CURRIE, IAN. DAVIDSON, MARK AND OGLEY, BOB.

The Essex Weather Book.

Westerham: Froglets Publications. 1992. 1st ed. "Throughout history, Essex has experienced tempests and tornadoes, hailstones, and heatwaves, floods and freezes, deluges and dust devils. It remains the driest county in England yet, perversley, it floods more than most". 26 cms x 21 cms. Pp 168, full of b/w illustrations. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 22434

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Essex

Keywords: Currie Davidson Ogley Essex Weather Tornadoes Floods Heatwaves A18589 East Anglia: : Essex

DAHL, LOUIS H.

The Roman Camp and the Irish Saint at Burgh Castle, with Local History.

London: Jarrold & Sons, 1913. History of Burgh Castle and district. Pp.xii/248, many black & whiite illustrations + folding map of the district frontispiece and folding map of the coast-line (Romano-British Period) which has edge tear (not affecting map itself), owner's name to front free endpaper, small bookseller's inkstamp to inside front board. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine, spine faded. G+.

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Book number: 49278

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Norfolk

Keywords: Dahl Roman Camp Irish Saint Fursey Burgh Castle Suffolk Local History Daanes Manor Village Reliogious Houses Lotingland Thomas Nashe Suffolk Ship Money Hearth Tax Church Bowgin's Charity 51014 East Anglia: : Norfolk

DAVIS, TERRY AND MORSON, TREVOR.

The Ipswich Hippodrome. The Place to Go! 1905-1985.

Stafford: Terence Davis, 2005. 0954715918. 1st edition. Based on initial research by Nicola Currie. Ipswich’s Hippodrome Theatre in St Nicholas Street opened in March 1905. The theatre was the idea of Edward Bostock, the owner of Wombwell’s Circus. Many famous names appeared there including Roy Castle, Peter Sellers, Des O’Connor, Tommy Cooper and Max Miller. The last show was Carousel performed by the Ipswich Operatic Society in October 1957.[The building was converted to a dance and bingo hall and renamed the Savoy]. 30cms x 21cms x 1.3cms. Pp.x/220, many black & white illustrations. Blue laminated boards. VG.

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Book number: 50901

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Suffolk

Keywords: Terry Davis Trevor Morson Ipswich Hippodrome Bostock Revue Musical Comedy Pantomime Plays Opera Ballet Theatre Comedians Singers Circus Bands Nudes Concerts Ensor 52340 East Anglia: : Suffolk

DEARY, TERRY.

The Real Maria Marten. A Historical Novel.

Ipswich: East Anglian Magazine. 1979. "For over 150 years William Corder has been portrayed as a cold-blooded and brutal murderer. It is the medium of fiction which has so maligned his memory - this is an attempt, through fiction, to remove some of that tarnish from his image". Pp 56, some b/w illustrations, black marks to verso front cover and title page. P/b, tear to lower edge of front cover with slight crease to corner. G+.

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Book number: 25682

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Suffolk

Keywords: Deary Real Maria Marten Historical Novel Corder Murder 22733 East Anglia: : Suffolk

DEEKS, RICHARD.

Cavendish Contrasts.

Glemsford: Suffolk Identity Systems(Printer), 1990. 095158300X. "An attempt to portray some of the assets of Cavendish in old and new photographs." Pp.33, black & white photo illustrations throughout, inscribed by Rev. Richard Burkitt (former Lay Minister in Cavendish and author of the Preface) to lower edge of Preface. Stiff card covers with colour photograph of the famous cottages at "Hyde Park Corner" Cavendish to the front. Scarce. VG.

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Book number: 38035

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Suffolk

Keywords: Richard Deeks Cavendish Contrasts Village Photographs Suffolk Village Hyde Park Corner Church 51249 East Anglia: : Suffolk

DEEKS, RICHARD AND WIGMORE, ELIZABETH.

From Melford to Clare in Old Postcards.

Long Melford: AP3 Gable End, 1994. Illustrations of villages amd village life in the south-west corner of Suffolk in old postcards, from Long Melford to Clare, via Lavenham, Shimpling, Hartest, Boxted, Stanstead, Glemsford, and Cavendish. Landscape format. 15cms x 21cms. Pp.92, black & white illustrations throughout. Paperback, sunning to top rear edge. G+.

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Book number: 50553

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Suffolk

Keywords: Deeks Wigmore Long Melford Clare Lavenham Shimpling Hartest Boxted Stanstead Glemsford Cavendish Old Postcards Illustrated West Suffolk Local History 52030 East Anglia: : Suffolk

DEEKS, RICHARD. (COMPILER).

Magnificent Melford in Old Photographs.

Long Melford: R & K Tyrrell, 1981. 1st edition. Landscape format. 20cms x 29cms. Unpaginated. Black & white photographs throughout. Paperback, minor corner creases and edge wear. Good.

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Book number: 44636

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Suffolk

Keywords: Richard Deeks Magnificent Long Melford Suffolk Illustrated Photographs Photos Social History 46139 East Anglia: : Suffolk

DICK, W.F.

History of the Ancient Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Horkesley. (With a Full Description of its Monuments).

Colchester: Benham & Company Limited, 1919. 1st edition. Pp.24. Brown stiff card covers with photo illustration of the church by G.W.Siggers, split to top of spine. Scarce. G+.

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Book number: 49190

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Essex

Keywords: Dick History Ancient Church St Peter Paul Little Horkesley Essex Monuments Architecture Ecclesiology Parish History Priory Dame Marney Swynborne Fynderne Leventhorpe Brass Josselyn Tombs Glass 50670 East Anglia: : Essex

DICKINSON, PHILLIP G.M.

The Church of Saint Giles Great Maplestead and the Round Church Little Maplestead in the County of Essex.

Parochial Church Councils of Great & Little Maplestead, 1967. Fourth edition, revised. "Great Maplestead Church is of exceptional interest, not only because so much early Norman work has survived, but also because of its comparatively rare ground plan." "Little Maplestead Church is of the greatest importance in the study of church history and architecture by reason of its circular plan..It consists of a spacious aisleless chancel terminating in a semi-circular apse - the only 14th century example of this type now existing in England - a sixsided "nave" surmounted by a low belfry and surrounded by a circular aisle, a modern west porch and a south vestry." Pp.24, black & white photo illustrations by Richard A.Burn throughout. Beige card cover. VG.

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Book number: 35823

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Essex

Keywords: Phillip Dickinson Church Saint Giles Great Round Church Little Mapplestead Photos Richard Burn Knights Order St John Jerusalem King Hospitallers Templars 36843 East Anglia: : Essex

DICKINSON, P.G.M.

Suffolk. (Little Guides series).

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1957. Sixth edition. Based on the original guide by W.A.Dutt. 16cms x 10cms. Pp.xii/398, 50 black & white photo illustrations + folding map of Suffolk to rear. Orange cloth, gilt shield motif to front board, slight sunning to spine. VG.

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Book number: 45516

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Suffolk

Keywords: Dickinson Suffolk Little Guides East Anglia Geology Rivers Flora Fauna Antiquities Architecture Industry 47050 East Anglia: : Suffolk

DOWNEY, MARY AND POTTS, DOREEN.

Schools and Scholars in Halstead District.

Halstead: Halstead and District Local History Society, 1986. 0. 1st.ed. "There were "seasons" for activities, such as spinning of tops and bowling of hoops on the way home from school, both down the middle of Halstead High Street! The arrival of the boys and girls travelling on the train along the Colne Valley, the girls to attend Halstead Grammar School, the boys to go on to the Earls Colne Grammar School, all walking from the stations to the schools." Pp.128, many black and white photo illustrations. Paperback. Scarce. VG.

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Book number: 28848

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Essex

Keywords: Downey Potts Schools Scholars Halstead East Anglia 38117 East Anglia: : Essex

DOWSING, WILLIAM / WHITE, REV. C. H. EVELYN .

The Journal of William Dowsing, of Stratford, Parliamentary Visitor, appointed under a warrant from the Earl of Manchester, for demolishing the superstitious pictures and ornaments of churches &c., within the county of Suffolk, inthe years 1643-1644.

