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The Broads Through Time by David Holmes
RRP: £15.99£10.85The Broads Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Norfolk. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of the well-known streets and famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area... -
Middlesbrough's Iron and Steel Industry by Dr. Joan Heggie
RRP: £15.99£10.85Middlesbrough and Teesside are renowned for their association with the iron and steel industry. Iron has been produced there on an industrial scale since the 1850s, when Cleveland ironstone was discovered in the Eston Hills. By 1866, there were... -
Watford: Britain in Old Photographs by Hertfordshire Archived & Local Studies
RRP: £12.99£9.62Watford in Old Photographs contains over 200 previously unpublished photographs of the town drawn from the vast collection at Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies. The views show daily life in Watford during the twentieth century, before many of the... -
A-Z of Blackpool: Places-People-History by Allan W. Wood
RRP: £15.99£10.85Blackpool was 'created' from sparsely populated farmland and villages for the purpose of visitors having fun and pleasure. The development of the town over the last 170 years or so has led to a diverse modern history, which could be said to reflect, in a... -
A-Z of Halifax: Places-People-History by Trish Colton 9781445679532
RRP: £15.99£10.85Over the centuries it has been the manufacturing of textiles and confectionery that has brought wealth to Halifax in West Yorkshire. The town's impressive Grade I listed Piece Hall, built in the eighteenth century, was the place where handloom weavers... -
Lundy: A Landmark 50 Years by Simon Dell
RRP: £15.99£10.85In 1968 Mr Albion Harman, the last owner of Lundy Island, in the Bristol Channel, died. His surviving two sisters, faced with a challenging future running the island, put Lundy up for auction. An appeal fund for GBP150,000 was started but unfortunately... -
Derby History Tour by Maxwell Craven
RRP: £8.99£6.02Derby History Tour offers a fascinating insight into the history of this city in the East Midlands. Author Maxwell Craven guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over... -
Huddersfield History Tour by Paul Chrystal 9781398101876
RRP: £8.99£6.02Huddersfield History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this town in West Yorkshire. Author Paul Chrystal guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed... -
Hastings & St Leonards Through Time by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
RRP: £15.99£10.85'Hastings and St Leonards, the charming marine resort of fashionable English society, possess attractions and recommendations that render the borough unique and unrivalled among English watering places. Strangers who have not visited the place are liable... -
South Telford, Ironbridge Gorge, Medeley & Dawley by John Powell 9780752401256
RRP: £12.99£9.62In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Ironbridge Gorge was the scene of dramatic industrial activity which today's resident or visitor finds difficult to envisage. Coal had been extracted from the hillsides of Benthall, Brosely and Madeley for... -
Staffordshire in Photographs by Noel Bennett
RRP: £17.99£12.09Mention Staffordshire to most people and they immediately think of a county dominated by heavy industry. While it certainly has a rich industrial heritage - with the Potteries in the north and the iron ore, limestone and coal of the Black Country in the... -
Secret Brighton by Kevin Newman
RRP: £15.99£10.85Secret Brighton offers a unique insight into the intriguing and eccentric city of Brighton through the lesser-known aspects of its history. This book highlights the history 'below the surface' of Brighton, revealing hidden aspects that even most... -
Castles of the World by Dr Phyllis G Jestice
RRP: £9.99£6.85From the Highlands of Scotland to the plains of northern India, Castles of the World is a beautiful examination of past worlds viewed through strongholds that continue to enrich the modern landscape. They evoke an imagined age of aristocratic warriors... -
Secret Cirencester by David Elder
RRP: £15.99£10.85Cirencester is one of the most remarkable towns in Britain. From its Roman beginnings around AD 75, when it was classed second only in importance to London, to its current status as the 'Capital of the Cotswolds', it has always punched well above its... -
Southport History Tour by Hugh Hollinghurst
RRP: £8.99£6.02Southport History Tour is a unique insight into the fascinating history of this attractive seaside town on the Merseyside coast and shows just how much it has changed during the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to... -
Rosyth Dockyard and Naval Base Through Time by Walter Burt
RRP: £15.99£10.85With the coming of the naval arms race with Germany, in 1903 the Admiralty decided to establish a naval base and dockyard at Rosyth, taking advantage of deep tidal water there. Construction work started in 1909 and the dockyard was finished in 1916, when... -
Secret Broadstairs by Andy Bull
RRP: £15.99£11.61The seaside town of Broadstairs lies on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent. Situated on the cliffs above the bay, the town gained its name from the stairs that were cut into the chalk cliffs down to the shore. Fishing and smuggling were the mainstays of... -
Lost Edinburgh by Liz Hanson
RRP: £15.99£10.85Like many towns and cities in the UK, Edinburgh has changed over the years and continues to do so. Parts of Scotland's capital have been transformed, especially on Princes Street, where several landmark buildings from the Georgian and Victorian eras... -
Dalkeith & Around Through Time by Jack Gillon
RRP: £14.99£9.70The Midlothian town of Dalkeith has had an eventful history. Cromwell's officer, General Monck, was Commander in Scotland, and the government of the country was based out of Dalkeith Castle. In the seventeenth century, Dalkeith had one of Scotland's... -
Bridgnorth History Tour by Clive Gwilt
RRP: £8.99£6.02Located in the south-east of Shropshire, Bridgnorth is divided into High Town and Low Town on opposite banks of the River Severn. Among its landmarks are its seventeenth-century, half-timbered town hall and the precariously leaning ruins of its castle,... -
