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As important in the Middle Ages as Liverpool was to become in the Industrial Revolution, Lynn (as in local parlance) was a major English port and market town for centuries, with access to ten counties through the Great Ouse and its tributaries. Aptly...

Leeds is the UK's third largest city and is home to a community rich in history, ambition and achievement. As the financial, cultural and commercial heart of West Yorkshire, Leeds is a city essential to the global economic system. Although only a small...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334760Author John HoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 171gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334241Author Bernard ByromFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 275mm...

Matching archive photos with their modern viewpoint, London Then and Now gives a fascinating insight into the history of Europe's financial capital. London has changed rapidly in the last 150 years. The Luftwaffe helped modify many parts of...

This illustrated history portrays one of England's finest cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Liverpool's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the Historic England...

'Whitstable is a stirring little town, with strong business proclivities, and a history stretching far back into the remote past.' So wrote a Kentish Gazette correspondent in 1873, although he could have been writing of Whitstable today. Roman soldiers...

Dorset is renowned for its beauty as well as its history. Home to the Jurassic Coast, and with over half of the county designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this part of the country has a wealth of spectacular scenery - from sweeping...

The Isle of Wight, lying off the south coast of England, has been a popular tourist destination for 200 years but has played an important role in the history of Britain for centuries. It was settled by Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and...

The Cambridgeshire Fens lie north of Cambridge and share boundaries with Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Until the seventeenth century the fens were marsh and swamp, with wide sluggish rivers. Those that could survive the damp and the fen ague made a living...

The town of Dartmouth, lying on the River Dart estuary on Devon's south coast, has long had close associations with the sea. It was an important port for south-west England during the Middle Ages and became the home of the English navy. Dartmouth ships...

Lying in the heart of England, Oxfordshire is justly famous for its historic university, but the county also boasts many beautiful natural features and a fascinating historic legacy. The landscape ranges from the Chiltern and Cotswold Hills, the Wessex...

This illustrated history portrays one of London's most fascinating areas. It provides a nostalgic look at the East End's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the...

Culled from a collection of 70,000 negatives from the archives of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, the images in this remarkable collection were taken by Amin's personal photographers between the 1950s and mid-1980s. Like many dictators, Amin used...

The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was opened in July 1885. The 21 miles of line traversed the picturesque coast between the two towns for eighty years. There were eight stations on the line all with their own distinctive character and serving the...

A World Heritage Site since 1999, the New Forest is not that new and not really a forest. Only half is wooded with the rest being mainly gorse, heathland, mudflats and farms. It was created around 1079 for William the Conqueror as an exclusive royal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336832Author Peter MortimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 273mm * 210mm * 5mm

Within these covers are over 200 high-quality images from the fascinating past of Yarmouth, Totland, Freshwater and the whole of the western end of the Isle of Wight. This area is world-famous because of its unique geographical and topographical features...

Once part of Lancashire, Droylsden and Audenshaw are now part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough of Manchester. The varied histories of both towns see the transition from farming to an industrial community. Droylsden is still home to the James Robertson's...

Cornwall in Photographs captures a range of stunning landscapes that make up this most south-westerly part of England. The coastline is full of contrasts, from granite cliffs to sandy beaches, and crashing Atlantic Ocean waves to gently lapping water in...

The county of Northumberland holds many delights, from the stunning landscapes along Hadrian's Wall to the many unspoiled beaches that line its spectacular coastline. Northumberland also boasts more than its fair share of heritage and history, from the...

Southampton History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. This is an exciting guided walk around the city, its well-known streets and famous faces, and explains what they meant to the people of this city...

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 9780752415031Author Bryan...

This book takes a photographic tour of one of the City of Westminster's more distinctive areas, and with a wealth of archive images set alongside comparison photographs from the present day shows how old neighbourhoods have evolved through the decades...

The East Sussex seaside resort of Eastbourne, at the end of the South Downs alongside the famous Beachy Head, is largely a creation of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. In the nineteenth century small hamlets in the area were developed by wealthy...

"An extraordinary tale of derring-do told in a mesmerising new book via fascinating archive pictures - and worthy of a Hollywood movie too." - Daily Mail "A new book showcasing them all is a fascinating read... The care and dedication that has gone into...

Hull History Tour is a unique insight into the fascinating history of this famous old fishing port and shows just how much it has changed during the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readers are invited to follow author and historian Paul...

This illustrated history portrays one of England's finest major cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Birmingham's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the Historic...

This fascinating collection of photographs shows how Southport has changed over time. Drawing on his own extensive collection of local picture postcards and memorabilia the author has selected photographs which illustrate not only the town centre itself...

A photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel's bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy 'At the very beginning of the twentieth century, Zola said, ''In my view you cannot claim to have...

At a time when everything is constantly changing, it can be comforting to look back. British Passenger Liners in Colour is just that: a look back at a time when the British-flag passenger fleet spanned the world from Southampton to South America.Using...

Saltaire History Touris a unique insight into the illustrious history of Titus Salt's model industrial village and how it has changed since acquiring the status of a World Heritage Site. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and take a tour...

This book looks at WWII from a largely British perspective, based upon approximately 350 photographs from the archives of Mirrorpix. It takes a look at the legacies of the war, including the establishment of the United Nations and the European Union. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910401170Author Rafal MilachFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint GOST BooksPublisher GOST BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 127mm * 15mm

This fascinating pictorial history takes a look back at the days when Fife was home to a wide variety of traditional industries, including mining, farming, fishing, pottery and textile factories, shipping and shipbuilding. Featuring over 160 archive...

The history of photography began nearly 200 years ago, but only relatively recently has it been fully recognized as a medium in its own right. Cologne's Museum Ludwig was the first museum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section to...

Portsmouth Dockyard has a long and distinguished history. Functioning in a naval capacity since 1495, although more active as a dockyard from the Victorian period, few other places have such a prominent place in Britain's naval history. The dockyard is...

Having grown up as a small Roman settlement where Ermine Street crossed the River Lea, Ware came into its own in the Middle Ages as an important stopping place on the Old North Road to and from London. The booming inn trade was boosted by the Great Bed...

Coventry has been one of the most important cities in England since the Middle Ages. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Coventry became an industrial centre, renowned for clock and watch manufacturing and later for building cars, bicycles and...

The Forest of Dean is a guide to the region, between the Severn and Wye, that lies in the west of the county of Gloucestershire. Humphrey Phelps covers every aspect of the area, highlighting the changes that have occurred in the Forest, and describes the...