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	£10.00 A HISTORY OF CHELTENHAM - By Gwen Hart - Hardback Book Cheltenham is an ancient market town, which has a long and interesting history, starting centuries before it became ...

	£16.00 A PICTURE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - By Elizabeth Cull - Hardback Book Illustrated by Elizabeth Ogan. The lovely manor houses of the northern villages and towns set the scene for ...

	£10.00 A PROSPECT OF RICHMOND - By Janet Dunbar - Hardback Book Richmond upon Thames is a town that is well loved for its significant historical association, its well-preserved natural ...

	£9.00 A SLICE OF SUFFOLK - By Bob Roberts - Softback Book The Cambria was the last sailing barge carrying cargo along the East Coast, and she and her skipper, ...

	£10.00 A TRAVELLERS COMPANION TO THE WEST COUNTRY - By Michael Jenner - Hardback Book A Traveller's Companion to the West Country. This superbly illustrated book takes the reader on an intriguing journey ...

	£18.00 ALAN SILLITOE'S NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - By Alan Sillitoe - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0246128526 Alan Silliteo, famed for his novels and short stories for over 25 years, revisits the scenes of his ...

	£10.00 ASHDOWN FOREST - By Garth Christian - Hardback Book Garth Christian went to Sussex to convalesce after a serious illness and this enforced inactivity that gave him ...

	£8.00 AVALONIAN QUEST - By Geoffrey Ashe - Hardback Books Glastonbury in Somerset - England's 'ancient Avalon' - attracts ever-increasing interest. This wide-ranging discussion never loses touch ...

	£16.00 AYLESBURY TOWN YESTERDAYS - By Hayward Parrott - Hardback Book An anthology which highlights many rare and unusual items of Aylesbury, capturing for future generations a rich tapestry ...

	£15.00 AYLESBURY VALE YESTERDAYS - By Hayward Parrott - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0907128017 An account of the lives of the people who inhabited the towns and countryside of The Vale of ...

	£15.00 BRITAIN THEN AND NOW - By Edmund Swinglehurst - Hardback Book A unique visual record of Britain over the last 100 years. With an illuminating text and through 340 ...

	£16.00 BROMLEY YESTERDAYS - By Murial V. Searle - Hardback Book A miscellany of short articles on the rare and unusual aspects of Bromley, highlighting many aspects of its ...

	£12.00 CHELSEA - By Thea Holme - Hardback Book - ISBN: 241016924 A guide to life in Chelsea over four centuries, with a glance at the fleeting trends of today. ...

	£12.00 COUNTRY LIKE THIS - By SIR ARTHUR BRYANT - Signed copy - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0950250112 A BOOK OF THE VALE OF AYLESBURY. Country Like This explores the "English way of life" through the ...

	£12.00 COUNTRYSIDE - By Geoffrey Grigson - Hardback Book The Classic Companion to Rural Britain - A unique alphabetical source book for all those interested in their ...

	£7.00 CURIOSITIES OF CORNWALL - By Michael Williams - Softback Book The author delves into the curiosities of Cornwall - eccentric architecture, strange sporting facts, customs and curiosities. ...

	£15.00 DAVID PEACOCK'S BRIGHTON SKETCHBOOK - Described by J Montgomery - ISBN: 0906484014 An artist and a writer combine their talents to take a new look at the scenes that reflect ...

	£10.00 EDWARDIAN ENGLAND The Waz Things Were - Ed. Andrew Pagett - Hardback Book - ISBN: 1860199445 The Way Things Were In Edwardian England. This beautifully illustrated book offers historical documentation and a nostalgic record ...

	£10.00 ENGLISH COUNTRY CHURCHES - By Derry Brabbs - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0297786849 A celebration of English churches, grouped into five sections: early churches, regional styles and materials, estate and abbey ...

	£30.00 ESSEX YESTERDAYS - Holidays into History - By George Caunt OBE - Hardback Book A major collection of the writings of the late George Caunt who devoted much of his life to ...

	£10.00 FACETS OF THE ENGLISH SCENE - By Garry Hogg - Hardback Book Toll houses; lych gates; signposts and milestones; churchyard crosses and tombstones: these are some of the facets of ...

	£18.00 FELLWALKING WITH WAINWRIGHT - By A. Wainwright - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0718124286 Although maintaining that every walk in the Lake District was a personal favourite, Wainwright has selected here eighteen ...

	£30.00 FORMER NORWICH - By Andrew Clue & Michael Shaw - Hardback Book The aim of this book is to present as nearly as possible a complete photographic record of the ...

