Introduces the concept of researching local history through primary and secondary sources.

This publication is a practical guide combining genealogy with growing interest in tracing the history of your own house, buildings and community. It explains how to follow your own trail of discovery using a range of sources, starting with the building itself and progressing to who lived there.

This guide is aimed at the visitor, and after laying the geological and climatic background, Peter Brandon looks at the fascinating history of the South Downs, including land use and culture and customs.

Published in association with the Museum of Liverpool, this book explores 20 significant archaeological digs on Merseyside and what they uncovered.

Local author David Phelps visits some of his favourite and lesser-known locations in Herefordshire that reflect its heritage, culture and scenic splendour. From churches to castles and cider factory to cathedral, this is a county with much to discover and enjoy.

Cobbled medieval alleyways and ornate Georgian boulevards. Decadent marble mansions and sprawling Victorian slums. Heaths, churches, squares and railways that, between them, hold two thousand years of secrets: London's history is written into the very fabric of its streets. In 'Cruickshank's London', one of Britain's best-loved historians vividly describes twenty historic walks that span North, East, South and West London. Throughout, Cruickshank...

The relationship between humans and horses has played a vital role in shaping our towns and cities. This book offers a fascinating insight into the history of working horses in Liverpool.

A colourful history of one of our most loved and ever-changing public spaces. The modern-day cry is that the high street is dying. But are our present concerns so different from those of the past? Historian Annie Gray takes us down the street and through the ages, from medieval marketplaces to the purpose-built concrete precincts still standing today. Peeping inside the windows of tailors, tearooms and grocers, we explore everything from the toyshops...