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Six years in the making, this superbly crafted book is a ‿must read‿ for anyone interested in Victorian country mansions.

This is a true story about living and learning in the two decades between 1940 and 1960.

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This riveting book takes a deep dive into the world of Yorkshire folklore and traditions, and discovers the stories and people behind them.

This fascinating book, by a leading historian of the city, tells Manchester's story from the Romans to the first steam-poweredfactories, showing how the centuries before the Industrial Revolution formed the foundation for the city's later greatness.

This informative and entertaining book explores 500 often overlooked years in the life of the city of Canterbury, including its development, its industries, military connexions, and leisure activities, and its rebuilding after devastation by German bombers in the Second World War.

LANCASTER CASTLE is one of Britain's major historic monuments. For over 900 years it has dominated the hilltop looking out over the river Lune and the city of Lancaster. This book charts the growth and development of the castle from Roman times, through to the present day.

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Rich with detail, lavishly illustrated, and astonishingly comprehensive, Wells and Swells: the Golden Age of Harrogate Spa, 1842-1923, is an invaluable resource bound in a beautiful, limited edition, two-volume set. It is an immediate classic, and is certain be highly collectable in years to come.

In this beautifully illustrated and captivating book, Suzanne Bradshaw reveals the long and varied history of Williamson Park in Lancaster, and tells us about the people whose vision, skills and labour made it possible.

Social historian and author Gillian Perry takes us on a highly entertaining whistle-stop tour of the history of the English afternoon tea, enhanced by many luscious illustrations to make you salivate, and to bring forth your own wonderful memories.

The two towns of Thornton and Cleveleys, joined together in name, have undergone an extraordinary amount of changeand development over the years. This book draws together an amazing collection of facts, old photographs and maps to bringto life the hidden history of this well-loved coastal area.

A fascinating and readable portrait of the working men and women who toiled behind the scenes in the nationally and internationally renowned spa resort of Harrogate, during its heyday in the Edwardian period.

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This beautiful new edition explores Ingleborough and its immediate surroundings, to create the biography of a mountain. The author - a long-time Ingleborough enthusiast and scholar - describes how people and landscape have interacted over the centuries in an accessible, readable manner which will appeal to visitors and local people alike.

This is the previously untold story of the brave Lancastrians who endured the Fall of Singapore, and their subsequent incarceration at Keijo POW camp in Korea, told by Chris Given-Wilson, whose father was one of those captured.

Six centuries of travellers' reports and eyewitness accounts. The Yorkshire Dales, so beloved of visitors today, was once remote, wild and undiscovered invaded by settlers who left their stories in scars on the land and hints of their origins in the place names that remain. Looking through the eyes of contemporary writers, we can see how perceptions, attitudes and even the landscape itself have changed over time. What has remained the same is ...

This book is different from other books on York. Contained within its pages are hugely appealing photographic glimpses of how people lived, worked and played in the city a century ago, images full of human history, and so much more than the usual street scenes.

This comprehensive, fully illustrated book is a unique and invaluable guide to York's Roman heritage, essential reading for all those with an interest in the city.

Ian and Krysia Brodie's carefully chosen walks are intended for all ages and abilities, guiding walkers through some of the most beautiful landscape in Lancashire.