Books Cumbria : People : People People 1 | 2 | next>> 200 Farmers of Scotland Eilidh MacPherson £25.00 Following on from the book 300 farmers of Scotland, which was published in 2016, this publication highlights more farmers and crofters that work the land. Publisher : farmingscotland.com Published : November 2018 Pages : 289p Format : Paperback; 222 x 222mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  A Carlisle Lad - The Story of James Parker Templeton Jim Temleton £12.00 James Templeton is a memorable man with a wonderful tale to tell. His words leap from the page as he transports you back to a less frenetic world, where people who were usually financially poorer than they are today were much richer in every other respect. Publisher : Ink Truck Published : March 2007 Pages : 80 Format : 297mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  A History of Linen in the North West Elizabeth Roberts (ed) £6.95 This book brings together five essays on various aspects of the industry from medieval times to the twentieth century, from local to international trade, from rise and expansion to decline and fall. Publisher : University of Lancaster Published : 1999 Pages : 118 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Being Prepared - 100 Years of Scouting in Cumbria Roy McNamara £15.00 Scouting started in the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire Beyond the Sands in 1908. Today the Scouts are as active as ever and fully prepared for their next century. Publisher : Bookcase Published : August 2007 Pages : 384 Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Botcherby Heroes Remembered James M Robinson, Alex Proudfoot, Derek Nash £7.99 Botcherby Heroes Remembered 1914 - 1918 is a book that brings to life the fifteen granite carved names on the Botcherby War Memorial. The books Publisher : P3 Publications Published : November 2016 Pages : 48p Format : Paperback; 296 x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Publisher : PastPresented Published : June 2008 Pages : 64 Format : 145mm x 210mm stitched paperbacks Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Catherine Marshall Edited by Simon Colbeck £4.00 This booklet is an abridges version of 'Catherine Marshall, suffragist and pacifist' by Jo Alberti. The original text was published as a chapter in 'Keswick Characters Volume 3' in 2013. Publisher : Cumbria Outdoors Published : December 2018 Pages : 20p Format : Pamphlet; 210 x 148mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Changing Times: The Millenium Story of the People of Bolton, Westmorland Barbara Cotton £12.50 This book is a millenium history of the village of Bolton, near Appleby. It covers every aspect of village life, past and present, with detailed histories of village houses and people. It is illustrated with 160 excellent photographs of village people and Publisher : Hayloft Published : 2001 Pages : 274 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Colourful Characters of Cumbria's Eden Valley John Sharpe £10.00 A rebellious duke and a merciless earl share these pages with a wily Georgian politician and a rakish country squire. Publisher : Hayloft Publishing Published : April 2015 Pages : 112p Format : Paperback; 230mm x 115mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Dear Margaret... Correspondence with Margaret Forster Mary Scott-Parker £6.00 "Over the last twenty years (and to my complete amazement) I have compiled nine local history books - but I firmly believe that without the support of Margaret Forster over those years, the total would have been closer to zero." Publisher : M&D Publications Published : November 2016 Pages : 78p Format : Paperback; 148 x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Dear Mary, Love Percy - A Creative Thread edited by David A. Cross £30.00 This is an extraordinary record of the 25-year friendship and exchange of letters between two of Cumbria’s leading cultural figures, Mary Burkett, author, biographer, and Arts patron and Percy Kelly, West Cumbrian artist, now acclaimed worldwide. Publisher : Skiddaw Press Published : November 2011 Pages : 260 Format : 210mm x 304mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Dorothy Wordsworth - An Anthology £6.50 This is a pocket-sized anthology produced by the Wordsworth Trust and sure to bring enjoyment to anyone interested in Dorothy Wordsworth's life and times. Publisher : Wordsworth Trust Published : April 2007 Pages : 96 Format : 100mm x 142mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In & Around Carlisle Ian Ashbridge £10.99 Included are the barbaric execution of Andrew de Harcla in 1323, and the truth behind the Croglin vampire some 362 years later, the frenzied murder of Mary Brown in St Nicholas in 1826 and that of William Horsley in 1861, strangled by his possessive lady friend who also happened to be his mother-in-law. Publisher : Wharncliffe Books Published : October 2006 Pages : 174 Format : 155mm x 233mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  In Search of Swallows & Amazons: Arthur Ransome's Lakeland Roger Wardale £9.99 Like one of the best detective stories, this book pieces together the clues to solve the great Swallows and Amazons mystery. Where were the stories set? Roger Wardale draws on his own