrrocK: a History Brian EvansQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 305 1 £15.99
romForD: a HistoryBrian EvansRoyal 8vo, 224pp, ’06 978 1 86077 375 0 £15.99
THe WalTHamsToW cHariTies: caring for the poor 1500-2000James M. GibsonQuarto, 160pp, ’00 978 1 86077 154 5 £14.99
BrenTWooD: a HistoryJennifer WardQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 279 5 £15.99
souTH WooDHam Ferrers: a pictorial History John FranklandQuarto, 128pp, ’92 978 0 85033 832 4 £13.99
malDon anD THe BlacKWaTer esTuary:a pictorial HistoryJohn Marriage Limited stockQuarto, 128pp, ’96 978 1 86077 016 6 £13.99
sHoeBuryness: a HistoryJudith Williams
Shoeburyness was home to some of the earliest settlers in England and excavationshaveprovedittobeoneoftherichestsourcesofarchaeologyinEssex.Forcenturies,theareawasdividedintothetwoindependentparishesofNorthShoeburyandSouthShoebury,theNessitselfbutasandypromontory.Theauthorities,awareoftheirstrategiclocation for defence, guarded not only against enemy invasion but also that scourgeof theTreasury, smugglers. Its noteworthy residents include the RevdsArthur Dent,Luke Imber andThomasArcher. FarmerChristopherParsons is remembered for hisscientificnotesonShoebury’sfloraandPhilipBentonisthefatheroflocalhistoryintheRochfordHundred.TheopeningofShoeburyGarrisonforthetestingofartilleryin1849markedaturningpointinShoeburyness’history,stimulatingtherapidgrowthofSouthShoebury.Thismeticulouslyresearchedbookusesmaps,historicalnotes,wills,diaries and census returns to paint a vivid pictureofwhat lifewas like for residentsthroughtheagesandhowtheyshapedthetown.Inthesewell-illustratedpages,currentresidentswillfindmuchtomakethemproud.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 156 ills, ’06 978 1 86077 435 5 £15.99
canVey islanD: a HistoryRobert Hallman
CanveyIsland,anislandintheThamesestuaryoffthecoastofEssex,hasauniquehistory.Itslocationhasseenitwelcomediversepeoplethroughtheages:fromthosewhofirstcametoharvesttheseawatersalt, to theRomansand traderswho found it anentrypoint intotheBritishIsles,toshepherds,cheesemakers,Dutchseawallbuildersand, later, attackerswho temporarilybroke the island’s tranquillity.Fromtheturnoflastcentury,CanveyIslandbegantobebuiltup:firstasaPleasureIslandandlaterbecomingaplotlandandholidayhavenforLondoners.Agriculture’slosswashome-seekers’gain,andthose who moved to Canvey stayed on through twoWorldWars,buildingasturdycommunity.Thesea,whilerichinvariousbounties,alsobrought its shareof tragedy, suchas1953’sdevastatingfloods.Informativeandentertainingproseaccompaniesthemanycharmingandbeautifullyproducedillustrations,andthisnewbookissuretopleaseanyonefamiliarwithCanveyIsland.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 146 ills, ’06 978 1 86077 436 2 £15.99
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ESSEX (cont.)
cHelmsForD: a HistoryDavid JonesQuarto, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 246 7 £15.99
eppinG anD onGar: a pictorial History Stephen PewseyQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 060 9 £6.95
WiTHam: a pictorial History John MarriageQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 1 86077 000 5 £13.99
THe sTory oF JayWicK sanDs esTaTeMary LyonsA history of its creation by entrepeneurs, pioneers andcarefreeholidaymakers.Quarto, limp,112pp, rpt’05 978 1 86077 336 5 £11.99
clacTon pasT with Holland-on-sea & JaywickNorman JacobsQuarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 225 2 £15.99
clacTon-on-sea: a pictorial History Norman Jacobs Limited stockQuarto, 128pp, ’93 978 0 85033 871 3 £6.95
FrinTon anD WalTon: a pictorial History Norman Jacobs Limited stockQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 982 6 £6.99
colcHesTer: a HistoryAndrew PhillipsQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 304 4 £15.99
HaDleiGH pasTIan Yearsley‘...thenarrativecruisesalongalmosteffortlessly...verywellpresented with many interesting old pictures and maps.’Essex Courier Quarto, 144pp, ’98 978 1 86077 078 4 £14.99
mr saFFron WalDenThe life and Times of George stacey Gibson (1818-1883) Jeremy Collingwood Limited stockWhenGeorgeStaceyGibsondied in1883,he left a substantialestateof£342,456,worthatleast£23millionintoday’smoney.This was distributed to the hospital, the museum, the literarysociety, the Grammar School, the British Schools, the FriendsSchool,thetrainingschoolforfemaleteachers,thealmshouses,aswellasoutsidethetown.Royal 8vo, limp, 176pp, ’08 978 1 86077 587 1 £16.99
ilForD: a History Sue Curtis
IlfordisanamethatwasknowntoWilliamtheConquerorandtomostmonarchsdowntheagesastheypassedthroughthishamletontheGreatEssexRoad,probablyontheirwaytotheroyalpalaceofHavering.BarkingAbbeysetupIlfordHospitalChapel,nowtheoldestsurvivingbuildinginthetowncentre.Inthisnewbook,theauthorprovidesavividaccountofIlford’sentirepast,fromprehistory,whenmammoths roamed theThamesValley,up to thepresentday,whennewcommunities are contributing to its continuingdevelopment.Paying attention to all those who built and developed the town,fromThomas John Barnardo toArchibald Cameron Corbett andWilliam Peter Griggs, this splendidly illustrated account capturestheveryessenceofIlford.
Quarto, 144pp, 145 ills, ’04 978 1 86077 302 0 £15.99
a HisTory oFHiGHams parK anD Hale enD
compiledby M.L. DunhillHighamsParkliesontheGreenwichMeridian,abouttenmilesfromSt Paul’s Cathedral and three-quarters of a mile from the NorthCircularRoad.Findingitonamap,however,isnoteasy.ThelocationoftheoldhamletofHaleEndisevenmoreelusive,butmanylocalresidentswhocontributedtothisbookhaveneverbeeninanydoubtthat they live in a vital comunitywith an identity of its own.Thiseminentlyreadableandwell-illustratedbookiswrittenbyanauthorwhose research included interviews with many of those residents.Charminglywrittenandpresented,thisbookwillappealtoresidentsandsocialhistoriansalike.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 81 ills, ’05 978 1 86077 333 4 £15.99
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criminal lonDon: a pictorial History from medieval Times to 1939
Mark HerberLondon’s medieval records containmany references to murders, fights,forgeryandvagrancy.Thecapitalwasthecentreforconspiracies,riotsandrevolts,while itswealthandrelativeanonymity made it a magnet forvagrants, thieves, robbers and gangsofcriminalsfromtheentirekingdom.Theauthorprovidesawell-researchedand splendidly illustrated accountof criminals and crime over thecenturies-andof thosewhospenttheirlivespursuingthem:thepolice,thief-takers,magistratesandjudges.
Lge 4to, 224pp, 50/362 ills, ’02 978 1 86077 199 6 £20.00
LOndOn
lonDon: rebuilding the city after the Great FireT.M.M. BakerNewperspectivesonthestoryinanaccountofhowandwhythenewCityofLondonwasrebuiltasitwasafter1666.A4, 208pp, ’00 978 1 86077 113 2 £27.50
THe mansion HouseSally JefferyA major study of the residence for the Lord Mayors ofLondonduringtheiryearofoffice.Lge 4to, 352pp, ’93 978 0 85033 890 4 £75.00
WHiTTinGTon To WorlD Financial cenTreThe city of london and its lord mayorSir John StuttardRoyal 8vo, 304pp, ’08 9781 86077 586 4 £25.00
sTaTioners’ Hall: a History in picturesCompiled by Vernon Sullivan, assisted by Keith HuttonLge 4to, 224pp, ’04 9781 86077 259 7 £45.00
THe sTaTioners’ company: a History of the later years 1800-2000editedby Robin MyersLge 4to, 282pp, ’01 978 1 86077 140 8 £29.99
THe saDDlers’ companyVol.1: Hold Fast, sit sure – a history, 1160-1960 Vol.2: Treasures and plate – the collectionKingsley M. Oliver 978 0 85033 958 1 Limited stockQuarto, 2 vols., 470pp, ’95 the set £75.00
a HisTory oF THe WorsHipFul company oF FelTmaKers 1604-2004 Rosemary WeinsteinQuarto, 192pp, ’04 978 1 86077 298 6 £40.00
THe scriVeners’ company: a HistoryBrian G.C. Brooks andCecil Humphery-SmithQuarto, 112pp, ’01 978 1 86077 119 4 £35.00
a HisTory oF THe HaBerDasHers’ companyIan W. ArcherQuarto, 368pp, ’91 978 1 86077 798 3 £30.00
THe HaBerDasHers’ company in THe laTer TWenTieTH cenTury Ian W. ArcherQuarto, 192pp, ’04 978 1 86077 318 4 £30.00
THe DisTillers’ company: a short HistoryMichael BerlinQuarto, 96pp, ’96 978 1 86077 030 2 £25.00
ToTTenHam: a HistoryChristine Protz
A long-established and peculiarly independent settlement which experienced constantmigrationfromtheearliestdate,TottenhamhasadocumentedhistorystretchingbacktotheConquest,whenitwasoneofthemanorsoftheDanishEarlWaltheof,ofNorthumberlandandHuntingdon.By the15thcenturyLondonersweremoving intoTottenham,whosepopulationoflong-establishedpeasantfamilieswasgraduallyreplacedbysuccessfulmerchantsandtradesmen.Theybuiltfinehouseswithgardens(andoccasionalmoats)andbeganarapidperiodofenclosure.Thisreadableandhighlyinformednarrativeiscomplementedbyawiderangeofillustrations.Theauthor’soriginalresearchissupportedbyanunusuallyrichsourceofdocumentaryevidence.Royal 8vo, 144pp, 150 ills, ’09 9781 86077 599 4 £18.99
THe crysTal palace: a portrait of Victorian enterprise
Patrick BeaverThe Crystal Palace was built inHydeParktohousethetreasuresoftheworldfortheGreatExhibitionof1851.ItbecameamicrocosmofVictorianlife,industryandleisure,reflecting every aspect of its age.Designed by Joseph Paxton as atemporary structure its successmeant that when it closed it wasmovedtoSydenhamandrebuilt.
‘...widelyregardedasthemostauthoritative book written aboutthe history of the famous glassCrystalPalace...’ Kentish Times
Lge 4to, limp, 152pp, 224 ills, rpt’01 978 1 86077 198 9 £14.99
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LOndOn (cont.)
reGenT sTreeT: a mile of styleHermione Hobhouse
REGENT STREET has long been celebrated as London’s premier shopping street.ThePrinceRegent’sfavouritearchitect,JohnNash,plannedandexecutedRegentStreetintheseconddecadeofthe19thcentury.Nash’sgrandschemeforittobeamajorthoroughfareincluded a visionof it as a fashionable rendezvouswhere‘thosewhohavenothing todobutwalkaboutandamusethemselvesmaydoso’–afarcryfromthepaceoflifeintoday’sRegentStreet.
RegentStreetis,infact,thelargestsinglepieceofretailmarketinginLondonbelongingtoasingleowner.TheCrownEstatenowhasthetaskofreconcilingtrafficneeds,thedemandsofVictorianenthusiasts,andtheexpectationsof shopkeepersandtheircustomerswiththemanagementofoneofLondon’spremierstreets.RegentStreetiswellsetupforthenext100years.ThisbookdescribesoneofthemostcomplexschemesinLondon’surbandevelopment,recordingnearlytwohundredyearsofsocialchange.ItinterpretsthecreationofthewholeareafromStJames’sParkandWaterlooPlacenorthtoRegent’sParkwithParkCrescentandtheparkvillas.
Lge 4to, 208pp, 150 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 248 1 £25.00
THe HisTory oF THe WorsHipFul company oF FuellersRoderick Braithwaite
Murder,drownings,riots,bribery,thepillory–withinfusionsofthespiritsofChaucer,Shake-speare,Handel,SamuelPepys,DanielDefoe,CharlesDickensandmanyothergreatBritishnames:notquitewhatyouwouldexpecttofindinthethousand-yearhistoryofaLondonLiveryCom-pany.ButthenTheWorshipfulCompanyofFuellersisnoordinaryLivery.Forastart,itisuniqueintheworldoftheLiveries,inbeingtheonlyCompanyintheworld(andtheLiveryconceptisindeedaglobal,notjustEuropean,phenomenon)tofocusontheplanet’smostcriticalareaofconcern:energy.
