These books specifically relate to aspects of history of a single town or city.
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Lincolnshire Archaeology & Heritage Reports Series No. 4 The fenland of south Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and west Norfolk, with its low rainfall and drying winds, was an ideal area for the…
Foreword by Raoul Lempriere. Walmesley wrote this travellers’ guide in 1821, at a time when, just after the Napoleonic Wars, the Channel Islands were becoming known as a quiet retreat…
SPECIAL OFFER – Was £35.00 now £25.00 A reprint of Bartholomew Howlett’s beautifully illustrated book of Lincolnshire. This rare book gives a fascinating insight of Lincolnshire in the late 1790s. …
This book, in two parts, aims to give recognition to all those who gave their lives in either the First or Second World Wars but who, for a wide variety…
This book, in two parts, aims to give recognition to all those who gave their lives in either the First or Second World Wars but who, for a wide variety…
Follow the second half of Captain John Smith’s life, from his leaving Jamestown, his exploration of New England and his meeting again with Pocahontas (A child of the Algonquian and…
Born in Stalybridge in 1913 the author worked in the area as errand boy and then machine-shop apprentice until made redundant in the early 1930s. With little chance of employment…
£11.99 now just £9.99 (due to a tiny crease in the front top corner of the cover). Louth is the largest market town in east Lincolnshire, centred around the River…
Mere mention of the Channel Islands seems to bring a sparkle to every eye – young or old. Visitors invariably come back time and time again, for there is much…
This volume (the tenth) in the Survey of Lincoln neighbourhood booklet series examines the southern area of the city that lies west of the level crossings on Skellingthorpe Road and…
This detailed account, Arthur Garner, of Boston’s part in the Civil War places it in the national context. The first half of the 17th century was not only a time…
Boston was one of the first towns in Lincolnshire to be lit by gas, three years before the city of Lincoln. The Boston Gaslight and Coke Company was formed by…
The Lincolnshire market town and small port of Boston is nearly a thousand years old, having been founded soon after the Norman Conquest. Located close to the Wash, it flourished…
The 12th and early 13th centuries were a period when England’s trade was growing and its towns were expanding. The town of Boston, Lincolnshire, was in the forefront of these…
The first title in a new series Informed Conservation which highlights the special character of some of our most important historic areas and the development pressures they are facing. Boston,…
The entire history of Boston – from salt making during the Roman occupation to the current flood barrier construction – is laid out in a new book. Author, Richard Austin,…
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