Travel 77

The Manchester & Leeds Railway was sanctioned by Parliament in 1836 as a railway commencing at Manchester and terminating at Normanton, from where trains would reach Leeds via the North Midland Rail……続きを見る

Monmouth (Welsh: Trefynwy – ‘town on the Monnow’), is a traditional county town in Monmouthshire, Wales, and is located on the confluence of the River Monnow and River Wye. On the site of a Roman fo……続きを見る

Bramhall is a thriving, bustling and leafy suburb of Stockport, close to Manchester. It has been voted the least ‘lonely place’ in Britain; according to research from the University of Sheffield, Br……続きを見る

Mansfield Through Time offers a cameo glimpse of a town whose character and identity has, over the last few hundred years, been moulded, modified and tempered by coal mining and the Industrial Revol……続きを見る

Demolition and redevelopment over the past seventy-five years have done great damage to Worthing, and relatively few of the town’s historic buildings survive. Lost Buildings of Worthing is a lavishl……続きを見る

Archaeology is understanding people in the past from what they have left behind. Objects inform us about how people lived, what they made and the things they did. There has often been a view that th……続きを見る

Sixties Spotting Days Around the Scottish Region is a photographic album in full colour, depicting the 1960s with coverage of both steam locomotives and the new traction that was taking over during ……続きを見る

The county of Kent holds a unique place in the history of brewing in Great Britain. When hops were first cultivated in this country around 600 years ago, introduced by Dutch and Flemish merchants, i……続きを見る

From its heyday in the nineteenth century as a major centre of wiremaking, textiles, chemical production and brewing, through to its subesquent reinvention as a new town in the late 1960s, Warringto……続きを見る

From the founding of St Frideswide's nunnery in the sixth century and the emergence of its university in the late twelfth century – the first in the English-speaking world – through its growth and d……続きを見る

A new town established in the 1800s, Colwyn Bay thrived with the coming of the railway, growing over the last century into one of the largest communities in North Wales. In Secret Colwyn Bay, local ……続きを見る

Norwich is not only one of the most attractive cities in England, it is also one of the most historically significant, with a proud heritage dating all the way back to the Iceni, who bravely fought ……続きを見る

Rayleigh History Tour provides an insight into the illustrious history of this ancient market town. Mike and Sharon Davies guide us through its streets, showing how its famous landmarks and hidden-a……続きを見る

Derby’s history goes back almost 2,000 years, despite a refoundation on a revised site in the tenth century. It is a county town but in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was home to a numb……続きを見る

Before the development of canals, railways or metalled roads, the quickest and most effective means of transporting goods from one point to another in Britain was by the use of coastal shipping, sha……続きを見る

Sittingbourne’s steady growth from mid-Victorian times began with the construction of a railway line linking London to east Kent port, bisecting the town. Sittingbourne was renowned for its brick an……続きを見る

Cork City History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of Ireland’s second city. Local author Kieran McCarthy guides us through the streets of the ‘Rebel City’, showing how its famo……続きを見る

Cheltenham History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this Regency spa town. Local authors Roger Beacham and Lynne Cleaver guide us through the streets and alleyways, showing h……続きを見る

Yeovil rose to prominence in the 1800s as a major centre of glove making. By the early twentieth century, it was dominated by the defence industry, making it a target for German bombers during the S……続きを見る

Why Whitechapel? Outside of the Square Mile (the City of London) it is probably the best known area of Greater London in the UK, if not the world. The buildings here range from the majestic – for ex……続きを見る

The county of Lincolnshire has a rich and varied Roman heritage. From the major Colonia at Lincoln, featuring some of the most significant remains to be seen in Britain, to sweeping agricultural lan……続きを見る

The City of London is where London began 2,000 years ago when the Romans invaded Britannia. Today it is one of the most important financial centres in the world. With much destruction during the bom……続きを見る

Blackpool isn’t a particularly old town and its rapid development has primarily been fuelled by tourism in the last 150 years or so. To cater for the millions of visitors that arrive each year, Blac……続きを見る

Durham City is a remarkable place, a priceless historical gem and, deservedly, a World Heritage Site. Over 1,000 years Durham’s great beauty and history has inspired many architectural descriptions ……続きを見る

Whitehaven & Around From Old Photographs contains a collection of never-before-seen vintage photographs from the town and surrounding areas, collected together into one volume and spanning Whitehave……続きを見る

The district of Wimbledon has become synonymous with its world-famous tennis tournament held here since 1922. This part of south-west London has been inhabited since the Iron Age and has developed o……続きを見る

1968: The Last Year of Steam is a photographic album in full colour, depicting this important year with month-by-month coverage of over thirty-five different kinds of locomotives as British Railways……続きを見る

Cumbria is a very varied county with coastal plains, river valleys, the Pennine edge and the Lakeland fells. It has a strong sense of cohesion and common ground. Farming in the county has improved o……続きを見る

For centuries, Nottingham had a reputation for brewing good ale. In the seventeenth century, the diarist Samuel Pepys referred to Nottingham ale being sold in London. The city – and Nottinghamshire ……続きを見る

In the early eighteenth century, Lochee consisted of a small community of weavers who had settled along the banks of a burn. By the late eighteenth century, such was the growth of industry in the ar……続きを見る