Local history

Surrounded by the sea on three sides, Pembrokeshire is a maritime county with a rich and varied history.

Nestled on Wales' west coast, Cardiganshire is a county of stunning natural beauty ranging from sandy beaches nestled in a picturesque landscape to views of imposing mountains to the north.

Battersea has grown to be a fashionable and vibrant district of south-west London.

Cork Harbour, at the mouth of the River Lee, is one of the largest natural harbours in the world.

Great Torrington, or Cheping Torrington as it was once known (Chipping being the old name for market) was a considerable town, even in medieval times.

The Great Northern Railway was built to provide a direct link between London and Yorkshire.

Great Railway Journeys: London to Sheffield is a fascinating record of forty different sites that can be seen from the window of a train travelling from London to Sheffield.

Cheddleton is located on the road from Leek to Cheadle, settled in the rolling landscape of North Staffordshire.

The impact of people and places in Wolstanton and May Bank is recorded in this pictorial record that recognises the contribution of village notables, dear old friends and long-gone institutions.

It is from the air that the full majesty of the Norfolk countryside unfolds, and in this book acclaimed aerial photographer Martin Bowman takes us on a series of airborne journeys across his native county from the city of Norwich itself with its wonderful castle and cathedral, Elm Hill and the meandering River Wensum to the outlying towns and villages nestling in the furthest corners of Nelson's County.

Formed from the merger of the Inverness & Aberdeen Junction and the Inverness & Perth Junction railways in 1865, the Highland ran from Perth in Central Scotland north to Inverness and then on up to Wick and Thurso.

Situated within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Dartmouth is a popular tourist destination on the River Dart.

In recent decades, few communities in Devon have experienced such a rapid growth in population as Kingsteignton.

Redhill, a commuter town in Surrey, is located close to the North Downs, a ridge of chalk hills stretching from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent.

Eastbourne, situated close to the eastern end of the South Downs, near the famous Beachey Head cliff, is a bustling seaside resort.

North East Canals Through Time follows on from previous titles by specialist author and canal historian Ray Shill, notably North West Canals Through Time: Manchester, Irwell & the Peaks.

Northern Canals Through Time follows on from the previous title by well-known author Ray Shill, North West Canals Through Time: Manchester, Irwell & the Peaks, as a study of waterway infrastructure, in this case focusing particularly on Lancaster, Ulverston, Carlisle, and the Pennine Waterways from west to east, including from Nelson to Leeds on the Leeds & Liverpool, the canal from Rochdale to Sowerby Bridge on the Rochdale and the Huddersfield (Narrow) from Ashton to Huddersfield.

The River Mimram rises from a spring to the north-west of Whitwell in North Hertfordshire and makes its confluence with the River Lea near Horn's Hill.

'Water is Life and Heaven's Gift.

Looking at the local place names leaves no doubt that Blackwood and its environs were, at one time, 100 per cent Welsh.

Gillingham began its life as an agricultural and fishing parish on the banks of the River Medway in Kent.

'Whitstable is a stirring little town, with strong business proclivities, and a history stretching far back into the remote past.

Chatham is an ever-evolving part of the Medway conurbation in South-East England.

The Ripley region owes its growth to the area's natural resources of coal, iron, oil and clay.

Bangor, in the county of Gwynedd and historically a part of Caernarfonshire, has a rich and ancient past, recorded in the pages of this book.

The route covered by this book dates from 1849 onwards.

The author's interest in windmills reaches back well over ten years and culminated in Yorkshire Windmills, published in 1991, and the foundation of the Yorkshire Windmill Society.

Yorkshire Murders & Misdemeanours invites the reader to take a look at the dark side of life.

Many parish churches and chapels are the oldest building in their town or village; some of them may be over a thousand years old.

York Places of Learning Through Time tells the unknown story of York's role as a seat of learning and culture.

The foundations of York's commercial identity lie in the powerful medieval guilds that controlled and organised business development here until the nineteenth century.

In the Yeovil Corporation's Official Guide Yeovil With its Surroundings, published in 1906, Chapter II entitled 'Describes Yeovil in the Past' begins: 'It has been said, and that, in Yeovil itself, that Yeovil has no history, and in a sense, no past i.

Yeovil Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

Yeovil Memories covers a wide range of stories, from a tragic drowning in the River Yeo in 1856, the hardships of the savage winter of 1861 and that of two families who lost their cottages in a fire in February 1906, the lucky escape of a Westland test pilot as his aircraft broke up in mid-air in August 1934, and the top of the music charts of August 1952, to pop concerts in the Liberal Hall in 1965.

With digital TV, DVDs, Blu-ray players and internet downloads, there have never been more ways to watch your favourite movies.

A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out.

Yarmouth and Gorleston Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

The Wyrley & Essington Canal began as an independent waterway, carrying coal from Essington and Wyrley Bank to Wolverhampton.

Worthing Through Time contains 180 photographs of Worthing, of which 90 are old photographs.

Workington is an ancient market and industrial town at the mouth of the River Derwent.

Today Warrington is a thriving business and commercial centre where its workers might be found sitting at computer terminals in offices and business parks, building societies, call centres and travel agents; or scanning goods at supermarket checkouts and super stores; frothing cappuccinos in cafe bars or delivering pizzas.

Worcester Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

Witney grew up as the result of deliberate planning on the part of successive Bishops of Winchester, a spacious, wedge-shaped market area being laid out parallel to the river Windrush.

Witham Through Time illustrates the history of this historic town from its Saxon origins through to the present day.

Winson Green and Brookfields Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of part of Birmingham.

Winsford Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of one of England's finest towns.

Wiltshire is one of the largest counties in southern England and has a wide variety of landscapes, from river valleys lined with picturesque villages to the expanses and open skies of Salisbury Plain.

Always known as the Wilts & Berks Canal, never Wiltshire and Berkshire, the W&B has been derelict and abandoned for over a century, but plans exist to restore the waterway.

Set in the heart of the Stour Valley, Sudbury is an ancient market town situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Rhondda' - even now, the name evokes the turbulent times when Rhondda (actually two valleys, the Fawr and Fach) was synonymous with the deep-mining of steam coal.