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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 The book brings to life the people who lived there, and is filled with many unpublished pictures, (though not from Roman times!).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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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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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
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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.
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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 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Paperback.
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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.
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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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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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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
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Format :
DVD.
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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
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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.
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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
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