Local history
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Women’s history and oral historyhuddersfield local history society journal winter nothe journal of the oral history society2 spring-summer voloxfam shop colne road saddleworth historical society bulletins: winter volfirst three water marked at basemajor ivan hirst of saddleworth and his family geoffrey woodhead mbe1 - 2 autumn volold west riding a collection of original articles jennifer steadsaddleworth museumall large paper 4to stapled typescript copies£ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreall others vg
35 €
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Oxfam books & music perth kilfinan parish history and memories local history and more memories from the kylessequel to recollections a trip down memory lane in and around tighnabruaich with kyles elderly forum see oxfam website for delivery information read more
5 €
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Family & local history handbook omnibus 1 to 1050 if paid by paypalthis is advertised elsewhere so may end early read morein cd format as pdf filesfor collection from northampton or will post for ÂŁ1
4 €
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Photo slides / negatives - local history of chard (somerset) set of 11posted by ethan in clothes, footwear & accessories, other in south petherton
5 €
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It contains a foreword, an index and is a step by step guide to the writing of local history it describes in simple language the process from basic research to the final presentation of material with examplesoxfam shop worthing paperback with pictorial card covers, it is in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
6 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham an accessible summary of current knowledge and approaches to english local historysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
3 €
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It embodies the author's experience as a university teacher of latin and local history over 20 years, deriving from the notes and material developed for the latin examination in the local history certificate courses which he organizeddespite the widespread popular interest in research into local and family history there has been no recent textbook to help the beginner to cope with the great barrier preventing access to that wealth of information-medieval latinthe reader who works systematically through the book will be equipped to handle the latin of the documents encountered by the do-it-yourself local or family historianafter dealing with the basic grammar of latin, this very practical book examines the structure and vocabulary of the records use in local and family research, including episcopal visitation, church court records, sepulchral inscriptions, wills, manorial court rolls, charters, and deedsthe book is uniquely user-friendly, as the pace of instruction is never rushed, and the passages for translation are carefully graded for grammar and vocabulary and selected both for their intrinsic interest and for their representative charactertight binding see oxfam website for delivery information read morea final chapter explains the abbreviations used in medieval latinoxfam bookshop skipton "latin is the language of a vast quantity of untouched source materialthe book is complete in itself and contains all the necessary tables of declensions and conjugations plus a glossary of more than 800 wordsno inscriptionsthis book remedies the omissiongood clean copyfine dust jacket
10 €
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local ghost stories lancashire cookery local history lancashire poetry old traditional songs old lancashire talessix lancashire books with different subjectsÂŁ18 cash please, no offers
18 €
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He has had numerous works published, was editor of surrey history from to , and was local history officer for the royal borough of kingston-upon-thames from toabout the author tim everson has been researching and writing about kingston-upon-thames and the surrounding area since the early she is a full-time writer and lives in surrey
15 €
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Oxfam shop scarborough scarborough: a pictorial history by rthis copy is in excellent condition and would make a perfect gift for any local history lovers in your lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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This book will therefore bring an account of tetbury to within the easy reach of everyone interested in local historyoxfam books & music marlborough it is now nearly 120 years since lee's history of tetbury was publishedit has long been out of print and much has happened since then and material not then available has to lightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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A hard back copy of this book by local historian, paul gibsonthere were not a great many of this particular book printed, would be ideal for a local historian's collectionfirst published in the book gives the story of anlaby road in lots of words and pictures, bringing back a lot of memories for me as i have lived all my life in hullbook is in as new conditionplease feel free to make offer, no silly ones
40 €
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth published by the bromyard & district local history society see oxfam website for delivery information read more
30 €
