West Cumbria

Towns and villages to the west of Carlisle and Keswick. Whitehaven has a separate section. 1 | 2 | next>>

A Century Around Silloth

Peter Ostle & Stephen Wright
�12.00

A Century Around Silloth covers the history of the local people of Silloth and the surrounding villages from 1900 to the present day.

Publisher :	P3 Publications
Published :	October 2012
Pages :	184p.
Format :	Paperback; 270 x 180mm.

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A Cumberland Endeavour- Hine Bros. of Maryport: The People, The Ships and The Town

Ian Hine
�15.00

The story of Hine Brothers of Maryport, a shipping company founded and run by Wilfred and Alfred Hine in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Publisher :	Words By Design
Published :	08/2012
Pages :	152p.
Format :	Paperback; H:260; W:204;

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A Wasdale Lad: A pictorial history of Lakeland farming life

Rob Steele
�10.00

After setting the scene by introducing some forbears, "A Wasdale Lad" tells the story of growing up in West Cumberland in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Publisher :	TR Publishing
Published :	September 2020
Pages :	127p
Format :	Paperback; 210 x 148mm

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Allonby - A Short History and Guide

Peter Ostle
�4.00

A small pocket guidebook to the history of Allonby including a sketch map showing a walk around the village to view the places described.

Publisher :	P3 Publications
Published :	May 2014
Pages :	32p
Format :	Paperback; 148 x 210mm.

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Arlecdon: A Journey Through Time

Arlecdon History Group
�6.00

'I'd run up from Parks Road with the clogs to Tommy Balance's hut - the first thing you noticed was the smell of leather and wood."

Publisher :	Whitehaven Hospital WEA Research Group
Published :	September 2008
Pages :	112p
Format :	Paperback; 240 x 165mm

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Bigrigg: Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway

The Bigrigg Research Team
�7.50

The book covers a fascinating area of West Cumbria that has had little written about it. Situated between Whitehaven and Egremont few people today will be aware as to how important Bigrigg was during the Industrial Revolution, that its output of minerals was so important to the local economy and expansion of the area. The book delves into the past to bring the present alive and helps our understanding of the current topography of the area. It is amazing to see just how complicated the pits and railways were.

Publisher :	Cumbrian Railways Association
Published :	June 2020
Pages :	47p
Format :	Paperback; 296 x 210mm

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Blennerhasset

Geoffrey Bremner
�10.00

Blennerhasset is a small village on the edge of the Solway Plain. People have lived there for at least a thousand years

Publisher :	Bookcase
Published :	November 2006
Pages :	128
Format :	210mm x 150mm small paperback

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Caldbeck: A Special Part of Lakeland

Tony Vaux
�15.00

What is special about Caldbeck? Wainwright described it as 'a place that hasn't changed'. Drawing on local records, the words of Caldbeck people and the evidence of the landscape, Tony Vaux finds out what has changed and what has not.

Publisher :	Caldbeck and Lake District Local History Society
Published :	November 2018
Pages :	310p
Format :	Paperback; 245 x 170mm

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Cockermouth Floods - 19 November 2009

David Ramshaw
�5.00

Cockermouth was badly affected by the floods which hit Carlisle in 2005, but little was heard in the media at the time as the flooding in Carlisle was so devastating.

Publisher :	P3 Publications
Published :	December 2009
Pages :	48
Format :	148mm x 210mm paperback

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Cockermouth Mechanics' Band

Geoff Hunter
�7.99

A fantastic biographical history of the oldest band in Cumberland, richly illustrated throughout.

Publisher :	Bookcase.
Published :	2005
Pages :	104
Format :	Paperback.

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Exploring Wild Flowers of the Solway Coast

Rose Wolfe
�3.50

The Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was designated in 1964 and covers 118 square kilometres of the Solway Plain. It is a unique landscape shaped by the sea, wind and the people who have lived there. This book identifies the many different plants and flowers which grow along the coast. There are colour photographs to help identify them as well as information as to when they are in bloom

Publisher :	Countryside Agency
Published :	2006
Pages :	30
Format :	Small Paperback

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Frizington - From Iron Ore to Hats Galore!

Arlecdon History Group
�13.00

Following on from 'Frizington - Much More Than One Long Street', this book concentrates on occupations showing the variety and diversity of the village in the early days until more recent times. It highlights how Frizington was transformed from a small rural village to a prosperous 'boom' town.

Publisher :	Whitehaven Hospital WEA Research Group
Published :	July 2017
Pages :	172p
Format :	Paperback; 270 x 185mm

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Frizington's Early Education

�10.00

A book about the early education of Frizington, mainly made up of interesting facts from school log books and people's memories of when they were pupils or teachers.

Publisher :	Arlecdon History Group
Published :	December 2018
Pages :	128p
Format :	Paperback; 250 x 177mm

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Frizington: Much More Than One Long Street

Arlecdon History Group
�7.00

Frizington, by 1866, had experienced an explosion of population with the opening up of iron-ore mines, quarries, coal mines and the railways. Workers came from far and wide and houses had to be hastily built to accommodate them.

Publisher :	Whitehaven Hospital WEA Research Group
Published :	December 2015
Pages :	84p
Format :	Paperback; 240 x 165mm

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Harrington Through the Years

Harrington Local History Group
�10.00

This is book 5 in the series of 'Harrington through the Years' and as before, submitted photographs and articles have been used in a way that connects with previous publications.

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Published :	December 2006
Pages :	76
Format :	210mm x 295mm large paperback

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Hine Brothers of Maryport - The Sailing Fleet, The Four Barques Vol. 2

Robert Peel
�10.00

REDUCED FROM �25.00
In volume 2 of Robert Peel's 'Hine Brothers of Maryport', we follow the last, and biggest of the Hine Brothers' sailing vessels.

Publisher :	Cooil Publishing
Published :	July 2014
Pages :	377
Format :	Paperback; 280 x 215mm

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Lamplugh Church/Parish of Lamplugh

�15.00

This is two books at a special price, Lamplugh Church: Heritage and Traditions, and The Parish of Lamplugh. A comprehensive history of the parish at an excellent price.

Publisher :	Lamplugh and District Heritage Society
Published :	2004
Pages :
Format :	Two paperbacks.

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M & B in '93

Bill Scott
�10.00

Bill Scott was educated at Carlisle Grammar School and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.

He went on to teach at Robert Ferguson School, Carlisle; The Friends' School, Hobart, Tasmania; Newman School, Carlisle and Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton.

He retired in 1987 and enjoyed many years of fell walking.

Publisher :	Bookcase
Published :	October 2020
Pages :	165p
Format :	Paperback; 210 x 148mm

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Maritime Maryport: Memories and Memorials

John D Wells
�17.50

This well-researched book follows on from 'Maryport - The Passing Years' and details the history of the town and its people up to the present day alongside a large selection of photographs.

Publisher :	John Wells
Published :	April 2012
Pages :	202
Format :	200mm x 290mm

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Maryport - The Passing Years

John D. Wells
�19.95

A follow up to 'Solway Winds', this book is a wonderfully evocative record of everything that was and is Maryport. Written for Maryport and its people, it is sure to be of interest to all who are familiar with this once importantly placed harbour town of West Cumbria.

Publisher :	John Wells
Published :	December 2006
Pages :	210
Format :	300mm x 215mm Hardback

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Maryport: A Roman Fort and its Community

David J. Breeze
�14.99

The collection of Roman inscribed stones and sculpture, together with other Roman objects found at Maryport in Cumbria, is the oldest archaeological collection in Britain still in private hands.

Publisher :	Archaeopress
Published :	April 2018
Pages :	117p
Format :	Paperback; 245 x 175mm

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Moota - Camp 103: The Story of a Cumbrian Prisoner of War Camp

Gloria Edwards
�5.99

The story of Moota Prisoner of War Camp, and the men who lived there, is a part of West Cumbria's history. Many people may already have heard of the beautiful chapel and its artwork created by German POWs, but other aspects of life at the camp and the part it played in the life of the local area have been largely unexplored until now.

Publisher :	Little Bird Publications
Published :	2005
Pages :	44
Format :	Large paperback.

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Old Egremont

E. Alan Read
�10.00

A short history of the ancient market town Egremont, lovingly compiled by Ernest Alan Read, who has lived there all his life. Illustrated with many black and white photographs, some dating back to the beginning of the 1900s.

Publisher :	Stenlake Publishing
Published :	2002
Pages :	48
Format :	Large paperback.

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Old Silloth and Allonby

Trevor Grahamslaw
�9.00

A pictorial history of the areas of Allonby and Silloth on the Cumbrian side of the Solway Firth. The photographs included are mostly within living memory.

Publisher :	Stenlake
Published :	November 2007
Pages :	48
Format :	174mm x 240mm paperback

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Old St Bees

Donald A Brownrigg
�10.00

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.

Publisher :	Stenlake Publishing
Published :	2003
Pages :	48
Format :	174mm x 240mm paperback

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