WILTSHIRE GAZETTE.

Devizes & District Directory for 1947.

Devizes: Wiltshire Gazette Printing Works, 1947. Eighty-third Year of Publication. First edition to be published since the end of 1939, so includes a summary of local news events affected by World War II, since that date up to 31st November 1946 - compiled from "The Wiltshire Gazette". Pp.x/154, curling to a few corner tips, rusting to staples with resulting staining to opening page. Cream stiff card covers, rubbed and creased with some soiling and rust spots to rear cover corresponding with staples. Scarce. Good.

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N° du livre: 47603

Catalogue: Local History: : Directories

Mots-clés: Wiltshire Gazette Devizes District Directory Mayor0s Insignia Plate Telephone Subscribers Town Council Organisations Street Country Directory 49085 Local History: : Directories

GILLETT, EDWARD, & MACMAHON, KENNETH A.

A History of Hull.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. 1st ed. Covering a period from before the Norman Conquest up to today, the book is intended for both the scholar and the general reader. Pp. 11/428, 12 b/w illustns, + 4 maps. Signed by Edward Gillett. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 11072

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Gillett Macmahon History Hull Norman Conquest Present Day Signed A3999 Local History

GREAVES, R.W.

The Corporation of Leicester 1689-1836.

Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1970. 1st ed. by Leicester University Press. (First published in 1939 as part of the Oxford Historical Series.) "The author has combined constitutional and economic analysis with political narrative and explanation, and has aimed to set the local history in its wider national context." Pp. 4/152. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w chipped at edges. VG/G+.

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N° du livre: 15846

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Greaves Corporation of Leicester 1689-1836 Oxford Historical Series A10337 Local History

WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GROCERS .

Returns Prepared for the Worshipful Company of Grocers In Reply To The Inquiries Addressed To Them By The City Of London Livery Companies' Commission.

London: Printed By R. Clay, Sons, And Taylor, Bread Street Hill, [no date c. 1881] . 0. Old plain plum coloured cloth binding. 9.75" x 6.5" x 0.75". 8vo. pp.15/[1p.]/pp.239/[1p.] Date of publication from; 'Appendix' . Clean text throughout. Last few leaves with chipped edges (not affecting text) where the pages have been roughly separated. Contents include: Appendix; Preface; Original Charter; Translation; Title-page; Foundation of Company; Liste of Charters; List of Trust Deeds; Decrees of Court; Other Documents; Concise History of the Company; Licences in Mortmain; Control over trade; Charities; Members; Income and Expenditure.

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N° du livre: 46452

Catalogue: Local History: : 19th Century

Mots-clés: 48029 R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor Returns Prepared for the Worshipful Company of Grocers Local History: : 19th Century

GRUNDY, MICHAEL.

Elgar's Beloved Country. (Photographs by Roy Booker, Peter Ainsley & Bill Meadows.)

Worcester: Worcester City Council, 1988. 4th ed. "An insight into Elgar's life in Worcester and Malvern and of his love of the South Worcestershire landscape - inspiration for so much of his music." Pp. 5/79, frontis, b/w illustrations throughout plus leaflet ephemera loosely inserted, colour illustrations to endpapers. P/b. VG.

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N° du livre: 29853

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Grundy Booker Ainsley Meadows Elgars Beloved Country Illustrated 27841 Local History

GUTTRIDGE, ROGER.

Blackmore Vale Camera.

Wimborne: The Dovecote Press, 1991. 0946159904. 1st edition. "More than 150 photographs, from Victorian times to the present, that superbly illustrate the changing character of one of the most rural and fascinating areas of Britain." 25.5cms x 20cms. Unpaginated, with 150 black & white photographs throughout. Paperback. VG.

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N° du livre: 43857

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Guttridge Blackmore Vale Camera Photographs Local History Dorset 45217 Local History

HARRIS, P. VALENTINE.

The Truth about Robin Hood.

Mansfield: Linneys, 1969. New enlarged edition, fully illustrated. A Refutation of the Mythologists' Theories, with New Evidence of the Hero's Actual Existence. "All the various theories are set out and critically examined. New discoveries, never before published, and many little-known facts are brought together for the first time." Pp.107.Paperback, slightly rubbed with creasing to front spine edge. G+.

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N° du livre: 48488

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Valentine Harris Truth Robin Hood Myth Mythologies Friar Tuck Maid Marian Earl Huntingdon Ritson Wright Kuhn Fricke Lee Murray Raglan Spence Barnsdale Sayles Wakefield Sheriff Nottingham 49923 Local History

HARRISON, CHRISTOPHER. (EDITOR).

Essays on the History of Keele.

Keele: The University of Keele, 1986. Essays on the history of the village and manor of Keele. 25.5cms x 18cms. Pp.168, many black & white photos, illustrations and maps. Paperback, shadow of old price label to rear. VG.

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N° du livre: 44796

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Christopher Harrison Essays History Keele Templar Colony Staffordshire Sneyds Gardens 46288 Local History

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL .

Leamington Spa, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon .

Warwick: Printed by Henry H. Lacy, [no date - C. 1920 ? ]. Original light brown card covers with printed title. Edges lightly rubbed. Clean booklet pp.82 followed by a one page advert for Henry H. Lacy. Ink inscription to verso of advert in a contemporary hand. G++. A scarce item.

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N° du livre: 17628

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: A12565 Warwick Henry H. Lacy Hawthorne Leamington Spa Warwick Stratford-on-Avon Local History

HENDRIE, WILLIAM F.

Linlithgow. Six Hundred Years A Royal Burgh.

Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1989. 1st ed. This is a book full of interest about a thriving Scottish town which will have appeal for both resident and visitor alike. Pp. 9/187, 7 colour and 45 b/w photos. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. F/F.

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N° du livre: 12014

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Hendrie Linlithgow Six Hundred Years Royal Burgh Scotland A5065 Local History

HOBKIRK, CHAS P.

Huddersfield: Its History and Natural History.

Huddersfield: Geo. Tindall,"Minerva Press", 1868. A Descriptive, Historical, Geological, Botanical, and Zoological Sketch of the Town and Neighbourhood. Second Edition, Illustrated. Pp.xii/256/4(publisher's ads), folding plate frontispiece of Huddersfield Market Place + 9 further plates, engravings & plans, owner's names and number label to inside front board, repair to hinge at title page. Green pebbled cloth, gilt motif to front board, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine, bumps to corner tips. G+.

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N° du livre: 47399

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Hobkirk Huddersfield History Natural History Geology Botany Zoology Buildings Church Excursions Excavations Topography Flora Fauna Illustrated 48877 Local History

HOWARTH, OLIVE. (EDITED).

Textile Voices: Mill Life This Century.

Bradford: Bradford Heritage Recording Unit, 1989. 0907734197. "A selection from an extensive collection which charts the history of the textile industry this century, an industry which caused a small market town to develop into a major industrial city..By using their words and pictures, it is intended to present some thought-provoking and at times surprising views from the textile workers themselves." 20cms x 21cms. Pp.84, black & white photo illustrations throughout, owner's label to title page Paperback, smal crease to lower front corner of cover. VG.

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N° du livre: 39384

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Olive Howarth Textile Voices MILL Life This Century 20th Century Working Class Childhood Job Women Men MILL Work Trade Imported Labour Processes Burling Mending Industry History Memories 40220 Local History

HUBBARD, G.E.

The Old Book of Wye. A Record of a Kentish Parish from the Reign of Henry VIII to that of Charles II.

Derby: Pilgrim Press Ltd, 1951. "Between the years 1515 and 1663 ninety-five successive churchwardens of Wye entered their accounts - as well as sundry other matter - in a large vellum-bound book which had been presented to the parish by one of their predecessors in Edward IV's time.." Pp.166, black & white portrait frontispiece + 4 plates, line maps to endpapers, toning to endpapers. Red cloth, sunning to spine and lower edges, dustwrapper rubbed with small edge tears and losses. Good/Fair.

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N° du livre: 46446

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Hubbard Old Book Wye Kentish Parish Local History Pre-Reformation Rebels Martyrs Church Churchwardens Poor Personalities Serles Dame Alys Stotte Dryland Wye College Bodkin 48024 Local History

HUSAIN, B.M.C.

Delamere Forest in Later Mediaeval Times.

Liverpool: The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1955. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol.107, 1955. Pp.23-39, creasing and small marginal tear to pp.25/26. Grey wraps, rusting to staples. Good.

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N° du livre: 48450

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Husain Delamere Forest Later Mediaeval Times History Lancashire Cheshire Harleian Document 49876 Local History

HYSLOP, ROBERT. (EDITOR).

Antiquities of Sunderland and its Vicinity.

Sunderland: S.A.Forster, 1910. Papers Ordered to be Printed by The Sunderland Antiquarian Society. Vol.X. 1909. Contents: I.The History of the Sunderland Beef-steak Club, founded 1828 by G.W.Bain; II.The Old Presbyterian Chapel in Maling's Rigg by Robert Hyslop; III.Notes on the Parish of Seaham by R.Anderson Aird; IV.Notes of the Life and Works of John Laurence, Rector of Bishopwearmouth, 1721-32 by G.O.Bellewes; V.The Literary Works of Sir Cuthbert Sharp, Collector of Customs at Sunderland, 1823-45 by B.Rowland Hill; VI.The Poor Laws - with Special Reference to Sunderland Workhouses by James Ketts; VII.Notes on Bowmaker's Mill by Robert Hyslop. Pp.xvi/213, black & white frontispiece and 221 further plates. Grey card covers, crease to lower front corner, wear to spine. G+.

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N° du livre: 50345

Catalogue: Local History

Mots-clés: Hyslop Antiquities Sunderland Antiquarian Beef Steak Club Presbyterian Chapel Maling's Rigg Seaham History John Laurence Bishopwearmouth Cuthbert Sharp Poor Laws Workhouses Bowmaker's MILL 51843 Local History