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826. All the world comes to the Lakes
£10.00
Mark Flinn
Tourists have prized the lake District for over two hundred years. The eighteenth century traveller was followed by the tourist coming by rail and then by motor car. The first guide to the Lakes was published by Thomas West, in 1778. Countless others, from Wordsworth to Wainwright, followed. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: Paperback; 210mm x 148mm

827. The Keswick Painting
£12.00
Ros Roberts
In 1870 Joseph Brown painted a picture showing 45 named inhabitants of Keswick standing in front of their Moot hall. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: Paperback; 210mm x 145mm

828. Josiah Relph of Sebergham: England's First Dialect Poet
£15.00
Stephen Matthews
Josiah Relph (1712-1743) described the life of the Cumberland peasant in his own language. It was an act of intellectual daring. The worlds of Theocritus and Horace, the fields of Sicily and the hills of Rome, became the Cumberland countryside. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: Paperback; 210mm x 145mm

829. Timbertown Girls: Borders Women and the First World War
£10.00
Chris Brader
In 1916, young women did essential and dangerous war work. They poured into the vast munitions factory at Gretna from all parts of the country. And they also poured out onto the streets, into the pubs and cinemas and, controversially, onto the football fields. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: Paperback; 210mm x 145mm

830. Lake District High Level and Fell Walks
£9.99
Vivienne Crow
This guidebook collects the best 30 high fell walks in the Lake District. Every route is graded for difficulty and ranges between 7-23km, and includes annotated OS maps and variant routes. . . . more
Published by: Cicerone Press   Format: Paperback; 172mm x 116mm

831. The Cumbria Way
£12.95
John Gillham
A guidebook to the Cumbria Way, a 73-mile long distance path through the heart of the English Lake District from Ulverston to Carlisle. The route is largely low-level, and accessible to new trekkers, but this guide offers alternative mountain days to climb some of the famous fells en route. . . . more
Published by: Cicerone Press   Format: Paperback; 172mm x 116mm

832. The King Edward I Monument - A History and Description
£7.00
John Bargh
On Burgh by Sands marsh stands a lone pillar of stone to commemorate the death of one of England's kings, Edward I. Some basic historical information is given at the monument but there is much more. . . . more
Published by: P3 Publications   Format: Paperback; 210mm x 149mm

833. The Warbirds of Walney - A concise and lavishly illustrated history of No.10 AGS
£14.99
John Nixon
Much more than simply a local history book this lavishly illustrated work will delight aviation enthusiasts, genealogists, and amateur historians alike. . . . more
Published by: Pixel Tweaks Publications   Format: Paperback; 243mm x 170mm

834. Wings Over Sands
£18.99
John Nixon
A history of the Cark airfield site - from the proposed airship factory development in 1916-1917 to its wartime uses as RAF Cark. . . . more
Published by: Pixel Tweaks Publications   Format: Paperback; 243mm x 170mm

835. Sir John Dunne - Cumbria's First and Most Extraordinary Chief Constable
£14.99
Alan Bryant
The story of a policeman who, from humble Irish origins, became the most senior Police Officer in Victorian Britain. . . . more
Published by: Pixel Tweaks Publications   Format: Paperback; 234mm x 156mm

836. Topographical Map of the Lake District Wainwright Fells
£8.95

A new planning map for the 21st century - designed to show all of the 214 "Wainwright Fells", with their names, as clearly as possible on a high quality topographical base map. . . . more
Published by: Rivers Publishing   Format: Folded Sheet Map; Scale 1:100,000

837. Border Counties Railway Through Time
£14.99
Roy Perkins, Ian Macintosh
The Border Counties Railway ran from the old railway village of Riccarton Junction on the Waverley Route across the Border and through Northumberland to Hexham. Partly intended to provide access to coal deposits at Plashetts, near Kielder Water, the railway was also linked to a scheme by the Duke of Northumberland to alleviate local hardship. . . . more
Published by: Amberley Publishing   Format: Paperback; 235 x 165mm