ItisalsooneofveryfewsuchCompaniestohavebeenableto‘re-brand’itselftriumphantlyfromitsdistantmedievalroots–originallythoseofthe‘Woodmongers’–andre-emergeinitsownrightinthelatterpartofthe20thcentury.
246x197mm, 228pp, 150 ills, Apr’10 978 1 86077 578 9 £45.00
THe VinTaGe years:THe VinTners’ company
in THe 20TH cenTury Andrew Robinson
FromtheCompany’searlyhistorytothe20thandearly21stcenturiesandthroughtwoWorldWars,thisattractive,readableandenjoyablebookrecordsits links with the RoyalFamily, visits to vineyardsoverseas, Swan Upping,MastersofWine,feastsandfiestas,convivialityand theMegascheme,traditionandevolution.Withalightandamusingtouch,highlightingimportant and memorableevents,theauthorleadsthereader through the highsandlowsoftheCompany.
Lge 4to, 256pp, ’08, 50/150 ills, 978 1 86077 444 7 £25.00
lonDon’s counTry HousesCaroline Knight
Fromthemid-16thcenturytherichandsuccessfulusuallyhadaLondonhouse,andoftenacountryestate;butmoreimportantinmanywayswasthesuburbanhousewithineasyreachofLondon,wheretheycouldsendtheirfamiliesforthesummerandfromwhichtheycouldkeepincontactwiththeirbusinessorthecourt.Thisbookisthefirsttoaddressthehistoryofthesehouses,concentratingonthosethatstillexist,whilegivingsomeindica-tionofthemajorlostonesaswell.Itincludesplansandimagesofmosthouseslistedaswellasinformationonowners,architects,landscapedesign,buildingmaterialsandstyles.TheareacoveredbythisbooklieswithintheM25motorway,whichslicedthroughthecountryroundLondoninthelate20thcentury.
Quarto, 416pp, 280 ills, rpt’08 978 1 86077 506 2Leatherbound edition £220.00
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meTropoliTan police imaGesMichael R. Arden, Eleanor Fletcher
and Christopher TaylorPoliceVehicles are one of themostvisibleaspectsofpolicingwork.Manywill remember the black Wolseleypatrol car which roars out on toLondon’s Embankment from whatwasthenNewScotlandYard,warningbells ringing, in the opening clipof the 1960s TV series ‘No HidingPlace’.Thefascinatingphotographsinthis book, drawn from the archivesof the Metropolitan Police Service,demonstrate the range of historicalvehiclesthathavebeendeployedsince1829,fromhorse-drawnprisoncarriagestohigh-performancecarsinmorerecentyears.This rangeofphotographshasneverbeenpublishedbeforeand revealsmany intriguing featuresofpolicinghistory fortheveryfirsttime.Large 4to, 160pp, 204 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 501 7 £16.99
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couTure or TraDe: a pictorial record of the london college of FashionHelen ReynoldsQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 066 1 £14.99
a History of the WorsHipFul company oF GloVers oF lonDonRalph W. WaggettQuarto, 136pp, rpt’08 978 1 86077 539 0 £25.00
a HisTory oF THe WorsHipFul company oF Farmers 1952-2002 Michael BerlinQuarto, 128pp, ’01 978 1 86077 169 9 £35.00
ciTiZens anD FounDers: History of the Worshipful company of Founders 1365-1975Guy Hadley Limited stockQuarto, 212pp, ’76 978 0 85033 233 9 £30.00
queen’s parK: Kensal, Brondesbury and Harlesdena pictorial History Len SnowQuarto, 128pp, ’06 978 1 86077 416 4 £15.99
THe DuKe oF norFolK’s DeeDs aT arunDel casTle properties in london and middlesex, 1154-1917edited by Heather WarneRoyal 8vo, 304pp, ’05 978 1 86077 377 8 £25.00
THe miDDle anD loWer THamesFrom sonning to Teddington
Josephine JeremiahTheupperpartoftheThameswasthefocusofanhistoricaljourneyintheauthor’spreviousbook,TheUpperandMiddleThames fromSource to Reading (see p. 18).This second volume, featuring themiddleandlowerreachesofthenon-tidalThames, isacontinuationofthejourneydownriver.InthislatestThamesportrait,theevocativecollectionof18th-centuryaquatints,19th-centuryengravingsandearly20th-century postcards will delight river enthusiasts and riverbankresidentsalike.Locks,ferries,bridges,innsandboatsaswellasvillageandtownscenesaredepicted,alongwithimagesofpeopleenjoyingthemselvesjust‘messingaboutontheriver’.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 170 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 583 3 £16.99
sT marTin-in-THe-FielDs: church and parishThe Revd Malcolm A. Johnson Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’05 978 1 86077 323 0 £20.00
elTHam: a pictorial HistoryJohn Kennett Limited stockQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 1 86077 004 3 £13.99
elTHam palaceE.J. PriestleyRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’08 978 1 86077 478 2 £18.99
‘only a Woman’: HenrieTTa BarneTTsocial reformer and Founder of Hampstead Garden suburbAlison CreedonRoyal 8vo, 208pp, ’06 978 1 86077 430 0 £20.00
HampsTeaD GarDen suBurB: arts and crafts utopia?Mervyn MillerLge 4to, 288pp, rpt’06 978 1 86077 404 1 £30.00
HaVerinG VillaGe, arDleiGH Green anD THe HarolDs
a pictorial HistoryChris Saltmarsh and Norma Jennings
Following the success of the first sell-outbook,thebook’stouroftheareadescendsfromHavering-atte-BowertoHaroldHill,before crossing the old Roman road intotheVictorian settlement of HaroldWood.Includedforthefirsttimeistheoncetinyhamlet of Ardleigh Green.Tourists andresidentsalikewillappreciatethisfascinatingassortmentofphotographsandmemories.
Royal 8vo, 128pp, 200 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 552 9 £15.99
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aBBoTsWooDGuildford’s most unusual estate
Michael DrakefordAbbotswoodisafavouredsuburbinGuildford.ThismajornewstudytakesthereaderbacktoEdwardiandeveloperAlfredG.Taylor, thefatherof a fascinating family, andhis talented architect,A.ClaudeBurlingham.The estate became the basis for several more qualitydevelopmentsinnorth-eastGuildfordbetweenthetwoWorldWars,includingtheGangHillestate,andsignificantpartsofMerrow,suchasFairwayandthreeroadsoffTroddsLane.Earlyfeaturescapturedonphotographs,bothhistoricalandcontemporary,offeraninsightintothehomesoftheestate.ThebookwillfascinatethoseinterestedinGuildford’slocalhistory,butwillalsoappealtoanyonewithabroaderinterestintheperiod,andinparticulartheArtsandCraftsstyle,aswell as those hoping to replicate the characteristic and distinctivearchitectureoftheperiod. Limited stock
Lge 4to, 336pp, 450 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 521 5 £25.00
a HisTory oF surrey DcHPeter BrandonQuarto, 152pp, ’98 978 1 86077 031 2 £15.99
DomesDay BooK: surreyGen.ed. John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib. ed. 978 0 85033 132 5 Limited stock £12.00 Limp 978 0 85033 134 5 £7.00
THe cHurcHes oF surrey Mervyn BlatchQuarto, 256pp, ’97 978 1 86077 002 9 £30.00
VieWs oF surrey cHurcHes C. T. CracklowExteriordrawingspreparedin1823toaccompanyManningandBray’sHistory of Surrey. Limited stockOctavo, 166pp, ’79 978 0 85033 361 9 £7.50
THe sHeriFFs oF surrey David BurnsA5, limp, 96pp, ’92 978 0 85033 847 8 £4.95
olD WesT surreyGertrude Jekyll Quarto, 288pp, ’99 978 1 86077 095 1 £25.00
THe palaces anD parKs oF ricHmonD anD KeW (2 vols):John Cloake
THe palaces oF sHene anD ricHmonDQuarto, 272pp, ’95 978 0 85033 976 5 £37.50
ricHmonD loDGe anD THe KeW palacesQuarto, 272pp, ’96 978 1 86077 023 4 £37.50
miDDleseXMichael RobbinsRoyal 8vo, limp, 496pp, ’03 978 1 86077 269 6 £17.99
DomesDay BooK: miDDleseXGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 131 8 Limited stock £12.00 Limp 978 0 85033 136 3 Limited stock £7.00
HenDon: a pictorial History Stewart GilliesandPamela TaylorQuarto, 128pp, ’93 978 0 85033 875 1 £6.99
‘sTriKinGly aliVe’: The History of the mill Hill school Foundation, 1807-2007Roderick BraithwaiteA4, 400pp, ’06 978 1 86077 330 3 £37.00
acTon: a HistoryJonathan OatesQuarto, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 277 1 £6.99
sTaines: a HistoryPamela MaryfieldRoyal 8vo, 142pp, ’04 978 1 86077 420 1 £15.99
a HisTory oF pinnerPatricia A. ClarkeRoyal 8vo, 224pp, ’04 978 1 86077 287 0 £16.99
pinner: HaTcH enD, norTH HarroW anD rayners lane: a pictorial HistoryPatricia A. ClarkeRoyal 8vo, 128pp, ’07 978 1 86077 465 2 £15.99
cranleiGH: a HistoryChristopher Budgen
Cranleighhasclaimedforsometimetobethe‘largestvillage’ inEngland.As long ago as the 1920s, travelwritersweredismissingitasavillageapingthewaysofatown.Cranleigh’spast still remains relatively obscure,thoughcontinuingresearchhasledtorecentandrevealingnewdiscoveries,such as evidence of settlement hereduring the Iron Age, a thousandyears earlier than the expected firstSaxon settlement.This readable andextremelyinformativeaccountbringstogethermanypreviouslyunpublished
photographsofthevillageanditspeople.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 130 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 503 1 £15.99
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coTTaGes anD common FielDs oF ricHmonD anD KeWJohn CloakeQuarto, 552pp, ’01 978 1 86077 195 8 £75.00
KeW pasTDavid BlomfieldQuarto, 152pp, rpt’04 978 1 86077 293 1 £15.99
croyDon pasTJohn GentQuarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 223 8 £15.99
suTTon: a pictorial HistoryFrank BurgessQuarto, 128pp, ’93 978 0 85033 855 3 £13.99
epsom pasTCharles AbdyQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 180 4 £15.99
eWell pasTCharles AbdyQuarto, 144pp, ’00 978 1 86077 135 4 £14.99
leaTHerHeaD: a HistoryEdwina VardeyQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 189 7 £15.99
liFe anD WorK on surrey HeaTHMary Ann Bennett
TheareaknowntodayasSurreyHeath,formedin1974,ismadeupofthevillagesofChobham,Bisley,Bagshot,Windlesham,Sunningdale,Lightwater,WestEnd,Frimley,FrimleyGreen,Deepcut,MytchettandCamberley.Thelackofalargeriver,thenatureofthesoiland,especially,thevastacreageofunproductiveheathlandcreatedaregionwhichwasslowtodevelopeconomically,thelowpopulationnumbersrelyingonatraditionalwayoflifeuntilenclosureoftheheathlandintheearly19thcenturybroughtthefirstchanges.
Thisbookexaminestheperiodduringwhichtheuseof theheathlandharvestchanged,fromthetimebeforethe19thcentury,whensmallholders,weaversandpotterswereprominent,up to the post-enclosure arrival of the army and thenursery trade. It features the schools,institutionsand largeestates thatcame to thearea tomakeuseof theallotmentsof formerheathland, alongwith the industrywhichgrewuparound the localfirplantations and thehealthbenefitstheybrought.
Royal 8vo, 176pp, 145 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 492 8 £16.99
THe moTorWay acHieVemenTBuilding the network in
southern and eastern englandSir Peter Baldwin, Robert Baldwin and Dewi Ieuan EvansThe busy motorway network ofSouthernandEasternEnglandhas,over40years,overlaidavastandmostlyearlierroadsystem.Thearea’smotorwaysnowtotal657miles–nearlyonethirdoftheUK’smotorway systembut by lengthonly0.013percentofallUKroads.ConnectingLondonanditssurroundingstoseaportsandairportshascreatedmanystructuralchallengesforengineers.TheauthorincludesthevisionaryideasformotorwaysadvancedbyLordMontaguofBeaulieu from1906to1928, looksatchangesintrafficcontrolsystemsandenvisagestheextralinksand motorway widening works needed to serve internationaltradeandmeetthechallengesofcongestion,pollutionandusingdifferentfuels. see also p.8
246x197mm, 320pp, 170/30 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 446 1 £30.00
camBerley: a HistoryMary Ann Bennett
ThetownofCamberleyisbuiltonagridlaidoutbyanex-Sandhurstgentlemancadetin1860.Theformerheathland,wasteofthemanorofFrimley,hadbeenplantedwithfirtreesafter the EnclosureAct of 1801. Now these were harvested and the pattern ofYorktown,developed50yearsearlierwhentheRoyalMilitaryCollegewasbuilt,wasfollowed.FollowingtheSecondWorldWar, land soldpiecemealby theMinistryofDefencewasused tobuildestateswhereresidentsofthemetropolitanboroughsofSurreycouldberehoused.
