Historical

Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and at the mouth of the River Exe, Exmouth is one of the largest seaside towns in Devon and is regarded as the county's oldest holiday resort. With over two miles of sandy beach, and stunning views over the...

Just 5 miles south from the Welsh capital of Cardiff lies the charming seaside town of Penarth. It boasts some fine examples of Victorian and Edwardian architecture from the town's heyday in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857040978Author Mary TrettFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

Glossop's existence as a village, manor, dale, township and borough is recorded since the eleventh century, although 'Glotts Hop' is named somewhat earlier. With the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the Cotton Industry, what we know as the town of...

Using a collection of over 200 photographs, largely garnished from local residents, the author, Helen Moir, has compiled a volume that creates a fascinating portrait of Motherwell and its social history. These old photographs are sure to evoke strong...

Originally in Kent, Orpington is now a town in the south-east corner of Greater London. The town grew rapidly in the nineteenth century following the arrival of the railways in the 1860s, with industrialisation following, and its development was boosted...

Ripon's story comes alive on this tour around the city. Evidence of life here hundreds of millions of years ago, with 'Ripon' at the edge of a tropical sea, can be observed at Quarry Moor; bronze age henges are to be found to the north and east of the...

The modern town of Gillingham grew up on the banks of the River Medway around the Royal Naval Dockyard of Chatham, most of which actually lay within Gillingham. The sixteenth century saw the expansion of the one-time fishing and farming village of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617532Author John MairFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Over the course of 100 years, the Isle of Man developed from a collection of fishing villages into one of the main holiday destinations for people working in the Lancashire mills and coal mines. Hotels and other holiday accommodation were built and...

Alton has been a market centre for the villages that surround it for many hundreds of years and these two pictures show the changes that have taken place in the last 100 years. For most of that period a weekly Tuesday market took place in the Market...

Chatham is an ever-evolving part of the Medway conurbation in South-East England. Best known for its Royal Naval Dockyard, the history of which began in the sixteenth century, the town grew as the yard expanded. Chatham survived the closure of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853610830Author Alasdair WhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 147mm * 11mm

Bounded by the River Dee and Wales on one side and the River Mersey and Liverpool on the other, the Wirral Peninsula has its own special history. The major towns on the Mersey - Birkenhead and Wallasey - have a strong industrial heritage. New Brighton on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859374269Author Clive TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Frith Book Company Ltd.Publisher Frith Book Company Ltd.

Oxford is identified with its university, and the university has certainly played a huge role in shaping the town. But the history of Oxford is much more than just a footnote to its colleges. The town was already old when the first scholars gathered...

This fascinating photographic collection represents a journey both through time and also along the byways of a truly scenic part of rural England. Edwardian photographers' lenses enable us to glimpse celebrations such as Empire Day, we revisit tranquil...

Leonard "Len" Keith and Joseph "Cub" Coates grew up in the rural New Brunswick village of Havelock in the early 20th century. The two were neighbours, and they clearly developed an inseparable relationship. Len was an amateur photographer and automobile...

Peterborough in Cambridgeshire is well known for its magnificent medieval cathedral and today is one of the UK's fastest-growing cities. Its history stretches back many centuries, from its status as the Soke of Peterborough, originally considered part of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615385Author Rowan PatelFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 128mm * 208mm * 6mm

Launched in April 1912, the Vest Pocket Kodak was one of the world's first compact cameras. About the height and width of today's iPhone, it was small enough to fit into the pocket of a waistcoat (the American Vest) and allowed the soldiers to record...

Inverness, known as the capital of the Highlands, was designated a Millennium city in 2000. This Royal and Ancient Burgh is recorded going back thousands of years, but it doesn't look like an old town because it was sacked and burned so many times that...

This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752410982Author Alan...

Witney History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this Oxfordshire town, its well-known streets and famous places, and explains what they meant to local people throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Readers are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338744Author John Fyfe AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 176mm * 235mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783868288971Author Helen LevittFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag

Tynemouth & Cullercoats History Tour is a wonderful guide to this historic part of Tyneside, exploring its lesser-known sights and hidden corners. Ken Hutchinson guides us through the area, revealing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they've...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337556Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 274mm * 210mm * 6mm

Drogheda nestles on the east coast of Ireland, on the border of Louth and Meath. A lively medieval town, it is home to a host of contemporary music and theatre companies, an international Samba festival, and was the birthplace of many famous Irish...

Oxfordshire is rich in many things: fine agricultural land and areas of dense woodland; delightful towns like Burford, Woodstock, Dorchester and Henley; the stately River Thames that bisects the county; the ironstone villages of the northern border; the...

Leighton Buzzard is a hidden gem in the English countryside, which retains the atmosphere of a medieval market town. It has a long social history of over 1,000 years, with a royal estate recorded in the Domesday Book. The sand industry has shaped the...

The Lancashire town of Wigan has prehistoric roots and developed in importance through Roman and medieval times. It played a leading role in the English Civil War, being occupied by the Parliamentarians. It grew dramatically during the Industrial...

The wonderful town of Bury St Edmunds is indelibly linked to the first patron saint of England, St Edmund, who was martyred in AD 869 and would eventually be enshrined in his magnificent abbey church, alas now in ruins. The town's affinity with Magna...

This fascinating selection of 180 archive postcards and maps takes the reader on a nostalgic journey around historic Oxford, showcasing some of the finest buildings and streets in this English university city. The collection conjures a forgotten world of...

The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the culmination of months of meticulous planning and organisation. A vast army had to be trained and equipped; huge amounts of material - from tin cans to tank transporters, petrol to parachutes - had to be...

In these days of ubiquitous, non-stop media and information you would think that there were few secrets anywhere left to reveal, but when it comes to Chatham there remain a surprising number of facts and idiosyncrasies that, over the years, have remained...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338195Author Paul HaywoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm

Braintree and Bocking 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 Braintree and Bocking, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they...

In the second half of the nineteenth century, after the removal of the Crystal Palace to the hill above, Sydenham and Forest Hill were among the most delightful of London's suburbs. By the first two decades of the twentieth century they were beginning to...

This fascinating collection of over 150 archive images provides a nostalgic insight into the changing history of Padiham over the last century. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption, bringing the past to life and describing many aspects of life...