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West Country Households, 1500-1700
Essays on the development of the post-medieval house, its contents and decoration.During the last forty years, South-West England has been the focus of some of the most significant …
Environmental Law
This fourth edition of the environmental law text includes bodies of environmental thought, set within the context of rapidly developing EC and international systems of …
Wharncliffe Companion to Preston
Aimed at visitors and residents alike, this companion to the history of Preston is an indispensable reference guide to the long, varied and sometimes surprising story of the city. …
Swanage Past
Swanage was already an old settlement when, in AD 877, a Viking fleet was wrecked there; chased by King Alfred, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The Romans knew the place …
The Battle of Pinkie, 1547
The Battle of Pinkie, fought between the English and the Scots in 1547, was the last great clash between the two as independent nations. It is a well-documented battle with several …
London Enviro 400 MMC and City
The first ADL Enviro 400 MMC (Major Model Change) was built in 2014 with the first entering service in London during 2015. Since then the type has been available as an integral, …
Ogres in the Sky
Zeppelins were the biggest aircraft ever built and Germany led the way in their use as a weapon of war. In 1915 the German Kaiser authorised air attacks against Britain and Essex …
This Sporting Life
Rugby League football in an industrial northern city circa 1960 is a life of grime, mud, sweat, intrigue and naked ambition. In This Sporting Life, David Storey recounts the …
Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism
Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism examines Bottomley’s life and politics, and what made him one of the great figures of Edwardian life.During the first World War, …
Haunted Coventry
When all the good people of Coventry are abed, the dead wander the streets! Or so it is claimed in 'Haunted Coventry', which features spooky stories galore from the city and …
Parliament at Work
The political, social and economic changes which overtook England in the early seventeenth century forced Parliament to adapt from a medieval institution into one with authority …
Will to Believe
On 19 December 1601, John Croke, then Speaker of the House of Commons, addressed his colleagues: "e;If a question should be asked, What is the first and chief thing in a …