This beautifully illustrated narrative outlines the development of Camberley fromMuddTownof1851tothepresent.TheauthordrawswidelyonthememoriesofresidentsinterviewedaspartofaSurreyHeathMuseumproject.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 150 ills, Oct ’09 978 1 86077 557 4 £18.99
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esHer: a pictorial HistoryAnthony MitchellQuarto, 128pp, 95 978 0 85033 961 1 £13.99
surBiTon pasTRichard StathamQuarto, 144pp, ’96 978 1 86077 026 6 £14.99
WimBleDon: a pictorial HistoryRichard MilwardQuarto, 128pp, PPC, rpt’10 978 1 86077 639 7 £14.99
WeyBriDGe pasTNeil WhiteQuarto, 144pp, ’99 978 1 86077 086 9 £14.99
WalTon pasTBryan EllisQuarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 211 5 £15.99
coBHam: a HistoryDavid TaylorQuarto, 160pp, ’03 978 1 86077 247 4 £16.99
an esTaTe For all seasonsa History of cobham park, surrey and its owners and occupiers David TaylorRoyal 8vo, 112pp, ’06 978 1 86077 431 7 £17.99
royal TunBriDGe Wells: a History
C.W. ChalklinThesiteofTunbridgeWellswasonceawildernessofforestandheath,butafterdiscoverybyLondonsocietyin1606theWellsbecameoneoftheleadingEnglishwateringplaces.
Towardstheendofthe18thcenturyaleisuredclassofretiredprofessionalandbusinessmen,andsinglegentlewomen,begantosettlehere.Thegrantofself-governingpowerstothetownin1835sawthebeginningofmodernTunbridgeWells.
Sincethe1960sthehistoryofthelocalcommunityhasbeenstudiedalongsidethelivesofthevisitors.Thisinformative,readableandfullyillustratedaccountbringstogetherthebestofthepublishedworkonTunbridgeWells,andincludesmuchnewmaterial.Itwillappealtoallthosewithaninterestinthisfascinatingplace.Royal 8vo, 160pp, 130 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 526 0 £16.99
VirGinia WaTer: a HistoryDorothy Davis
ThevillageofVirginiaWatersharesitsnamewiththelakeatthesouthernendofWindsorGreat Park created in 1746 by the DukeofCumberland,whowas then theRangerof the Park.The area was part ofWindsorForest, a royal hunting ground for manycenturies, and the history of the park, theroadtoitssouth-eastandthesettlementsinits vicinity are inextricably connected.Thisbook followsVirginiaWater’s journey fromroyaldomaintopleasurepark,withthelivesofhighwaymen,poachersandscavengerstogardeners,gamekeepersandroad-builders.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 220 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 490 4 £17.99
a HisTory oF WoKinGAlan CrosbyLge 4to, 224pp, ’03 978 1 86077 262 7 £20.00
a miracle aT WoKinG: a History of the shahjahan mosqueMuslim P. SalamatRoyal 8vo, limp, 144pp, ’08 978 1 86077 580 2 £9.99
a HisTory oF cHoBHamRobert Schueller PODQuarto, limp, 218pp, rpt’05 978 1 86077 366 2 £14.99
sToKe neXT GuilDForDLyn ClarkQuarto, 112pp, ’99 978 1 86077 122 4 £14.99
FarnHam pasTJean ParrattQuarto, 144pp, ’99 978 1 86077 105 7 £14.99
HarolD FalKner:more than an arts & crafts architectSam OsmondQuarto, 160pp, ’03 978 1 86077 253 5 £25.00
HaslemereG.R. Rolston PODOctavo, limp, 128pp 978 1 86077 372 93 14.99
HaTcHmenTs in BriTain Vol.5:Kent, surrey, sussex Seriesnotespage9.Gen.eds.Peter SummersandJohn E. TittertonOctavo, 1985 978 0 85033 535 4 £14.99
on easT Hill: life on the north Downs recalled by Jack HollandsMonty Parkin Limited stockA5, limp, 96pp, ’07 978 1 86077 414 0 £8.00
THe norTH DoWnsPeter BrandonAbookfromamuch-lovedlocalhistorian,withmagnificentlyreproducedphotographs.Quarto, 304pp, ’05 978 1 86077 353 2 £25.00
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DomesDay BooK: KenTGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 153 0 TOP £16.00 Limp 978 0 85033 154 7 £10.00
siDcup: a pictorial HistoryJohn MercerQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 907 9 £13.99
BecKenHamEric InmanandNancy TonkinQuarto, 160pp, ’02 978 1 86077 197 2 £16.99
seVenoaKs pasT Christopher RaynerQuarto, 144pp, ’97 978 1 86077 056 2 £14.99
seVenoaKs people anD FaiTHeditedbyDavid KillingrayHowChristianityinfluencedthepolitics,socialorder,economy,judicialstructures,cultureandarchitectureofthearea.Royal 8vo, 208pp, ’04 978 1 86077 297 9 £15.99
porTraiT oF canTerBuryJohn Boyle and Elizabeth Edwards
JohnBoyletracedthecity’shistoryfrom the earliest times– includingitscontinuingrecordofgrowthfromtheSaxonperiodonwards;thestoryofthecomingofStAugustine;thefounding of the cathedral, and thegrowthofthemedievalcityaroundit–totherebuildingofCanterburyafter a third of its central areawasdestroyed by aerial attack in 1942,and years later the coming of thenew university. Now ElizabethEdwardsupdateshisportraitforthe21stcentury.
Royal 8vo, 208pp, 100 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 532 1 £16.99
siTTinGBourne: a HistoryJohn ClancyRoyal 8vo, 128pp, ’07 978 1 86077 462 1 £15.99
HyTHe: a HistoryMartin Easdown and Linda SageQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 300 1 £15.99
asH: an east Kent Village David DownesQuarto, limp, 176pp, rpt’02 978 1 86077 208 0 £12.99
cHurcH liFe in KenT: church court records of the canterbury Diocese 1559-65 A. J. WillisOctavo, 110pp, ’75 978 0 85033 202 5 £9.95
canTerBury marriaGe licences A.J. Willis Limited stockVol.1, 1751-80, ’67 978 0 85033 039 7 £30.00Vol.2, 1781-1808, ’70 978 0 85033 040 3 £30.00
a HisTory oF susseX DcHJ.R. Armstrong,eds.R. Pailthorpe and D. ZeunerQuarto, 168pp, rpt’02 978 0 85033 946 4 £15.99
DoVer in THe seconD WorlD WarTerry Sutton and Derek Leach
During the SecondWorldWar Doverendured almost daily attack from hugeGermangunsontheFrenchcoast,some21milesaway.Inaddition,Luftwaffepilotsregularlymachine-gunnedpeopleinthestreets during their numerous bombingraids. Consequently, the population ofmorethan40,000in1939dwindledby1940toanestimated16,500.Meanwhile,hundredsofRoyalNavypersonnelandsoldiersarrived inDover tohitbackatthe enemy, whose fortifications on a
cleardaycouldbeseenonthecliffsofCalais.Dover’swarwasquiteunlikeanywhereelse’sandthisfascinatinglookatEngland’sfront-linetownwillenlightenresidentsandvisitorsalike.Quarto, 160pp, 150 ills, May’10 978 1 86077 619 9 £18.99
seal: The History of a parishJean Fox, David Williams and Peter Mountfield
Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 272pp, ’07 978 1 86077 464 5 £20.00
marK BeecH: The unknown VillageTimothy BoyleCoveringthechurch,agriculture,localpolitics,thePoorLaw,thecricketclub,theWorldWarsandthehurricaneof1987,thisismorethanavillagehistory.Quarto, 176pp, ’99 978 1 86077 091 3 £25.00
lamBerHursT scHoolW. MorlandOctavo, limp, 56pp, ’73 978 0 85033 092 2 £1.00
TenTerDen: a pictorial History Aylwin Guilmant Quarto, 128pp, ’91 978 0 85033 785 3 £13.99
coopers anD cusToms cuTTers:The Worthingtons of Dover Jan Worthington See page 7
a HisTory oF mounT sionRoger Farthing
FromQueenAnne to thewhimsicalpublandlord said to have given Mount Sionits name, from theQuaker Seale and theBaptist Jordan toBeauNash said tohavehad a house or gaming rooms in thevillage, these and many other fascinatingpeople and questions are discussed.Thisimportant new work will be warmlywelcomed throughout the area, not onlyby the ‘villagers’, and by local historianseverywhere as a splendid example of ‘indepth’investigationofonesmalldistrict.
Quarto, 496pp, 200 ills, ’03 978 1 86077 263 4 £50.00
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DomesDay BooK: susseXGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 145 5 Limited stock £15.00 limp 978 0 85033 146 2 TOP £8.75
THe souTH DoWnsPeter BrandonQuarto, 280pp, ’98 978 1 86077 069 2 £25.00
eDWarD Heron-allen’s Journal oF THe GreaT War: From sussex shore to Flanders FieldseditedbyBrian Harvey andCarol Fitzgerald Limited stockEdwardHeron-Allenwasasolicitorbyprofessionbuthewasalsoadistinguishedzoologist(F.R.S.),historian,Persianscholarand translator.This ishis chronicleof the impactof theFirstWorldWar on the lives of himself, his family and friends inSelseyandLondon.Royal 8vo, 304pp, ’02 978 1 86077 200 9 £20.00
THe sTrucTural DeVelopmenT oF susseX cHurcHes J. L. Denman Limited stockQuarto, limp, 64pp, ’67 978 0 85033 087 8 £2.50
easT susseX eVenTsDavid ArscottDrawingon rarephotographs andoldpicturepostcards toilluminateanintriguingarrayofdisasters,celebrations, fouldeedsandcuriosities, thisbookfeaturesfires,accidentsandwar,royalvisits,grandopeningsandcelebrations.Quarto, limp, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 251 1 £15.99
HasTinGs pasTRex MarchantQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 046 3 £14.99
BeXHill-on-seaa HistoryJulian PorterQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 295 5 £15.99
BurGess HillHugh Matthews,withafinalchapterbyMark DudeneyRoyal 8vo, limp, 208pp, rpt’06 978 1 86077 437 9 £14.99
easTBourne: a HistoryJohn SurteesQuarto, 144pp, ’02 978 1 86077 226 9 £15.99
HailsHam anD iTs enVirons Charles A. Robertson PODQuarto, limp, 256pp 978 1 86077 370 9 £15.99
HorsHam: a HistorySusan HainesQuarto, 176pp, 160 ills, ’05 978 1 86077 332 7 £16.99
VicTorian HorsHam: The Diary of Henry michell 1809-1874 Kenneth Neale Limited stockOctavo, 112pp, ’75 978 0 85033 228 5 £9.99
leWes pasTHelen PooleQuarto, 144pp, ’00 978 1 86077 127 9 £14.99
BriGHTon colleGe 1845-1995 Martin D.W. JonesQuarto, 288pp, ’95 978 0 85033 978 9 £25.00
GeorGian BriGHTonSue BerryRoyal 8vo, 224pp, ’05 978 1 86077 342 6 £25.00
HoVe: a pictorial HistoryEddie ScottQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 981 9 £13.99
porTslaDe: a pictorial HistoryClaire GreenQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 888 1 £13.99
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rye: a History of a cinque port to 1660Gillian Draper
withcontributionsbyDavid Martin,Barbara Martin and Alan Tyler
Thisnew illustratedhistory tracesRye’sorigins from theNormanConquestuntilbeyond itsperiodofgreatprosperityundertheTudormonarchs.Manyinhabitantswerefishermenorsmall-scalemerchantsandownedvesselswhichtheysuppliedfortheking’sship-service,transportingmembersoftheroyalfamilyacrosstheChannelor,inwartime,carryinghorsesandprovisionsfor soldiers. In times of truce Rye’s mariners turned to piracy and wrecking, disrupting thecross-channel trade on which the town’s economy also depended. An Ancient Town whichformedpartoftheimportantCinquePortsconfederationintheMiddleAges,Ryehasremainedasmalltown‘almostsuspendedintime’.ThisfascinatingaccountexplainswhymodernRyehasitsuniqueappearanceandwillenlightenthosewantingtoknowmoreaboutitspast.