forty-year search for the secret locations in this guide for present-day explorers. Publisher : Sigma Leisure. Published : 2006 Pages : 128 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Ivver Sen Keith Richardson £20.00 When it was decided to apply for World Heritage status for the Lake District it was on the basis of its cultural landscape. Publisher : River Greta Writer Published : August 2017 Pages : 208p Format : Paperback; 280 x 215mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  John Ruskin and the Lakeland Arts Revival, 1880-1920 Sara E. Haslam £19.95 Between about 1880 and the end of the First World War there was a widespread revival in traditional handcrafts in the Lake District. Inspired initially by the teachings of John Ruskin, pioneers of the revival established workshops in Keswick, Kendal and elsewhere in which textiles, woodwork and metalwork were made by hand by local craftsmen and women. Their output formed the basis of a series of successful art exhibitions, notably those at Kendal in 1891 and 1899. Publisher : Merton Priory Press Ltd. Published : 2004 Pages : 250 Format : Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Joseph Hardman Lakeland Photographer 1893-1972 Anne Bonney £13.50 Joseph Hardman was born in 1893, son of a yeast dealer, in the Lancashire mill town of Radcliffe, near Manchester. In 1911, Joseph and his brother Walter came to Kendal in search of work, and set up the 'Kendal Window Cleaning Company'. He joined the local photographic club, found he had a natural aptitude, gaining some success in local newspapers and decided to set up as a freelance photographer. Publisher : Helm Press Published : November 2016 Pages : 105p Format : Paperback; 240 x 165mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Keeping Quiet Paul Nixon £9.99 Cumbrian farmer's son Paul 'mad as a badger' Nixon is one of cricket's most distinctive figures, a wicketkeeper known as much for his manic words and deeds as a trophy-laden career which spanned four decades. Publisher : History Press Published : June 2012 Pages : 240p Format : Paperback; 197 x 129mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Keswick Characters Volume one Keswick Historical Society £7.99 Very few small towns have played host to so many interesting, eccentric, eminent or worthy people as Keswick. Publisher : Bookcase Published : November 2006 Pages : 112 Format : 150mm x 210mm small paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Letters, Papers and Journals of William Pearson Anne Pearson (ed) £25.00 This book has been out of print for almost 150 years. It was a rare book, even when first published, as it is believed only 50 copies were printed. The book is a memoir by Anne Pearson and an important collection of letters and articles by her husband, William Pearson of Borderside, a well known Westmorland man, who was buried at Crosthwaite Church. Publisher : Hayloft Publishing Ltd. Published : 2005 Pages : 338 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Naylor's Run DVD Eric Robson £12.99 Record breaking fell runner Jos Naylor celebrated his 60th birthday by running the 60 highest peaks in the Lake District - all of them over 2,500 feet high. This DVD, which is a specially extended version of an ITV documentary, features a combination of spectacular aerial photography and film crews deployed on the high summits of Lakeland to record the historic run. Publisher : Striding Edge Published : 1997 Pages : Format : DVD Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  O Joy for me! Keir Davidson £20.00 Coleridge was the first person to walk the mountains alone, and not because he had to for work, as a miner, quarryman or shepherd, but because he wanted to for pleasure and for adventure. Publisher : Wilmington Square Books Published : September 2018 Pages : 194p Format : Hardback; 235 x 136mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Our Lady and St Joseph's Heroes Remembered 1914-1918 James M Robinson, Alex Proudfoot, Derek Nash £20.00 Derek Nash, James Robinson and Alex Proudfoot have sought to give us a brief history of those named on the church memorial so that we can remember them better, so that we can be grateful for their sacrifice, so that we can honour them. They are our flesh and blood, they were our parishioners, they belong to us, as does their memory. Publisher : P3 Publications Published : September 2020 Pages : 184 Format : Paperback; 296 x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Sarah Losh and Wreay Church Stephen Matthews £15.00 Sarah Losh built Wreay Church in 1842. It is one of the most delightful, unusual and inspired of all Victorian churches. 'Sarah Losh and Wreay Church' is the story of this remarkable woman and her visionary work. Publisher : BOOKCASE Published : May 2007 Pages : 208 Format : 170mm x 245mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Selected Poems of Susanna Blamire Christopher Hugh Maycock £10.00 Susanna Blamire was born in 1747 at Cardew Hall, near Dalston, Cumberland. She became a fine poet writing everything from popular dialect songs such as 'The Siller Croun' to long narrative poems. Publisher : Bookcase Published : August 2008 Pages : 176 Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  1 | 2 | next>> Back to Top