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Books Cumbria : Places : Whitehaven

Whitehaven

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104 Men

Amanda M. Garraway
£14.00

This stunning new book documents the disastrous explosion at the William Pit, Whitehaven, in August 1947, in which 104 Men lost their lives.


Published by : Hayloft
Published date : September 2007
Format : 190mm x 248mm paperback

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A History of Cumberland & Westmorland

William Rollinson
£15.95

In the Darwen County History series, a revised second edition of the comprehensive survey of these two counties written in a lucid, readable style.

Published by : Phillimore
Published date : 1996
Format : Large hardback.

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A History of Cumberland & Westmorland
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Captain Jones's Irish Sea Cruize

David Bradbury
£4.75

April 1778....Captain John Paul Jones takes a nostalgic cruise to the Irish Sea and the Solway Firth, where he learned the art of seamanship.

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

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Children of the Pits: Child Labour and Child Fatality in the Coal Mines of Whitehaven & District

Ray Devlin
£8.00

A poignant history of the children employed in local pits, their job descriptions, their homes, the mining community, and the disasters which killed many of them.

Published by : The Friends of Whitehaven Museum
Published date : 1999
Format : Paperback.

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Coast to Coast (West) - St Bees to Keld


£11.95

This map features the entire western half of the Coast to Coast walk from St. Bees to Keld, passing through and by Whitehaven, Rosthwaite, Grasmere, Glenridding, Shap, Tebay and Kirkby Stephen.

Published by : Harvey Maps
Published date : 2008
Format : Folded map. 1:40000

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Lamplugh Church: Heritage and Traditions of a Cumbrian Parish

Betty Marshall
£9.50

This is not only a history of Lamplugh church, but includes customs and traditions of the parish heritage. With a foreword by Melvyn Bragg.

Published by : Lamplugh & District Heritage Society
Published date : 2004
Format : 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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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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Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cumberland: Whitehaven 1923 (South)


£2.50

A facsimile reprint of the 1923 edition, showing the area as it was in the early years of the 20th century. With notes.

Published by : Godfrey
Published date : 1990
Format : Folded map.

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Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cumberland: Whitehaven 1923 (South)
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Ships Of West Cumberland

Desmond G Sythes
£10.00

Desmond G Sythes, the author of this remarkable series of articles is still remembered in the Whitehaven area from his time as the lighthouse keeper at St Bees Head from 1963 to 1969. The Friends of Whitehaven Museum are delighted to be able to make these articles available to a new generation of local history enthusiasts.

Published by : Francis Trevor Ward
Published date : 2006
Format : Small paperback

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Solway Winds

John D. Wells
£12.99

This book is mainly focussed on the small seafaring town of Maryport, on the West Cumbrian coast of the Solway Firth. Compiled by John Wells, a native of the town, it is an affectionate tribute in stories, articles, poems and photographs.

Published by : Pitcairn Publishing
Published date : 2004
Format : Large paperback.

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The Cumbrian Coast

H.E. Winter
£2.65

This amazingly concise booklet takes us on a tour of the coastline, beginning at Rockliffe on the Solway marshes and travelling along to Cargo, Drumburgh, Port Carlisle, Anthorn, Kirkbride, Newton Arlosh, Silloth, Beckfoot, Allonby, Maryport, Seaton,

Published by : H.E. Winter
Published date : 1996
Format : Paperback.

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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.

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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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Whitehaven - Railways & Waggonways of a Unique Cumberland Port

Howard Quayle
£13.50

This is the first publication to focus on the area's railways and industrial waggonways.

Published by : Cumbrian Railways Association
Published date : December 2007
Format : 210mm x 297mm paperback

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Whitehaven Harbour Through Time

Alan Routledge
£14.99

Whitehaven Harbour Through Time captures the changing face of the town through a series of spectacular old photographs, each paired with their modern equivalent.

Published by : Amberley Publishing
Published date : October 2012
Format : Paperback; 235 x 165mm.

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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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Whitehaven Then and Now: In Colour

Alan W Routledge
£12.99

Whitehaven Then & Now captures the changing face of Whitehaven through a series of spectacular old photographs, each paired with their modern equivalent.

Published by : The History Press
Published date : April 2012
Format : Hardback; H:235mm; W:165mm;

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