Local and family history, nostalgia

Sefton is one of the most variegated boroughs in the land.

The Derbyshire town of Chesterfield has a long and interesting history.

Leith has been Edinburgh's main port since the Middle Ages.

The Victorian era saw great changes to the nation's capital.

As Hitler's Germany spread her wings across Europe in the late 1930s, nations across the continent began preparing their own defences.

The Peak District is a land of high moors and narrow gorges, dark gritstone edges and white limestone cliffs, bleak plateaux and lush valleys, fine churches and grand country houses, stone-built villages and spa towns.

The Portable Antiquities Scheme has been recording archaeological finds from Hampshire since 1999.

Whitehaven & Around From Old Photographs contains a collection of never-before-seen vintage photographs from the town and surrounding areas, collected together into one volume and spanning Whitehaven's heyday as a mining and shipbuilding town.

Sittingbourne's steady growth from mid-Victorian times began with the construction of a railway line linking London to east Kent port, bisecting the town.

Bramhall is a thriving, bustling and leafy suburb of Stockport, close to Manchester.

Norwich is not only one of the most attractive cities in England, it is also one of the most historically significant, with a proud heritage dating all the way back to the Iceni, who bravely fought the Roman invasion.

The city of Gloucester has been the subject of many publications in recent years that have detailed its long and eventful history.

Kent is thought of as the 'Garden of England' and has been described as a county of 'hops, apples and cherries'.

The Country Shows of North Yorkshire tells the story of some of the shows held around this region in a set of striking black-and-white images from documentary photographer Ian Forsyth.

Do you want to discover where Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky attended the London Congress of the future Communist party of Russia, or visit a rural idyll at the heart of Whitechapel?

Lewes appears to be a tranquil and attractive place but its alleyways and buildings conceal many stories.

Why Whitechapel?

Although known worldwide as the 'Home of Golf', St Andrews was also the ecclesiastical powerhouse in Scotland for centuries prior to the Reformation.

The Lancashire town of Oldham was a boom town of the Industrial Revolution and among the first ever industrialised towns in England.

From its founding as a Royal Burgh in the twelfth century and through its growth and development as an internationally renowned hotbed of science, education, literature and culture, to its current status as home of the Scottish Parliament and the largest financial centre in the UK outside London, Edinburgh has a proud and distinctive identity.

Ever since it was the starting point for voyages of discovery to the New World, the old port of Bristol has boasted a wealth of taverns, inns, alehouses, and public houses.

Edinburgh's South Side has contributed much to the rich story of the city.

It's a journey through historical and social events that have shaped a county and made a significant impact locally, nationally and, in some instances, internationally.

Bounded by the River Dee in the west and by the River Mersey in the east, the Wirral peninsula is a remarkable place.

Secret Brighton offers a unique insight into the intriguing and eccentric city of Brighton through the lesser-known aspects of its history.

Yorkshire has been at the heart of English history for over 2,000 years and has been shaped by Roman and Viking invaders, the conflict of the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil Wars.

The ancient royal burgh of Dunfermline has a long and proud heritage.

As a popular seaside town and resort on the south coast, Weymouth is loved by locals and visitors alike for its rich and varied history.

Ten miles outside Norwich, on the route to Thetford and the rest of the country, sits the Norfolk market town of Wymondham.

Despite its relatively small size, the city of St Andrews boasts more than its fair share of pubs.

From the days of being one of the country's most popular seaside resorts and the summer residence of George III, through prominent roles in both world wars, to being a departure point for cross-channel ferries, to their current status as a major sailing venue, Weymouth and Portland have a proud and distinctive identity.

From its days as the city of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism', through postindustrial decline and late twentieth-century regeneration, to its current status as the UK's first UNESCO City of Design for its contributions to various diverse fields including medical research, comics and video games, Dundee has a proud and distinctive identity.

Both the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme and its name almost certainly owe their existence to the building of a 'new' castle there in the mid-twelfth century.

The Nottinghamshire town of Beeston as we know it today began life as an Anglo-Saxon settlement close to the banks of the River Trent.

From its days as a major fishing and whaling port, through Second World War bomb damage and post-industrial decline to its current status as UK City of Culture for 2017, Hull has a proud and distinctive identity.

From its humble thirteenth-century origins, Liverpool grew rapidly to become the greatest port in the British Empire outside London, but by 1980 the city was seemingly in terminal decline: its population had more than halved, its infrastructure and economy were decaying, and its political leaders were leading the city towards complete collapse.

As the oldest living language in Europe (after Basque), Welsh is a unique aspect of British heritage.

Before the development of canals, railways or metalled roads, the quickest and most effective means of transporting goods from one point to another in Britain was by the use of coastal shipping, shallow-draught boats travelling between the ports of the British Isles.

Objects dropped by our ancestors can tell us a lot about the past and the landscape in which they were lost or deposited.

Wales is a land haunted by its own past, with a treasure trove of beautiful and magical places - some rarely visited.

Greater Manchester and Merseyside are built-up, urban areas, where the archaeology is often hidden under modern buildings and developments.

The counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire are an area of transition between the north-west and the south-east, highland and lowland, pasture and arable, rural and urban.

Famous as the birthplace of rugby league and of former Prime Minister Harold Wilson as well as being the childhood home of Herbert Asquith, Huddersfield rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution as a major centre of textile production.

Newcastle-under-Lyme manages to combine a rich and often dramatic history with a vibrant contemporary feel.

There are several books about the Royal Mile, so why buy this particular one?

Before the age of the lighthouse Scotland's untamed seas and perilous rocky coast too often witnessed the watery end to the mariner's voyage.

Archaeology is understanding people in the past from what they have left behind.

Home to the first recorded town in Britain, Essex has a vast wealth of history.

Ever since the days when it was reconstructed as one of King Alfred's burhs (fortified towns), Lewes has experienced a wealth of taverns, inns, alehouses, and public houses.

Archaeology is about understanding people in the past from what they have left behind.