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Sub-Categories of Local interest, family history & nostalgia
Local interest, family history & nostalgia
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Stories of a Manchester Street
Phil Barton, Elaine Bishop
Local history
Paperback
How people born all over the world came to live together on a multi-cultural street in inner-city Manchester [more]
Tracing Your Potteries Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians...
Sharpe, Michael
Family history, tracing ancestors
Paperback
Essential handbook for anyone researching the local and family history of the Potteries. [more]
The Dark Side of Oxford: Crime, Poverty and Violence
Marilyn Yurdan
Local history
Paperback
Vivid reconstructions of crimes and misdeeds illustrate the little-known richness of local history. [more]
Tracing Your Insolvent Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
Paul Blake
Family history, tracing ancestors
Paperback
Practical but expert guide to researching insolvent debtor and bankrupt ancestors. [more]
Tracing Your Docker Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians
Ombler, Alex
Family history, tracing ancestors
Paperback
An essential handbook for anyone searching for an ancestor who worked in the docks. [more]
Struggle and Suffrage in Wakefield: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality...
Gaynor Haliday
Social & cultural history; Gender studies: women; Demonstrations & protest movements; Local history
Paperback
How the lives of women in Wakefield changed over a century as they grew in confidence and independence, helped mainly by a... [more]
Gwent Folk Tales
Christine Anne Watkins
Folklore, myths & legends; Local history
Paperback
A collection of folk tales and myths from Gwent retold by a local storyteller [more]
The A-Z of Curious Wales: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics...
Mark Rees
Local history
Hardback
Strange stories of Welsh mysteries, crimes, characters, achievers, inventors, folklore and legends [more]
The Newcastle Commercials: 16th (S) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers in...
Cave, Nigel
First World War; Military life & institutions; Local history
Hardback
Detailed appendices of the battalion, including original composition, list of casualties on 1 July, and a Roll of Honour,... [more]
Dumfries and Galloway: People and Place, c.1700-1914
Edward J. Cowan, Kenneth Veitch
Social & cultural history; Ethnic studies; Local history
Hardback
Dumfries and Galloway is one of the least-known regions of Scotland. Despite memories and traditions to match those of Gaelic-speaking... [more]
$68.99
Forthcoming
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The Story of the Fens
Frank Meeres
Local history
Paperback
Thousands of years of history in one richly illustrated volume [more]
The Family Tree Problem Solver: Tried-and-True Tactics for Tracing Elusive...
Marsha Hoffman Rising
Family history, tracing ancestors
Paperback
Has your family history research hit a brick wall? Marsha Hoffman Rising's newly updated bestselling book The Family Tree... [more]
The Granite Men: A History of the Granite Industries of Aberdeen and North...
Jim Fiddes
Industrialisation & industrial history; Construction industry; Local history
Paperback
A comprehensive history of the industries of the Granite City of Aberdeen [more]
Black Plaques London: Memorials to Misadventure
John Ambrose Hide
Memorials, monuments; Geographical reference; Local history
Paperback
`Imagine a grown-up version of Horrible Histories.' Sunday Times [more]
North of Ireland Folk Tales for Children
Doreen McBride
Folklore, myths & legends; Local history
Paperback
Folk tales from the north of Ireland, selected for children by a professional storyteller [more]
A History of Women's Lives in Scunthorpe
Carole McEntee-Taylor
Gender studies: women; Local history
Paperback
A History of Women's Lives in Scunthorpe shines a brief spotlight on the unsung heroes, the women from the 1840s to the 1950s... [more]
Struggle and Suffrage in Chelmsford: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality...
Stephen Wynn
Gender studies: women; Local history
Paperback
Looks at a comparison of the life of women in Chelmsford against what was happening on the national picture. [more]
Struggle and Suffrage in Bradford: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality...
Rachel Bellerby
Gender studies: women; Local history
Paperback
Tells the story of Bradford's women during a century of enormous change. [more]
Barnsley at War 1939-45
Mark Green
Second World War; Local history
Paperback
A unique comprehensive history of Barnsley during the war. [more]
The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
Blaine T. Bettinger
DNA & Genome; Family history, tracing ancestors
Hardback
Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available to genealogists. [more]
Country House Secrets: Behind Closed Doors
Ruth Binney
Palaces, chateaux, country houses; British & Irish history; Nostalgia: general
Hardback
Inside the country house, what exactly were the duties of the master's valet and the lady's maid? The answers... [more]
The Decline of an English Village
Robin Page (Chair, Countryside Restoration Trust)
The countryside, country life; Local history
Hardback
This is the 45th Annniversary Edition of The Decline of an English Village. Throughout his life, Robin has observed dramatic... [more]
Leeds Then and Now
Eric Musgrave
Local history; Places in old photographs; Places & peoples: pictorial works
Hardback
Using archive photos from the 1860s to the 1960 paired with a modern viewpoint, Leeds Then and Now shows how the great northern... [more]
$29.99
Forthcoming
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Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World...
Thomas Harding
British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Family history, tracing ancestors
Hardback
this is a tour de force.' JULIA NEUBERGER'An impressively researched account.' ANNE KERSHEN'An astonishing story, beautifully... [more]
$55.00
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Radicals in the Heartland: The 1960s Student Protest Movement at the University...
Michael V. Metz
History of the Americas; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; Universities; Religious freedom & freedom of worship; Local history
Paperback
In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals... [more]
