Local and family history, nostalgia

Whitechapel, situated in London's famous East End, was so-named after a chapel dedicated to St Mary that was destroyed during the Second World War.

The pubs of South Shields are numerous and each has its own fascinating history.

Inverness, known as the capital of the Highlands, was designated a Millennium city in 2000.

With emerging archaeological evidence pointing to its origins being as far back as the 'lost' centuries after the Roman era, Hitchin has a long and fascinating history.

When the author first moved to Southampton from Middlesex in 1985, he thought it was rather like a provincial town in comparison to London and its outer suburbs.

Throughout the 1960s, there was a feeling of prosperity and progress in Preston.

While many of Halifax's historic buildings are still present today, this Minster town has developed significantly over the last 150 years.

St Austell History Tour takes the reader on a journey through the Cornish town of St Austell, which became the focus of mining prosperity from the Polgooth tin mine era in the eighteenth century.

In 1539, Henry VIII came to Hemel Hempstead and granted a Charter, putting the town on the map.

A new town established in the 1800s, Colwyn Bay thrived with the coming of the railway, growing over the last century into one of the largest communities in North Wales.

For generations of Londoners, a trip to the seaside aboard a pleasure steamer such as the Royal Eagle, Golden Eagle or Royal Daffodil was the highlight of the year and these 'Poor Man's Liners' were part of childhood and family life for huge numbers of people.

Peter Lee's account of growing up in Nuneaton in the years after the Second World War is one of adventure and discovery.

Described by the Anglo-Saxons as the 'Farm of Briton', the architecture of the Walworth now ranges from impressive eighteenth-century houses to more recent concrete tower blocks.

Southampton History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

Pontypridd History Tour takes the reader on an exciting journey through this iconic market town, which sits at the gateway to three historic valleys of the South Wales coalfield.

From the Barbican and the Hoe to the city centre and beyond, Derek Tait takes us on a tour of Plymouth, explaining the history behind the well-known landmarks of this fine city.

June and Vernon Bull take us on a tour of Peterborough through the ages, explaining the history behind the well-known landmarks of this fine city.

From Tombland to Carrow Road, Frank Meeres takes us on a tour of Norwich through the ages, explaining the history behind the well-known landmarks of this fine city.

Abingdon History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this Oxfordshire town.

Conwy, a small North Wales town, is dominated by the thirteenth-century castle of Edward I, built together with the town and walls.

The coastal town of South Shields, which lies at the mouth of the River Tyne, has a rich and fascinating history.

Chester is well known as a Roman city once called Deva Victrix around 2,000 years ago.

The Yorkshire spa town of Ilkley is a popular tourist destination famous for its moor and literature festival.

Over the past few centuries, nearly 500 pubs have opened their doors in Exeter.

Where were Cut Throat Alley and Heathen Street?

Caernarfon, situated on the southern bank of the Menai Strait facing the Isle of Anglesey, is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales.

This is the third volume in a unique and exciting series on the modern history of York.

This is the second volume in a unique and exciting series on the history of York.

In 1560, when Mary of Guise ran Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, remained in France, Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith, a site that is now Parliament Street, off Coalhill.

This book seeks to explore the River Tyne as it runs from source to sea, using old and contemporary photographs together with postcards to explore the communities, settlements and industries that have existed along its course.

In 1796 the 6-mile Peak Forest Tramway opened linking the Derbyshire quarries to the canal system at Bugsworth, near Whaley Bridge, in Derbyshire.

The 1950s in York was a decade of reconstruction and regeneration after the depredations of the Second World War.

Old Warden: Tales of Tenants & Squires traces the fascinating history of the village of Old Warden, its inhabitants and their relationship with the Ongley and Shuttleworth landowner families from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.

For the people of Leicester, the 1960s was a decade of great social and economic change.

When you ask most people about Liverpool, you could be forgiven for thinking that the city is only famous for its maritime history, its two successful football teams or for being the birthplace of The Beatles - but there is so much more to this amazing city than meets the casual eye.

Derby is an exceptional and underrated city.

Home to the largest medieval gothic cathedral north of the Alps, York is one of Europe's most historically interesting cities.

Rickmansworth, Croxley Green and Chorleywood Through Time takes the reader on a nostalgic journey back to an age when the pace of life was much slower and more tranquil than it is today.

London's Docklands have a rich and varied history.

The 1970s was a decade of change.

Like every other town in Great Britain, Colwyn Bay spent the 1950s shaking off the effects and austerity that were the legacy of the Second World War.

During the 1,000-year history of Bury St Edmunds, the town has acquired a mix of unexpected, weird and wonderful examples of buildings and the people associated with them.

At the beginning of the 1950s, Leicester was an industrial city picking itself up from the debris of the Second World War.

Hartlepool Through The Ages is a sister volume to Paul Chrystal's Hartlepool Through Time, produced this time with Stan Laundon.

The incredible true story of what really happened in the Channel Islands during the Second World War.

Herne Bay rose to prominence in the 1830s when a group of London investors recognised its potential and built a pleasure pier and promenade here, making it one of the UK's earliest seaside resorts.

The history of East Shropshire has had a global impact, with Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale acknowledged as the 'Cradle of the Industrial Revolution'.

The centre of Manchester is an area rich in social and cultural history.

The ancient town of Dunfermline is one of the oldest settlements in Scotland and, from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, it was the residence of royalty and the final resting place for many of Scotland's Kings and Queens.

The Highlands and Islands today are a magnet for tourists from all over the world, but go back a few hundred years and it was a very different picture.