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The Roman Fort at South Shields: A Guide
14-page booklet with ground plan. Good clean condition. Cat No 5064
Roystone Grange Archaeological Trail
Booklet. 10 pages. Slight crease to back cover, otherwise in good condition. Cat No 5062
Bembridge Windmill: Isle of Wight
A short visitor's guide to the history, construction and internal workings of this notable C18th windmill on the Isle of wight. Booklet. 16 pages. In very good condition. Cat No 5027
The Priory, Lavenham
An illustrated guide to the Grade 1 listed medieval timber-framed building dating from the C13th. Includes b&w photographs and architectural drawings. A booklet of 9 pages. Very good condition. Cat No N241
The Thermae of Caracalla: History and Description
The ruins of the grandest of all public baths in the Roman empire as depicted in eight b&w postcards bound as a souvenir booklet with an accompanying twenty page illustrated essay by the lead excavator which also includes a reconstructed plan of the baths as they originally appeared.
Grecian History in the Way of Question and Answer: Including All the Principal Events From the Foundation of the Various Grecian States to the Present Time
Written in a Q&A style, making it easy for children to absorb historical facts, this booklet covers events from the foundation of the various Grecian states up to the mid-19th century.
Our Forefathers the Cave Men
A rather sensationalist introduction to the world of Palaeolithic man, the animals he encountered and the cave paintings he created. Additional information on the invention of fire and of the wheel, as well as the domestication of the horse, is included.
English Architecture in the Time of Bede
The text of a lecture describing the architecture of the very earliest Anglo-Saxon churches in Britain dating from little more than a century after the introduction of Augustinian christianity.
Some Mortimer Castles
A 20-page booklet describing and illustrating the medieval castles of the Mortimer family along the Welsh Marches such as the largely extant castles at Ludlow, St Briavels and Usk and the lesser known ruins such as Clifford, Clun and Wigmore.
The History of Penn Wood
Inscribed as Ancient Woodland by English Nature, this booklet covers the history of Penn Wood through the ages from a Norman hunting chase, through its medieval charter boundaries, to enclosures in 1855 and records the successful campaign to purchase and preserve the wood in the face of a threat