Royal 8vo, 320pp, 8/40 ills, Oct’09 978 1 86077 607 6 £25.00
THe DiscoVery oF susseXPeter BrandonThisbookexaminesthesocial,culturalandenvironmentalchangeswhichwentintothemakingofmodernSussexfromtheendofthe18thcentury,particularlythosethatresultedfromtheinvasionofwide-eyed Londoners as tourists andhealth-seekers,writersandartists,week-enders or permanent residents, in thehalf-centuryupto1939.Theremarkableefflorescence of painting, writing, artsand crafts, domestic architecture, andlandscapedesignandplanningwasdeeply
affectedbythenostalgiaforthecountrysidewhichaccompaniedtherapidandlargelyunplannedmetropolitangrowth.
Quarto, 288pp, 36/80 ills, May’10 978 1 86077 616 8 £25.00
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WorTHinG: a HistoryChris Hare
Worthing officially became a townin 1803, though the population thenwas no more than one thousand.The town developed very quickly,and fashionable society moved inafter thevisit in1798ofGeorgeIII’syoungest daughter, Princess Amelia.Attempts to reform the character ofthetownwereoftenstronglyresisted,with annual confrontations betweenangry mobs and the local police.The town’s reputation for scandalsand demonstrations continued intoVictorian times, as the riots againsttheSalvationArmyensuredthetown
gainednationalattentionforallthewrongreasons.Thesameisalsotrueofthetyphoidepidemicof1893andthevisitofOscarWildein1895-justpriortohisdisgraceanddownfall.
In the 20th century a newWorthing emerged, this time withconflictsbetweengenerationsratherthanclasses.Thetownauthoritiesthatsoughttobanrock’n’rollinthe1950sandstillcensoredcinemafilmsuntilthe1980sfounditdifficulttoembracechangeandfollowa new direction.The shift in English society from rural values tourbancultureisreflectedinthehistoryofthissouthcoastresort,andthis beautifully illustrated accountwill appeal to all thosewith aninterestinWorthing’shistory.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 130 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 504 8 £18.99
a sense oF place West sussex parish mapsKim LeslieMapsmadebylocalpeopleincelebrationofwheretheyliveaspartoftheWestSussexParishMapsProject.322x286mm, 304pp, ’07 978 1 86077 564 3 £35.00
WesT susseX eVenTsSpencer ThomasSingleeventssuchas‘ActsofGod’,seriesofeventssuchasemigration,bare-knuckleprize-fighting,smuggling,riots;and‘repetitiveevents’includingepidemics,murders,processions,andcommemorations.Quarto, limp, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 261 0 £15.99
cinema WesT susseX:The First Hundred yearsAllen Eyles, Frank Gray and Alan ReadmanA4, 256pp, ’96 978 1 86077 035 7 £19.99
VillaGe parliamenTs: The centenary of West sussex parish councils, 1994Valerie Porter Limited stockQuarto, limp, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 894 2 £4.99
HursTpierpoinT colleGe 1849-1995: The school by the DownsPeter KingQuarto, 320pp, ’97 978 1 86077 043 2 £25.00
a HisTory oF easT GrinsTeaDM.J. LeppardQuarto, 224pp, ’01 978 1 86077 164 4 £19.99
100 BuilDinGs oF easT GrinsTeaDM.J. LeppardRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’08 978 1 86077 381 5 £12.99
ByGone sTeyninG, BramBer anD BeeDinGAylwin GuilmantQuarto, 128pp, ’88 978 0 85033 669 6 £13.99
HENFIELDThrough the lens of marjorie BakerAlan Barwick (editor)In2006HenfieldParishCouncilacceptedabequestfromthefamilyofthelateMarjorieBaker,thevillagephotographer,ofanarchiveofapproximately30,000negativescoveringherlife’sworkbetweenthe1930sand1990s.Royal 8vo, 160pp, ’07 978 1 86077 470 6 £15.99
lancinG colleGe Basil Handford Limited stockRoyal 8vo, 336pp, ’86 978 0 85033 621 4 £25.00
WorTHinG pasTSally WhiteQuarto, 144pp, ’00 978 1 86077 146 6 £14.99
THe queen aleXanDra HospiTal Home: a HistoryDavid S. FarrantRoyal 8vo, 160pp, ’08 978 1 86077 518 5 £14.95
easT presTon & KinGsTonan illustrated HistoryR.W. StandingRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’08 978 1 86077 384 6 £18.99
WorTHinG aT WarThe Diary of c.F. Harriss
editedbyPaul HoldenOfallthehistoricaldocumentschartingWorthing’spast,fewaremoreimportantthanawartimediarycalled‘Hotchpot’,compiledwithreligiousdedicationbyBroadwater resident C.F. Harriss. MrHarrisswasaretiredlawyerwholivedwith his wife in Rectory Gardensthroughout the Second World War,and his diary, now in the hands ofWestSussexLibraryService,chartsinintimatedetailthedailylivesofpeopleduringthisturbulenttime.MrHarriss
hopedthegianttome,splitintotwovolumes,wouldassistfuturehistoriansattemptingtoprobethroughthemistsofoblivion.Hewrote, ‘Itwaswritten at the time and so supplies an exact andvividrecordofwartimelife,atrueandintimateexample,inthecolour of the moment, of what ordinary citizens felt, thoughtandsaid.’ThediaryisremarkablechieflyonaccountofMrHar-riss’s literateandinformedmanner,andprovideswhat isalmostcertainlyanaccuratecommentaryoncivilianmoraleasnewsoftheprogressofthewarreachestheseasidetown.
Royal 8vo, 224pp, 40 ills, Apr’10 978 1 86077 618 2 £14.99
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rusTinGTon: a pictorial HistoryMary TaylorQuarto, 128pp, rpt’09 978 0 85033 615 1 £14.99
FerrinG pasTRonald Kerridge andMichael Standing Limited stockQuarto, 160pp, ’93 978 0 85033 886 7 £15.95
sT BarnaBas’ Hospicea HistoryDavid Farrant Limited stockQuarto, limp, 72pp, ’98 978 0 85033 971 0 £4.95
THe DuKes oF norFolKJohn Martin Robinson Limited stockAmongthemorememorablewerethePoetEarl,theCollec-torEarlandtheWhigextrovert.Quarto, limp, 296pp, ’95 978 0 85033 973 4 £12.99
THe riVer laVanTKen Newbury Limited stockRoyal 8vo, limp, 80pp, rpt’00 978 1 86077 162 0 £6.99
cHicHesTer rememBereDPhil HewittSocialandanecdotalhistoryfromtheChichester Observer’s‘RememberWhen’column.Royal 8vo, limp, 176pp, ’04 978 1 86077 299 0 £11.99
cHicHesTer HarBour: a HistoryJohn RegerThelongandfascinatinghistoryofoneofEngland’sfinestseascapes,halfinHampshire,halfinSussex.Quarto, limp, 176pp, ’96 978 1 86077 019 7 £13.95
THe rHyTHm oF THe TiDeTales through the ages of chichester Harbour Jeremy ThomasNostalgic interludes distil the timeless aspects of theharbourwhile thehistory of the region is told in a seriesof chronological chapters, ranging from the arrival of theRomanstotheevacuationfromDunkirk.Royal 8vo, limp, 160pp, ’08 978 1 86077 483 6 £12.99
cHicHesTer: a Documentary History Roy MorganQuarto, 240pp, ’92 978 0 85033 851 5 £30.00
sT JoHn’s cHapel anD THe neW ToWn, cHicHesTer: a HistoryAlan H.J. GreenRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’05 978 1 86077 325 9 £25.00
sT ricHarD’s HospiTal anD THe nHs: an oral HistoryChris Howard BaileyQuarto, 208pp, ’98 978 1 86077 068 5 £14.99
cHicHesTer caTHeDralan Historical survey ed. by Mary HobbsQuarto, 400pp, ’94 978 0 85033 924 6 £40.00
THe orGans anD orGanisTs oFcHicHesTer caTHeDralN. Plumley,M. GillinghamandJ. LeesQuarto, limp, 64pp, rpt’99 978 0 85033 664 1 £2.50
THe impossiBle THeaTre:The chichester Festival Theatre adventureLeslie Evershed-MartinCoversthepracticalandfinancialbacking;howthetheatrewasdesigned;howSirLaurenceOlivierbecameitsfirstdirectorandhowneardisasterthefirstseasonwas.Royal 8vo, limp, 164pp, ’86 978 0 900592 17 1 £4.95
oliVer WHiTBy scHool, cHicHesTer: a HistoryPeter J. HughesQuarto, 160pp, ’02 978 1 86077 212 2 £20.00
The Building ofGEORGIAN CHICHESTERAlan H.J. GreenRoyal 8vo, 150pp, ’07 978 1 86077 456 0 £20.00
a HisTory oF THe preBenDal scHool N. Ollerenshaw Limited stockOctavo, 108pp, ’84 978 0 85033 552 3 £9.95
THe cHarlTon HunT: a HistorySimon ReesQuarto, 304pp, ’98 978 1 86077 076 0 £35.00
HaTcHmenTs in BriTainVol.5:Kent, surrey, sussex Seriesnotespage9.Geneds.Peter Summers andJohn E. Titterton Limited stockOctavo, ’85 978 0 85033 535 4 £14.99
elGar, VicaT cole anD THe GHosTs oF BrinKWellsCarol Fitzgerald and Brian W. Harvey
Despite thevolumeof literaturealreadywrittenaboutElgar there isoneaspectofhiscreativeworkwhichhasbeencomparativelyneglected: theperiod1917-21when theElgars rentedanancientcottage,Brinkwells,fromtheartistRexVicatCole.Here,Elgarwrotehismaturechambermusicandmostofoneofhisfinestworks,theCelloConcerto.
ThisbookexaminesElgar’smusicinawaythatisaccessibletothenon-specialistreader,anddepictsthecountryside’spantheisticinfluence,inparticularthelegendsurroundingasinistergroupofdeadtreesnearbythatsopreoccupiedElgarwhenwritinghischambermusic.ItalsorevealstheartisticlegacyofRexVicatCole,whosesurvivingworkhasbeenconsistentlyunderestimated.Using hitherto unpublished photographs and privately owned paintings, the authors present adetailedandaccuratepictureofwartimelifeatBrinkwellsandtheprofoundinfluencethatthisarcadianplacehadontwocreativeartists.
Royal 8vo, 244pp, 10/57 ills, ’07 978 1 86077 442 3 £25.00
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DomesDay BooK: HampsHire Gen.ed. John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 157 8 Limited stock £18.00 Limp 978 0 85033 158 5 £11.25
a History of THe HampsHire & isle oF WiGHT consTaBulary, 1839-1966compiledby Ian A. WattRoyal 8vo, 208pp, rpt’06 978 1 86077 383 9 £15.99
a HisTory oF easT meonF.G. Standfield PODQuarto, limp, 182pp 978 1 86077 368 6 £14.99
HamBleDon: The Biography of a Hampshire Village John GoldsmithQuarto, 160pp, ’94 978 0 85033 921 5 £15.00
lonDon’s losT rouTe To porTsmouTHP.A.L. VineQuarto, limp, 208pp, rpt’07 978 1 86077 514 7 £15.99
souTHsea pasT Sarah QuailQuarto, 144pp, ’00 978 1 86077 145 3 £14.99
cHanDler’s ForD: a pictorial History Barbara HillierQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 896 6 £13.99
ForDinGBriDGe anD DisTricT: a pictorial HistoryAnthony LightandGerald PontingQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 897 3 £13.99
BisHop’s WalTHam: a HistoryBarbara BiddellQuarto, 176pp, ’02 978 1 86077 235 1 £25.00
HAMPSHIRE
THe riVer HamBleDavid Chun
TheHamblerisesatBishop’sWalthaminHampshireandflowsintoSouthamptonWater.ThetidalriverbelowBotleyhasservedasanimportantlocalconduitforthecarriageofgoodsandcommodities,particularlytimber,underwoodandflour,andanumberofindustries,includingfishingandsaltproduction,haveoverthecenturiesflourishedonitsbanks.KingHenryV’sfleetwasstationedontheriverandinthe18thand19thcenturiesitwasanimportantlocationfornavalshipbuilding,notleastbecauseoftheamplesuppliesoftimbertobefoundinthevalley.OneofNelson’sflagships,HMSElephant,wasbuiltthereinthe1800s.
