Bottisham: Village And Church.

Slim booklet, pbk, brown wraps, Good, stapled, staples have rusted, contents loose from wraps, and pges seperated, a little waved and slightly discoloured, includes b/w plates and a list of previous vicars from 1222 - 1926 (stated incomplete), pp11.

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Book number: 14898

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Bottisham church village Cambridgeshire vicars history manors inns charities schools sanctuary memorials

Saffron Walden: A Conservation Study. Part 2 (Two II). Interim Draft Policies.

Uttlesford District Council, no date Oversized pbk, black spiral binding, VG, contents clean and tight, one fold out map to rear, pp11. "Part II is an integral section of the document - (Saffron Walden - A Conservation Study) and follow the suggestions contained in Part I. The purpose of Part II is to provide the District Council with interim informal planning policies until such time as a formal District Plan for the Town of Saffron Walden is prepared. These interim informal policies, if approved, will become part of the District Plan for Saffron Walden. In addition, Part II contains supplementary planning guidance relating to the design of new buildings."

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Book number: 14889

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Saffron Walden conservation study planning historic buildings town environmental policies planning policies District Plan historic features development skyline architecture street pattern trees

Beaumont, G. F.:

The Story of Combe Martin.

1969 6th Ed., pbk, Good, a little soiling in places, brown stain to top of rear wrap, stapled, contents clean and tight, b/w plates, some pges have been torn apart instead of cut, so the edges are a little dog-earred (only affects 6 pges), pp52.

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Book number: 14897

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Combe Martin history local history church Devon customs Oak Apple Day Watermouth Earl of Rone Parish beaches Pack of Cards Ley family

Bosworth, J. (Deputy Planning Officer); Stenning, D. F. (Principal Planning Asst); Petchey, M. (Professional Asst (Archaeologist)):

Saffron Walden: A Conservation Study. Part 1 (One, I).

Uttlesford District Council, 1979 Oversized pbk, black spiral binding, VG, contents clean and tight with many maps, diagrams, photographic plates, and 2 fold out maps to rear, pp130. Chapters include: Archaeological and Historical Context Prior to 1947; Planning History 1947 - 1978; Trees and Their Contribution to the Townscape; The Effects of Traffic on the Town's Character; Land Use; Detailed Visual Appraisal; Condition of Buildings etc... "Saffron Walden is an historic town which has absorbed change over the centuries without losing its essential character, and I have no doubt it can continue to do so. The emphasis must now be on planning for conservation and it is for this reason that I welcome this sensitive and constructive study... (along with the District Plan forming) a framework for the formulation of a planned programme of conservation work in Saffron Walden..." Jennifer Jenkins Chairman of the Historic Buildings Council For England.

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Book number: 14888

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Saffron Walden conservation study planning historic buildings town archaeology history trees townscape traffic land use visual appraisal buildings

Brumfitt, Elise:

Old Otley.

M T D Rigg Publications, 1986 Oversized Hard cover brown cloth bds, Fine, in Good+ d/w, minor surf. indents, top edge a little furled, contents fine and tight, with many b/w illust.s, pp134. A detailed and pictorial record of the town of Otley in Yorkshire.

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Book number: 10163

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Otley West Yorkshire local history pictorial record information Market Town Thomas Chippendale streets industry shops business chruches chapels schools children leisure transport fires floods 0950919136

Babergh District Council:

Babergh District, South Suffolk. Official Guide.

Gloucester, The British Publishing Company Limited, no date Pbk, Very Good, contents clean and tight with maps, history, general information, b/w plates, advertisements, pp81.

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Book number: 14892

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Babergh district official guide Shotley Peninsula Constable Country Stour Valley Flatford Sudbury Suffolk Hadleigh Brett Valley Lavenham Long Melford Glemsford Wool cloth industry agriculture leisure 0714022519

Dudding, Reginald C. (Ed. By):

Lincolnshire Notes & Queries: A Quarterly Magazine. Vol. XXII (22) No. 177 January 1933.

Horncastle, W K Morton & Sons, 1933 Slim pbk volume, almost VG, a little marking, pges rough-cut at edge, pp65-80 Supplement - Lincolnshire Wills pp305-312. "Devoted to The Antiquities, Parochial Records, Family History, Traditions, Folk-Lore, Quaint Customs, Etc., of the County".

