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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 The book brings to life the people who lived there, and is filled with many unpublished pictures, (though not from Roman times!).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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Old Hawick Alex F. Young £13.95 This is a comprehensive pictorial history of the town of Hawick. Published by : Stenlake Publishing Ltd. Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Old Kirkby Lonsdale And the Rainbow Parish Michael J. Hall £7.50 This book of old and not-so-old photographs mainly consists of images of Kirkby Lonsdale and district taken between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Published by : Stenlake Publishing Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Old St Bees Donald A Brownrigg £7.50 The coastal village of St Bees has a long and distinguished history, dating back to the legendary arrival of an Irish maiden called Bega in the area in the ninth century. Published by : Stenlake Publishing Published date : 2003 Format : 174mm x 240mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Parton Part Off D. Bradbury £4.50 This is a sequal to Parton Part One, continuting the story of the Cumbrian coastal village. It tells of its reshaping from the 1920s to the 1970s. Published by : PastPresented Published date : 2003 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Parton Part One D. Bradbury £3.99 A short history of the village of Parton, near Whitehaven. Published by : Past Presented Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Parton: Party On D. Bradbury £3.99 This book, third in the series of Parton history books by D. Bradbury, attempts to give a flavour of village life from the 1920s to the 1970s, looking at one year from each decade. Published by : PastPresented Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Ploughing in Latin £12.00 In 1998 a parish meeting decided that Bampton would commemorate the forthcoming Millenium with a book about the history of the parish. Ploughing in Latin is that book. It went on to be a prizewinner in the Lakeland book of the Year awards. It celebrates the parish of Bampton, its people and its history. This book was written by Bampton people, for Bampton people and Bampton people enjoyed it. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2003 Format : Large Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	St Martin's -The Making of a Masterpiece Arthur Penn £12.50 'The time will come when strangers will seek Brampton, not for the sake of the town itself, but for the windows in St Martin's Church - the work of the honoured and world-famed Burne-Jones.'......Vicar Whitehead, of Brampton in Cumbria, spoke prophetically towards the end of the 19th century of the astounding achievement that is St Martins. Published by : David Penn Published date : May 2008 Format : 220mm x 183mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Changing Face of Brampton Iain Parsons £15.00 Now reduced from £20.00 to £15.00. A limited edition of 250 copies with over 150 rare pictures and a detailed, informative text. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 1996 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Great Flood Dawn Robertson and Peter Koronka £20.00 The exceptional weather which hit Cumbria so hard in January 2005 touched everyone in the county. Suddenly the focus of the international media was on Carlisle and people struggled to cope as the greatest ever flood hit the city. Feeling that this tragedy should be recorded, author Dawn Robertson and photographer Peter Koronka set out to interview and photograph those involved. Published by : Hayloft Publishing Ltd Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. 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 Parish of Lamplugh Betty Marshall and Ann Lister (eds) £7.50 This is an affectionate history of the Parish of Lamplugh, with a foreword by Melvyn Bragg. Published by : Lamplugh Parish Council Published date : 1993 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Parish Registers of St James, Burton in Kendal 1653-1837 Peter Gaskins £15.00 Published by : CWAAS Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Track of the Ironmasters William McGowan Gradon £8.95 This is a detailed history of the Cleator and Workington junction railway. Published by : Cumbrian Railways Association Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Villages of the Lake District W.R. Mitchell £12.99 Join W.R. Mitchell in a visual exploration of many Lake District villages, including Rydal, Grasmere, Troutbeck, Dacre, Hawkshead and Sawrey, plus many more. Published by : Kingfisher Productions Published date : Format : DVD. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Voices From Barrow and Furness Alice Leach £12.99 Barrow-in-Furness grew from a tiny hamlet into the largest iron and steel centre in the world, as well as a major shipbuilding centre, in just forty years. Published by : History Press Published date : October 2008 Format : 170mm x 248mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Westmorland Heritage A. Wainwright £35.00 Wainwright said this is a book for those who have their roots in Westmorland. Each parish is recorded in drawings and accompanied by notes illustrating the area. It includes Ambleside, Bampton, Newby, Milnthorpe, Kendal, Shap, Grasmere, Heversham, Kirkby Lonsdale and Clifton to name but a few. Published by : Frances Lincoln Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Workington - Then & Now Richard L M Byers £12.99 This fascinating collection of 'Then & Now' images looks at a variety of aspects of life in Workington over the last hundred years. Published by : Tempus Published date : November 2006 Format : 235mm x 160mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity: