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Abraham Brothers - Capturing the mountains; the Lake District through the lens of the Abraham brothers. 2008
Accessible Paradise. A collection of poetry, creative prose and linoprint images celebrating the river Eden and its tributaries and the landscape surrounding them. 2008
Bell, William and Bell, Betsy - Cumbrian English. 2008
Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria, January - December 2007. A county natural history report. 2008
Bradds, Terry - Hadrian’s Wall. 2008
Byrne, Matthew - Great Churches of the Northwest.2008
Corder, Nicholas - Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Cumbria. 2008
Daley, Martin - For Queen and Country. 2008 [story of three 19th century soldiers from Carlisle and Penrith]
Devlin, Ray compiler - Old John and I: Whitehaven as it was, is and ought to be. A stroll through Whitehaven and the local countryside in 1850/51. 2008
Eldridge, Jim - A Canny History of Hadrian’s Wall. 2008
Farrah, Robert W.E. - A Guide to the Stone Circles of Cumbria. 2008
Fawcett, Bill - A history of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway 1824 – 1870. 2008
Frain, Sean - Willie Irving; Terrierman, Huntsman and Lakelander. 2008
Gauld, Graham - From Fells to Ferrari; the official biography of Cliff Allison. 2008
Hall, Andy - Carlisle United On This Day; history, facts and figures from every day of the year. 2008
Hallam, Fleur - The Spirit of the Fell Pony. 2008
Hankinson, Alan - Writers in the Lakes. 2008
Harrison, Paul - Carlisle United; the complete record. 2008
Huddart, Ray - A Cumbrian Copper; recollections of a top detective. 2008
Jones, Ian - The Baroness of Belsfield by Windermere; the story of a Bowness mansion and the remarkable lady who built it. 2007
LakelandDialect Society - Journal for 2009. 2008
Lamb, Maureen - The story of Farfield Mill Restoration [Sedbergh]; how we did it. 2008
Lawrie, William Carruthers - Lawrie’s Lens; a selection of images by William Carruthers Lawrie of Workington. 2008
Longmire, Derek - The Seven Martyrs of Kendal. 2008
McClen, Don - Bretherdale; a Childhood Odyssey. 2008
McCourt, Colin - Newhouses revisited; the story of a Whitehaven mining community. 2008
Maycock, Christopher editor - Selected poems of Susanna Blamire. 2008
Moffet, Alistair - The Wall; Rome’s greatest frontier. 2008
Morrison, John - A boot up Windermere; 10 leisure walks of discovery. 2008
Parnaby, Brian - The History of Whitehaven County Secondary School and Whitehaven Grammar School. 2007
Penn, Arthur - St Martin’s [Brampton]; the Making of a Masterpiece. 2008
Pepperrell, Glynis and others - Kirkby Lonsdale National School and St Mary’s Church of England Primary School; a portrait. 2008
Rafferty, Kevin - The origins of a Parish; The turbulent history that preceded the erection of the Pugin Church in Warwick Bridge, Cumbria and the subsequent development of Our Lady and St Wilfrid’s Parish. 2008
Ramshaw, D and Perriam, D - Wetheral; and Great Corby; an illustrated history. 2008
Richardson, Keith - Ivver Sen. Lake District: the life and times of the men and women who work the land. 2008
Robinson, Peter editor - Railwaymen of Cumbria. A Roll of Honour in remembrance of those who gave their lives in the service of their country in the Great War 1914 – 1918. 2008
Routledge, Gordon - Vaudeville nights and good old days in Longtown. 2006
Salisbury, Neil - The History of the Coniston Foxhounds 1825 - 1925: "In the steps of the Mighty Men". 2008
Scott-Parker, Mary - Carlisle Grammar School 686 – 1968. 2008
Sibson, Florence - West Cumberland Potteries. Volume 2. 2008
Southey, Roz - Life in old Loweswater. 2008
Suggitt, Gordon - Lost Railways of Cumbria. 2008
Summerson, Henry - Carlisle Castle; English Heritage Guidebook. 2008
Uney, Graham - Portrait of the Eden Valley. 2008
Wainwright, A. - A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Book One; the Eastern Fells. Revised edition by Chris Jesty. 2005
Wainwright, A. - A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Book Two; the Far Eastern Fells. Revised edition by Chris Jesty. 2005
Wainwright, A. - A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Book Three; the Central Fells. Revised edition by Chris Jesty. 2006
Wainwright, A. - A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Book Four; the Southern Fells. Revised edition by Chris Jesty. 2007
Wainwright, A. - A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Book Five; the Northern Fells. Revised edition by Chris Jesty. 2008
West, Thomas - A Guide to the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. 10th edition [originally published 1812]; edited by G.Hill with an introduction by Mark Haywood. 2008.
Wiltshire, Jan - About Scout Scar; looking into a Cumbrian landscape. 2008
The above books are available for loan through libraries in Cumbria and can be requested at your local library
Additions to stock Summer 2008
Bagshaw, Chris - Cumbria and the Lake District. 2008
Birkett, Bill - Scafell. 2007
Brady, Meg - Good Walk, Good Pub (North Lakes). 2007
Brown, Betty - Jane Milbourn in Carlisle Gaol. 2007
Cumberland Geological Society - Exploring Lakeland, Rocks and Landscapes. 2008
Cummins, Lyle - Diesels for the first stealth weapon: submarine power 1902-1945. 2007
Davies, Hunter & Holman, Tom - The Good Guide to the Lakes. 7th Ed. 2008
Dickinson, John - Misericords of North West England. 2008
Downing, Rosalinde - St Bega’s Way (a short long-distance walk). 2008
Foot, Elizabeth and Howell, Patricia eds - Keswick Characters. Vol 2. 2007
Harrington History Group - Harrington Through the Years Book 6
Harrison, Paul - Carlisle’s Cult Heroes. [Carlisle United] 2007
Heslop, Paul - Cumbrian Murders. 2007
Jones, Clifford - Hadrian’s Coastal Route (Walker’s Guide). 2008
Kendal Rough Fell Sheep; the breed, the people and the future. 2007
Lawrence, Maureen, Editor - Traces; new writing from the Pennines. 2007.
Martakies, Robin - History of the Windermere Steamers. 2007
Master of Them All; Iron Making in Cumbria. Proceedings of a joint conference of the Cumbria Industrial History Society and the Historical Metallurgy Society. 2007
Moss, Tom - Deadlock & Deliverance: The Capture and Rescue of Kinmont Willie Armstrong. 2007
Orton, Fred & Wood, Ian with Lees, Clare A. - Fragments of History: Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Monuments. 2007
Quayle, Howard - Whitehaven; the railways and waggonways of a unique Cumberland port. 2007
Richards, Mark - Great Mountain Days in the Lake District; 50 classic routes exploring the Lakeland Fells. 2008
Richardson, Keith - Kirkby Stephen East; a station remembered. 2007
Routledge, Howard - Steam City Carlisle. 2007
Shannon, William D - Murus ille famosus (that famous wall). Depictions and descriptions of Hadrian’s Wall before Camden. 2007
Shelley, Laurence - Off-the-Wall Walking. 2007
Shiels, John - Burneside; an illustrated profile of a Cumbrian village. 2008
Shiels, Sue - Trees of Burneside. 2008
Smith, Alan - The Ice Age in the Lake District. (Landscapes of Cumbria No. 3). 2008
Taylor, Jeff - Keswick. Book 3. 2007
Walker, Frank - John Paul Jones. 2007
Waller, Michael - A Lakeland Climbing Pioneer; John Robinson of Whinfell Hall. 2007
Wilson, Frances - The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth. 2008.
The above books are available for loan through libraries in Cumbria and can be requested at your local library
The below local titles are available for reference only
The abominable traffic: Cumbria’s connections to the history and legacy of slavery. A Teacher’s Resource Pack with Case Studies, 2nd ed. 2008 [Carlisle and Kendal – ref only]
Delve, Ken - The Military Airfields of Britain: Northern England. 2006 [Carlisle – ref only]
LancashireParish Register Society; the Registers of Ulverston St Mary 1813 – 1837 and Ulverston Holy Trinity 1832 - 1837. 2007 [Carlisle and Barrow – ref only]
Martineau, Harriet - Collected Letters of Harriet Martineau. 5 Volumes. 2007 [Carlisle – ref only]
Porter, Alan - Carlisle Golf Club 1908 – 2008. 2008 [Carlisle – ref only]
Richardson, Alan - The Roman Surveyors in Cumberland. 2008 [only 100 published]
Wotherspoon, Nick - North-West Aircraft Wrecks. 2006 [Carlisle – ref only]
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