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	The Lakes of Lakeland H.E. Winter £3.50 A history and guide to the lakes of the Lake District, namely Ullswater, Thirlmere, Derwentwater, Loweswater, Bassenthwaite Lake, Crummock Water and Buttermere, Ennerdale Water and Wast Water. Published by : H.E. Winter Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Langdales: Landscape and Prehistory in a Lakeland Valley Mark Edmonds £15.99 For over two centuries, the Langdales have attracted the interests of painters, poets and tourists. Prominent in the Romantic imagination, the crags and dales still draw thousands in each year: some to sketch and paint, others to ramble or to climb. Published by : Tempus Publishing Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Later Prehistory of Northern England Rosemary Annable £50.00 A study of Cumbria, Northumberland and Durham from the Neolithic to the late Bronze Age. A comprehensive set of three large paperback volumes. Published by : British Archaeological Reports Published date : 1987 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	The Leaves We Write On Mark Cropper £25.00 James Cropper is one of the oldest names in British paper-making and a great survivor from an age when British industry dominated the world. Uniquely situated in the foothills of the Lake District since its foundation in 1845, today the company is one of the world's leading producers of coloured and specialist papers. Published by : Ellergreen Press Published date : 2004 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Leaves We Write On Mark Cropper £12.50 James Cropper is one of the oldest names in British paper-making and a great survivor from an age where British industry dominated the world. Uniquely situated in the foothills of the Lake District since its foundation in 1845, today the company is one of the world's leading producers of coloured and specialist papers. Published by : Ellergreen Press Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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 Lune Valley and the Howgills W R Mitchell £16.99 The Lune Valley is in border country, a historic and picturesque divide between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Published by : Phillimore Published date : August 2009 Format : 178mm x 254mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Maid of Buttermere Melvyn Bragg £7.99 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 : 1993 2and ed. Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Making of a School - The History of Kirkoswald School 1856 - 2006 Bill Roberts £10.00 This book recounts the history of Kirkoswald Church of England School, from its very beginnings as a National School in 1856, through its late-Victorian years, with a succession of devoted head-teachers, to its transformation in more recent times to a well equipped, superbly performing modern primary school. Published by : Bill Roberts Published date : June 2009 Format : 148mm x 210mm 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: