Local history

Nestled under the Garleton Hills on the banks of the River Tyne, the Royal Burgh of Haddington, East Lothian, was established in the twelfth century to provide trade and industry in one of Scotland's richest agricultural counties.

Disruption, delays, travel chaos, fierce debate and financial woe have been regular newspaper headlines since Edinburgh announced plans to bring back trams.

As you walk around Bradford it is not difficult to spot the rich Victorian architecture, a legacy from the time when Bradford quite literally controlled the world's worsted cloth industry and was known as Worstedopolis.

Before Lonely Planet, this book was the essential accompaniment to any Victorian gentleman or lady's trip to one of the foremost cities of the United Kingdom.

Durham City is one of the North East's hidden gems, rich in history with its Norman cathedral and castle, built on a rocky peninsula and surrounded on three sides by the River Wear.

Knaresborough has many secrets, and as you walk down the streets you are walking through history.

Guernsey is small - only 25 square miles - but it holds a depth of history and intrigue far greater than its size.

The Clyde is a river of global importance - it was once the world's pre-eminent ship-building centre and a major trade hub for the British Empire.

Before Lonely Planet, this book was the essential accompaniment to any Victorian gentleman or lady's trip to one of the foremost cities of the United Kingdom.

Before Lonely Planet, this book was the essential accompaniment to any Victorian gentleman or lady's trip to one of the foremost cities of the United Kingdom.

Barnstaple, the main town in North Devon, is quite possibly the oldest borough in the United Kingdom and is home to a community rich in history, ambition and achievement.

Hyde Park is a London favourite.

Formed in 1864 by the amalgamation of the Oswestry & Newtown, Newtown & Machynlleth, Llanidloes & Newtown and several other railway companies, Cambrian Railways was the largest independent railway in Wales, with a long, winding, single-track main line that extended from Whitchurch in the east to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli on the Welsh coast.

Secret Barnstaple goes behind the facade of the familiar to discover the lesser-known aspects of the town's fascinating past.

The largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, Llanelli has a long and illustrious history.

Penzance sits in the heart of beautiful Mount's Bay - the centre of Cornwall's most westerly region.

Two men started the transformation from sleepy hilltop community into a thriving town.

Liverpool was once the epitome of 'the city with a pub on every corner', but no longer.

Boasting some of the most beautiful countryside and villages in the county of the Vale Royal of England, Mid-Cheshire is one of the most picturesque areas in England.

Chapel-en-le-Frith was founded in 1225, when foresters in the Royal Forest of the Peak were allowed to build a chapel in the forest.

Using beautiful and carefully selected photographs, Woolton Through Time documents the changing face of this scenic village.

The unique and picturesque village of Cheddar has a long and ancient history, from world-famous landmarks to local myths and ghost stories.

This book tells the fascinating story of the town of Tadcaster in North Yorkshire.

This book combines a fascinating selection of 180 modern and archive images that trace some of the many ways in which Haxby, Wigginton, Strensall, Huntington and New Earswick have changed and developed over the last century.

The fascinating history of Winson Green to Brookfields is perfectly illustrated through archive and contemporary pictures.

Modern Ladywood, with its high-and low-rise housing, dual carriageways, open green spaces and trees on nearly every street corner, bears no resemblance to the old Ladywood many generations experienced.

The Somerset & Dorset Railway, known as the S&D (said to also stand for 'Slow and Dirty' or 'Serene and Delightful'), ran from Bath across the Mendip hills to Bournemouth on the south coast.

The city of Chelmsford has, over the centuries, had its fair share of secrets.

It is doubtful that the appearance of a town has changed as much as Galashiels has in the last few decades.

Sittingbourne Through Time provides a detailed insight to this unique town.

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Kingston-upon-Thames over the years.

Guildford Through Time provides a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

Pubs were an important part of our social history because they were, and still are to some extent, the working man's front parlour.

Illustrated with memorable photographs throughout, Secret Bristol peels away the gloss which covers inconvenient historic events to reveal truths about the city that are sometimes horrific, brutal, or merely odd.

Buildings are among the crucial features that define a city.

Broadstairs is rightly known as 'the jewel in Thanet's crown'.

Little Germany takes us back to the nineteenth century, when Bradford, West Yorkshire, was the wool capital of the world.

Stephen Dowle first started taking photographs using a pre-war Coronet Cub given to him by his father.

With a proud history of industry and creativity, Manchester is one of the world's greatest cities.

This is the ninth volume in the ten-part series of regional books examining the industrial railways of England, Scotland and Wales.

Continuing his series of regional books reviewing the industrial railways of England, Wales and Scotland, author Gordon Edgar looks at the railways of what is today Northumbria, County Durham and Teesside, covering a period of the last six decades, with an emphasis upon the former National Coal Board railways.

This sixth volume in the regional series of books looking at the industrial railways of England, Wales and Scotland specifically covers Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, a region widely associated with the rapid growth of industry during the Industrial Revolution.

The industrial railways of the Midlands is a neglected topic deserving of greater attention.

Continuing his series looking at the industrial locomotives and railways of England, Wales and Scotland, Gordon Edgar looks at Greater London and the counties of Middlesex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire, a region that rapidly expanded during the twentieth century around the traditional shipping routes into London's docklands and the numerous rail routes serving the capital, in particular from the north and west.

Billericay, occupied since the Bronze and Iron Ages, is an established parish in the Basildon borough of Essex.

In this second volume in a regional series exploring industrial locomotives and railways in England, Wales and Scotland, we move on to Southern England and the West Country.

Aberdeen is not a boastful city, preferring to wear its many distinctions lightly.

The Forth packs more interesting historical and geographical attractions into its relatively short length than any other river in Britain.

The church of St Bride was dedicated around 1150, and formed the nucleus to the early community of East Kilbride with agriculture the keystone of the growth of the village.

It was in 1841 that the London & Brighton Railway constructed the line from Norwood (linking with the London & Croydon Railway) to the coast.