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Secret Wigan by Sue Gerrard
RRP: €19.03€12.91The 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... -
Edgware Through Time by Joshua Thomas 9781445685816
RRP: €19.03€12.91The North London town of Edgware has a parish dating back to the Middle Ages and links further back to the ancient Watling Street. It gives its name to the Edgware Road and the former village served as the first/last stopping point to travellers riding... -
Rhondda, A Second Selection: Images of Wales by Simon Eckley 9780752403083
RRP: €15.46€11.45This new selection of over 200 photographs and postcards from Rhondda's past continues the work of the previous publication in chronicling the rich pictorial history of these two famous valleys. The abundance of excellent images is striking, but... -
The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn David Okuefuna 9781846074585
RRP: €53.55€39.76In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use... -
Islington: Britain in Old Photographs by Gavin Smith 9780752449609
RRP: €17.84€13.74Islington retains a distinct personality which dates back to the days when it was a villages in the countryside visited by Londoners for leisure pursuits. This fascinating collection of nearly 200 old photographs of the Borough takes a nostalgic look... -
The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 by Dan Jones
RRP: €11.89€8.46The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science,... -
Broughty Ferry Through Time by Brian King
RRP: €19.03€12.91Broughty Ferry has gone through many changes since its origins as a small fishing village nestled in the shadow of a fifteenth-century castle. The industrial age saw wealthy jute barons arrive and build their grand residences there, while the coming of... -
Buxton History Tour by Alan Roberts
RRP: €10.70€6.32Buxton History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this Derbyshire spa town. Author Alan Roberts guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the... -
Rail Ramble Round Ireland, July 1969 by Hugh Dougherty 9781840339598
RRP: €15.41€13.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339598Author Hugh DoughertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Harwich & Dovercourt Through Time by Michael Rouse
RRP: €19.03€12.91Harwich is one of the Haven Ports. Its position on the estuaries of the River Stour and River Orwell has played a defining role in the history of the town, as it was one of the only safe havens on the East Coast between the Thames and Humber. As a... -
Glasgow's East End Through Time by Gordon Adams
RRP: €19.03€12.91The history of Glasgow extends back into the mists of legend, even beyond the sixth century AD when the city's patron saint, St Mungo, entered its story. From a small monastic community on the banks of the Molendinar Burn, Glasgow became the possession... -
50 Gems of the Peak District: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places by Denis Eardley
RRP: €19.03€12.91The Peak District, designated as Britain's first national park in 1951 and now one of the most visited national parks in the world, holds many delights, from high moors and narrow gorges to dark gritstone edges and white limestone cliffs, and from grand... -
Rochester, Strood & the Hoo Peninsula From Old Photographs by Brian Joyce 9781445646862
RRP: €19.03€12.60Rochester, Strood & the Hoo Peninsula From Old Photographs examines a diverse and fascinating area. Rochester, with its medieval castle and cathedral, Tudor buildings and Dickensian associations is a busy and vibrant tourist destination. Across the... -
Margate Through Time by Anthony Lee
RRP: €19.03€12.91Margate was one of the first English seaside resorts. From the 1730s it set out to attract visitors, particularly from London, who came by coach and sailing ship to take advantage of the fine sandy beaches and healthy air. Fashionable squares and... -
Wednesbury Through Time by Ian M. Bott
RRP: €19.03€12.91Wednesbury Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the West Midlands. 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... -
Secret Sunderland by Marie Gardiner
RRP: €19.03€12.91Sunderland enjoys a good hark back. Mackems (Sunderland natives) take great pleasure in sharing their knowledge - pointing out what used to be where and why. Author Marie Gardiner uncovers some of the hidden history behind this remarkable city by the... -
Margate by Alan Kay 9781845891237
RRP: €17.85€13.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845891237Author Alan KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection -
Secret Derby by Maxwell Craven
RRP: €19.03€12.91Derby's history goes back almost 2,000 years, despite a refoundation on a revised site in the tenth century. It is a county town but in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was home to a number scientific and entrepreneurial innovators. Their... -
Bridlington History Tour by Mike Hitches
RRP: €10.70€7.68Bridlington History Tour provides a fascinating glimpse into the past of this Yorkshire coastal town. With its bustling harbour, beautiful beaches and picturesque promenades, it is easy to see why it has become a favourite destination for holidaymakers... -
A-Z of Mumbles and Gower: Places-People-History by Brian E. Davies
RRP: €19.03€12.91For many the vibrant seaside village of Mumbles is the gateway to the beautiful Gower Peninsula, and both have fascinating history and fine scenery to offer. Mumbles is well known for many things, including the Mumbles Mile, the popular pier and the... -
Oldham Through Time by Steven Dickens
