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	Battlefield Walks - Northumberland Rupert Matthews £8.99 Northumberland is one of the most beautiful counties in England, but also one of the most fought over. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : April 2008 Format : 112mm x 170mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Bentley Motors 1945 - 1964 £7.95 This informative book tells the history of the Bentley, bringing back memories of the days when vehicles were individual and distinctive, and when a road journey was a grand adventure! Illustrated throughout with predominently period photographs. Published by : Nostalgia Road Publications Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Better by Far a Cumberland Hussar Colin Bardgett £26.95 Anyone interested in local, military or family history will find this book a mine of information. From the early days of the Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomantry in the 18th century this book traces the story of some of the north's finest young men. Published by : Hayloft Publishing Published date : 2001 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Better by Far a Cumberland Hussar Colin Bardgett £16.95 Anyone interested in local, military or family history will find this book a mine of information. From the early days of the Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomantry in the 18th century this book traces the story of some of the north's finest young men. Published by : Hayloft Publishing Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Birdoswald Roman Fort:1800 Years on Hadrian's Wall Tony Wilmott £17.99 This is the story of 1800 years in the life of a fort on Hadrians Wall, from its construction in a boggy wood as part of the Emperor Hadrians frontier in the AD 120s to the lottery-funded study centre opened in 1999. Published by : Tempus Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Black Wednesday - An Account of the Wellington Pit Disaster, Whitehaven, in the Year 1910 Gordon L. Routledge £12.00 Wednesday, the 11th of May, 1910, still represents the blackest day in the history of the Coal Mining Industry of Whitehaven. Published by : BOOKCASE Published date : November 2011 Format : 146mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Bleeding Blisters & Opium Joshua Dixon £14.95 Eighteenth Century Whitehaven was devastated by outbreaks of contagious fevers and epidemics of the most feared disease of all, smallpox. Published by : Stainburn Publishing Published date : 2009 Format : 128mm x 198mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Call Out - Keswick Mountain Rescue Team - The First 60 Years £9.99 A Lake District mountain rescue team’s members have produced a special DVD to commemorate their 60th anniversary. Call-Out — The First 60 Years, publicises the work of Keswick Mountain Rescue Team. Published by : Fluid Productions Published date : September 2007 Format : DVD Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Captain Jones's Irish Sea Cruize David Bradbury £4.75 April 1778....Captain John Paul Jones takes a nostalgic cruise to the Irish Sea and the Solway Firth, where he learned the art of seamanship. Published by : PastPresented Published date : June 2008 Format : 145mm x 210mm stitched paperbacks Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle & County High School For Girls Mary Scott Parker £12.00 "The High School first opened its doors at 19 Castle Street in January 1884, to admit thirty six pupils...." Published by : M & D publications Published date : September 2008 Format : 147mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle and Cumbria: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology Mike McCarthy & David Weston (eds) £32.00 Published by : The British Archaeological Association/Maney Pub. Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle Cathedral History David W.V. Weston £14.95 David Weston's history is the first detailed account of how the cathedral buildings have developed and changed over the centuries. This authoratitive and scholarly study will prove invaluable to historians. The closely illustrated text provides a comprehensive record of a wonderful building. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2000 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle Millenium Project: Excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001 £6.49 This lavishly illustrated booklet tells the story of the development of the Roman fort in front of Carlisle Castle, from its wooden origins during the Roman conquest of North-West England, through its rebuilding in stone around AD 200, to its decline and eventual abandonment shortly after AD 400. Published by : Oxford Archaeology North Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle's Cathedral - Builders Thirlie Grundie £1.99 Although much has been written about carlisle Cathedral, little is known about its medieval builders. Published by : Thumbprint Published date : March 2008 Format : 150mm x 210mm stitched booklet Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Children of the Pits: Child Labour and Child Fatality in the Coal Mines of Whitehaven & District Ray Devlin £8.00 A poignant history of the children employed in local pits, their job descriptions, their homes, the mining community, and the disasters which killed many of them. Published by : The Friends of Whitehaven Museum Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Roger Robson £8.95 A modern history of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Cumbria - The Lake District and its County John Wyatt £25.00 The Lake District is one of the world's most beautiful regions, attracting millions to its unspoilt countryside each year. Published by : Hale Published date : July 2009 Format : 170mm x 250mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Cumbria Airfields in the Second World War ( Including the Isle of Man ) Martyn Chorlton £12.99 This book describes the history of each airfield in Cumbria and the Isle of Man and the varied but vital roles they played in Britain's air war between 1939 and 1945. It also records the lives of the people caught up in the titanic struggle - both military and civilian. Published by : Countryside Books Aviation Published date : Sept 2006 Format : 150mm x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Cumbria at War - 1939-1945 Ron Freethy £11.99 The Vickers shipyards and docks at Barrow built warships as fast as they could to feed through to the Navy as replacements for vessels sunk. Published by : Countryside Books Published date : September 2009 Format : 147mm x 208mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Cumbria at War: The Home Front DVD Andrew Leitch £9.95 Narrated by local broadcaster Eric Wallace, this film captures the spirit of wartime Cumbria. Using rarely seen material, Cumbria at War takes the armchair historian into another world, with POW camps, devastation caused by the Blitz and much more. Published by : Andrew Leitch Published date : 2005 Format : DVD Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Cumbrian Parishes 1714 - 1725 from Bishop Gastrell's Notitia Dr Lawrence A.S. Butler £20.00 This volume contains the material collected by the Bishop of Chester about the Cumbrian parishes within his diocese. His notitia (notebook) is a mine of information about parishes, townships, schools and charities. A full list of clergy is included. Published by : CWAAS Published date : 1998 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Debateable Lands: In Search of the Border Reivers DVD George MacDonald Fraser and Eric Robson £14.99 Inspired by George MacDonald Frasers book The Steel Bonnets, a journey through the turbulent 16th century borderlands of England and Scotland in search of the Reivers. First broadcast on Border TV. Published by : Striding Edge Published date : 1997 Format : DVD. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Directory & Gazetteer of Cumberland 1861 £40.00 A facsimile reprint. In addition to a comprehensive text, it has a section of wonderful advertisements in which the commercial skill and expertise of the local craftsmen is boasted. This will be a delight to any family historian or genealogical researcher Published by : Michael Moon Published date : 2000 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Discovering the Eden Valley Charlie Emett £12.99 This book explores 100 aspects of the Eden Valley's history, from ancient castles and pele towers to ten modern sculptures along the river, from famous sons and daughters of the area, such as Lady Anne Clifford, to local eccentrics. Curiosities such as the beck that runs uphill, the only wind in Britain that has a name (the Helm) and the Eden Gorge rock carvings are not forgotten. Published by : Sutton Publishing Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Domesday Book: Cheshire - including Lancashire, Cumbria and North Wales John Morris (ed) £15.00 Volume 26 in this Phillimore County Series. In parallel text with the original Latin. Published by : Phillimore Published date : 1978 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery