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	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 Port of Silloth 1859 - 2009 A Pictorial History Through the 150 Years of a Solway Port Capt. Chris Puxley £17.50 Within Britain's vast maritime history the small Cumbrian port of Silloth is not particularly old, nor did its form evolve from the benefit of any natural haven or river mouth. Published by : Bernard McCall Published date : August 2009 Format : 214mm x 300mm 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:

	The Register of John Kirkby, Bishop of Carlisle 1332-1352 R.L. Storey (ed) £30.00 Published by : Canterbury and York Published date : 1995 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	The Reivers Alistair Moffat £16.99 From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder ever seen in modern Europe. Published by : Birlinn Published date : June 2007 Format : 165mm x 240mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Reivers - The Story of the Border Reivers Alistair Moffat £9.99 Only one period in history is immediately, indelibly and uniquely linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Published by : Birlinn Published date : March 2008 Format : 130mm x 198mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Reivers DVD Fiona Armtrong & Alistair Moffat £12.99 From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder ever seen in modern Europe. Published by : Northern Heritage Published date : February 2008 Format : PAL DVD 135mm x 190mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Romans in Lunesdale David Shotter; Andrew White £6.50 An attmept to bring together the results of new research to present a broadly based view of the Lune Valley in Roman times. Published by : University of Lancaster Published date : 1995 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Romford Outrage - The Murder of Inspector Thomas Simmons, 1885 Linda Rhodes & Kathryn Abnett £12.99 Following the success of their prize-winning account of the infamous killing of PC George Clark - The Dagenham Murder - Linda Rhodes and Kathryn Abnett now reconstruct, in vivid detail, another sensational Victorian murder case. Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd Published date : February 2009 Format : 234mm x 156mm softback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Royal Sailor Stagecoach 1811-1842 - The Route From Carlisle to Whitehaven Shirley L. Thornhill £10.00 Imagine catching the early morning stagecoach from Carlisle to Whitehaven back in the time of 1811. Published by : Shirley L. Thornhill Published date : December 2008 Format : 150mm x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Secret Valley: The Real Romance of Unconquered Lakeland Nicholas Size £8.00 The Secret Vally tells the story of how the people of Lakeland held out for half a century against the Norman conquerors. The headquarters of the resistance were in a hidden location, the upper part of the valley which contains Crummock Water and Buttermere. The historical facts concerning Lakeland in the Norman period are scant, and Size has therefore written his book in the form of a historical novel. Published by : Llanerch Published date : 1996 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Smuggling Coast John A. Thomson £6.25 This is a story of the Customs and Excise services and of the smugglers who have tried to outwit them over the years. Published by : T.C. Farries & Co Ltd Published date : 1989 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Solitude of Mountains Stephen Hebron Conal Shields & TimothyWilcox £22.50 This beautifully produced book is the first full treatment of John Constable's tour of the Lake District in September and October 1806. Published by : Wordsworth Trust Published date : 2006 Format : 210 x 284mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Sorrows of Quintinshill Gordon L Routledge £6.95 On 22 May 1915, 227 people lost their lives and 246 were injured as a result of the worst disaster in the history of British Railways. Published by : Arthuret Publishers Published date : 2002 reprinted 2009 Format : 146mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Stanegate Frank Graham £1.50 An historical survey of Corbridge, Vindolanda and Carvoran in the days of the Romans. Published by : Frank Graham Published date : 1981 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers George MacDonald Fraser £12.99 The classic history of the Border Reivers told by Carlisle born George Macdonald Fraser Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1995 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Story of Iron Ore Mining in West Cumbria Mervyn Dodd £7.50 In the late 19th century Cumbria was Britain's major source of high quality iron ore central to the booming industrial economy of Victorian England. Published by : Cumberland Geological Society Published date : April 2010 Format : 146mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Story of the Lakeland Dales Robert Gambles £15.99 A detailed and informative book for the curious traveller and interested resident alike, with facts on human settlement, pre-historic stone circles, rivers famous for their pearls, murder in Miterdale and much more. A fascinating guide to the area. Published by : Phillimore Published date : 1997 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The things they put in the papers John Hurst £7.95 This book is a history and celebration of the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald. The history of this ever surviving newspaper is fondly recalled by the author, and the changes over the years are considered in depth. Published by : Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Published date : 2003 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Tyne David Bean £14.95 David Bean tells the story of the Tyne, with a passion and wit born of 50 years experience as a journalist on the banks of this great river. A fascinating history is woven into the fabric of a beautiful land and looks to the future with optimism. Published by : TUPS Books Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Vikings and Victorian Lakeland : The Norse Medievalism of W G Collingwood and His Contemporaries Matthew Townend £35.00 In the nineteenth century the writers, artists and antiquarians of the Lake District began enthusiastically to study the literature and culture of the Vikings, and to trace many of the region’s distinctive features back to the Norse settlements. Published by : CWAAS Published date : November 2009 Format : 178mm x 250mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity: