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The Parish Registers of St James, Burton in Kendal 1653-1837

Peter Gaskins
�15.00

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

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The Parish Registers of St James, Burton in Kendal 1653-1837

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The Solway Coast - Powfoot to Caulkerbush

David Carroll
�7.50

The Solway Coast has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most picturesque parts of Scotland, characterised by castles, villages and beautiful countryside.

Published by :	Stenlake
Published date :
Format :	240mm x 174mm paperback

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The Solway Coast - Powfoot to Caulkerbush

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The Story of a Lead Mining Family

Norma L. Smith
�9.50

Based around the Thomson family of The Bell, Newbiggin, Teesdale,the author has written a short history of the rise and fall of lead-mining on the Cumberland and Northumberland border where living conditions were invariably hard and the landscape harsh.

Published by :	Mosaic (Teesdale)
Published date :	2007
Format :	145mm 210mm paperback

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The Story of Appleby in Westmorland

Martin Holdgate
�15.95

To the casual visitor, the appearance of the little town of Appleby in Westmorland as a typical little English county town is deceptive. From Danish settlers a thousand years ago, through English and Scottish kingdoms and a Norman baronacy it has a rich and varied history. Until 1974 it was England's smallest County Town, never more than 3000 inhabitants, but for all that it produced Archbishops, Generals, Lord Mayors and MP's, including William Pitt. This book describes it all - clearly , simply and with good humour!

Published by :	Hayloft
Published date :	January 2007
Format :	155mm x 215mm hardback

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The Story of St John's - in - the - Vale

Geoffrey Darrall
�5.00

This is a book that needed to be written. Together with its companion 'Wythburn Church and the Story of Thirlmere' they provide lasting information about these Lakeland parishes.

Published by :	Piper Publications
Published date :	February 2010
Format :	148mm x 210mm paperback

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The View from a King Street Window

John Hurst
�9.50

An illustrated miscellany of items from a weekly column in the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald

Published by :	Cumberland Westmorland Herald
Published date :	November 2008
Format :	210mm x 297mm paperback

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The Visitor's Guide to St Bees

Donald Brownrigg
�15.00

This is a facsimile edition, with additional material. One of the delights of this book is to read the marvellous advertisements, with their huge variety of elegant and eye-catching typefaces, which give us a snapshot of what people bought in those days.

Published by :	Donald Brownrigg
Published date :	2005
Format :	Hardback.

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The Wall - Rome's Greatest Frontier

Alistair Moffat
�16.99

Hadrian's Wall is the largest single Roman monument in the world and the most impressive Roman legacy north of the Alps.

Published by :	Birlinn
Published date :	May 2008
Format :	234mm 156mm hardback

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The War Years - Life in Cockermouth and at Moota POW Camp

Gloria Edwards
�8.99

This book looks at everyday life in Cockermouth during the years of World War 11 through first hand accounts, official records, photographs and newspaper extracts.

Published by : Little Bird Publications

Published date : November 2009

Format : 200mm x 248mm paperback

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The Wartime Diary of Frank Fowler

Frank Fowler
�5.95

Frank H Fowler was an artist, writer, and keen angler, who kept a wonderful sketchbook diary recording the final years of the Second World War.

Published by :	Awards for All
Published date :	2007
Format :	146mm x 210mm stitched paperback

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The Websters of Kendal: A North-Western Architectural Dynasty

Angus Taylor; Janet Martin (ed)
�45.00

Published by :	CWAAS
Published date :	2004
Format :	Large hardback.

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The Websters of Kendal: A North-Western Architectural Dynasty

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The Williamson Diaries Part 1 - Arthuret & Longtown

Ted Relph
�5.95

Interesting excerpts from a curate's diaries covering the years 1742 to 1781. In this book, part one of two, we have six diaries for the years George Williamson was at Arthuret parish near Carlisle.

Published by :	Ravensgill Press
Published date :	1997
Format :	A4 paperback

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The Williamson Diaries Part 1 - Arthuret & Longtown

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The Williamson Diaries Part 11 - Crosby Ravensworth

Ted Relph
�9.95

Following on from Part 1 of George Williamson's Diaries we find the (not so young) curate adapting to live in his new parish of Crosby Ravensworth, near Appleby in Westmorland.