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Oxfam bookshop hexham these essays in honour of david smith include the following: 'records and archive publications by the bristol and gloucestershire archaeological society', gerard leighton 'women land-owners in medieval gloucestershire as seen in fett of fines', christopher elrington 'northleach: new light on the making of a gloucestershire town', nicholas herbert 'the pleas of st kyneburgh: gloucester v llanthony priory, ', john rhodes 'tenants of the lordship of berkeley in the late middle ages', bridget wells-furby 'landscape and society at bibury, gloucestershire to ', christopher dyer 'st james's priory & parish, bristol', david walker 'cheltenham manorial court ', jill barlow 'isaac taylor's map of gloucestershire ', brian smith 'land-owners and merchants: eighteenth-century enterprises and commerical ventures', jospeh bettey 'the portwall lane glassworks: history and archaeology', reg jackson 'gloucestershire spas', david aldred 'st michael's church, gloucestershire: a reconsideration of the excavations of ', carolyn heighway and john rhodes 'frederick lygon, 6th earl beauchamp: victorian landowner and patron in gloucestershire', john jurica 'gloucester cathedral in , the first ever quinquennial', carolyn heighway 'early allotments in gloucestershire', john loosley 'the life & times of the revd thomas conolly cowan ()', martin crossley evans 'the library of the university of bristol ', nicholas lee this hardback first edition is in a very good, used condition overallsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey are also in a good condition, if a little bumped at the top and foot of the spineit is complete with its dustjacket which is a little bumped on the cornersthe text block is illustrated with diagrams and pictures and appears to be clean and free from annotationsthe red cloth boards are gilt-stamped on the spine
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop sevenoaks written by the reverend s h cooke and published in about , this is a local history of the church and parish of northfleet, kent from the earliest dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume is in good used condition without a dust jacket
10 €
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This sturdily printed and handsomely illustrated local history is clearly a labour of loveit starts with the late neolithic age and ends in the present century, though a considerable proportion of the book is devoted to the previous two or three hundred yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition, almost as newfingal country librariesportmarnock: its people and townlands, by garry ahernthere is a detailed bibliography and index at the endanyone who loves the smaller towns and villages of eire will find much of interest in this book
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19 €
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local interest this one- by the will of philip lord wharton presented to edith burns at st george's church doncastergold edged pagesfront cover bit lose insideold and new testamentsoffers around ÂŁ10- thanksoxford university presscolour maps in back
10 €
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Good solid piece of local history great item for a collection
40 €
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Clean faces brimming with local historythis book will keep the local historian occupied for monthsmany b/w images of the old oyster-centric life but there is much on more general local history and there are plates of the world's first railway bridge (we are informed) and the first photograph of sea ice, which was a frequent occurrence due the the dilution of seawater by the medwaythere is no reference to an editor of this book, which appears to have been published post-deathwith the jacket stored safely in a drawer this book will grace any shelfas-new red boards with gilt titles to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop market harborough portrait of a seaside town: historic photographs of whitstable from the douglas west collection - emprint whitstable: emprintalternatively its appearance may be restored by careful work with tape and ironingbright imagery of the old lifedust jacket with light creasing along top and bottom edges and two tears of 3 cms to the rear facesecond editionemprint's press appeared to have a defective 0: on the back jacket face there are two suspicious handwritten edits thereofbinding very good but a couple of sections are a little loose
24 €
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Some local social history books of sheffield and one on cornwall hard to get hold of10 for lot and will postand accept paypal
10 €
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It makes lee's detailed observations available to researchers for the first time, a valuable resource for irish social, cultural, and political history, local history, and the histories of travel and antiquarianismlee also paid much attention to the physical remains of irish history (earthen forts, early-christian religious sites) and to the endurance of gaelic culture (the irish language, gaelic games, ?pattern' days) that made ireland exotic to the english visitorhis observations paint a picture of irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the and rebellions, and the act of unionbest known later in life as an astronomer, antiquary, liberal campaigner for women's suffrage, and generous philanthropist, lee's lifelong interest in mineralogy, antiquities, industry, and popular culture, and his concern for the poor, are evident throughout these early diariesthese observations are laid against the backdrop of lee's assessments of the irish landscape, evaluated verbally and pictorially within the frameworks of the sublime and picturesquethe volume includes an annotated transcription of lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contextsa scientific, antiquarian, and picturesque tour: john lee in england, wales and ireland, , is a critical edition of the travel diaries and sketchbooks of dr john lee frs (né fiott, ), published for the first timemost of the content relates to ireland, where lee arrived on 29 august and remained until 6 marchoxfam shop arnold brand new, hardback copy, was donated with original receipt which shows the price paid for this book was over £100his itinerary included most of the key sites on the ?home tour', such as llangollen, the lakes of killarney, and the wicklow mountains, but also less- visited sites such as the blasket islands, coa scientific, antiquarian and picturesque tour hardback edition by angela byrne see oxfam website for delivery information read moreshortly after graduating from cambridge university, lee set out on a seven-month walking tour through england, wales, and ireland on 31 julythe memory of looms large in the diaries, as lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sides