Unseen Burma: Early Photography 1862-1962 by Thweep Rittinaphakorn 9786164510678
RRP: £35.00£21.16When the British colonised Burma, they brought with them the latest technology in cameras and photographic reproduction, and since these were introduced to Burma as early as the middle of the 19th century, the country is richly catalogued and... -
Secret Ripon by David Winpenny
RRP: £15.99£10.85Ripon is one of England's smallest cities, and has a long history that encompasses saints, actors, marquesses, mayors, murderers, writers and eccentrics. Its Hornblower sets the watch each evening in a tradition said to be more than a thousand years old... -
Redcar, Marske & Saltburn Through Time by Paul Chrystal
RRP: £15.99£10.85Redcar, Marske & Saltburn Through Time is a wonderful collection of old and new photographs of this historic area of Yorkshire. The older images are printed alongside a contemporary full colour photograph, which illustrates the same scene. The... -
50 Gems of Cheshire: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places by Mike Appleton
RRP: £15.99£10.85The county of Cheshire holds many delights, from the wild moorlands of the Peak District to the gentler appeal of the Dee Estuary. Cheshire also boasts more than its fair share of heritage and history, from the ancient walled city of Chester to its... -
East Dulwich Through Time by John D. Beasley
RRP: £15.99£10.85East Dulwich Through Time contains 180 images of East Dulwich in London, of which 90 are old photographs, (some printed in a sepia tone and some in full colour). Each photograph is printed alongside a contemporary full colour photograph illustrating the... -
The Wirral Through Time by Daniel K. Longman 9781445661568
RRP: £15.99£10.85Bounded by the River Dee in the west and by the River Mersey in the east, the Wirral peninsula is a remarkable place. The Wirral Through Timeis a rare insight into the amazingly diverse history of this part of the country, a mishmash of both ancient and... -
Los Angeles Then and Now (R) by Rosemary Lord
RRP: £20.00£14.34In 1769, Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola dedicated the new town: Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles - Our Lady the Queen of the Angels. Since then the city has been a colorful melting pot of cultures. Wagon trains brought pioneers in... -
Secret Chesterfield by Richard Bradley
RRP: £15.99£10.85The Derbyshire town of Chesterfield has a long and interesting history. It has been a market town for the surrounding area since receiving its charter in 1204, and still hosts a large open-air market today. During the construction of the railway in the... -
Dust: Egypt's Forgotten Architecture by Xenia Nikolskaya
RRP: £39.99£32.77A stunning photographic compilation of Egypt's abandoned palaces and grand buildingsBetween 1860 and 1940, Cairo and other large cities in Egypt witnessed a major construction boom that gave birth to extraordinary palaces and lavish buildings. These... -
Walworth History Tour by Darren Lock
RRP: £8.99£6.02Described by the Anglo-Saxons as the 'Farm of Briton', the architecture of the Walworth now ranges from impressive eighteenth-century houses to more recent concrete tower blocks. Today, the area is built-up, urban and dotted with housing estates,... -
Eastbourne History Tour by Kevin Gordon
RRP: £8.99£6.02Eastbourne History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this town on the coast of East Sussex. Author Kevin Gordon guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have... -
Secret Colchester by Patrick Denney
RRP: £15.99£10.85Much has been written about Colchester's rich historical past, from the Iron Age settlement and the coming of the Romans, the Norman castle, the woollen cloth trade, the Siege of Colchester and many more notable events through to the present day. But the... -
Crewe Through Time by Peter Ollerhead
RRP: £15.99£10.85Crewe Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Crewe, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of the Crewe... -
Stamford Through Time by Christopher Davies
RRP: £15.99£10.85Stamford has a reputation for being one of England's finest stone towns. It is a happy mix of medieval and Georgian architecture that was untouched by the Industrial Revolution or later large scale developments, so its central core has survived... -
Rickmansworth, Croxley Green & Chorleywood Through Time by John Cooper
RRP: £15.99£10.85Rickmansworth, Croxley Green and Chorleywood Through Time takes the reader on a nostalgic journey back to an age when the pace of life was much slower and more tranquil than it is today. Using a vibrant selection of old picture postcards, many of which... -
Royal Leamington Spa Through Time by Jacqueline Cameron
RRP: £15.99£10.85Royal Leamington Spa Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Warwickshire. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Leamington Spa, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to... -
Secret Yorkshire Dales by Mike Appleton
RRP: £15.99£10.85Idyllic and breathtaking, the Yorkshire Dales is one of the most popular and well-known national parks not only in Britain, but throughout the world. Designated a national park in 1954, it attracts millions of visitors each year who are lured there by... -
Kilmarnock Memories by Frank Beattie
RRP: £12.99£9.62Until the beginning of the nineteenth century Kilmarnock lived by what was produced locally. But after the Industrial Revolution many industries found a home in the town, producing goods from whiskey to carpets and from shoes to heavy machinery... -
Trentham Through Time by Alan Myatt
RRP: £15.99£10.85Home to earls, marquises and dukes, where church towers and bells disappeared and rivers changed course, Trentham has many stories to tell. Known as the 'playground of the Midlands', over the years Trentham has been frequented by kings and leaders such... -
Dorset Railways Through Time by Mike Phipp 9781398108547
RRP: £15.99£10.85Dorset has always been an important railway county, catering for holidaymakers heading to the resorts of Bournemouth, Swanage and Weymouth. As part of the mid-nineteenth-century desire for railways to reach many parts of the country, a line from...