	£10.00 FRED TRUEMAN'S YORKSHIRE - By Fred Trueman & Don Mosey - Hardback Book In words and pictures this book attempts to capture some of the essence of Yorkshire and its people ...

	£7.00 GLASTONBURY TALES - By John A. Greed - Softback Book - ISBN 095038190X Glastonbury is a pleasant Somerset town of about 6,500 inhabitants some twenty miles from Bristol. The town enjoys ...

	£13.00 GOD'S ACRE - By Francesca Greenoak - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0525243151 THE FLOWERS AND ANIMALS OF THE PARISH CHURCHYARD. Here the author writes out of deep respect for the ...

	£15.00 GREENFORD NORTHOLT AND PERIVALE PAST - By Frances Hounsell - Hardback Book Hounsell describes three west London parishes which, although with a long history, remained in rural seclusion until the ...

	£10.00 HANNAH'S NORTH COUNTRY - By Hannah Hauxwell with Barry Cockroft - Hardback Book After a fling in foreign parts, Hannah Hauxwell now embarks on a glorious circumnavigation of the place she ...

	£8.00 HEART OF ENGLAND - BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN SERIES - Hardback Book Breathtaking views, fascinating stories, historical and archaeological treasures, links with famous characters - this guide book captures the ...

	£8.00 HEARTBEAT OF YORKSHIRE - By Nicholas Rhea - Softback Book Inspired by the television series Heartbeat, this book takes a look at the real-life Yorkshire Moors with all ...

	£20.00 HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS IN OXFORD & THE COTSWOLDS - By Herbert A. Evans - Hardback Book - With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. This is not 'another book about Oxford' it is a summer ...

	£10.00 HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN OXFORD AND THE COTSWOLDS - By H. A. Evans - Softback Book - ISBN: 0951858963 First published as part of the Highways and Byways series in 1905. Herbert Arthur Evans, a Balliol man, ...

	£10.00 HISTORIC TOWNS OF HAMPSHIRE & SURREY - By David W. Lloyd - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0575053909 A wealth of information about the history and development of thirty-eight towns in the two counties of Hampshire ...

	£15.00 HOME AT GRANSMERE - By Penelope Hughes-Hallett - Hardback Book - ISBN: 1855851113 THE WORDSWORTHS AND THE LAKES. In 1799 William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy returned to the lakes and ...

	£30.00 IMAGES OF GUILDFORD - By Graham Collyer & David Rose - Hardback Book - Surrey Advertiser Images of Guildford contains more than 350 illustrations which graphically demonstrate the ever-changing scene in the town and ...

	£18.00 IMAGES OF WIRRAL - By Kenneth Burnley & Guy Huntington - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0951796100 A Celebration in Words and Photographs of a Unique Place - images that invites the reader to share ...

	£12.00 IN SHAKESPEARE'S LAND - By A.L. Rowse & J. Hedgecoe - Hardback Book A JOURNEY THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE OF ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND. Hedgecoe and Dr. Rowse portray this sometimes idyllic, sometimes ...

	£15.00 IRONBRIGE AND COALBROOKDALE - By Barrie Trinder - Hardback Book The Most Extraordinary District In The World. First published in 1977, this revised and better illustrated edition includes ...

	£12.00 ISLAND BRITAIN - Edited by Peter Crookston - Hardback Book A richly illustrated guide to Britain's offshore islands. This book has been adapted from the popular series published ...

	£12.00 JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN - By David St John Thomas - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0711223696

	£10.00 KENT - By Bob Ogley - Softback Book - ISBN 1872337899 A Chronicle of the Century. Volume Two: 1925 - 1949. This volume begins with the 'roaring twenties' ...

	£7.00 KENT HISTORY ILLUSTRATED - By Frank W Jessup This book was written at the request of the Kent Education Committee and designed mainly for educational use ...

	£7.00 LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE - ABOUT BRITAIN NO. 9 - By Leo Walmsley - Hardback Book A guide to Lancashire and Yorkshire, planned to give the reader fundamental facts about its scenery, monuments, buildings, ...

	£25.00 LAVENHAM - PAST PRESENT FUTURE - By Donald Insall - Softback Book This report is a pioneer study made possible by the imagination and initiative of the County of West ...

	£10.00 LOCAL HISTORY IN ENGLAND - By W. G. Hoskins - Hardback Book A book of advice and guidance for local historians, whether they are studying a town or a rural ...

	£12.00 MEDIEVAL BRITAIN FROM THE AIR - By Colin Platt - Hardback Book The social history of Britain, from the Norman Conquest to its fading out under the Tudors, told primarily ...

