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Down the Dig - Monmouth, an Adventure in Archaeology thumbnail Down the Dig - Monmouth, an Adventure in Archaeology
Stephen Clarke    £20.00
This book spans fifty years of a life in archaeology but the story opens in 1986 with an extraordinary discovery on a building site. Two met... See details

Down The Severn thumbnail Down The Severn
Clive Hardy    £9.99
150 photographs from The Francis Frith Collection. Scenes of the river from over 100 years of photographs are presented in this book. Full ca... See details

Edwardian Dean in Colour, Volume 1 thumbnail Edwardian Dean in Colour, Volume 1
Neil Parkhouse and Ian Pope    £7.50
An exquisite collection of tinted postcards depicting the settlements and landscape of the Forest of Dean from the period 1906-1914.... See details

Exploring Historic Dean: Fourteen Scenic Walks in and Around an Ancient Forest thumbnail Exploring Historic Dean: Fourteen Scenic Walks in and Around an Ancient Forest
John Sheraton and Rod Goodman    £9.95
This book describes fourteen walks covering the whole Forest of Dean. It show where some of the most interesting historic sites are found, a... See details

Frampton On Severn: Portrait Of a Victorian Village thumbnail Frampton On Severn: Portrait Of a Victorian Village
Rose Spence    £19.99
Based on the drawings of the ladies of the Clifford family from the 1860's this is a fascinating window on a long past world. This book throw... See details

Highest Point of Dean thumbnail Highest Point of Dean
Maurice V. Bent    £14.00
A history of the Village of Ruardean Woodside and its residents.... See details

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

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

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