Published by :	Ravensgill Press
Published date :	May 2009
Format :	A4 paperback

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The Women's Century: A celebration of changing roles

Mary Turner
�12.99

The twentieth century saw female roles change more rapidly than during any other period of history. The Women's Century charts the incredible journey decade by decade, featuring the stories of many women.

Published by :	The National Archives
Published date :	2006
Format :	Large paperback.

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Thomas Irving's Journal The Memoirs of a Cumbrian Farmer 1851 - 1917

Edited by Hilary Kristensen
�9.99

Thomas Irving's journal gives a fascinating first-hand account of farming & rural life in Victorian and Edwardian Cumbria.

Published by :	Wagtail Press
Published date :	November 2008
Format :	148mm x 210mm paperback

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Thomas Irving's Journal The Memoirs of a Cumbrian Farmer 1851 - 1917

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Those Blue Remembered Hills

Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington
�10.50

The majority of the author's life has been spent farming in the Scottish hills. He tells of his love of the land and the various characters he has encountered throughout his life, describing those he admires with warmth, those he does not with diplomacy, but all with a touch of humour.

Published by :	The Memoir Club
Published date :	2004
Format :	Paperback.

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Those Were the Days - A compilation of local artistes in an entertainment revue of Carlisle & District 1950-1970

Marie K Dickens & Geoff Dickens
�22.90

This book gives an insight into the entertainment offered to the good folk of Carlisle and surrounds in the 50's and 60's by 'Her Majesty's Theatre' which existed in the town then.

Published by :	Hayloft
Published date :	Reprinted October 2007
Format :	210mm x 297mm paperback

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Treating Strictly Prohibited

�9.99

The story of Carlisle's unique nationalised pubs and breweries - an emergency response to war-time drinking that lasted 55 years.

Published by :	Pennine Productions LLP
Published date :	2006
Format :	Compact Disc

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Tyneside: A History of Newcastle and Gateshead from Earliest Times

Alistair Moffat & George Rosie
�20.00

A glittering tale of how Tyneside was made and how it came to look, sound and behave the way it does. From the retreat of the icefields 10,000 years ago to the renewals of the twenty-first century, this is the intriguing story of a unique, magical and dynamic place.

Published by :	Mainstream Publishing
Published date :	2005
Format :	Hardback.

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Unto This Last and other writings

John Ruskin
�11.99

The most influential art theorist and critic of his age, an outstanding man of letters, a sensitive painter and draughtsman, Ruskin's social criticism shocked and angered the establishment and many of his admirers. First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto This Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period.

Published by :	Penguin
Published date :	1997
Format :	Paperback.

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Voices of the Lake District

Jane Renouf & Rob David
�12.99

"Voices of the Lake District" is the unique and fascinating result of many conversations and interviews with local people in the Lakeland community, recalling life in the area over the past century.

Published by :	History Press
Published date :	March 2011
Format :	235mm x 165mm paperback

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Watching Over Carlisle - 140 Years of the Carlisle City Police Force 1827-1967

Bob Lowther
�15.00

Early nineteenth century Carlisle - a city which is suffering indescribable poverty; a desperate, starving population with many housed in insanitary sparsely furnished slums, deprived of the necessities of life and dependent upon charitable donations of food and clothing.

Published by :	P3 Publications
Published date :	August 2011
Format :	210mm x 296mm paperback

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Watching Over Carlisle - 140 Years of the Carlisle City Police Force 1827-1967

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West Cumbria: A Trip Back in Time DVD

Andrew Leitch
�9.95

This film tells the story of West Cumbria in the old days. Here is a journey into the past where you will discover what life was like two centuries ago right up to the present day.
It includes rarely seen material and looks at the main influences which shaped towns like Whitehaven, Maryport, Cockermouth and Workington into what they are today. A nostalgic look back that you are unlikely to forget.

Published by :	Andrew Leitch
Published date :	2005
Format :	DVD

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Westmorland DVD - The Lost County

Andrew Leitch
�9.95

In 1974 Westmorland was wiped from the map and swallowed up by the newly formed county of Cumbria.

Published by :	Andrew Leitch
Published date :
Format :	DVD

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Whitehaven Then & Now - Volume 11

Alan W. Routledge
�12.99

Whitehaven has seen many changes over the years, but has escaped the modernisation some towns faced during the post-war years due to a report by the royal Commission which ledto much of the area becoming a scheduled historical monument.

Published by :	The History Press
Published date :	reprinted 2009
Format :	165mm x 234mm paperback

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