	£9.00 MEN OF LAKELAND - By W. R. Mitchell - Hardback Book A book for all who love the Lake District. The author tells of the history of the land, ...

	£15.00 MIDDLESEX - By - Softback Book - ISBN: 1860772692 First published in 1953, at the time this book was the most comprehensive history and description of an ...

	£15.00 MIDDLESEX - By Philip Scoones - Hardback Book England in Cameracolour. Photographs by John Bethell. MIDDLESEX contains all that is best in what is ...

	£15.00 NORWICH IN PICTURES - By Arnold Kent - Hardback Book Full of superb black and white photographs and plates, many full page, this is a beautiful book depicting ...

	£10.00 OLD ENGLISH TOWNS - By W. Andrews & Elsie M. Lang - Hardback Book Here in one volume is a concise, illustrated introduction to the principal towns of England, describing their origins, ...

	£15.00 PELTON'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO TURNBRIDGE WELLS - By J. R. Thompson - Book Hardback - ISBN: 0854095985 Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells. This is the first time that an early guide to Turnbridge Wells has ...

	£15.00 PICTURE BOOK OF EAST ANGLIA - COUNTRY LIFE - Hardback Book Picture Book of East Anglia, the region regarded as being 'that part of England lying between the Thames ...

	£12.00 PLYMOUTH: MARITIME CITY IN TRANSITION - By Various Authors - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0715399306 Written by experts on the varied aspects of the city, Plymouth: Maritime City in transition looks at current ...

	£8.00 PORTRAIT OF CANTERBURY - By John Boyle - Hardback Book The author traces the city's history from the earliest times, including its continued record of growth since the ...

	£9.00 PORTRAIT OF YORK - By Ronald Willis - Hardback Book York is a truly medieval town, almost enclosed by the white limestone ribbon of the city wall, entered ...

	£15.00 PROSPECTS OF ENGLAND - By Adam Nicolson & Peter Morter - Hardback Book Travelling together, author Adam Nicolson and illustrator Peter Morter have visited twelve small towns across the breadth of ...

	£15.00 PROSPECTS OF ENGLAND - By Adam Nicolson & Peter Morter - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0297795783 Travelling together, author ADAM NICOLSON and illustrator PETER MORTER have visited twelve small towns across the breadth of ...

	£15.00 RICHMOND - By Kathleen Courlander - Hardback Book From Kew Green to Ham Common is the area covered by this book. There are over 50 ...

	£16.00 RURAL KENT - By John Boyle - Hardback Book Beautifully illustrated by John Berbiers. The metropolitan districts and the industrial tract along the Thames are excluded from ...

	£12.00 SHORT WALKS IN ENGLISH TOWNS - By Bryn Frank - Hardback Book en of the most charming and picturesque towns and cities of England are included here. In addition to ...

	£10.00 STORIES OF INNS AND THEIR SIGNS - By Eric Delderfield - Hardback Book STORIES OF INNS AND THEIR SIGNS is illustrated with over 180 black-and-white photographs of inn signs in all ...

	£15.00 SUMMER WINE COUNTRY - By Roy Clarke - Hardback Book - ISBN: 1854714724 Written by two Yorkshire men who know the area well. Roy Clarke provides the text and Paul Barker ...

	£12.00 SURREY - ORDNANCE SURVEY - HISTORICAL GUIDES - By Dennis Turner - Hardback Book A fascinating summary to the background of Surrey, explaining the historical and geological events and characteristics which combined ...

	£20.00 SURVEY GAZETTEER OF THE BRITISH ISLES - By John Bartholomew - Hardback Book Ninth edition reprinted 1963, incorporating summary of the 1962 census. Tightly bound ex reference library (minimal stamps) - ...

	£15.00 SWINDON - By Evening Advertiser - Hardback Book - ISBN: 1873626940 IMAGES OF SWINDON - Evening Advertiser. This collection of black and white images, drawn mainly from the library ...

	£20.00 THE ARCHEOLOGY OF WARRINGTON`S PAST - By Shelagh Grealey - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0950077739 Warrington lies astride the Mersey crossing that lent it importance in the prehistoric and Roman periods. Its position ...

	£16.00 THE BOOK OF COBHAM - By - David C Taylor - Hardback Book - ISBN: 086231712 Cobham in Surrey traces its origins to the first century AD - Romans, Saxons and Normans have left ...

	£20.00 THE BOOK OF SONNING - By Angela Perkins - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0860236595 Revised and updated with material by Armine Edmonds. Number 1356 of a Limited Edition. This is the story ...

