Discovering Local History

SOFTBACK ?NUMBER 290 IN THE DISCOVERING SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st. Thus. Revised and enlarged.* Date of Publication: 1999 (1985 & 1973)* Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and corners & very slight crease to lower rear corner. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, bright & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous black and white photos and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 220 pp. text. xx pp. note, bibliography, useful address lists and index at rear.* Product Description:- Local history is all around us. The observant visitor and sensitive resident alike recognise aspects of local history in the distinctive place-names, customs, architecture, environment and community of every town and parish. Thoughtful observers begin to recognise how the elements fit together in a rich patchwork of local heritage. This book describes many different sources of local history discovered by the authors in the course of extensive research and travel throughout Britain and Ireland. Local history is discovered through printed books, local records, national archives, museum collections, newspapers, pictures, maps and, of course, the vigorous memories of local folk.* This is a FINE copy, 1ST. thus, with minimal shelf wear.*