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Mardale - Echoes and Reflections of a Lost Lakeland Community
Shap Local History Society
£14.95
Mardale has had a long and living history, the marks of which stretch from stone-age monoliths to the developing and vibrant farming community of the early 20th century when the farms of the valley supplied the local area with milk and butter, wool for clothing, mutton for the table, grain for bread and malt for the beer.
Published by :
Shap Local History Society
Published date :
October 2011
Format :
145mm x 205mm paperback
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Miracles and Munitions
Gordon L Routledge
£7.95
In 1866 Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and patented it in various countries throughout the world where it was used extensively in mining and engineering.
Published by :
Arthuret Publishers
Published date :
2003 reprinted 2009
Format :
148mm x 204mm paperback
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Misericords of North West England - their Nature and Significance
John Dickinson
£12.95
Misericords, carved into the underside of choir stall seats in major churches and cathedrals, reveal the otherwise lost skills of medieval craftsmen, together with important insights into the thought of the period.
Published by :
Centre for North- West Regional Studies
Published date :
April 2008
Format :
168mm x 243mm paperback
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Moota - Camp 103: The Story of a Cumbrian Prisoner of War Camp
Gloria Edwards
£5.99
The story of Moota Prisoner of War Camp, and the men who lived there, is a part of West Cumbria's history. Many people may already have heard of the beautiful chapel and its artwork created by German POWs, but other aspects of life at the camp and the part it played in the life of the local area have been largely unexplored until now.
Published by :
Little Bird Publications
Published date :
2005
Format :
Large paperback.
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Murder & Crime Series : Lake District
Martin Baggoley
£9.99
Drawing on a wide selection of sources and illustrated with more than fifty images, this collection of grisly tales explores the shadier side of the Lake District's past.
Published by :
The History Press
Published date :
August 2009
Format :
166mm x 234mm paperback
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Murus ille famosus - (that famous wall)
William D. Shannon
£7.50
This illustrated booklet shows depictions and descriptions of Hadrian's Wall before William Camden's first edition of Britannia in 1588. It brings together a number of ancient maps and observations of the Wall through history. This is a very useful tool for all those interested in furthering their knowledge of one of our most famous monuments.
Published by :
C&WAAS
Published date :
Novenber 2007
Format :
145mm x 210mm
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Norman Rule in Cumbria 1092-1136
Richard Sharpe
£5.00
A lecture delivered to Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society on 9th April 2005 at Carlisle.
Published by :
CWAAS
Published date :
2006
Format :
Paperback.
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Northern Pride
John Grundy
£7.99
The north of England is often neglected by experts of English architecture. John Grundy has set out to correct this oversight as the takes us on a tour to reveal the richness of its history and the beautiful, bizarre and occasionally useless buildings that have sprung up over the centuries.
Published by :
Granada Media
Published date :
2004
Format :
Paperback.
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Northumberland & Cumberland Mining Disasters
Maureen Anderson
£12.99
Part One includes an overview of early disasters, multiple fatalities, from 1710.
Published by :
Wharncliffe Books
Published date :
October 2009
Format :
168mm x 234mm paperback
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Observations on Cumberland and Westmoreland (1786)
William Gilpin
£75.00
Published by :
Woodstock Books
Published date :
1996
Format :
Hardback.
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Observations on Cumberland and Westmorland (1786)
William Gilpin
£75.00
A new facsimile edition, previously titled Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty on the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland.
Published by :
Woodstock Books
Published date :
1996
Format :
Hardback.
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Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cumberland: Alston
£2.50
A facsimile reprint of the 1898 edition, showing the area as it was at the turn of the 20th century.
Published by :
Godfrey
Published date :
2005
Format :
Folded map.
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Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cumberland: Brampton
£2.50
A facsimile reprint of the 1924 edition, showing the area as it was at the turn of the 20th century.
Published by :
Godfrey
Published date :
2005
Format :
Folded map.
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Outpost Forts of Hadrian's Wall in the days of the Romans
Frank Graham
£1.20
Illustrated by Ronald Embleton, this short study gives an insight into the outpost forts around the wall, and many artefacts discovered.
Published by :
Frank Graham
Published date :
1983
Format :
Paperback.
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Over the Fells
Bob Orrell
£8.00
In former times, pack-horses were part of the everyday scene on the Lakeland fells. Lakeland author Bob Orrell takes a trip with two young friends and his border collie, using his fell pony Thor to carry the tent and provisions.
Published by :
Bob Orrell Publications
Published date :
2004
Format :
Paperback.
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Parton Part Off
D. Bradbury
£4.50
This is a sequal to Parton Part One, continuting the story of the Cumbrian coastal village. It tells of its reshaping from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Published by :
PastPresented
Published date :
2003
Format :
Paperback.
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Ploughing, Politics and Fellowship
Alfred Hall
£12.00
A history and celebration of the importance of ploughing and ploughmen.
Published by :
Alfred Hall
Published date :
2000
Format :
Paperback.
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Ports and Harbours of the North-West Coast
Catherine Rothwell
£14.99
Who now would link such varied cargoes as slaves, stone, slate, cheese and wine - even shipbuilding itself - with Wardleys, Skippool, Sunderland Point, Silloth, Conishead or Bardsea?
Published by :
The History Press
Published date :
January 2011
Format :
165mmx 235mm paperback
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Prehistoric and Romano-British Settlement in the Solway Plain Cumbria
Robert Howard Bewley
£18.00
Published by :
Oxbow Books
Published date :
1994
Format :
Large paperback.
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Prehistoric Habitation Sites on the Limestone Uplands of Eastern Cumbria
J. Cherry; P.J. Cherry
£12.00
A survey of the area between Shap and Kirkby Stephen.
Published by :
CWAAS
Published date :
1987
Format :
Large paperback.
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Prehistoric Monuments of the Lake District
Tom Clare
£17.99
Anyone who lives in the Lake district or who is a regular visitor will be familiar with such striking prehistoric monuments as the stone circles of Swinside, Long Meg or Castlerigg.
Published by :
Tempus
Published date :
November 2007
Format :
170mm x 248mm paperback
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Prehistoric Stone Circles
Aubrey Burl
£4.99
This book describes the mystery of stone circles since the seventeenth century, explaining their history and what we know about them, and attempts to show how we are coming to an understanding about the significance they had to their builders.
Published by :
Shire Publications
Published date :
1997
Format :
Paperback.
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Prince Charlie and the Borderland
David Johnstone Beattie
£16.99
This re-publication of the 1928 edition is to mark the 250th anniversary of the rebellion of 1745. A new section has been added to the back of the book which shows articles with Jacobite associations in the Tullie House Museum in Carlisle.
Published by :
Charles Thurnam & Sons Ltd.
Published date :
1995
Format :
Hardback.
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Raiders & Reivers
John Sadler
£7.99
This is a book about the turbulent history of the Anglo-Scottish border - three hundred years of strife and mayhem that shaped the character of both nations. This is a book guaranteed to excite the reader with its vivid descriptions and fascinating historical detail, and will appeal to the general reader and to young people.
Published by :
Ergo Press
Published date :
2006
Format :
Large paperback.
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Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
W.J.K. Davies
£12.99
This is a revised edition of the railways classic history, published to coincide with its 125th anniversary.
Published by :
Atlantic Publishers
Published date :
2000
Format :
Large paperback.
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