838. The Life and Works of The Revd. William Carus Wilson 1791-1859
£2.00
Jane M. Ewbank
A biography of the nineteenth-century philanthropist and founder of the Clergy Daughters' School William Carus Wilson. . . . more
Published by: Printexpress   Format: Paperback; 210 x 150mm

839. Cattle Droving, Cotton and Landownership: a Cumbrian Family Saga
£20.00
Peter Roebuck
This book views historical developments in north-western England through the experience of one family. . . . more
Published by: CWAAS   Format: Paperback; 245 x 174mm

840. Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday
£6.99
Carol Ann Duffy
Following Bethlehem, Wenceslas, The Christmas Truce, Another Night Before Christmas and Mrs Scrooge, the Poet Laureate offers another delightful and original Christmas poem. . . . more
Published by: Picador   Format: Small Hardback; 138mm x127mm

841. Keswick Book 8
£9.00
Jeff Taylor
The eighth book in Jeff Taylor's series on Keswick's history and characters of this famous Lakeland town. . . . more
Published by: McKanes Printers   Format: Paperback; 163mm x 232mm

842. Carlisle In the Great War
£14.99
David Carter
Already an important railway junction, with industrial and commercial interests reflecting its historical position on the border with Scotland, Carlisle became a key settlement in the Great War. . . . more
Published by: Pen and Sword   Format: Paperback; 155mm x 233mm

843. Farmers Went to Market - Auctioneering History and Livestock Marts in the Northern Counties of England
£12.95
John A Thomson F.I.A. Scot.
Following at least five generations of livestock salesmen and with some sixty years as an auctioneer, John Thomson, with his lifetime experience, is well placed to tell the story of the development of marts and livestock auctioneering over two centuries. . . . more
Published by: J & M Thomson   Format: Paperback; 163mm x 237mm

844. One Girl and The Wainwrights
£9.99
Eleanor Matthews
Alfred Wainwright did not write about how to rescue lambs stuck in barbed wire fences, how to tell a search and rescue dog that - despite all appearances - you don't need to be rescued, and how to cross a bog that sucks you in to your knees. He did write about two hundred and fourteen fells in the Lake District. Eleanor Matthews shares the dramas, woes, and joys of one girl's quest to conquer every mountain on his famous list. . . . more
Published by: Sigma Press   Format: Paperback; 210 x 148mm

845. Joe and the Camera
£6.00
Sue Fox with illustrations by Irene Sanderson
Once again Sue Fox and Irene Sanderson have teamed up to create a sequel to their previous collaboration 'Joe and the Window'. . . . more
Published by: Joellen Publications   Format: Paperback; 210 x 295mm

846. Diary Rooms - Being human on the front line in Afghanistan
£12.99
Derek Eland
In 2011 local multi-media artist Derek Eland worked as an official War Artist embedded with the British Army in Helmand, Afghanistan. Diary Rooms describes the results of Derek’s time there. . . . more
Published by: The Big Ideas Library   Format: Paperback; 246 x 189mm

847. Lake District Top 10 Literary Walks
£5.99
Steve Goodier
In the Lake District Top 10 Series this attractive and cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest walks through the literary landscapes of the Lake District National Park in a popular pocketable format. . . . more
Published by: Northern Eye   Format: Paperback; 150 x 108mm

848. The Lake District: Helvellyn
£14.99
Mark Richards (Presenter)
Mark Richards (author of the Lakeland Fellranger series) presents three of his favourite walks around Helvellyn, each revealing different and exciting aspcts of The Lake District's third highest mountain. . . . more
Published by: Striding Edge Ltd   Format: DVD; 190 x 135mm

849. Backpacking in the Lake District
£14.99
Chris Townsend (Presenter)
Chris Townsend (author of the best-selling 'The Backpacker's Handbook) presents a guide to backpacking around The Lake District National Park. Including tips of navigation, nutirtion and the essentials of site selection. . . . more
Published by: Striding Edge Ltd   Format: DVD; 190 x 135mm

850. First World War Folk Tales
£9.99
Taffy Thomas
The latest book of local author Taffy Thomas' series on Folk Tales. From 2014 to 2018, people all over the world will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. . . . more
Published by: The History Press   Format: Hardback; 174 x 111mm

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