Quarto, 128pp, 95 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 538 3 £16.99
royal HampsHire counTy HospiTalBarbara Carpenter TurnerQuarto, 206pp, ’86 978 0 85033 606 1 £14.95
HampsHire counTy cricKeT cluB, 1946-2006Dave AllenRoyal 8vo, 240pp, rpt’07 978 1 86077 448 5 £20.00
sT JoHn's WincHesTer cHariTyBarbara Carpenter Turner Limited stockQuarto, 96pp, ’92 978 0 85033 843 0 £9.95
WincHesTer orDinaTions 1660-1829A. J. WillisPt.1.Ordinands’Papers1734-1827 978 0 85033 059 5 £20.00Pt.2.Bishops’Registers,etc. 978 0 85033 060 1 £20.00
FarnBorouGH pasTJo GosneyQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 186 6 £14.99
FarnBorouGH: a pictorial HistoryJo GosneyQuarto, 128pp, ’05 978 1 86077 347 8 £14.99
alDersHoT pasTStephen Phillips andGillian PickenQuarto, 144pp, ’00 978 1 86077 144 6 £14.99
emsWorTH: a HistoryRobert WhitfieldQuarto, 144pp, ’05 978 1 86077 346 4 £16.99
FleeT anD crooKHama pictorial History Peter Pimm, Stanley G. Knight, Tony Wright andPercy VickeryQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 926 0 £13.99
THe royal HospiTal Haslar: a pictorial HistoryEric Birkbeck, Ann Ryder and Phil Ward
TheRoyalHospitalHaslarwas thefirstof threehospitals built in the18th century forsailors andmarines and is the last to remain in service.Reputed at one time to be thelargestredbrickbuildinginEurope,Haslar’sstandardsduringthePeninsularandCrimeanWarsearnedthehospitalareputationamongmilitaryauthoritiesthatwasunequalled.SirJohn Richardson, eminent Arctic explorer and physician at Haslar, even correspondedwith FlorenceNightingalewhen the nursing reformerwas campaigning for changes inthewaycasualtiesofwarweretreated.DescribedasthenoblestofinstitutionsbyQueenVictoria,thehospitalhasprovidedmedicalcaretotheRoyalNavyforover250years.Thephotographs in this fascinating illustratedhistorywill stir thememoryof staff, patientsandvisitors.
Large 4to, 128pp, 200 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 589 5 £18.99
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a HisTory oF pooleCecil N. Cullingford
POOLEhasbeenanimportantharboursinceRomantimes.By1248,thecrusadingLordofCanfordhadgiven the town itsfirst charterof self-government, afterwhich itquicklybecameamajorport and theprincipal townof a largearea that includedWimborneandHengistburyHead.This remarkablebook,providingacomprehensivehistory fromearliesttimestothepresentday,coverstherecentriseoftheholidayresortofBournemouthalongthewild‘NorthShore’thathadoncebeentheprimesmugglingcoastinallEngland.
ThefirstfullhistoryofPoolesinceJohnSydenham’sof1839,CecilCullingford’sworknotonlyaddsnearlytwofurthercenturiesbutdrawsonhisownextensiveoriginalresearchandmorerecentsourcesincludingtheworkofH.P.SmithandofthePooleHistoricalTrust.Firstpublishedin1988,thebookwasaninstantbestsellerandhas longbeenoutofprint.Theauthor’sdeathhasdeprivedhimofthepleasureofseeingthissecondeditioninprint,whichisrevised,updatedandredesigned.Itwillbewarmlywelcomedastheauthoritativehistoryofthisflourishingtown.
Royal 8vo, 272pp, 150 ills, ’03 978 1 86077 267 6 £18.99
salisBury plain: Home of Britain’s military Training
Henry BucktonSalisburyPlainistheUK’slargestmilitarytraining area, measuring approximately25milesacrossand10miles fromtoptotoe. In addition the Plain is surroundedbysettlementswithfurtherstrongmilitaryconnections,includingthecityofSalisburyitself.Duringbothworldwarsthisextensivetract of land was utilised by British,Commonwealth andAmerican troops. Ithaswitnessedthetestinganddevelopmentofnumerousweaponsystems,andwasthebirthplaceofBritain’smilitaryaviation.ThePlainwasalsocentraltothedevelopmentof tankwarfare, andLarkhillhasbecome
synonymouswith theRoyalArtilleryandgenerationsofGunnerseverywhere.
Royal 8vo, 160pp, 123 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 494 2 £15.99
a HisTory oF DorseT DcHCecil N. Cullingford‘...afascinatinginsightintotheearlydaysofDorsetanditsimportantroleinshapingthenation...’Prime Time Quarto, 152pp, ’99 978 1 86077 093 7 £15.99
DomesDay BooK: DorseTGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 489 0 Limited stock £18.00 Limp 978 0 85033 490 6 £11.25
DorcHesTer pasT Jo Draper‘Atownluckyinmanyways,notleastbecauseithasJototellitsstory.’Dorset MagazineQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 175 0 £14.99
BournemouTH pasTElizabeth EdwardsQuarto, 144pp, ’98 978 0 85033 962 8 £14.99
FernDoWn: a pictorial History Roger Guttridge andAudrey GreenhalghQuarto, 128pp, ’97 978 1 86077 038 8 £13.99
WareHam: a pictorial History Lilian LadleQuarto, 128pp, ’94 978 0 85033 900 0 £13.99
sWanaGe pasTDavid Lewer and Dennis SmaleQuarto, 208pp, ’04 978 1 86077 311 1 £16.99
BlanDForD Forum: a pictorial HistoryBen CoxQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 952 9 £13.99
BriDporT pasTGerald GoslingQuarto, 144pp, ’99 978 1 86077 107 1 £14.99
HaTcHmenTs in BriTainVol.7:cornwall, Devon, Dorset, somerset, Hampshire, isle of Wight, GloucestershireSeriesnotespage9.Gen.eds.Peter Summers andJohn E. TittertonOctavo, ’88 978 0 85033 651 1 £14.99
dORSET • wILTSHIRE
DomesDay BooK: WilTsHireGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 159 2 Limited stock £16.00limp 978 0 85033 160 8 £10.00
salisBury pasTRuth NewmanandJane HowellsQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 177 4 £15.99
salisBury caTHeDral: THe WesT FronTa History and study in conservationedited by Tim AyersQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 152 1 £40.00
a HisTory oF TiDWorTH anDTeDWorTH HouseDavid J. CromanQuarto, 96pp, ’91 978 0 85033 812 6 £15.00
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GLOuCESTERSHIRE
coTsWolD arTs anD craFTs arcHiTecTure
Catherine GordonThe Arts and Crafts Movement in theCotswoldshasattractedmuchinterestinrecentdecades, the appeal of the simple life and oftraditionalvaluesdetachedfromthepressuresofmodernsocietyhavingasmuchallurenowas itdidacenturyago.Mostofthesestudieshavereferredtotheworkofarchitectsintheregion, but the subject has not received thespecialistattentionitdeserves,untilnow.This
book examines the impact of the Movement on the Cotswoldlandscape,onthesurvivalofitsbuildingtraditionsandonmodernattitudestobuildingconservation.
Royal 8vo, 192pp, 100 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 548 2 £20.00
a HisTory oF BrisTol anD GloucesTersHire DcHBrian SmithandElizabeth RalphQuarto, 152pp, ’96 978 0 85033 993 2 £15.99
DomesDay BooK: GloucesTersHlreGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 320 6 Limited stock £16.00 Limp 978 0 85033 321 3 £10.00
THe counTry Houses oF GloucesTersHireThisthree-volumesurveyisalandmarkinthe‘EnglishCountyHouses’series,bringingtoaconclusiontheremarkablestoryofGloucestershire’srichheritageofcountryhouses.
Vol. 1, 1500-1660 Nicholas KingsleyQuarto, 296pp, ’01 978 1 86077 124 8 £30.00
Vol. 2, 1660-1830 Nicholas Kingsley Limited stockQuarto, 336pp, ’92 978 0 85033 806 5 £30.00
Vol. 3, 1830-2000 Nicholas KingsleyandMike HillQuarto, 336pp, ’01 978 1 86077 120 0 £30.00
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THe coTsWolDsAnthea JonesQuarto, 224pp, rpt’97 978 0 85033 883 6 £25.00
a VicTorian recTor anD nine olD maiDsMichael BoyesQuarto, 240pp, ’05 978 1 86077 373 0 £25.00
DyinG For Glory: The adventurous lives of Five cotswold BrothersMichael BoyesQuarto, 208pp, ’06 978 1 86077 394 5 £20.00
BrisTol pasTDonald Jones Limited stockQuarto, limp, 136pp, rpt’07 978 1 86077 511 6 £14.99
THe BrisTol aVonJosephine JeremiahQuarto, 144pp, ’05 978 1 86077 362 4 £15.99
a HisTory oF cliFTonDonald JonesRoyal 8vo, 208pp, limp, rpt’08 978 1 86077 517 8 £15.99
monTpelier: a Bristol suburbMary WrightRoyal 8vo, 160pp, ’04 978 1 86077 284 9 £17.99
cHelTenHam: a HistoryJill Waller and Sue RowbothamQuarto, 144pp, ’04 978 1 86077 314 1 £15.99
THe KenneT anD aVon naViGaTion: a History
Warren BerryThe Kennet and Avon Navigation linkedBristol with London, via Reading and theriver Thames, in 1810. It was considered amajor feat of Georgian engineering, withstone and iron bridges, a 500-yard tunnel,pumping stations and two aqueducts overthe Avon valley. But the most spectacularstructure was the 19-lock flight climbingCaen Hill. Includes photographs, wharf andotherplans,diagramsandengravings.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 150 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 564 2 £18.99
KinGsDoWn: Bristol’s Vertical suburbPenny Mellor and Mary Wright
Kingsdownwas built asBristol’s first planned suburb in the 18th century.TheGeorgian suburbbecameincreasinglyfashionable,buttheeconomiccollapsefollowingthewarwithFranceledtothe financial ruin of many of the investors and developers who were building Kingsdown.TheVictorianandEdwardianperiodswereatimeofconsolidation,sanitaryimprovementsandgrowingurbanisation,butaftertheSecondWorldWarmanyhousesweredeemedunfitandweredemolished,despitepassionateprotests.Nowthearea’sarchitecturalqualitiesaremuchappreciatedandavibrantcommunitymakesthecareforKingsdown’suniqueheritageapriority.
Royal 8vo, 128pp, 60/14 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 601 4 £16.99
TeWKesBuryAnthea JonesRoyal 8vo, 224pp, ’03 978 1 86077 275 7 £18.99
FrampTon on seVern: portrait of a Victorian VillageRose Spence‘Tobackupherrichvisualharvest,theauthor,RoseSpence,dugdeepintopublicrecords,andmanagedtoidentifyallthehouseholders...TheresultisafascinatingglimpseoflifeinaVictorianruralcommunity.’The IndependentQuarto, 160pp, rpt’01 978 1 86077 151 3 £19.99
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Torquay & paiGnTon: The making of a modern resort
Henry J. LethbridgeTorquayandPaigntonhavechangeddramaticallyoverthepasttwocenturies.In1793theRevdJohnSwetewascharmedbythelush,peacefulcountrysideofthispartoftheSouthDevoncoast,butwithindecadestheseancientsettlementsand,toalesserextent,BrixhamhadbeendevelopedintowhatbecameknownastheEnglishRiviera.Thisimportantnewbook,whilebrieflyreviewingtheearlierhistory,describesandexplainsthattransformationinfascinatingdetail.
It is also the story of the three families, thePalks, theCarys and theMallocks,who,despitetheiruneasyrelationshipwitheachother,werelargelyresponsiblefortheemergenceofTorbayasacelebratedandelegantVictorianresort.PatronisedbyEnglishandEuropeanroyaltyandaristocracy,anddistinguishedVictorians,fromDisraelitoDickensandWilde,italsoattractedwealthyinvalidswhocametoenjoytheseaair.Eachtownhaskeptitsowncharacter,astheauthorrevealsinthisreadableandverywelcomenewaccountoftheirpast.
Quarto, 256pp, 100 ills, ’03 978 1 86077 260 3 £8.99
DomesDay BooK: somerseTGened.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 367 1 Limited stock £22.00 Limp 978 0 85033 368 8 TOP £13.00
THe Vale oF TaunTon pasT Tom MayberryQuarto, 144pp, ’98 978 1 86077 044 9 £6.95
THinKinG aBouT TransporT: lessons From lanGDonsR.W. HolderAs an insight intowhatmakes a successful transport companytick,thisbookisinvaluable.246x175mm, 128pp, ’08 978 1 86077 537 6 £16.99
SOMERSET • dEvOn • CORnwALL
TaVisTocK: a HistoryGerry Woodcock
‘The Gothic town of theWest’ bringstomindthegreatageofcopperminingandthechangestothetown-centrethataccompaniedit,yetresidentsandvisitorstoday would still recognise the truthof what one impressed tourist wrotein 1892:‘The town has a leisurely andbeautifulappearance,andthepeopledonotseemtoneedtokillthemselvesandslay each other in the mad rush of lifewhichspoilssomanyothertowns.’