59 €
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The book covers the political state and principal revolutions of the most illustrious nations in ancient and modern times; their manners and customs; the local situation of cities; especially of such as have been distinguished by memorable events: with an abridgment of the fabulous history of mythology of the greeksinternally the binding is tight and the maps are in fine condition as are the pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe highlight in this book are the 14 excellent fold-out maps which include: world in hemispheres map of america with the latest discoveries accurate map of europe a new map of africa aegyptus antiqua asiae quae vulgo minor dicituret syriae orbis veteribus notus palaestina italia antiqua graecae antiquae britannia antiqua gallia antiqua orbis romanus the solar system half dark brown leather on orange marbled boards858 pages, 22 x 14 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storei have here for sale a book entitled a summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern by alexander adamfirst map of the world is detachedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit is a fourth edition published in by cadell and davies, london6 gilt bands, a dark red title block and gilt lettering to the spinecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableboth hinges are cracked but the boards are still in fine condition
57 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport local history is a piece of a giant jig saw of a national storythat story, similarly, fits into a larger picture of world historyminor scuffs, marks and dents to edgesouter edges of leaves slightly tannedfaded towards and on spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial paper covers within protective acetate sleeveassociated stickers and stamps inside front cover and on top edge of text blockex library bookrelated library stickersthis book traces some of the links between haringey and the worldwide scene over the last four hundred years
14 €
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Oxfam shop shirley title: outlines of english history from b this book was prepared as an additional aid for the use of candidates preparing for the oxford and cambridge local and other examinations, and would be of interest to educational historians or others as an example of tutoring aids available to students of that timemainly in ink a few in pencilwith genealogical tables and short biographical sketchessee oxfam website for delivery information read more the hardback covers are ink stained with the spine backstrip becoming detached size, 184 x 18 x 126 mm wide, 272 pagessuitable only as a working / study copyauthor: george carter (compiler and arranger) published by: relfe brothers () ltd internally front fep has multiple indications of previous owners / pupils etcthis is an ex-school text book and is in a very poor and worn condition with multiple defects otherwise text appears clean and is surprisingly free of markings, notes or annotationsthe price reflects the poor condition of the book hinges are cracked between many pages and there are repaired tears to the rear feplondon published date: undated (36th edition) binding: hardcover book condition: poor (working / study copy only) dust jacket: none relfe brothers, undated 36th edition (last entries relate to )binding is cracked and loose but no pages are as yet missing or detached
7 €
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The history of british caledonian airways david thaxter hardbackyou can collect if local or i can post the book to you recorded delivery / signed for which will cost ÂŁ4book has 396 pagesvery good clean condition - all pages intact - none torn and no biro scribble
50 €
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Interesting illustrated history of huyton, roby and surrounding villages with references to local people throughout the agespick up or happy to post for cost of postage
9 €
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The measurements of the book are:- 38 cms x 31cms x 2cms local pickup only (if the advert shows the item is still for sale) read morethis book commemorates those manchester united footballing moments dated from , to up to near present daythe book contains original headlines, pictures and articles from newspapers of the timesit has a unique perspective to manchester united's colourful history, seen through the eyes of some of the nations leading sports reporters of the times
10 €
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local pickup only (if the advert shows the item is still for sale) read morethis framed collection of full colour badges, is of the 'history of manchester united' football clubset in a dark wooden like frame, these full colour metal badges make a colourful addition for any collectionit can be hung on the hangers fitted on the rear of the framethe frame is inlaid with sponge and felt that holds the badges perfectly
5 €
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Great piece of local history for wellington somerseta local handmade terracotta victorian antique rhubarb forcer in great conditionwilliam thomas & co ltd at poole brick works opened in and closed in collection from wellington somerset read more
85 €
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Switzerland and austria, antique revenue stamps and local issues from the xii century, on old sheets with the history and descriptions written on the backare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihigh value, carefully review the photos as they are integral to the descriptionstamps with unverified cancellations, mixed quality, also with some flawsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeregistered shipping with trackingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
69 €