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Local history
This collection includes books on the history of localities in England, Wales, and Ireland.
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The Wimbledon and Merton Annual
Edwin Trim & Co.
1905
A collection of articles on the local history of Wimbledon and Merton, edited by Henry v.d.B. Copeland.
Mines of the Lake District fells
Dalesman Books
1988
A comprehensive catalogue of the mineral mines and trial levels in the Lake District.
Hull and East Riding breweries from the eighteenth century to the present
East Yorkshire Local History Society
1997
A history of private victuallers and common brewers in East Yorkshire.
McCrae's Battalion: the story of the 16th Royal Scots
Mainstream Publishing
2004
An account of the Heart of Midlothian Battalion raised by George McCrae at the start of the First World War.
Morrells of Oxford: the family and their brewery 1743-1993
Oxfordshire Books
1994
A history of Morrells Brewing Company and the Lion Brewery in Oxford.
Liverpool alehouses: including the Wirral
Sigma Leisure
1995
A guide to selected Merseyside pubs.
By-ways, being a series of 18 field path rambles round Horsham. Series 1
Price & Co.
1929
A guide to walking routes in the vicinity of Horsham in West Sussex
The magic boxes: professional photographers and their studios in North Essex 1845-1937
Essex Record Office
1992
A study of the development of commercial photography in Essex, with a directory of photographers.
Alde estuary: the story of a Suffolk river
Norman Adlard & Co. Ltd.
1961
A history of the Alde, or Ore estuary and the associated ports of Orford and Aldeburgh.
The Fleet: its river, prison and marriages
T. Fisher Unwin
1889
A history of the River Fleet and associated landmarks from its source on Hampstead Heath to its joining with the Thames. From the library of Eric Burdett.
North London Railway: a pictorial record
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1979
A history of the North London Railway supported with high quality reproductions of photographs drawn from the National Railway and Science Museums.
Printers of Fleet Street and St Paul's church yard in the sixteenth century
F.C. Avis
1964
A discussion of the importance of Fleet Street and St Paul's churchyard as a printing and publishing centre in London.
Home brewed: a history of brewing and public houses in North Wiltshire
CAMRA, Swindon Branch
1984
A guide to twelve breweries and numerous pubs that have operated in Wiltshire.
The tramways of Woolwich and South East London
Light Railway Transport League
1963
A study of municipal tramway systems lying to Woolwich and the east.
The tramways of Croydon
Light Railway Transport League
1960
A study of municipal tramway systems in Croydon.
The Worshipful Company of Brewers: a short history
Hutchinson Benham
1977
A history of one of London's Livery Companies, first confirmed by Royal Charter in 1319.
Ambleside and Grasmere
Saint Catherine Press Ltd.
1948
A guide to footpaths and walking routes around Ambleside and Grasmere in Cumbria.
Around Godalming
Saint Catherine Press Ltd.
1947
A guide to footpaths and walking routes around Godalming in Surry.
Barley mash and yeast: a history of the Hull Brewery Company 1782-1985
Hutton Press Ltd. and Hull College of Further Education
1990
A history of the Hull Brewery Company and the Old Anchor Brewery.
Life in Cornwall in the early nineteenth century : being extracts from the West Briton newspaper in the quarter century from 1810 to 1835
D. Bradford Barton Ltd
1970
A collection of newspaper articles from 1810 to 1835 highlighting the good, the bad, and the odd aspects of Cornish life.
Youth hostel North Wales
Saint Catherine Press Ltd.
1948
A guide to footpaths and walking routes in North Wales for youth hostellers.
Houses and ale : through town and countryside with Usher's Wiltshire Brewery Ltd., Trowbridge
Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.
1940s
An introduction to Usher's Wiltshire Brewery with a gazetteer and directory of its tied estate.
The centenary history of the Newcastle Breweries Ltd. 1890-1990
Newcastle Breweries Limited
1990s
A history of Newcastle Breweries and the Tyne Brewery.
Georgian Brighton
Phillimore & Co. Ltd
2005
An account of how Brighton developed as a Georgian seaside resort.