This is the first single-volumegeneral history of the town andis fully illustrated, reaching backas far as the town’s first thousandyears, which were dominated bytheAbbotsofTavistockAbbeyandthen by the Earls, later Dukes, ofBedford.
Royal 8vo, 144pp, 150 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 500 0 £15.99
Wells: a pictorial HistoryTony ScraseQuarto, 128pp, ’92 978 0 85033 814 0 £6.95
WesTon-super-mare pasTPhilip BeislyQuarto, 144pp, ’01 978 1 86077 174 3 £14.99
a HisTory oF BriDGWaTerJ.F. Lawrence,revisedandcompletedbyJ.C. LawrenceRoyal 8vo, 240pp, ‘05 978 1 86077 363 1 £17.99
DomesDay BooK: DeVon Gen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 491 3 TOP £44.00 Limp 978 0 85033 492 0 £24.50
TWo THousanD years in eXeTer W.G. Hoskins,editedbyHazel Harvey‘A simple, accessible prose... with scholarly diligence...Today’supdatededition,completewithlavishnewillustrations,ispublishedby Phillimore, which over the years has produced a wealth ofwell-researchedandreadablebooks.’The GuardianRoyal 8vo, 192pp, ’04 978 1 86077 303 7 £15.99
TeiGnmouTHH.J. Trump PODQuarto, limp, 154pp 978 1 86077 371 6 £14.99
THe DiscoVery oF DarTmoorPatricia MiltonRoyal 8vo, 256pp, ’06 978 1 86077 401 0 £18.99
plymouTH: a pictorial History Guy FlemingQuarto, 128pp, ’95 978 0 85033 963 4 £12.95
a HisTory oF ilsinGTonBill RansomRoyal 8vo, limp, 112pp, ’05 978 1 86077 351 6 £9.99
DomesDay BooK: cornWallGen.ed.John Morris Seriesnotespage6.Lib.ed. 978 0 85033 155 4 Limited stock £14.00 Limp 978 0 85033 156 1 TOP £8.25
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a peDesTrian Tour THrouGH THe islanDs oF Guernsey anD JerseyWilliam Gerard WalmesleyAtraveller’sguidefrom1821.Quarto, 96pp, ’92 978 0 85033 837 9 £20.00
From sail To sTeam: studies in the nineteenth-century History of the channel islandsCaroline WilliamsOctavo, 192pp, ’01 978 1 86077 159 0 £19.99
VicTor HuGo in JerseyPhilip Stevens Limited stockQuarto, limp, 160pp, rpt’02 978 1 86077 203 0 £12.99
THe memoirs oF lorD couTancHe:a Jerseyman looks BackH.R.S. Pocock Limited stockLordCoutanchewasBailiffofJerseyfrom1935-61.Octavo, 240pp, ’75 978 0 85033 210 0 £4.95
olD Jersey Houses Joan Stevens Vol.II(after1700)Quarto, 264pp, ’77 978 0 85033 269 8 £9.99
VicToria colleGeD.J. CottrillOctavo, 128pp, ’77 978 0 85033 285 8 £4.95
THe parisH cHurcH oF sT saViour F. de L. Bois Limited stockQuarto, 184pp, ’76, de luxe 978 0 85033 237 7 £30.00
Guernsey: pictures from the past Carel TomsQuarto, 128pp, ’91 978 0 85033 783 9 £13.99
sT peTer porT: people and placesCarel TomsLge 4to, 144pp, ’03 978 1 86077 258 0 £16.99
alDerney: ForTress islanD T.X.H. PantcheffOctavo, limp, 112pp, rpt’03 978 0 85033 432 6 £7.99
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Guernsey unDer occupaTionThe second World War Diaries of
Violet careyeditedbyAlice Evans
The diaries kept by Violet Carey during the occupation ofGuernseyshowpreciselyhowtheGermaninvasionaffectedthelifestyle of an upper-middle-class woman. In her remarkablydown-to-earth style, the diarist provides an honest account ofevents and does not attempt to disguise incidents of scandal ormisconducton thepartofher countrymen,orofhumanityonthe part of the Germans. More light-hearted entries illustratethedelightthatsheandmanyofherfriendstookindefyingtheinvadersimplybystickingtofirmlyheldprinciples.Thediariesalso indicate thepressuresexperiencedbythe island’s leadersasthewriter is related toBailiffVictorCarey andherhusband isJuratoftheRoyalCourt.Anintroductorysectionshowshow,astheoccupationlengthenedandshortagesbecamemoreacute,theveneerof civilisationcouldbe stripped awayand theprivilegesaffordedbywealth,educationandclassrenderedirrelevant.
Royal 8vo, limp, 256pp, 66 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 581 9 £14.99
Jersey: a crown peculiareditedbyPeter Hunt
Limited stockJERSEYis ‘peculiar’ in that ithasbeen loyal to theCrownofEnglandsince1204,butnottotheEnglishParliament.Thisnewbookcelebratesthisuniqueislandatthebeginning of the 21st century ... its history, governance and the way of life of theislanders,pastandpresent.SetinthebayofStMalo,Jerseyhasbeenavitaloutpostin England’s defence against France during thetwonations’manyconflicts andwas,with its sis-ter islands, theonlyBritish territoryoccupiedbyGermanyduringtheSecondWorldWar.
ThisbookprovidesanentertainingexplorationofJersey’sstoryandcharacter.Writtenbyspecial-istsintheirvarioussubjects-whichincludelanguages, architecture, natural history andculturalheritage-andcarefullyeditedinto
an integratednarrative, it isbeautifully illustrated. Inadditionto itsgreatappealtoJerseyfolkandtheisland’smanyvisitors,thebookwillattractawider readership among thosewhoenjoy interesting accountsof interest-ingplaces.
Lge 4to, limp, 128pp, 70/8 ills, ’05 978 1 86077 307 5 £14.95
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sunDerlanD: Building a cityGill Cookson
Illustratedwithmodernandhistoricphoto-graphs and drawings, and with speciallycommissioned maps and plans, this bookexplores the city’s most interesting andimpressivefeatures.Itwillbeindispensabletoanyone interested in theretentionandrestorationofthecity’shistoricassets.
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, 90/10 ills, ’10 978 1 86077 547 5 £14.99
EnGLAnd’S PAST fOR EvERyOnE
TheEngland’sPastforEveryoneillustratedpaperbackseriesprovidesanewapproachtolocalhis-torypublishing.Thebooks,drivenbytheinternationallyrespectedresearchstandardsoftheVictoriaCountyHistoryandpublishedbyPhillimore,exploretheuniquehistoriesofthepeopleandplacesaroundus.Theseriesprovidesaninsight intotheresourcesandmethodsusedbylocalhistoriansandwillbeavaluabletoolforreadersinspiredtoresearchtheirownlocality.Getinvolved.
eXmoor: The making of an english upland
Mary SirautThisisastudyoftenparishesonthesouthernslopesofExmoor,partofanuplandregionandNationalParkwhichstraddlesthecountiesofSomerset andDevon. It asks twomainques-tions:whydidpeoplechoose to settle in thischallengingupland region, andhowdid theyadapttotheconditions?
Royal 8vo, limp, 208pp, 106/10 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 597 0 £14.99
leDBury a market Town and its Tudor Heritage
Sylvia PinchesVisitors and inhabitants alike can empathise withLedbury-born Poet Laureate John Masefield, who‘felt thebeautyof theplaceand themysteryof itspast… throughcentury after century’.Thisbooktells the town’s story from1558,whenElizabethIconfiscatedthebishop’smanorandestate, throughaperiodofgreatprosperity inthe16thcenturytothepresentday.
‘This publication is a deeply informed accountofLedbury’spastandwillbeofincalculablevalueinplanningitsfuture.’ SirRoyStrong
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, 106/10 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 598 7 £14.99
THe meDWay Valleya Kent landscape Transformed
Andrew HannThe first Victoria County Historypublication in Kent for over 75 years,thisbooktracestheimpactofindustrialdevelopment and decline on the valleyand its people anddescribes thepivotalroleof the river in all aspectsofvillagelifeduringtwocenturiesofchangeandupheaval.Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, 90/10 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 600 7 £14.99
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coDForD: Wool and War in WiltshireJohn Chandler
‘Praised by Trollope and W.H. Hudson for the beauty of the surrounding landscape, cursed by the mud-soaked trainees of two World Wars, the whole story is refreshingly retold in this new approach to local history.’ RexSawyer
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, ’07 978 1 86077 441 6 £14.99
cornWall anD THe cross: christianity 500-1560Nicholas Orme
‘The Christian faith in Cornwall is more than fifteen hundred years young and it could not have a more dedicated, learned and attractive writer to help us all be aware of the heritage which is ours.’ TheRtRevdWilliamInd,BishopofTruro
Royal 8vo, limp, 206pp, ’07 978 1 86077 468 3 £14.99
cornWall anD THe coasT: mousehole and newlynJoanna Mattingley
‘This book puts into focus the necessity for a deep knowledge of history in planning for the present and the future. It states the importance and excitement of the past, implying the unique character of these two little places.’ JeremyLeGrice
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, ’09 978 1 86077 489 8 £14.99
BolsoVer: castle, Town and collieryPhilip Riden and Dudley Fowkes Limited stock
This book, which brings the history of Bolsover to life, is an outstanding achievement and will be enjoyed by many far beyond our fascinating patch of England.’ DennisSkinner,MPforBolsover
Royal 8vo, limp, 208pp, ’08 978 1 86077 484 5 £14.99
BrisTol: ethnic minorities and the city, 1000-2001Madge Dresser and Peter Fleming
‘This is a richly textured book, full of compelling human stories, many of which have not been published before. It should prove a valuable resource for all those interested in not only how Bristol, but the nation as a whole, came to be what it is today.’ TrevorPhillips
Royal 8vo, limp, 272pp, ’07 978 1 86077 477 5 £14.99
BurForD: Buildings and people in a cotswold townAntonia Catchpole, David Clark and Robert Peberdy
‘Living alongside the past is a wonderful satisfaction, under-standing it is even better. I can’t think of a more rewarding demonstration of both those qualities than this delightful volume.’ BillBryson
Royal 8vo, limp, 256pp, ’08 978 1 86077 488 1 TOP £14.99
EnGLAnd’S PAST fOR EvERyOnE
Henley-on-THames: Town, Trade and riverSimon Townley
Setamidstthetree-coveredslopesoftheChilternsatapicturesquebendintheriver,Henley-on-Thamesisbestknownforitsattractivetimber-and-brickbuildings,itsgraceful18th-centurybridge, and its annual Royal Regatta, established in 1839. Ordinary townspeople and river-workers feature prominently, alongside merchants, landowners, and prosperous incomers.Thebookdrawsonextensive researchover several years, someof it carriedoutwith thehelpofvolunteersandlocalgroups.Itsbroadperspectivecastsnewlightonthetownanditsrelationshipwiththeriver.
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, 90/10 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 554 3 £14.99
leDBury: people and parish before the reformation
Sylvia Pinches
ThisvolumeexploresaquietcornerofEnglandfromtheearliesttimesuntilthemiddleofthe16thcentury.Usingtheevidenceofthelandscapeitself,physicalremains,artefactsandbuildings,andtantalisingglimpsesfromolddocuments,ithasbeenpossibletochartthehistoryofthislittlemarkettownandthesurroundingcountrysidefornearlyfivehundredyears.ThestoryextendsfromthereignofthefirstElizabethtothepresentday.Ittracestheupsanddownsofamarkettownwhichhasbenefitedfromits locationontheroutebetweenHerefordandWorcesterbutremainsasmalltown.Ledburyhasenjoyeditsshareofchangesintrade,transport,socialprovision,architecture,industryandleisure,developmentswhichhaveindividuallyandcollectivelyhelpedtoshapethetowntoday.ButwhatstrikesthevisitorisitsTudorheritage,whichcontinuestoreflecttheunexpectedanduntoldrichesgenerated.
