The area around Alfreton was a typical mining district, but now the mines have gone. This collection shows how the surrounds have changed over the past one hundred years.
Local history of Hoyland
"I remember them as though they had happened yesterday."So writes author-naturalist Charles Sauriol in reference to his many memorable experiences within Toronto's Don River Valley. From Scout outings in 1920 to pioneer cottaging, train excursions,…
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Devizes has changed and developed over the last century.
This new selection of over 200 photographs and postcards from Rhondda's past continues the work of the previous publication in chronicling the rich pictorial history of these two famous valleys. The abundance of excellent images is striking, but uns…
East Dulwich Through Time contains 180 images of East Dulwich in London, of which 90 are old photographs, (some printed in a sepia tone and some in full colour). Each photograph is printed alongside a contemporary full colour photograph illustrating…
Explore the fascinating history of Warrington in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the town's people and places.
Weston grew from a tiny fishing village into the largest town in the county, after Bath. The first hotel, The Royal, was built in 1810 and a coach service from Bristol brought wealthy patrons until, after 1841, Brunel's new railway opened the floodg…
Gloucester. 10.
Explores Bedford's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
The historic Wiltshire market town of Chippenham has seen huge changes over the years. Its population has grown rapidly in recent decades and alongside its historic centre housing has spread out in new suburbs around the town that were formerly just…
The aim of this book is to place developments in the region of West Dunbartonshire, that is, the area covered by Clydebank, Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven running up to the southern end of Loch Lomond, in the context of the larger national - and in…
Soho and Fitzrovia are two of London's most vibrant and bohemian neighbourhoods. Divided geographically only by Oxford Street, they can both boast a fascinating and occasionally dark history.In this book, author Johnny Homer takes readers on an enga…
Takes the reader on an evocative journey into Hove's past through a selection of beautiful old postcards.
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Moray Coast has changed and developed over the last century.
From memories of childhood when no policeman was safe, to working life spent down the pits of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, to vacations in the Paris of the fifties, this is a unique history of one worker's life and of mining in the country. Illus…
A town with a well-recorded history stretching back well over a thousand years, and one of the five `Danish Boroughs'. It was an important medieval town boasting 14 parish churches and numerous religious houses, after which there was decline till th…
A town of surprises, Worthing is often written off as `God's Waiting Room' because of its popularity with the retired, but it is lively and has a long and more varied history. Dr. White brings more than sixteen years of research to this very full an…
Do you remember playing in streets free of traffic? Dancing to the Beatles? Watching a man land on the Moon on TV? Waking up to ice on the inside of the windows? If the answer is yes, then the chances are that you were a child in the 1960s. This del…
The Lake District has been shaped by ice, with magnificent valleys and mountain sides being scraped away by huge glaciers. One of the results we can still spot today are tarns - mountainous lakes carved by the ice sheets that still hold water and ce…
Newcastle upon Tyne is one of England's great cities and one of the most historically significant, with a proud heritage dating all the way back to Roman times. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the fourteenth century and la…
From the earliest of times, ritual and superstition have been part of the lives of people everywhere. This book looks at the myths and legends that have grown up around the subject of witches and examines in detail cases of witchcraft that have been…
Its garden squares distinguish London most clearly from other great cities. All have their ceremonial and market squares, but none the quantity, quality, and variety of residential squares that sets London apart. The history of the London square beg…
Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold. With his divining rod, Mabel's…
Aberystwyth was created in 1277 when Edward I, having built a new stone castle, granted a charter to the nearby settlement. It remained a small settlement until the end of the eighteenth century when it became fashionable for the gentry and nobility…
The once-peaceful villages of Leyton and Leytonstone have undergone a rapid transformation since the mid-nineteenth century. Both have grown from rural communities with farms and market gardens, to become suburban towns, eventually engulfed by the v…
This is part of a series on South Wales Collieries, which illustrates the area's industrial history during the past 200 years, in text and photographs, and gives a glimpse of both working and village life in the valleys.
Revised and updated, Duane A Smiths classic study of this important silver mining town is back in print.
The historic city of Coventry has a rich heritage, which is uniquely reflected in this fascinating new compilation. Contrasting a selection of eighty archive images alongside full-colour modern photographs, this unique book captures how the city use…
This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of the county's most precious assets shows what makes Staffordshire great.
The area round Pendle Hill (Burnley, Nelson, Colne and over to Skipton) has long been associated with witches and ghostly goings on. This is a collection of myths and tales about the infamous witches. It appeals to those with an interest in the hist…
The Regent's Park has a history stretching back through seven centuries, well before the designer and architectural genius John Nash and his patron the Prince Regent laid it out at the beginning of the nineteenth century as the first of the improvem…
