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Places in old photographs
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Taunton is the largest town in the county of Somerset and boasts a rich and fascinating history that can be archaeologically traced back to the Bronze and Iron Ages. The Saxons and Normans, events such as the English Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion..
20.05£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Teesside and Old Cleveland Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Yorkshire. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of the well-known streets and famous faces, and what they meant to the peo..
19.89£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The designated 'new town' of Telford in Shropshire received its name in 1968; in fact, it is not a new town but rather a conurbation of townships and villages whose story goes back 3,000 years. In recent years, the area governed by Telford & Wrekin ..
21.49£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Commencing at the Nore, Thames-side Kent follows the course of a ship inward bound, presenting a nostalgic study of the southern bank of the River Thames as far as the county of Kent extends, the mouth of the River Darenth, also known as Dartford Cr..
20.03£
Brand: The History Press
DAVID TRUMPER is one of Shropshire's best-known historians. He has written at least one book on the county each year for the last two decades, forming an incredible collection of illustrated local history that celebrates Shropshire life over the las..
18.27£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The 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 t..
19.93£
Brand: Stenlake Publishing Ltd.
This book does what the title suggests and combines period photographs with detailed and extended captions about the history of the many properties included. This volume deals with Cults, Bieldside, Murtle, Milltimber, Banchory-Devenick, Maryculter,..
15.77£
Brand: Stenlake Publishing Ltd.
Although not the largest of the border counties, Berwickshire contained some of the largest landed estates and was home to some of the most famous and influential families in Scottish history, including the Homes, Maitlands, and Douglasses to name j..
22.16£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Situated a few miles to the south of Manchester City Centre, the Four Heatons have always been popular residential suburbs for families wishing to swap the industrial clamour of the inner city for fresh air and fine views across open spaces to the P..
19.72£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The Four Heatons have grown into popular residential suburbs over the years, each with its own identity. The area plays host to a range of good local shops, cafe bars, restaurants, traditional pubs and an independent cinema. Its architecture, parks,..
19.88£
Brand: Fonthill Media Limited
The last decades of the 20th century saw dramatic changes in the bus industry with deregulation in October 1986. Visually London seemed to stay the same with the buses still operating in the red liveries. This book shows how the industry moved from ..
19.22£
In his introduction, the author explains how the county's place names are influenced by its history even before the 1st-century Roman occupation, to when it was lived in by the Brigantes who spoke a hybrid form of Celtic, a mixture of British and Ir..
19.57£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Renowned for their illustrious ceramic manufacturing heritage, the Staffordshire Potteries originally centred upon six towns: Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Fenton and Longton. The modern city of Stoke-on-Trent was created from these s..
19.94£
Brand: Stenlake Publishing Ltd.
Mining expert Guthrie Hutton is the author of this compact overview of the Scottish coal industry in our old towns/industries format. Besides the well-known and remembered Lanarkshire, Fife, Lothian, Central and Ayrshire coalfields, the black stuff ..
16.70£
Brand: Stenlake Publishing Ltd.
The Whitby-Loftus line cost over £50 million to build in today's money, but it never paid its way and so only lasted 75 years. It did, however, offer the most scenic, spectacular and romantic railway journey in the north of England traveling over vi..
26.17£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Bounded 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..
20.02£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
This selection of over 200 photographs offers a further perspective on the life and times of Thirsk and its surrounding districts, showing how they have changed over the last century and beyond. Serving the northern part of the fertile Vale of Mowbr..
21.08£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Thirsk & Sowerby Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Yorkshire. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of its well-known streets and famous faces, and what they meant to the people of thi..
19.94£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The photographs gathered together in this book reflect changes made to Thornbury over the last 130 years. A wide range of subjects has been chosen to illustrate the broad breadth of that change, in all its guises. For centuries the thriving livestoc..
19.94£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Tonbridge is a thriving market town, situated on the upper reaches of the River Medway in the heart of Kent. Having expanded with the coming of the railway, today it is a popular commuter town. Also notable are the town's architectural features: the..
19.93£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The Borough of Trafford includes Flixton, Urmston, Davyhulme, Stretford, Old Trafford, Ashton-on-Mersey, Sale, Bowdon, Hale, Hale Barns and Altrincham, as well as Partington, Carrington, Timperley and Trafford Park. North and South Trafford are sepa..
19.36£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
This is the story of Trafford Park in vintage photographs, once the largest industrialised area in Britain and the workshop of Greater Manchester. The industrial zone known as Trafford Park, between the Manchester Ship Canal and the Bridgewater Cana..
22.01£
Brand: Stenlake Publishing Ltd.
When British Railways began to give serious consideration to the elimination of steam traction during the mid-1950s, the management at Western Region decided that their main line diesel locomotives would use hydraulic transmission at a time that the..
16.81£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' is a well worn cliche, however, it does encapsulate the genteel character of this Kentish spa. Before the popularity of sea bathing, holidaymakers gathered here to drink the waters for medicinal purposes. The town grew ..
19.89£