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Books Cumbria : History : General

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The Wall - Rome's Greatest Frontier

Alistair Moffat
£16.99

Hadrian's Wall is the largest single Roman monument in the world and the most impressive Roman legacy north of the Alps.

Published by : Birlinn
Published date : May 2008
Format : 234mm 156mm hardback

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The Wall - Rome's Greatest Frontier

Alistair Moffat
£9.99

Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain.

Published by : Birlinn
Published date : May 2009
Format : 128mm x 198mm paperback

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The Websters of Kendal: A North-Western Architectural Dynasty

Angus Taylor; Janet Martin (ed)
£45.00



Published by : CWAAS
Published date : 2004
Format : Large hardback.

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The Westmorland Protestation Returns 1641/2

M.A. Faraday (ed)
£4.00



Published by : CWAAS
Published date : 1971
Format : Paperback.

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The Windermere Ferry: History, Boats, Ferrymen and Passengers

Dick White
£9.50

There has been a ferry across Windermere for as long as people can remember. The first documented permission of carriage of goods dates from the 13th century. The ferry developed over the years, and the author himself used it daily.

Published by : Helm Press
Published date : 2002
Format : Large paperback.

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Thirlmere Mines and The Drowning of The Valley

Ian Tyler
£17.99

A history of the mines of Thirlmere and the Manchester water scheme at the turn of the century. A Lakeland Book of the Year category winner in 2000.

Published by : Blue Rock Publications
Published date : 1999
Format : Large paperback.

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Thomas Denton: A Perambulation of Cumberland 1687-8

Angus Winchester; Mary Wane (eds)
£50.00

This is the most detailed surviving description of Cumberland in the 17th century. It includes contemporary detail for almost every parish and township in the county, concerning land tenure, estate valuations, population estimates, descriptions of

Published by : Boydell Press
Published date : 2003
Format : Hardback.

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Treating Strictly Prohibited


£9.99

The story of Carlisle's unique nationalised pubs and breweries - an emergency response to war-time drinking that lasted 55 years.

Published by : Pennine Productions LLP
Published date : 2006
Format : Compact Disc

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Two Cumbrian Quakers

H.E. Winter
£1.50

A fascinating booklet of an unusual subject. With chapters on the lives and works of Thomas Wilkinson and Thomas Story, an overview of the beginnings of Quakerism as a movement, and a list of Friends Meeting Houses in Cumberland.

Published by : H.E. Winter
Published date : 1993
Format : Paperback.

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Under Two Flags

Norman Hiscox
£8.00

The moving story of the authors experiences with the Border Regiment.

Published by : Pentland Press
Published date : 1997
Format : Hardback.

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Unruly Times: Wordsworth and Coleridge in their time

A.S. Byatt
£8.99

Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt examines the relationship between these two poets against the background of the great changes of their times - in politics, society, education and literature.

Published by : Vintage
Published date : 1997
Format : Paperback.

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Viking

Eric Robson
£12.99

Rape, pillage and barbarian excess enshrine the image of the Vikings. But in this landmark series, originally made for ITV, Eric Robson goes in search of the real men from the north who were traders rather than raiders and whose main aim was to find a new land to settle and women to give them sons.

Published by : Striding Edge
Published date : 2005
Format : DVD.

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Walking Roman Roads in East Cumbria

Philip Graystone
£5.95

An invaluable guide to tracing ancient tracks, with practical maps and photographs to guide you on these ancient routes.

Published by : University of Lancaster
Published date : 1994
Format : Paperback.

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Walking Roman Roads in Lonsdale and the Eden Valley

Philip Graystone
£10.95

The author provides an invaluable account to tracing this ancient route, from Chester to Hadrians Wall, through the dramatic scenery of the Tebay Gorge and over the fells around Crosby Ravensworth. The book contains 16 sketch maps and 48 photographs,

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Published date : 2002
Format : Large paperback.

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Walking the Line

Alistair Moffat and Eric Robson
£14.99

Alistair Moffat, the Scot, and Eric Robson, the adopted Cumbrian, set out to explore the history and folklore of the England/Scotland Border. They try to discover the people who created the Border and to find out how significant the line on the map is today.


Published by : Striding Edge
Published date : 2004
Format : DVD.

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When Dragons Flew

Stuart Eastwood Charles Gray Alan Green
£25.00

This is a truly stunning book. Over 272 glossy paper pages loaded with both colour and black-and-white photographs, many of them meticulously researched to provide additional explanations, down to who actually features in those photographs.

Published by : Border Regiment Museum / Silver Link
Published date : New edition September 2009
Format : 220mm x 283mm hardback

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Whitehaven United Reformed Church

Anne Dick
£9.99

This book tells the story of Whitehaven United Reformed Church. Although parts of the history of the Church can be found in other books and publications, this is the first time an entire history has been written and, in this, Anne has done a valuable service not only for the Church but for the town.

Published by : Bellevue Studios
Published date : 2005
Format : Paperback.

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Windermere in the Nineteenth Century

Oliver M. Westall (ed)
£4.95

A fascinating history of the town of Windermere: from the isolation of the fells to the crowded promedades of Bowness.

Published by : University of Lancaster
Published date : 1991
Format : Paperback.

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Windsor of the North

Benjamin Furnival
£9.00

A history of Brougham Hall in Westmorland.

Published by : Ross Features International
Published date : 1999
Format : Paperback.

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Wings on Windermere - The History of the Lake District's Forgotten Flying Boat History

Allan King
£24.99

Visitors to the Lake District today, seeing the quiet and peaceful Lake Windermere, never guess that this was once the site of a factory building military flying boats.

Published by : MMP
Published date : March 2009
Format : 297mm x 210mm softback

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Wordsworth & the famous Lorton yew tree

Michael G. Baron & Derek Denman
£7.95

The 'Giant of Lorton' was a famous, ancient yew tree in the Cumbrian village of Lorton. This book marks the bicentenary of a visit made to it in 1804 by William and Dorothy Wordsworth.

Published by : Lorton Local History Society
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback.

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Wordsworth and Coleridge - The Friendship

Adam Sisman
£9.99

The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship -- and quarrel -- between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism.

Published by : Harper Perennial
Published date : September 2007
Format : 126mm x 198mm paperback

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World War Two - Annandale Connections

Isabelle Gow
£15.00

Annandale is situated in the centre of Dumfriesshire in south west Scotland. The River Annan giving its name to the valley, rises in the Moffat hills and flows into the solway Firth near Annan.

Published by : Isabelle Gow
Published date : November 2009
Format : 210mm x 297mm paperback

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Wythburn Church and the Valley of Thirlmere

Geoffrey Darrall
£3.00

Here you have a simple introduction to a Lakeland church and valley, and may answer some of the questions which visitors have about the church, its situation, and its apparent isolation.

Published by : Piper Publications
Published date : September 2007
Format : 146mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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