Published by Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1995
ISBN 10: 0850339553 ISBN 13: 9780850339550
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. UK ed. Telford may be a new town, but it also contains a World Heritage Site, and the famous Ironbridge Gorge Museum. It is an area renowned for pioneering and innovations from Darby's furnace, and the first railway engine to the discovery of digitalis and the invention of electric propulsion. .".this is no stuffy history text book .The captions capture the spirit of a bygone era and the text is informative without being boring." Telford Journal.
Published by Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1982
ISBN 10: 0850334594 ISBN 13: 9780850334593
Seller: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 55 figs, 6 in coloured, cloth, jacket, 4to.
Published by Phillimore & Co Ltd, 2011
ISBN 10: 1860777163 ISBN 13: 9781860777165
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. Hastings: Wartime Memories and Photographs weaves the personal stories of 75 people who endured life in Hastings during the Home Front war years with more than 140 photographs, the majority of which have never been published before. It describes the dramatic and turbulent way in which a peaceful seaside resort quickly became a town in grave danger of enemy attack, whose residents had to adapt very rapidly in order to cope with the numerous problems that now faced them. The book delves into the lives of ordinary men, women and children, as well as the soldiers and evacuees who made Hastings their home at the time and so lived with the constant fear of invasion, and provides a detailed and colourful account of life on the front line. The personal stories and photographs are complemented by documentary evidence from various sources, including local newspapers, local and national government records and two very informative private diaries that were meticulously kept in Hastings during the Second World War by John Turner and Charles Chalk. The focus of this book is once again Hastings and St Leonards, but inevitably the surrounding towns and villages are also included.
Published by Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1998
ISBN 10: 0850339626 ISBN 13: 9780850339628
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition 1st Printing. .the most attractive and authoritative account of Bournemouth's past yet to have been published. Dorset.
Published by Phillimore & Co Ltd, 2010
ISBN 10: 1860776515 ISBN 13: 9781860776519
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: New. For the solitary researcher or a member of a class or local society, this will be the standard work upon which to rely for many decades to come. Family and local historians frequently encounter the challenge posed by the writing, and sometimes the translation, of the records which might most enable them to make further progress with their research. Based on some 50 facsimile reproductions of documents of graduated difficulty, culled from many useful sources, it provides transcripts, and translations where appropriate, together with advice on methods of transcribing. The alphabet, with commentary, of the numerous types of letter to be found in the examples (many being in the secretary and court hands which so often cause problems), and illustrations of forms of abbreviation will greatly help to unravel the difficulties of reading. Many documents before 1733 were written in Latin and the author includes an outline of the differences between classical and medieval usage and a vocabulary to cover the section in Latin. There are examples, from the 1400s to the 1700s, of a wide range of hands found in the most usual categories of record used by family historians, such as parish registers, wills, and court rolls, and in many others which disclose helpful information on families and localities. Those who use this book will not need to be persuaded of the great enjoyment to be derived from pursuing research into family or local history and the pleasures of piecing together evidence to throw new light on old times. They may also find great enjoyment in the deciphering of documents, the means to that end.
Published by Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1993
ISBN 10: 0850338670 ISBN 13: 9780850338676
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. UK ed. Since prehistoric times copper and lead are believed to have been mined on the Edge and burial urns from the early Bronze Age have been found in the area. In 1984 excitement was created, by the discovery of a body preserved for 2,500 years by peat of Lindow Common .'Pete Marsh', had apparently been garotted in a ritual rite. Less than a mile from the airport stand Quarry Bank Mill and the timber-framed buildings of the Styal village. In 1784 Samuel Greg commenced the building of the mill, now a working museum and heritage centre.
Published by Phillimore amp; Co., 1996
ISBN 10: 0850339804 ISBN 13: 9780850339802
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Published by Phillimore & Co., 2004
ISBN 10: 186077072X ISBN 13: 9781860770722
Seller: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Family and local historians frequently encounter the challenge posed by the writing, and sometimes the translation, of the records which might most enable them to make further progress with their research. Many pamphlets, booklets and even books have been produced over the past century to help with old handwriting and abbreviations, but this new work, written by an author who has for years run courses on the subject, is the most practical and comprehensive yet for family and local historians. Based on some fifty facsimile reproductions of documents of graduated difficulty, culled from many useful sources, it provides transcripts, and translations where appropriate, together with advice on methods of transcribing. The alphabet, with commentary, of the numerous types of letter to be found in the examples (many being in the secretary and court hands which so often cause problems), and illustrations of forms of abbreviation will greatly help to unravel the difficulties of reading. Many documents before 1733 were written in Latin and the author includes an outline of the differences between classical and medieval usage and a vocabulary to cover the section in Latin. There are examples, from the 1400s to the 1700s, of a wide range of hands found in the most usual categories of record used by family historians, such as parish registers, wills and court rolls, and in many others which disclose helpful information on families and localities. Those who use this book will not need to be persuaded of the great enjoyment to be derived from pursuing research into family or local history and the pleasures of piecing together evidence to throw new light on old times. They may also find great enjoyment in the deciphering of documents, the means to that end. For the solitary searcher or a member of a class or local society, this will be the standard work upon which to rely for many decades to come.