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, 90/10 ills, Apr’10 978 1 86077 614 4 £14.99
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HarDWicK Hall: a Great House and its estatePhilip Riden and Dudley Fowkes
OneofthemostmagnificentgreathousesoftheElizabethanperiod,HardwickNewHallstandsprominentlyonhighgroundoverlookingthevalleyoftheriverDoeLeain north-eastDerbyshire.Built in the 1590s byElizabeth,Countess of Shrewsbury(bestknowntohistoryas‘BessofHardwick’), thehall isoneof thebestpreservedexamplesoftheworkofthearchitectRobertSmythsonandstandsinstarkcontrasttotheruinousremainsoftheOldHallalsobuiltbyBessinthe1580s.
Thisbooklooksatthehistoryofboththehallsandthewiderestate,thechangingfortunes of theCavendish family, and the growth and eventual declineof the coalmining industry in thearea.The storycontinues to thedeathof the10thDukeofDevonshirein1950,takinginthetransformationbroughtaboutbytheexpansionofcoalmininginthelate19thcenturyandtheimpactoftheclosureofthecollieriesin the late20thcenturyon theestatecommunities, someofwhichhaveprosperedandothersfaceanuncertainfuture.Thisbookisamustforallthoseinterestedinthesocialandphysicalhistoryofthisgreathallanditssurroundingvillages.
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, 100/20 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 554 4 £14.99
parHam: an elizabethan House and its restorationJayne Kirk
Thisbooktellsthestoryofthehouse,andofthethreefamilies–thePalmers,theBisshoppsandthePearsons–whoowneditformorethan400yearsandbringstolifethepracticalandaestheticproblemsofthehouse’srestoration.RestorationandrepairhasensuredthatParhamstillstandstoday.Apreciousarchiveofdrawings,lettersandotherpapershasrevealedmuchnewevidenceaboutchangestothefabric.Thishasbeensupplementedbyspeciallycommissionedstudiesoftheroof,andofthedecorativeplasterworkandpanelling.Professionalandvolunteerarchaeologistshave searched the park for traces of the monastic grange and village that oncestood somewherewithin it,while personal recollectionshave addedyet anotherperspective.AllthefindingshavebeenmasterfullypiecedtogetherbyJayneKirk,whohasthrownabrilliantlightontothehiddenhistoryofthisintriguingcountryhouse.‘Parhamisparcelledhistory…Suchplacesareinfinitelyprecious’.SirSimonJenkins,ChairmanoftheNationalTrust.
Royal 8vo, limp, 192pp, 100/8 ills, ’09 978 1 86077 485 0 £14.99
sunDerlanD anD iTs oriGins: monks to mariners
Maureen M. Meikle and Christine M. NewmanSunderlandwasoncetheseatofoneofthemostimportantcentresoflearninginthewholeofEurope.ThecommunityofmonksatAnglo-SaxonWearmouthnurturedthegreatscholarandhistorianBedeandproducedilluminatedmanuscriptsandbuildingsofastonishingsophistication.Theirremarkablestonechurchstillstandsacrosstheriverfromhisbirthplaceon‘thesunderedland’,itsextraordinaryculturalvaluerecognisedbyitsnominationin2006asaWorldHeritageSite.
Sunderland and its Origins notonlytells thestoryofBede’sscholarlyworldandtheWearmouthmonasteryfoundedbyBenedictBiscop,butforthefirsttimemapsthehistoryofthesurroundingsettlements,asWearsiderscarvedalivingfromthesea,theriverandtheincreasinglyimportantcoaltrade.Thestoryofthecity’sformativecenturies,itslocaleventsandpersonalitiesareherewovenintoagreaterhistoricalnarrative.
‘It ought to be possible to tell the history of the nation from any one place, and this fascinating and accessible portrait of Sunderland more than meets that challenge.’ MichaelWood
Royal 8vo, limp, 224pp, 135/15 ills, ’08 978 1 86077 479 9 £14.99
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Abbotswood:Guilford’sMostUnusualEstate,29
Acton:AHistory,29AgeofArthur,5AlderleyEdge. SeeWilmslow
andAlderleyEdge:APictorialHistory
Alderney:FortressIsland,40AldershotPast,36Alexander,FrederickMatthias,7Amersham,AHistoryof,20AndersonFamilies,7ApprenticinginaMarketTown:
WilliamHarding’sCharity,Aylesbury,20
Archives:TheVeryEssenceofourHeritage,3
ArthurianPeriodSources,5Ash:AnEastKentVillage,32Ashridge:ALivingHistory,21Ashridge,AProspectof,21Atherstone:APleasantlyPlaced
Town,15Avon,TheRiver:APictorial
History,16Aylesbury:AHistory,20Aylesbury:APictorialHistory,20Aylesbury:TheStoryofWilliam
Harding’sCharity,20
Bagshawe,J.R.,MarineArtist,11Banbury:AHistory,19Banbury,Victorian,19BargesandBargemen,ASocial
HistoryoftheUpperSevernNavigation,1760-1900,13
Barnett,Henrietta,‘OnlyAWoman’,28
BasildonPlotlands,23Beaconsfield,AHistory,20Beckenham,32Bedfordshire,AHistoryof,21Beeding. SeeSteyning,Bramber
andBeeding,BygoneBexhill-on-Sea:AHistory,33Billericay:APictorialHistory,24Birkenhead:AHistory,9Birmingham,TheDioceseof,15Birmingham’sOpen-AirSchools,
15Bishop’sStortford:AHistory,21Bishop’sWaltham:AHistory,36BlackwaterEstuary. SeeMaldon
andtheBlackwaterEstuary:APictorialHistory
BlandfordForum:APictorialHistory,37
Bolsover:Castle,TownandColliery,42
Boston:APictorialHistory,17Boulton,Matthew,7,16BournemouthPast,37Bournville:ModelVillageto
GardenSuburb,15BowlandandPendleHill,9Bramber. SeeSteyning,Bramber
andBeeding,BygoneBreathofFreshAir,15Brentwood:AHistory,24Bridgwater,AHistoryof,39BridlingtonLifeboat,1905-2005,
11BridportPast,37Brighton,Georgian,33BrightonCollege,33BristolandGloucestershire,
AHistoryof,38BristolAvon,38Bristol:EthnicMinoritiesandthe
City,1000-2001,42BristolPast,38BritishSamplers,5Broads. SeeNorfolkandSuffolk
BroadsBrunel,MarcIsambard,5Bulteels,7Burford:BuildingsandPeopleina
CotswoldTown,42BurgessHill,33Burnley:APictorialHistory,9BurtonUponTrent:AHistory,16BuryStEdmunds,AHistoryof,23
Cam,River.SeeRiverGreatOuseandRiverCam
Camberley,AHistory,30CannockChasePast,16Canterbury,Portraitof,32CanterburyMarriageLicences,32CanveyIsland:AHistory,24Carey,Violet,SecondWorldWar
Diaries,40CatalogueofSilverinthe
GrosvenorMuseum,Chester,12Chandler’sFord:APictorial
History,36ChannelIslands,FromSailto
Steam,40CharltonHunt:AHistory,35Chelmsford:AHistory,25Cheltenham:AHistory,38Chesham:APictorialHistory,20
Chester,Picturesque,12Chester:AHistory,12Chichester,Georgian,35Chichester:ADocumentary
History,35ChichesterCathedral,35ChichesterHarbour:AHistory,35ChichesterHarbour,Rhythmofthe
Tide,35ChichesterRemembered,35Children’sFront,4Chilterns,HilltopVillagesofthe,
20Chobham,Historyof,31ChurchCourtRecords,2,32ChurchPlateoftheDioceseof
Chester,12CinemaWestSussex,34CitizensandFounders,28TheCityofLondonanditsLord
Mayor,26City-StateandNation,15CivilEngineeringHeritage,East
Anglia,8CivilEngineeringHeritage,Wales,
8CivilEngineeringHeritage,West
Midlands,8Clacton-on-Sea:APictorial
History,25ClactonPast,25Cleethorpes:TheCreationofa
SeasideResort,17Cleethorpes,StreetNamesof,17Clifton,AHistoryof,38Cobham:AHistory,31CobhamPark,Surreyandits
OwnersandOccupiers,31Codford:WoolandWarin
Wiltshire,42Colchester:AHistory,25CollieriesandCoalminersof
Staffordshire,16CoopersandCustomsCutters,7CornwallandtheCoast:Mousehole
andNewyn,42CornwallandtheCross:
Christianity500-1560,42Cotswolds,The,38;see also Dying
forGloryCotswoldArtsandCrafts
Architecture,38CottagesandCommonFieldsof
RichmondandKew,30CountryHousesofGloucestershire,
38CoutureorTrade,28
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Coventry,AHistoryof,15CoventrysofCroome,7,14Cranleigh:AHistory,29Crewe:AHistory,12CriminalLondon,26Crookham. SeeFleetand
Crookham:APictorialHistoryCroydonPast,30CrystalPalace,26CumberlandandWestmorland,
AHistoryof,9Cumbria,StoneCirclesof,9Curtis-BennettChronicle,7
Darlington:APictorialHistory,10Dartmoor,TheDiscoveryof,39DatchetPast,20DaventryPast,18Dedham,FlatfordandEastBergholt:
APictorialHistory,23DissentingForbears,7Distillers’Company:AShort
History,26DomesdayBook,6Doncaster,AHistoryof,11DorchesterPast,37Dorset,AHistoryof,37Douglas,James,4DoverintheSecondWorldWar,32Droitwich:APictorialHistory,14DukeofNorfolk’sDeedsatArundel
Castle,9,28DukesofNorfolk,35DundonnelloftheMackenzies,8DurhamCity,10DyingForGlory:TheAdventurous
LivesofFiveCotswoldBrothers,38
EastBergholt. SeeDedham,FlatfordandEastBergholt:APictorialHistory
EastGrinstead,AHistoryof,34EastGrinstead,100Buildingsof,34EastHill:LifeontheNorthDowns
Recalled,31EastMeon,AHistoryof,36EastPreston&Kingston:An
IllustratedHistory,34EastSussexEvents,33Eastbourne:AHistory,33EdenValleyandtheNorth
Pennines,9Edgbaston:AHistory,15EdwardHeron-Allen’sJournalof
theGreatWar,33Eldred,TheSaxonHouseof,7
Elgar,VicatColeandtheGhostsofBrinkwells,35
Elgin’sLove-gift,8Eltham:APictorialHistory,28ElthamPalace,28Emsworth,36EnclosureRecordsforHistorians,2EppingandOngar:APictorial
History,25EpsomPast,30Esher:APictorialHistory,31EssexinHistory,23EssexPolice,AHistoryofthe,23EwellPast,30Exeter,TwoThousandYearsin,39Exmoor,TheMakingofanEnglish
Upland,41
Falkner,Harold,31Farmers,AHistoryofthe
WorshipfulCompanyof,28Farnborough,APictorialHistory,
36FarnboroughPast,36FarnhamPast,31Felixstowe:APictorialHistory,23Feltmakers,TheHistoryofthe
Companyof,26Ferndown:APictorialHistory,37FerringPast,35FirstFoodEmpire:TheHistoryof
J.Lyons&Co.,5Flatford. SeeDedham,Flatfordand
EastBergholt:APictorialHistoryFleetandCrookham:APictorial
History,36FordingbridgeandDistrict:
APictorialHistory,36FramptononSevern,38FriendlyInvasion:Memoriesof
OperationBolero,5FrintonandWalton:APictorial
History,25FromSailtoSteam,40Fuellers,aHistoryoftheWorshipful
Companyofthe,27
GenealogyforBeginners,3GerrardsCross:AHistory,20GibsideandtheBowesFamily,7Gibson,GeorgeStacey,25Gildas,5Gloucestershire,CountryHouses
of,38.See alsoBristolandGloucestershire,AHistoryof
Glovers’Company,28GlymptonParkEstate,19
GraysThurrock:AHistory,24GreatOuse,River.SeeRiverGreat
OuseandRiverCamGreatYarmouth,AHistoryof,22Grimsby,MakingtheTown,1900-
1914,17GroseMotors,18GuernseyandJersey,APedestrian
TourthroughtheIslandsof,40Guernsey:PicturesfromthePast,40GuernseyUnderOccupation,40Gwynedd:InheritingaRevolution,
13