	£30.00 THE BOOK OF WATFORD - 2nd Edition - By J.B. Nunn - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0953691810 A PORTRAIT OF OUR TOWN. A remarkably wide and varied picture of the life of the small market ...

	£20.00 THE BOOK OF WINDSOR - By Raymond South - Hardback Book Windsor is where the Crown and Town have been closest for over 900 years. Here William of ...

	£12.00 THE CENTRE OF ENGLAND - By Victor Skipp - Hardback Book - ISBN: 041332110X WARWICKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, EAST SHROPSHIRE, NORTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A concise yet comprehensive discussion of the physical structure of the ...

	£15.00 THE CHANNEL - By Shirley Harrison - Hardback Book - ISBN: 000447385X In THE CHANNEL Shirley Harrison looks at the lives of all the communities which have lived or died, ...

	£15.00 THE COTSWOLDS - A NEW STUDY Edited - By Charles & Alice Mary Hadfield - Hardback Book Since Englishmen began to discover their country, the Cotswolds have been among the best loved of English regions. ...

	£12.00 THE COTSWOLDS AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY - By Hugh Newbury - Hardback Book The Country Life Picture book ofThe Cotswold's - an area considered to be the essence of the English ...

	£60.00 THE COUNTRYSIDE LIES SLEEPING - Signed Copy - By Alan W. Ball - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0902119273 1685 - 1950. Paintings, prints and drawings of Pinner, Stanmore and other former villages now in the London ...

	£12.00 THE DALES OF YORKSHIRE - A PORTRAIT - By Richard Muir - Hardback Book More than a pleasant wander across North Yorkshire's hills and valleys, this volume is a lucid and fascinating ...

	£18.00 THE DURHAM BOOK - By James Wilson - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0902178156 This is not merely a collection of photographs of Durham's architectural heritage and landscape beauty, but also a ...

	£12.00 THE ENGLISH MARKET TOWN - By Jonathan Brown - Hardback Book To the casual visitor or tourist, the traditional English Market town might appear to be peaceful and unhurried, ...

	£12.00 THE GREAT PAINTINGS OF ENGLAND - THE SHELL GUIDE - Compiled by Nigel Viney - Hardback Book This shell guide demonstrates what abundance of artistic riches exists in England, accessible to all who seek them ...

	£16.00 THE LAKE DISTRICT AN ANTHOLOGY - By Norman Nicholson - Hardback Book The Lake District is well known for being one of the most beautiful areas of Great Britain, and ...

	£8.00 THE LAKE DISTRICT AND LANCASHIRE - BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN - Hardback Book Breathtaking views, fascinating stories, historical and archaeological treasures, links with famous characters - this guide book captures the ...

	£15.00 THE MAKING OF THE CENTRAL PENNINES - By John Porter - Hardback Book The Pennine scene has been many millions of years in the making, but much of it is the ...

	£12.00 THE MIDDLE MARCHES - By Harry Baker - Hardback Book This book is beautifully illustrated by Mike Morris. Between the Severn & Wye (the Wye's southernmost ...

	£10.00 THE OLD TOWNS OF ENGLAND - By Clive Rouse - Hardback Book A thousand years of monarchy has given English towns a continuity. An attempt has been made to divide ...

	£10.00 THE SOUTH-EAST - Down and Weald: Kent, Surrey and Sussex - By John Talbot White Hardback Book The region comprising the south-east counties of Kent, Surry, East and West Sussex lies between London and the ...

	£9.00 THE SPAS OF ENGLAND - By Peter J. Neville Havins - Hardback Book THE SPAS OF ENGLAND deals with all of England's major spa towns - and many of its lesser ...

	£18.00 THE STORY OF CORNWALL - By A. K. Hamilton Jenkins - Hardback Book With 35 illustrations, most of which are full page, and endpaper maps. The contents include chapters on: History ...

	£18.00 THE STORY OF GREENWICH - By Clive Aslet - Hardback Book - ISBN: 185613556X A beguiling and charismatic portrait of Greenwich and a history of England through the story of this unique ...

	£10.00 THE STORY OF STAMFORD - By - Softback Book - ISBN: 1899141227 The Definitive account of Stamford's history which takes the reader on a 1,000 year journey, always explaining local ...

	£18.00 THE STORY OF WHERE YOU LIVE - Ed. John Andrews - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0276429591 The three main sections of this volume, 'Landscape', 'Community' and 'Home', show how Britain's rural and urban landscapes ...