Ipswich: Pawsey And Hayes, The Ancient House, 1885 . 0. "A New Edition, with an Introduction, Notes, etc, by the Rev. C. H. Evelyn White." Original binding. Red cloth with bright gilt titles to front board ( including: "Price Four Shillings"), some soiling to front and rear boards. 4to. 25cm x 19cm. pp.61/[3pp. - Errata(1p.) and adverts]. owner's name to title page, small notation to p.17, with a 'Pedigree' for the Dowsing family. Scarce. G+.

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Book number: 30201

Catalogue: East Anglia

Keywords: 38993 Genealology Pedigree William Dowsing Ipswich Pawsey Hayes Suffolk Church History Iconoclasm Evelyn White Stratford East Anglia

DOWSING, WILLIAM / LODER, S. / WALLER, JAMES GREEN .

The Journal Of William Dowsing Of Stratford, Parliamentary Visitor, Appointed Under A Warrant From The Earl Of Manchster, For Demolishing The Superstitious Pictures & ornaments Of Churches, &c. Within The County of Suffolk, in the years 1643,- 1644.

Woodbridge: Printed by and for S. Loder, Bookseller, 1818 . 0. Four (4to) separately printed pamphlets bound together. 28cm x 22.5cm. Original dark green buckram with gilt title to spine: "Varia 4." The first pamphlet is: "The Journal Of William Dowsing Of Stratford.. Second edition." (first published 1786) - [4pp.]/pp.19/[1p. - adverts]. Page edges lightly soiled, otherwise clean text . Bound with: "The Roof Of The Church Of St. Andrew, Mildenhall, Suffolk. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by J. G. Waller .. 1895" - 12pp. Bound with: "On The Fate Of Henry Brooke. Tenth Lord Cobham. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries By John Green Waller.. 1880." - 17pp. Bound with: "On A Bas-Relief Symbolising Music In The Cathedral Church Of Rimini. Communicated To The Society Of Antiquaries By J. G. Waller.. 1890." - 8pp. VG. Scarce. *** "Henry Brooke, tenth Lord of Cobham attainted for treason James I. after lying many years in the Tower, was permitted to walk out, and died in extreme misery and want in a wretched hovel in the Minories in 1619.".

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Book number: 30200

Catalogue: East Anglia

Keywords: 28420 Woodbridge Loder Waller William Dowsing Suffolk Iconoclasm Rimini Cathedral Music Henry Brooke Lord Cobham Mildenhall Roof Church of St. Andrew History East Anglia

DRUERY, JOHN HENRY.

Historical And Topographical Notices Of Great Yarmouth, In Norfolk, And Its Environs, Including The Parishes And Hamlets Of The Half Hundered Of Lothingland, In Suffolk. By John Henry Druery .

London : Published by Nichols & Son, Parliament-Street; Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, and Longman, Rees, Orme, & Co, Paternoster-Row; and by the principal Booksellers in Norfolk and Suffolk, 1826 . 0. First Edition. 8vo. pp.18/pp.382/[4pp. - Index & directions for placing the plates] + 11 engravings/tables. 7.75" x 5.0" x 1.5". A very good original faded cloth binding with worn paper label to spine. Light offsetting to title-page and other engravings, otherwise clean text throughout. VG.

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Book number: 46880

Catalogue: East Anglia: : 19th Century

Keywords: 48446 Nichols & Son Druery, John Henry. Historical and Topographical Notices of Great Yarmouth East Anglia: : 19th Century

DUGUID, PETER.

Monks Eleigh A Thousand Years.

Monks Eleigh: Monks Eleigh Millennium Fund, 1991. 0951761307. Published in celebration of the millennium of a Suffolk village. Written and produced almost entirely by the people of Monks Eleigh themselves, in only fifty-six pagaes of verse, prose, sketches and photographs, they give a vivid pen-portrait of life and events in their village from the Battle of Maldon in 991. Pp.56, illustrated throughout with black & white photos and illustrations. Brightly coloured stiff card covers. VG.

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Book number: 46122

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Suffolk

Keywords: Duguid Monks Eleigh Suffolk Millennium Local History Isaac Johnson Hobarts Old English Husbandry Wildlife Census Manor Farm 47681 East Anglia: : Suffolk