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	The Legacy: The Huttons of Penrith and Beetham Barbara C. Lee £7.50 A story of the search for family history, with the author and her husband investigating the names and places mentioned in their family tree. Published by : Mrs Barbara Lee Published date : 1997 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Loving Eye and Skilful Hand: The Keswick School of Industrial Arts Ian Bruce £15.00 This School occupies an important place in the Arts and Crafts movement. It revivified old craft traditions in the Lake District.This is the first detailed study of the School. It will be of interest to local and art historians and collectors. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Loving Eye and Skilful Hand: The Keswick School of Industrial Arts Ian Bruce £25.00 This School occupies an important place in the Arts and Crafts movement. It revivified old craft traditions in the Lake District.This is the first detailed study of the School. It will be of interest to local and art historians and collectors. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2001 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Maid of Buttermere Melvyn Bragg £6.99 Based on a true story of an impostor and bigamist who marries the beautiful daughter of the landlord of the Fish pub in Buttermere, Mary Robinson, who is buried in Caldbeck. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1987 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria Denis R. Perriam; John Robinson £35.00 An illustrated gazetteer and academic study of all the various types of defence structures in the county ranging from complex castles to dykes in the period 1066 - 1603. Published by : CWAAS Published date : 1998 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Medieval Misericords in Carlisle Cathedral Thirlie Grundy £1.95 There have been many surveys and visitations about the carving and understanding of the misericords, and many photographs, but Thirlie Grundys is the first study by an artist who has used both her pencil to illustrate the subtleties of every detail, and also her hands and fingers to discover parts invisible to the eye - let alone the camera. Published by : Thumbprint Published date : Updated 2006 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Military Airfields of Britain - Northern England Ken Delve £16.99 Later in World War Two hundreds of bombers left airfields in Yorkshire night after night on missions to Germany, but though the region's largest county dominates the story, this is by no means the full tale of Northern England's heritage. Published by : Crowood Published date : October 2006 Format : 165mm x 234mm large paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Mine Explorer volume 5 £9.50 A collection of writings by members of the charity. Published by : Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Mining and Related Tokens of West Cumberland Michael Finlay £50.00 Since the publication in 1922 of 'Tickets and Passes of Great Britain and Ireland' by Davis and Waters, which listed without illustrations some 70 mining and related tokens from West Cumberland with their varieties, little has been written on the subject apart from a few short articles. Published by : Plains Books Published date : November 2006 Format : 220mm x 305mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Most Dangerous Pit in the Kingdom Ray Devlin; Harry Fancy £11.99 A revised edition of a fascinating book. Harry Fancy has provided the historical context, the planning, sinking working and final closure of the pit, whilst Ray Devlin has compiled what is by far the most complete account of all the disasters and other Published by : The Friends of Whitehaven Museum Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Nent Force Level and Brewery Shaft Peter Wilkinson £9.50 The Nent Force Level was probably the largest and most expensive lead mining project carried out in the North Pennines and has captured the public imagination for more than two centuries. The story of the underground canal beneath the Nent Valley Published by : Peter Wilkinson Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The New History of Freemasonry in the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland Kenneth W. Bond (ed) £20.00 County boundary re-organisation in 1974 combined the ancient counties of Cumberland and Westmorland with small enclaves of Lancashire and North Yorkshire. This new history surveys the whole range of Freemasonry in the Province. Published by : K.W. Bond Published date : 1994 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The North Pennines: Landscape and Legend Iain Brown £18.95 The North Pennines are one of our least well-known upland areas. Yet here are charming towns and villages, beautiful lakes and woodlands, spectacular waterfalls and wild hills. This fascinating landscape also reveals an area rich in people and legends - from artistic links with poets, painters and writers to the ghosts of reivers, drovers and lead miners of the past. Published by : Summary House Publications Published date : 2006 Format : Large Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Northern Counties from AD 1000 Norman McCord: Richard Thompson £33.99 Informative, vivid and richly illustrated, this volume in the Regional History of England series explores the history of Englands northern borders - the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Westmoreland and the Furness area of Lancashire. Published by : Addison Wesley Longman Limited Published date : 1998 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Oaken Myths of Post - Conquest Britain: Symbolic Carvings from 1066 Thirlie Grundy £9.99 Thirlie Grundy has taken a direct approach in answering previously unanswered questions about medieval carvings and their origins. The book is illustrated throughout with Thirlies own line drawings of the carvings, which show each one in clear detail. Published by : P3 Publications Published date : 2003 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Pioneer Ramblers 1850-1940 David Hollett £8.95 Rambling is one of the most popular outdoor activities. Historically, it owes its establishment to a reaction against mass urbanisation. This fascinating trek through rambling begins in Scotland. A chapter is dedicated to the Lake District, where Published by : North Wales Area of the Ramblers Association Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Place-Names of Cumberland Part One A.M Armstrong, A. Mawer, F.M Stenton & Bruce Dickens £40.00 This first part covers Eskdale, Cumberland and Leath Wards. Volume XXX in the English Place-Name Society series. Published by : Cambridge University Press Published date : 1971 Format : Small Hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Place-Names of Cumberland Part Three A.M Armstrong, A. Mawer, F.M Stenton & Bruce Dickens £40.00 This third volume includes an introduction, bibliography and abbreviations and place-name elements. It is Volume XXII in the English Place-Name Society Series. Published by : Cambridge University Press Published date : 1971 Format : Small Hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Place-Names of Cumberland Part Two A.M. Armstrong; A. Mawer; F.M. Stenton; B. Dickens £40.00 This second part covers Allerdale Below Derwent and Allerdale Above Derwent Wards. Volume XXI in the English Place-Name Society series. Published by : Cambridge University Press Published date : 1971 Format : Small Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Place-Names of Westmorland Part One A.H. Smith £40.00 This first part deals with the place names of the southern half of the county (Kendal Barony) and includes an historical and linguistic bibliography. Volume XLII in the English Place-Name Society series. Published by : Cambridge University Press Published date : 1967 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Place-Names of Westmorland Part Two A.H. Smith £40.00 This second part deals with the northern half of the county (Westmorland Barony) and provides analyses of the elements and personal names found in the place names, the index, and distribution maps. Volume XLIII in the English Place-Name Society series. Published by : Cambridge University Press Published date : 1967 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Postcards of Edward H. Thompson £10.00 This CD contains illustrations of some 150 postcards based on the superb watercolour paintings of Edward H. Thompson, together with background information etc. Published by : John Higham Published date : 2003 Format : CD Rom Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Quakers in North-West England: And Sometime Upon the Hills Donald A. Rooksby £5.00 A guidebook to places of Quaker interest in Cumbria, North Lancashire, the Yorkshire Dales and the Pennines. Published by : Donald A. Rooksby Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Quakers in North-West England: The Man in Leather Breeches Donald A. Rooksby £5.00 This concise book outlines the history of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in North-West England and describes the many sites of Quaker interest. Published by : Donald A. Rooksby Published date : 1994 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Quakers of Mosedale Mollie Grubb £6.50 2002 is the 300th anniversary of the settling of the meeting in Mosedale Meeting House. It is an appropriate time to bring out this second edition, which was first published in 1976. Published by : Mosedale Preparative Meeting Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity: