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200 Farmers of Scotland

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

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A Carlisle Lad - The Story of James Parker Templeton

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

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A History of Linen in the North West

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.

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Being Prepared - 100 Years of Scouting in Cumbria

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

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Botcherby Heroes Remembered

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.
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Publisher : P3 Publications
Published : November 2016
Pages : 48p
Format : Paperback; 296 x 210mm

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Captain Jones's Irish Sea Cruize

Captain Jones's Irish Sea Cruize

David Bradbury
£5.00

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

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Catherine Marshall

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

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Changing Times: The Millenium Story of the People of Bolton, Westmorland

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.

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Colourful Characters of Cumbria's Eden Valley

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

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Dear Margaret... Correspondence with Margaret Forster

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

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Dear Mary, Love Percy - A Creative Thread

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

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Dorothy Wordsworth - An Anthology

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

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In & Around Carlisle

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

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In Search of Swallows & Amazons: Arthur Ransome's Lakeland

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.

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Ivver Sen

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

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Joseph Hardman Lakeland Photographer 1893-1972

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

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Keeping Quiet

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

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Keswick Characters Volume one

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

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Naylor's Run DVD

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

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O Joy for me!

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

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Our Lady and St Joseph's Heroes Remembered 1914-1918

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

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Sarah Losh and Wreay Church

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

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Selected Poems of Susanna Blamire

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

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The Adventure of English

The Adventure of English

Melvyn Bragg
£10.99

Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language.



Publisher : Sceptre
Published : 2004
Pages : 354
Format : Paperback.

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The Carlisle Floods: A Photographic Record

The Carlisle Floods: A Photographic Record

David Ramshaw
£5.00

On Saturday 8th January 2005 the citizens of Carlisle woke up to the worst flooding seen in the city for almost 200 years. The weather had been exceptionally wet and windy for several days, but no one could have foreseen the extent of the flooding that occurred on that Saturday morning. In a very short space of time the city ground to a halt and by lunchtime the whole city had lost electrical power.

Publisher : P3 Publications
Published : 2005
Pages : 48
Format : Paperback.

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