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Hobbler’s Apprentice: Memories of Working the Severn and Wye
Alan Butt £12.99
The rivers Severn and Wye were once home to many now long-forgotten crafts and skills. In The River Alan Butt provides a vivid insight into ... See details
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Iron Age Dean
Phil Riches and Alf Webb £15.75
A history of the Forest of Dean from the year 800 B.C. up to the Roman occupation, covering all aspects of life from farming to manufacture, ... See details
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Lost Railways of Gloucestershire
Stan Yorke £11.99
Many thriving industries including farming, quarrying, coal and iron mining, and timber production for the shipbuilding and charcoal industri... See details
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Meet at the Schools
Ian Hendy £14.95
A comprehensive history of education in the village of Bream,
Researching the history of the last 100 years, in order to mark the pres... See details
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Murders and Misdemeanours in Gloucestershire 1820-1829
Malcolm Hall
Malcolm Hall £12.99
Foul deeds brought to the attention of the Circuit Judges in their biannual visits to the Gloucester County Assizes.160 pages 20 engravings.... See details
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No Quarter!
Captain Mayne Reid £14.99
This historical adventure was written in the 1880s and is set in the Forest of Dean during the English Civil Wars of 1640–51 when the lands o... See details
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On Tour with Thomas Telford
Chris Morris £12.99
Thomas Telford, an innovative and enterprising Scot, was the leading engineer of his generation. As the eighteenth century turned to the nine... See details
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Parish Churches of the Forest of Dean
Mike Salter £3.00
A pamphlet containing plans, photographs and accounts of the numerous churches in this area.... See details
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Primrose Hill - Church and Community
Aileen Powell £8.99
Written t commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the present church building, this is the story of the Primrose Hill community over the... See details
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Retrieving Wenty's Sturty Bird
Ian Hendy £11.99
A "Sturty Bird" if you didn't know is a small stick which is hit in a children's game and provides a link to the stories of all the people na... See details
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Robert Mushet and the Darkhill Ironworks
Keith Webb £7.99
Robert Mushet is the father of modern steel alloys. His pioneering experiments, carried out at his Darkhill Ironworks, near Coleford in the F... See details
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Severn Tanking
B. A. Lane £6.95
A personal account of a working life spent navigating this often treacherous river.... See details
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Story of Parkend
Ralph Anstis £9.99
A history of the village which contains much of industrial, colliery and railway interest. Paperback 80 pages. 215mm x 270mm... See details
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Teacher in the Forest
Keith Wilks £7.50
Memoir of Keith's time teaching at the Five Acres and Berry Hill schools in the Forest of Dean, between the years 1946 and 1984. Contains num... See details
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Tell Them of Us: Those of the Forest of Dean who served in the 1941-1945 Burma Campaign.
Ian Hendy £12.99
The 1941–1945 Burma Campaign was one of the most gruelling military operations of World War Two. It is
notorious for the inventive tactics ... See details
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