RRP: €19.03€12.91The Lancashire town of Oldham was a boom town of the Industrial Revolution and among the first ever industrialised towns in England. At its peak it was the most productive cotton-spinning mill town in the world, producing more cotton than France and... -
Secret Bolton by Ray Jefferson
RRP: €19.03€12.91Bolton has its roots in Lancashire where it was established as a textile town from the Middle Ages, but it was during the Industrial Revolution that it grew to become one of the major cotton manufacturing centres of the world. Engineering, paper making,... -
Secret Ramsgate by Andy Bull
RRP: €19.03€12.91The seaside town of Ramsgate in Kent developed as an important port in medieval England, associated with the Cinque Port of Sandwich. Close to the Continent, its harbour was a major embarkation point for the Napoleonic Wars and during the Dunkirk... -
Barnsley & District Through Time by Peter Tuffrey
RRP: €19.03€12.91The South Yorkshire town of Barnsley first described as 'Berneslai' in the Domesday Book has an illustrious history and has long been associated with the glass-making and coal-mining industries. There are no longer remnants of the previously ever-present... -
Guernsey Through Time by Amanda Bennett
RRP: €19.03€12.91Guernsey is the most western of the Channel Islands, with a proud maritime history spanning many centuries. Only 25 square miles, the island nevertheless has a great variety of landscapes, from the rugged cliffs in the south to the low-lying dunes in the... -
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Through Time John Christopher 9781848689633
RRP: €19.03€13.82Isambard Kingdom Brunel was Britain's greatest engineer, he was the man who built everything on a huge scale, he built Britain's biggest ship, some of Britain's most spectacular bridges, a tunnel under the Thames and the finest railway line in Britain,... -
Salford Through Time by Paul Hindle
RRP: €19.03€12.91Salford is often seen as the smaller twin of Manchester, its neighbour across the River Irwell. In fact, Salford was a borough long before Manchester achieved that status, but even in the 1530s John Leland described it as 'a large suburb to Manchester'... -
Old Fulham by Francis Czucha 9781840336450
RRP: €27.31€23.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336450Author Francis CzuchaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Lost Durham by Michael Richardson
RRP: €19.03€12.91The city of Durham in north-east England, lying on the River Wear, has long been an important centre in the region since St Cuthbert was buried there in the tenth century and the Normans built their imposing cathedral and castle. The city became the... -
Glasgow Central Station Through Time by Michael Meighan
RRP: €19.03€12.91Originally opened in August 1879, Central Station became a Glasgow landmark and one of Scotland's great buildings following a rebuild between 1901 and 1905 supervised by Caledonian Railway chief engineer Donald Matheson. The Edwardian ticket offices and... -
Stockton-on-Tees: Britain In Old Photographs by Charlie Emett
RRP: €17.84€13.74Charlie Emett has compiled a pictorial history of Stockton-on-Tees. With this superb collection of over 200 photographs, he illustrates many aspects of the town's development - both as a port and as a commercial centre - following the opening of the... -
Silverstone Circuit Through Time by Anthony Meredith
RRP: €19.03€12.91With the liberal use of many previously unpublished photographs contrasting past and present, Silverstone Circuit Through Time shows how a wartime airfield developed, stage by stage, into the country's premier motor racing circuit, the annual home of... -
Secret New Forest by Martin Brisland
RRP: €19.03€12.91A 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... -
Illustrated Tales of Sussex by Christopher Horlock
RRP: €19.03€12.91The old county of Sussex is one of the most beautiful in England, but beneath its rural idyll lies a history that is surprising and often shocking. Local author and historian Christopher Horlock brings us some of the county's strange and mythical... -
In the Footsteps of the Brontes by George Sheeran
RRP: €19.03€12.91The lives and works of the celebrated Bronte family are so ingrained in our cultural psyche that we think we know them inside out - but walking in the footsteps of the literary greats and their characters offers a new perspective on their work. Our... -
50 Gems of Cheshire: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places by Mike Appleton
RRP: €19.03€12.91The 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... -
Sidmouth by Les Berry
RRP: €15.46€11.45When the future Queen Victoria arrived in Sidmouth in the early years of the last century many of the fine buildings which grace the modern town had just been built. Since then the resort has acquired an air of general respectability which the twentieth... -
Inverness Through Time by Adrian Harvey
RRP: €19.03€12.91Inverness, 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... -
Wolverhampton Through Time by Alec Brew
RRP: €19.03€12.91The West Midlands city of Wolverhampton has a fascinating history. Originally a medieval market town, it grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution through the new coal-mining and manufacturing industries because of its mineral resources, particularly... -
Manchester & Salford in Photographs by Jon Sparks
RRP: €21.41€14.39Manchester and Salford boast an extraordinary historical legacy. In particular, nowhere has a better claim to be regarded as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The area played a pioneering role in transport history, with the Bridgewater Canal...