	£8.00 THE THAMES VALLEY - By Frank Martin - Hardback Book History, People and Places. The author travels from Staines to Oxford, visiting and recording the many historic and ...

	£12.00 THE TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO MEDIEVAL ENGLAND - By Colin Platt - Hardback Book Medieval England was rural, rooted in green trackways and market villages. Accordingly, it is into the counrtyside ...

	£8.00 THE WEST COUNTRY - By Crispin Gill - Hardback Book It is not the scenery alone which makes The West Country so charming. The area is in a ...

	£15.00 THIRTY KENT CHURCHES - By H.C & L.T Hopper - SIGNED COPY - Hardback Book Number 413 of limited of 750 copies, signed by both authors. This is a team effort by ...

	£9.00 TIMPSON'S ADAPTABLES - By John Timpson - Hardback Book Travels through England's hidden heritage. There is something special about buildings which have survived despite the odds, after ...

	£12.00 TIMPSON'S ENGLAND - By John Timpson - Hardback Book Timpsons England - A Look Beyond the Obvious. The author has a knack of finding those little known, ...

	£10.00 TIMPSON'S ENGLAND - By John Timpson - Hardback Book Timpsons England - A Look Beyond the Obvious. The author has a knack of finding those little known, ...

	£10.00 TIMPSON'S TIMEPATHS - By John Timpson - Hardback Book Eight journeys through history, from Stone Age to Steam. John Timpson, whose voice became nationally recognised as ...

	£10.00 TIMPSON'S TOWNS OF ENGLAD AND WALES - By John Timpson - Hardback Book John Timpson is a past master of searching out the unusual, the eccentric and the Bizarre. In this ...

	£15.00 TIMPSON'S TRAVELS IN EAST ANGLIA - By John Timpson - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0434780847 When John Timpson moved to Norfolk as a young journalist in the 1950s, he started a love affair ...

	£9.00 TIMPSON'S TRAVELS IN EAST ANGLIA - By John Timpson - Softback Book When John Timpson moved to Norfolk as a young journalist in the 1950's he started a love affair ...

	£10.00 VIEW FROM THE SEA - BY RICHARD WOODMAN - Hardback book The journey of an Artist and a Seaman's tour around the British coastline. Guided by seaman Richard Woodman, ...

	£12.00 VILAGE ENGLAND - By Peter Crookston - Hardbcak Book A companion book to the highly successful Observer Magazine series Village England. Twenty-four of the best loved country ...

	£20.00 VINTAGE WORTHING - IMAGES OF A LIFEBOAT TOWN 1914 -1945 - By Bob Blann - Softback Book Illustrated with 276 authentic period photographs - many previously unpublished, and numerous 'then and now' photographs to demonstrate ...

	£15.00 WAINWRIGHT - On The Pennine Way - By A. Wainwright - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0718124294 The Pennine Way was the first continuous long-distance footpath to be opened in Britain. Now, in this superb ...

	£15.00 WAINWRIGHT IN THE LIMESTONE DALES - Hardback Book - Photographs by Ed Geldard Britain's most famous fellwalker, A Wainwright walked the Limestone Dales as a young man and has returned there ...

	£18.00 WAINWRIGHT'S FAVOURITE LAKELAND MOUNTAINS - By A. Wainwright - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0718133706 A. Wainwright completed this book shortly before he died in 1991. In the tradition of his outstandingly successful ...

	£10.00 WATCHING THE ENGLISH - By Kate Fox - Softback Book - ISBN: 0340834455 In this thorough study, social anthropologist Kate Fox dissects and explains the quirks and habits of the English ...

	£8.00 WESSEX - BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN - Hardback Book Breathtaking views, fascinating stories, historical and archaeological treasures, links with famous characters - this guide book captures the ...

	£16.00 WEST SUSSEX VILLAGES - By John Batten - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0946286000 Every fortnight for nearly ten years The West Sussex Gazette had taken its readers on a fascinating trip ...

	£14.00 WRITERS AND HAMPSTEAD - By Ian Norries (Editor) - Hardback Book - ISBN: 090046223X 101 comments on Hampstead and its inhabitants ranging from the lyricism of Keats and Leigh Hunt to the ...

	£50.00 YESTERDAY'S TOWN: LAUNCESTON - By Arthur Bate Venning & Arthur Wills - Hardback Book - ISBN: 086023410X Here are the vanished buildings and events of long ago, the people of our past, and their celebrations; ...

	£15.00 YORK - By John Shannon - Hardback Book Cameracolour Cameo Cameracolour Cameo York.The city has emerged into the 20th century largely unscathed - a medieval city built on ...

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