Haberdashers’Company,AHistoryofthe,26
Haberdashers’CompanyintheLaterTwentiethCentury,26
HadleighPast,25HailshamanditsEnvirons,33Halesowen,AHistoryof,14Hamble,River,36Hambledon,36Hampshire&IsleofWight
Constabulary,1939-1966,36HampshireCountyCricketClub,36HampsteadGardenSuburb,28Harborne:AHistory,15HardwareMan’sDaughter,7HardwickHall,43Harriss,C.F.,theWarDiariesof,34HarrogatePast,11Haslemere,31HastingsPast,33HatchmentsnBritainSeries,see
individual countiesHathersageinthePeak:AHistory,
16HaveringVillage,ArdleighGreen
andTheHarolds,28Hawkwell. SeeHockley,Hullbridge
andHawkwellPastHendon:APictorialHistory,29Henfield:ThroughtheLensof
MarjorieBaker,35Henley-on-Thames,19Henley-on-Thames,Town,Trade
andRiver,42Heron-Allen,Edward,Journalof
theGreatWar,33Hertford:AHistory,21Hertfordshire,AHistoryof,21HighWycombePast,20HighamsParkandHaleEnd,
AHistoryof,25HillsofHawkstoneandAttingham,
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HilltopVillagesoftheChilterns,20Hockley,HullbridgeandHawkwell
Past,23Hoddesdon:AHistory,21Horsham,Victorian,33Horsham:AHistory,33HouseHistoriesforBeginners,3Hove:APictorialHistory,33HowgillFells,9Hullbridge. SeeHockley,
HullbridgeandHawkwellPastHulme,William,andHisTrust,9Huntingdon:APictorialHistory,21Huntingdonshire,AHistoryof,21HurstpierpointCollege,34Huxley,TheEvolutionofNettie,4Hythe:AHistory,32
Ilford:AHistory,25Ilkley:AHistory,11Ilsington,AHistoryof,39ImpossibleTheatre,35IndextoDomesdayBook,6IndustrialRevolutioninShropshire,
13IndustrialWindmillinBritain,5IpswichintheSecondWorldWar,
23IronBridge,The,5IronbridgeandCoalbrookdale,‘The
MostExtraordinaryDistrictintheWorld’,13
IsleofMan:APictorialHistory,9
JaywickSandsEstate,TheStoryof,25
Jersey:ACrownPeculiar,40JerseyHouses,Old,40JustaLittleCharity:ASocial
History,4
Keighley:APictorialHistory,11KennetandAvonNavigation,A
History,38Kettering,AHistoryof,18Kew. SeeCottagesandCommon
FieldsofRichmondandKew;PalacesandParksofRichmondandKew
KewPast,30Kidderminster,AHistoryof,14King’sCollegeChoirBook,21King’sLynn,22King’sNorton,14Kingsdown,Bristol’sVertical
Suburb,38Knutsford:AHistory,12
LamberhurstSchool,32Lancaster:AHistory,9LancingCollege,34Langdons,Lessonsfrom,39Lavant,TheRiver,35Leatherhead:AHistory,30Ledbury,AMarketTownandits
TudorHeritage,41Ledbury:PeopleandParishbefore
theReformation,42LegionofFrontiersmen,5LeicestershireEvents,18Leigh-on-Sea:AHistory,23LeightonBuzzardandLinslade,21Letchworth:TheFirstGardenCity,
21LewesPast,33Lincoln,AHistory,17LinksAlongTheLine,9London:RebuildingtheCityafter
theGreatFire,26London’sCountryHouses,27London’sLostRoutetoPortsmouth,
36LordLieutenantsandtheirDeputies,
5LostLandscape:MatthewBoulton’s
GardensatSoho,16Louth:APictorialHistory,18LowtherFamily,7Ludlow:AnHistoricalAnthology,13LuneValleyandtheHowgillFells,9
MaldonandtheBlackwaterEstuary:APictorialHistory,24
MalloryFamily,AHistoryofthe,7Malvern,TheForestandChaseof,14MalvernGirls’College,14ManofManyTalents,4Mansfield:APictorialHistory,17MansionHouse,26MapsforHistorians,2MarkBeech:TheUnknownVillage,
32Marlow,APictorialHistory,20MedwayValley,AKentLandscape
Transformed,41MemoirsofLordCoutanche,40MetropolitanPoliceImages,28MiddleandLowerThames,28Middlesex,29MidlandPeasant,3MillHillSchoolFoundation,The
Storyof,29Miller,Sanderson,andhisLandscapes,
4Milner-White,EricMilner,7
MiltonKeynes,StreetNamesof,20MinersandMarinersoftheSevern
Gorge,13Moffats,The,7Montpelier:ABristolSuburb,38MorecambeBay,9MotorwayAchievement,Midlands,
8,13MotorwayAchievement,North-
East,8,10MotorwayAchievement,North-
West,8,9MotorwayAchievement,Southern
andEasternEngland,8,30MotorwayAchievement,TheLast
FiftyYears,8MotorwayAchievement,Wales,8,
13MountSion,AHistoryof,32MrAdams’FreeGrammarSchool,
13MusicalHandbells,4
Nene,TheRiver:APictorialHistory,18
Nennius,5NewcastleandGatesheadBefore
1800,10NewcastleuponTyne:AModern
History,10NewportPagnell:APictorialHistory,
20NisbetofthatIlk,7NorfolkandSuffolkBroads,23NorfolkintheFirstWorldWar,22NorfolkintheSecondWorldWar,22NorthDowns,31Northamptonshire,AHistoryof,18Northumbria,HistoryandIdentity,
547-2000,10Norwich,AHistoryof,22Nottingham,ACentenaryHistory
of,17
OldHitchin,21OldTitleDeeds,2OldWestSurrey,29OliverWhitbySchool,Chichester,35Ongar. SeeEppingandOngar:A
PictorialHistoryOrderoftheBath,5OrgansandOrganistsofChichester
Cathedral,35Ormskirk:AHistory,9‘OutrageousWaves’,3Owen,Alice:TheLife,Marriagesand
TimesofaTudorLady,7
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Paignton. SeeTorquayandPaignton:TheMakingofaModernResort
PalacesandParksofRichmondandKew,29
PalacesofSheneandRichmond,29Parham:AnElizabethanHouseandits
Restoration,43ParishChurchofStSaviour,40PeakDistrict,TheDiscoveryofthe,
16PedestrianTourthroughGuernsey
andJersey,40PedlerFamilyHistory,7PendleHill. SeeBowlandandPendle
HillPeopleatHome,2,16PeterboroughPast:TheCityandThe
Soke,18PhillimoreAtlasandIndexofParish
Registers,3Pinner,AHistoryof,29Pinner,HatchEnd,NorthHarrow
andRaynersLane,29Plymouth:APictorialHistory,39Poole,AHistoryof,37Portslade:APictorialHistory,33PrebendalSchool,35PrincesRisboroughPast,20
QueenAlexandraHospitalHome,34QueenAnne’sSchool,Caversham,20Queen’sPark:Kensal,Brondesbury
andHarlesden,28
Raikes,Pedigreeof,7Rayleigh:AHistory,23Reading:AHistory,20RegenerationThroughHeritage,4RegentStreet,AHistoryof,27ResearchingtheHistoryofa
CountryHouse,2Revel,Hugh,7Richmond. SeeCottagesand
CommonFieldsofRichmondandKew;PalacesandParksofRichmondandKew
RichmondandSwaledale,11RichmondLodgeandtheKew
Palaces,29RiverGreatOuseandRiverCam:
FromBrackleytoKing’sLynn,18Rochford:AHistory,23Romford:AHistory,24RowleyRegis:AHistory,15Roxburgh,William,4RoyalHampshireCountyHospital,
36
RoyalHorticulturalSociety,AHistory1904-2004,5
RoyalHospitalHaslar,36RoyalLeamingtonSpa,15RoyalTunbridgeWells:AHistory,
31Rustington:APictorialHistory,35Rye,AHistory,33
Saddlers’Company,26SaffronWalden,25SailtoSteam,40StAlbans,AHistoryof,21StBarnabas’Hospice,35StJohn’sChapelandtheNew
Town,Chichester,35StJohn’sWinchesterCharity,36StLeger,7StMartin-in-the-Fields,28StNeots,21StNeotsPast,21StPatrick,5StPeterPort,40StRichard’sHospital:AnOral
History,35SalisburyCathedral:TheWest
Front,37SalisburyPast,37SalisburyPlain,37Scarborough:AHistory,11SchoolsatWar,4Scriveners’Company,26Sea-Scouting,AHistoryof,4SeaPainter:TheLifeandWorkof
J.R.Bagshawe,11Seal:TheHistoryofaParish,32SevenoaksPast,32SevenoaksPeopleandFaith,32Severn,TheRiver:APictorial
History,14Shene. SeePalacesofSheneand
RichmondSheriffsofSurrey,29SherwoodForestandtheDukeries,
17Shirley:APictorialHistory,15Shoeburyness:AHistory,24Shrewsbury,TheSuburbsof,13ShropshireHillCountry,13Sidcup:APictorialHistory,32SignpoststothePast,2Sittingbourne:AHistory,32SkiptonandCravenDales,11Soho,MatthewBoulton’sGardens
at,16SolihullPast,15SourcesforLocalHistorians,2
SouthBenfleet,23SouthDowns,33SouthWoodhamFerrers:
APictorialHistory,24Southend:AHistory,23Southend,Hospitalsof,23Southport:AHistory,9SouthseaPast,36Southwold:PortraitsofanEnglish
SeasideTown,23StaffordPast,16Staffords,The,7Staffordshire,Colliersand
Coalminersof,16Staines:AHistory,29StamfordPast,17Stationers’Company,26Stationers’Hall:AHistoryin
Pictures,26Steyning,BramberandBeeding,
Bygone,34Stockport:AHistory,9StokenextGuildford,31StokePoges:EveryoneAHero,20StonyStratfordPast,20StoryofDomesdayBook,6Stourbridge,AHistoryof,14Sunderland:BuildingaCity,41SunderlandanditsOrigins:Monks
toMariners,43SurbitonPast,31Surrey,AHistoryof,29Surrey,TheChurchesof,29SurreyChurches,Viewsof,29SurreyHeath,30Sussex,AHistoryof,33Sussex,TheDiscoveryof,33SussexChurches,Structural
Developmentof,33Sutton(Surrey):APictorialHistory,
30SuttonColdfield:APictorial
History,15Swaledale.SeeRichmondand
SwaledaleSwanagePast,37SwinleySpecial,20SworntoServe:AHistoryofthe
EssexPolice,23
Tamworth:AHistory,16Tavistock:AHistory,39Teesdale,TheDiscoveryof,10Teignmouth,39Telford:APictorialHistory,13Tenterden:APictorialHistory,32Tenth-CenturyStudies,4
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Tewkesbury,38Thames,MiddleandLower,28Thames,UpperandMiddle,19Thetford,Historyof,22ThinkingaboutTransport,39TidworthandTedworthHouse,37TitheSurveysforHistorians,2TorquayandPaignton:TheMaking
ofaModernResort,39Tottenham:AHistory,26TracingtheHistoryofaBusiness,3TraffordPark,9TreffryFamily,7Trent,TheRiver,16TunbridgeWells,see RoyalTunbridge
WellsTynesideintheSecondWorldWar,
10
UpperandMiddleThames,19
ValeofEvesham:APictorialHistory,14
ValeofTauntonPast,39Valette,Adolphe,4VictorHugoinJersey,40VictoriaCollege,40VictorianRectorandNineOld
Maids,38
VillageParliaments,34VillageRecords,2Vintner’sCompanyintheTwentieth
Century,27VirginiaWater:AHistory,31
WagnersofBrighton,7WalthamstowCharities,24Walton. SeeFrintonandWalton:A
PictorialHistoryWaltonPast,31Wareham:APictorialHistory,37Warrington,AHistoryof,12Well-Heeled:PublicBenefitBoot
Company,5Wells:APictorialHistory,39WelwynGardenCityPast,21WestBridgfordPast,17WestBromwich:AHistory,15WestDurham:TheArchaeologyof
Industry,10WestSussexEvents,34WestSussexParishMaps,34Westmorland. SeeCumberlandand
Westmorland,AHistoryofWeston-super-MarePast,39WeybridgePast,31Whitby,AHistoryof,11WhittingtontoWorldFinancial
Centre:TheCityofLondonanditsLordMayor,26
Wickford:AHistory,23WiddringtonWomen,7WiggFamily,7WiggintonConstable’sBook,19WilmslowandAlderleyEdge:A
PictorialHistory,12Wimbledon:APictorialHistoy,31WinchesterOrdinations,36Witham:APictorialHistory,25Witney:AHistory,19Woking,AHistoryof,31Woking,AMiracleat:AHistoryof
ShahjahanMosque,31Wolverhampton,AHistoryof,16Woodbridge:APictorialHistory,23WorcesterCathedral,14Worthing:AHistory,34WorthingatWar,TheDiaryofC.F.
Harriss,34WorthingPast,34WorthingtonsofFailsworth,7WorthingtonsofMedievalEngland,7Wye,TheRiver:APictorialHistory,
13
YeomenandColliersinTelford,13YorkshireFisherfolk,11