Books Cumbria : Places : West Cumbria West Cumbria Towns and villages to the west of Carlisle and Keswick. Whitehaven has a separate section. 1 | 2 | next>> The Fresh and The Salt: The Story of the Solway Ann Lingard £25.00 ‘Like a hungry gull, Ann Lingard explores her beloved Solway shoreline for every living detail that catches her eye. In so doing she has created a portrait of this nation-cleaving water that is as broad and deep as the estuary itself’ MARK COCKER, author and naturalist Publisher : Birlinn Published : 3rd September 2020 Pages : 336pp Format : 234 x 156mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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; Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Aspatria Carriage Builders 1850s-1911 Martin Riley £15.00 John Ferguson began making horse drawn carriages in Aspatria in 1850. Vehicles ranged from simple carts, cans and the parish hearse to phaetons, broughams and landaus. Publisher : Bookcase Published : October 2018 Pages : 138p Format : Paperback; 248 x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Black Wednesday - An Account of the Wellington Pit Disaster, Whitehaven, in the Year 1910 Gordon L. Routledge £12.00 Wednesday, the 11th of May, 1910, still represents the blackest day in the history of the Coal Mining Industry of Whitehaven. Publisher : BOOKCASE Published : November 2011 Pages : 240 Format : 146mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Publisher : Published : December 2006 Pages : 76 Format : 210mm x 295mm large paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  1 | 2 | next>> Back to Top