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Hobbler’s Apprentice: Memories of Working the Severn and Wye thumbnail 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

Iron Age Dean thumbnail 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

Lost Railways of Gloucestershire thumbnail 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

Meet at the Schools thumbnail 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


Murders and Misdemeanours in Gloucestershire 1820-1829 thumbnail 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

No Quarter! thumbnail 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

On Tour with Thomas Telford thumbnail 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

Parish Churches of the Forest of Dean thumbnail 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

Primrose Hill - Church and Community thumbnail 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

Retrieving Wenty's Sturty Bird thumbnail 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

Robert Mushet and the Darkhill Ironworks thumbnail 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

Severn Tanking thumbnail Severn Tanking
B. A. Lane    £6.95
A personal account of a working life spent navigating this often treacherous river.... See details

Story of Parkend thumbnail 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

Teacher in the Forest thumbnail 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

Tell Them of Us: Those of the Forest of Dean who served in the 1941-1945 Burma Campaign. thumbnail 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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