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Books Cumbria : History : Social

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Keswick and the Central Lakes

John Marsh
£5.99

This photographic portrait of a period at once familiar and remote illustrates the many changes that have taken place over the last century in a region bounded by Skiddaw, Sca Fell and Helvellyn, england's three highest mountains.

Published by : Nonsuch
Published date : June 2007
Format : 122 x 166mm paperback

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Keswick Book 4

Jeff Taylor
£9.00

Number 4 in a popular series of books of photographs and comment about the very famous town of Keswick in the Lake District.

Published by : Jeff Taylor
Published date : November 2009
Format : 164mm x 235mm paperback

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Keswick Characters - Volume Two

Elizabeth Foot & Patricia Howell
£10.00

This is the second volume of a selection of characters that have enhanced the social history of this famous Lakeland town.

Published by : Bookcase Carlisle
Published date : October 2007
Format : 148mm x 210mm

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Keswick Characters Volume one

Keswick Historical Society
£7.99

Very few small towns have played host to so many interesting, eccentric, eminent or worthy people as Keswick.


Published by : Bookcase
Published date : November 2006
Format : 150mm x 210mm small paperback

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Keswick Then and Now

Jeff Taylor
£7.50

A nostalgic look at Keswick, showing many photographs 'old and new' to illustrate the changes to the town through the years.

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Published date : 2005
Format : 230mm x 165mm

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Lake District in the Past DVD

W.R. Mitchell
£12.99

A rare look at this wonderful area through colour film from the 1940s and 50s, plus some early 1930s footage of village life.

Published by : Kingfisher Productions.
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Format : DVD.

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Letters, Papers and Journals of William Pearson

Anne Pearson (ed)
£25.00

This book has been out of print for almost 150 years. It was a rare book, even when first published, as it is believed only 50 copies were printed. The book is a memoir by Anne Pearson and an important collection of letters and articles by her husband, William Pearson of Borderside, a well known Westmorland man, who was buried at Crosthwaite Church.

Published by : Hayloft Publishing Ltd.
Published date : 2005
Format : Paperback.

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Life and Times of Nicholforest and Moat

Carole Somerville
£5.50

Nicholforest and its surrounding areas have a fascinating and exciting history.The aim of this book is to give a readableaccount of the area, history and happenings in Nicholforest.

Published by : Nicholforest Heritage Society
Published date : December 2006
Format : 150mm x 210mm paperback

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Life in Old Loweswater

Roz Southey
£8.95

Life in Old Loweswater is a collection of short sketches on the history of this Lakeland village and its people, written by Roz Southey, mostly in the 1980's, and now edited and illustrated for Lorton & Derwent Fells Local History Society by Derek Denman.

Published by : L&DFLHS
Published date : June 2008
Format : 234 x 156mm paperback

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Making Sense of the Place Names of the Lake District

David Watson
£6.99

To many people, place names are merely a collection of letters and syllables.

Published by : Photoprint Scotland
Published date : March 2009
Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

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Marchon: The Whitehaven Chemical Works

Alan W. Routledge
£12.99

For more than half a century the tall chimneys of Marchon dominated the skyline above Whitehaven. Whilst some people may not have considered them pretty, to those who worked in the factory the steam and smoke pouring out of the chimneys was a welcome sight. It meant their jobs were safe and at the end of the week they would pick up a decent pay packet.

Published by : Tempus
Published date : 2005
Format : Large paperback.

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Maryport - The Passing Years

John D. Wells
£19.95

A follow up to 'Solway Winds', this book is a wonderfully evocative record of everything that was and is Maryport. Written for Maryport and its people, it is sure to be of interest to all who are familiar with this once importantly placed harbour town of West Cumbria.

Published by : John Wells
Published date : December 2006
Format : 300mm x 215mm Hardback

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Memories of Lakeland


£8.99

This Book contains the memories of people from the Caldbeck area of North Lakeland, some of which stretch back to their childhood and school days, and others centre on their working lives.

Published by : Caldbeck & District Local History Society
Published date : November 2008
Format : 147mm x 210mm

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Memories of the Lanes

Mary Scott Parker
£8.99

The Lanes have always been at the centre of Carlisle life.

Published by : Bookcase
Published date : November 2006
Format : 150mm x 210mm small paperback

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Millom Remembered

Bill Myers
£12.99

This fascinating and detailed book delves into some of the stories behind 150 years of growth and change in the town of Millom on the West Cumberland coast. It draws on contemporary newspaper reports to help tell the story, as Millom has been fortunate in having a number of newspapers which left a comprehensive record of its daily life.

Published by : Tempus
Published date : 2004
Format : Large 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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More Plain People

Holme St. Cuthbert History Group
£9.95

The coastal fringe of the Solway Plain, from Saltpans to Skinburness, is an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Published by : Holme St. Cuthbert History Group
Published date : October 2007
Format : 184mm x 270mm paperback

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Mungrisdale Heritage Trails

Colin Smith
£12.75

The parish of Mungrisedale lies mostly within the Lake District National Park and has remained relatively unchanged for centuries.

Published by : Brow Bottom Enterprises
Published date : April 2009
Format : 170mm x 240mm paperback

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Murder in Cumbria

Ian Ashbridge
£8.95

A young Chinese woman is strangled by her husband in Borrowdale. A butler loads a body into the boot of a car in Newton Arlosh. Ian Ashbridge researches the murders that took place in the beautiful county of Cumbria in the twentieth century.

Published by : Bookcase.
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback.

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Natland and Oxenholme

Winifred Inglesfield
£12.95

This is a comprehensive history of a Westmorland village stretching through the centuries to Roman times. The book brings to life the people who lived there, and is filled with many unpublished pictures, (though not from Roman times!). So read it and enjoy this delightful book about a wonderful old Westmorland village with its beautiful Green.

Published by : Helm Press
Published date : February 2007
Format : 164mm x 239mm

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Nella Last's War

Nella Last
£8.99

In September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a regular diary that lasted for thirty years.

Published by : Profile Books
Published date : November 2006
Format : 195x130mm small paperback

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Old John and I : Whitehaven As It Was, Is And Ought To Be

Ray Devlin (compiler)
£5.00

Compiled from articles published in the Whitehaven Herald during the years 1850 and 1851 the reader will take a stroll through Whitehaven and the local countryside during those times many years ago..

Published by : Whitehaven Herald
Published date :
Format : 210mm x 146mm paperback

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Pages from Allonby's History

David Bradbury
£4.99

Not exactly a history of the Cumbrian seaside village of Allonby from the earliest times to the end of the 19th century, but possibly a history of the history of Allonby. How the village and its heritage were seen in the past.

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

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Pages From Broughton & Ribton's History

David Bradbury
£4.99

In 2007 an official history of Broughton Primary School, and its place in the community, will be published. while your waiting here is a - not at all - official sample of sources for the history of Broughton and ribton before the school existed.

Published by : PastPresented
Published date : June 2008
Format : 145mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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