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Books Cumbria : History : General

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Cumbrian Mining

Ian Tyler
£25.00

A comprehensive study of all aspects of mining in Cumbria, including slate, stone and gypsum, gunpowder mills and coal, and with a glossary of mining terms.

Published by : Blue Rock Publications
Published date : 2001
Format : Large hardback.

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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.

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Dark Days

John Darwell
£25.00

In February 2001 Foot & Mouth Disease arrived in Cumbria. At its peak Cumbria was the worst affected county in Britain with a staggering 41% of all the cases. For the local community the environmental and social consequences were to prove devastating.

Published by : Dewi Lewis
Published date : 2007
Format : 230mm x 255mm Hardback

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Dry Stone Walls

Lawrence Garner
£3.50

A study of the dry stone walls of Britain, which tells the reason for their development, technical details of their construction, regional styles and the state of the craft today. An ideal introduction. Includes a section on the Lake District.

Published by : Shire Publications
Published date : 1984
Format : Paperback.

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Edge of Empire DVD - A Journal Along Hadrian's Wall


£14.99

In a fascinating journey along the 73 miles of the Roman Wall Heritage Site Eric Robson unravels some of the mysteries of the 2500 years of history.

Published by : Striding Edge
Published date :
Format : DVD

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England's Landscape: The North West

Angus Winchester
£35.00

The most detailed description of why the landscape of the North West now looks the way it does. Covering the geology, archaeology and history of the area and building a complete picture of how these have produced the countryside we see today.

Published by : English Heritage
Published date : 2006
Format : Small Hardback

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England's Thousand Best Houses

Simon Jenkins
£18.99

Jenkins has travelled throughout England, from Cumbria to Cornwall, to choose its most impressive, interesting and unusual houses. He includes castles, halls, abbeys, cottages and even prisons, amongst many others in his rich and varied selection.

Published by : Penguin
Published date : 2004
Format : Large paperback.

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Exploring Border Reivers History

Philip Nixon
£9.00

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The Border Country has always been a wild area, both in landscape and in history. It has seen many years of war and turmoil, but is an area of great beauty and has the capacity to imprint its unique charisma on every visitor.

Published by : Breedon Books
Published date : November 2007
Format : 200mm x 280mm hardback

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Exploring Solway History

Philip Nixon & Hugh Dias
£16.99

Exploring Solway Firth History is a celebration of an area of outstanding natural beauty, blending contemporary photography with historical fact.

Published by : Breedon Books
Published date : October 2007
Format : 195mm x 276mm hardback

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Fate's Ingenuity

David Bradbury
£2.99

Three hundred years ago, nobody died in plane crashes, nobody got hit by trains, and the only way to get electrocuted was to be struck by lightning, but people did find a variety of ways to die by accident! This book is not concerned with the (very few) murders, or the more numerous suicides, or the inevitable heart attacks etc. Instead it gathers together all the stories of fatal accidents from the first century of Cumberland coroners' records.

Published by : Past Presented
Published date : 2006
Format : Small Paperback

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Fate's Ingenuity 3 - Accidental Deaths in Cumberland 1771-1780

David Bradbury
£4.35

This, the third volume in the series, covers an even shorter time-span than the second. for that you must (as usual) blame the newspapers.

Published by : PastPresented
Published date : June 2008
Format : 115mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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Fire High and Do No Harm

Kevin A. Rafferty
£6.50

A fascinating illustrated account of the Carlisle Election Riots of 1826 and their sequel, when three local people were killed, including Isabella Pattinson, a girl only thirteen years old. Signed by the author.

Published by : Charles Thurnam & Sons Ltd
Published date : 2000
Format : Paperback.

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For Queen and Cumberland

Martin Daley
£15.00

Jacob Reed joined the army to escape the disease-ridden poverty of 1840's Carlisle, but his years of peaceful soldiering came to an end with the outbreak of the Crimean War, where disease and combat took their dreadful toll on life.

Published by : Hayloft
Published date : June 2008
Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

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Force Crag: The History of a Lakeland Mine

Ian Tyler
£12.99

The author traces the changing fortunes of a small mine in an ever changing industry, from the early Elizabethan period up to the mechanisation of the 20th century. This is the story of tough, hungry men, of their courage, determination and ingenuity.

Published by : Blue Rock Publications
Published date : 2001
Format : Large paperback.

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Forty Years On: Carlisle and County High School for Girls 1884 - 1970

Mary Scott-Parker
£7.95

As well as being a carefully researched history, this is an affectionate tribute to the Carlisle and County High School for girls. With archive photographs dating back to 1887. Introduced by Margaret Forster, a former pupil.

Published by : Bookcase
Published date : 1995
Format : Paperback.

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In & Around Carlisle

Ian Ashbridge
£10.99

Included are the barbaric execution of Andrew de Harcla in 1323, and the truth behind the Croglin vampire some 362 years later, the frenzied murder of Mary Brown in St Nicholas in 1826 and that of William Horsley in 1861, strangled by his possessive lady friend who also happened to be his mother-in-law.

Published by : Wharncliffe Books
Published date : October 2006
Format : 155mm x 233mm paperback

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Cumbria

Nicholas Corder
£10.99

The criminal cases vividly described by Nicholas Corder in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Cumbria's long history.

Published by : Wharncliffe Books
Published date : July 2008
Format : 156mm x 234mm paperback

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Fragments of History - Rethinking Ruthwell & Bewcastle Monuments

Fred Orton & Ian Wood
£17.99

Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle monuments is an innovative study of the two premier survivals of pre-Viking Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture. Both monuments are rich in finely carved images and complex inscriptions. Though in some way related, in this book, they have very different histories.



Published by : Manchester University Press
Published date : September 2006
Format : 200mm x 257mm paperback

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From Hellgill to Bridge End: Aspects of economic and social change in the Upper Eden Valley, 1840-95

Margaret E. Shepherd
£18.95

A comprehensive and well researched book, providing a fascinating study of economic and social development in a region that, while not geographically remote, lay far removed from the classic heartland of industrialising England.

Published by : University of Hertfordshire Press
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback.

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From the High Pennines

Marmaduke Alderson
£10.00

The story of an Alderson family from the 17th century to the dawn of the 21st, embracing Bellairs, Bradshaw-Isherwood, Mackenzie, Hodgson and Bland.

Published by : Hayloft
Published date : 2003
Format : Paperback.

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Glory is no Compensation

Ralph May
£19.95

In this compelling and meticuously researched chronicle, using the first-hand accounts of the men who were there, May provides the pre-war history of the two Battalions, and their fortunes throughout the Gallipoli campaign.

Published by : Border Regiment Museum/Silver Link
Published date : 2003
Format : Large hardback.

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