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Book number: 12168

Catalogue: local history

Keywords: Lincolnshire magazine Buslingthorpe Church Aveland Lincoln Club Green Man Inn Blankney Open Field Farming folklore Prisone Forte Dure Peine Kent Family Woodhall register Thomas Kent Donington-on-Bain 0000000000

Dukes, Angela:

Both Sides of the Counter: Personal Memories of Churchill.

Author Published, no date Pbk, Nr fine, contents fine and tight, pp21. Memories of moving to Churchill a village in the Cotswolds, in the late 60's.

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Book number: 15344

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Churchill history shop life village memoir autobiography moving settling work trade selling characters rural life Cotswolds

Easdown, Martin:

Piers of Disaster.

Hutton Press Ltd, 1996 Paperback, VG-, a little label residue to top of upper wrap, contents clean and tight, illust. with many b/w photographic pictures, pp60. "The Sad Story of the Seaside Pleasure Piers of the Yorkshire Coast."

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Book number: 10255

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: piers Yorkshire seaside coast Saltburn Pier Scarborought North Pier Redcar Pier Coatham Pier Withernsea Pier Hornsea Pier history pleasure pier 1872167810

Farman, Derek T.:

150 Years of Service: Stalham Fire Brigade.

Wymondham, Norfolk, Geo R Reeve Ltd, 1983 1st Ed., soft cover VG, a little light staining in places, contents clean and tight with b/w plates, pp77, btm of pges a little wavy towards rear, neat name to upper wrap verso.

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Book number: 15556

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Stalham Norfolk Fire Brigade service history 1953 floods coronation day past present rescue helmets nineteenth century rivers pets pests pigs

Howard, John:

The Changing Face Of Tealby. A Pictorial Record.

Tealby, John Howard, 2003 Oversized pbk, approx. 11.5" x 8", Very Good, a little furled, contents v. occas. soiling, contain lovely b/w and colour modern and historical illustrations. A nice copy giving a pictorial record of this lovely Lincolnshire village.

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Book number: 10680

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Tealby Lincolnshire village record memoir social local history life Tennyson 0000

Meadows, Jack:

Leicestershire: Some Legends and Stories.

Leicester, J Meadows, no date Paperback, stapled, Good, a little light age-marking to wraps, contents fine and tight, pp34 plus questions to rear inside cover. With legends ranging from The Ghost of Polly Peggs; Nicodemus; St John's Well; The Squire's Revenge; Robin-a-Tiptoe; Leicestershire' First Railway; The Nine Day Queen to Old Baldhead; Lady Jane Grey; The Battle of Saxby; Claptrap; The Ram Jam Tavern; Robert Bakewell etc...

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Book number: 15388

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Leicestershire Leicester legends stories local history myths humour fear sadness bravery Charnwood Wolf sisters Prestwold Old John Bradgate Park Griffydam Hadrian's Milestone Beeby Tub Humberstone

Milward, Richard:

A New Short History of Wimbledon.

London, The Wimbledon Society, 1989 Slim pbk, VG+, contents clean and tight, pp32 with b/w illust.s and map.

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Book number: 10715

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Wimbledon history social culture local history estates railway 0000

Rose, Jack and Hugh D. W. Lees Illust. by Paul Durbidge:

Lowestoft Then And Now ( A Walk In The Past). Revised and Enlarged Illustrated.

Lowestoft Archaeological and Local History Society, 1976 Small pbk, approx. 6.5" x 4", yellow wraps, stapled, VG, light crease to rear, v. light stain to front, contents nice and tight, light yellow small round stain to top of title pge and rear 7 pges, unpaginated.

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Book number: 14079

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Lowestoft Suffolk Paul Durbidge past present local history archaeology Old Lowestoft walking tour North Parade Belle Vue Park Ravine Score Sparrows Nest High Light Beacon Stones Arnolds Walk Toren

Simson, Ursula Illust. by John Simson:

Small Beer: An Essex Village From Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II.

Braintree Essex, Mr and Mrs J A Simson, no date Paperback, pale brown wraps with red and black titles, Good+, a little light creasing and minor scuffs to extrem.s in places, contents clean and tight, hinge just pulled away at title but text holding to wraps, lovely b/w full-pge plates by John Simson, pp28. The Essex village of Stisted.

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Book number: 13425

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Stisted Essex village history local history Elizabethan