The King's England: County Durham
Arthur Mee
Durham, with its splendid cathedral, features strongly in this text, yet the reader also hears of the many other gems the county holds: Wearside Escomb, with its tiny Saxon church; Raby and the Vane family; Bishop Auckland and Brancepeth and their castles; and Blaydon, made famous by a song.
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The King's England: Derbyshire
Arthur Mee
This guide celebrates Derbyshire as "one of the delightful counties, not overpowering with history, but filled with Nature's lovely places".
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The King's England: Hertfordshire
Arthur Mee
"A county as it should be, untouched by the hand of industry". Thus Arthur Mee describes Hertfordshire, dubbing it "London's country neighbour", from the bare Chilterns in the north to the villages now swallowed up by Greater London.
The King's England: Leicestershire and Rutland
Arthur Mee
Many things in Leicestershire and Rutland have changed since the 1930s, but according to Arthur Mee, the area is famous for being "typically English, the ordinary England of ordinary folk - rather like a Constable picture". But this does not prevent him from chronicling the history of the county.
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The King's England: Nottinghamshire
Arthur Mee
The long procession of Nottinghamshire luminaries, from Robin Hood to Jesse Boot, all receive their due mention in this guide, but also central is Arthur Mee's love of a good story. It is illustrated with many plates denoting Nottinghamshire, "the Midland Stronghold", in all its pre-war finery.
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The King's England: Staffordshire
Arthur Mee
"Beauty in the black county" is how Arthur Mee dubs Staffordshire. In this alphabetical, anecdotal ramble, complemented by period illustrations, the reader tours the county, taking in the pre-war Staffordshire landscape, from Chartley Castle, through to Abbot's Bromley with its horn dance.
The King's England: the West Riding of Yorkshire
Arthur Mee
"The viaducts and bridges, the forests of high chimneys, the endless mills and reservoirs, and vast quantities of machinery." West Yorkshire has changed much since Arthur Mee did his 1930s tour, but the armchair traveller can still enjoy the old West Riding - including Sheffield and Harrogate.
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The King's England: Surrey
Arthur Mee
Carmarthenshire Notes
Arthur Mee (Editor)
The King's England: Cambridgeshire
Arthur Mee
The King's England: Essex
Arthur Mee
Taking others to task for describing Essex as a "flat, uninteresting county", Arthur Mee embarks on an alphabetical tour of Essex and its past, from coastal creek to timbered hall, from Castle Hedingham to Waltham Abbey.
The King's England: Lincolnshire
Arthur Mee
"A county of infinite charm" is how Lincolnshire is described by Sydney Warner in this volume. Much has changed since that was written in 1949, but the modern reader will gain the added perspective of seeing the vast amount of change which has taken place, from Boston Stump to Grimsby Docks.
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The King's England: Warwickshire
Arthur Mee
The reader sees in this guide Shakespeare wandering beside the Avon, but much more besides: Birmingham is given its true place as England's workshop, and perhaps the most interesting feature for today's reader is the description of Coventry's town centre, lost in the blitz five years later.
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Hampshire Villages
Mike Hope
Hilltop Villages of the Chilterns
David Hay, Joan Hay
Peak District Villages
Brian Edwards
A Tale of Two Villages: Hutton and Cranswick
Herbert Johnson
Tingvelle: a History of Thingwall and Other North Wirral Farming Villages
Greg Dawson
Yesterday's Wirral No 8: Bebington & Mid-Wirral Villages Bebington & Mid-Wirral Villages
Ian Boumphrey
Bradgate and Its Villages
D. Ramsey
Cotswold Scene: the Villages and and Landscapes
Chris Andrews
Discovering Cotswold Villages
Gordon Ottewell
This practical guide explores fifty of the most interesting and beautiful Cotswold villages. It provides information about parking and refreshment stops, as well as giving details about the scenery, history, architecture and wild life. '
General Interest
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An Atlas of English Dialects
Clive Upton, J.D.A. Widdowson
This text reports the findings of the Survey of English Dialects, a record of the 20th-century nonstandard dialects. It is aimed at general readers as well as language specialists, and consists of maps with detailed commentaries discussing the distribution of words and pronunciations in England.
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Victorian London Revealed
Eric De Mare (Editor)
Not Yet Published: You may still order this title. We will send it to you when it is released by the publisher.
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English Folk Tales
Sybill Marshall, John Lawrence (Illustrator)
The tradition of storytelling is as old as the spoken word,but it is as strong today as it has ever been.In order to appreciate and enjoy them to the full, one has only to 'suspend disbelief'and surrender completely to the sheer pleasure of reading and being entertained.
A History of Britain Vol 1: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603
Simon Schama
...the official version of Britain's island story--from Roman Britain, through the Norman conquest, the struggles of the Henrys and Richards with their bolshie barons and cautious clerics, Edward I and the subjugation of Wales, King Death (the plague), and on to the Henrician reformation, before closing with the remarkable reign of the virgin queen, Elizabeth I.
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A History of Britain Volume 2: 1603 - 1776
Simon Schama
The second volume of Simon Schama's BBC History of Britain: The British Wars, 1603-1776 is a more serious affair than the first. A History of Britain Vol I was free-range history: a fresh and at times iconoclastic survey of more than 1,500 years of the nation's story. Now Schama is more penned in covering just a century and a half in 500 pages, and mixing it with the cockiest and wisest historians in the farmyard.
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