Merton Priory Press
an independent publisher
of academic and mid-market history
including new titles and reprints
9 OWEN FALLS AVENUE :: CHESTERFIELD :: S41 0FR :: Tel: +44(0)1246 554026
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1: LOCAL HISTORY
| 2: WELSH HISTORY | 3: INDUSTRIAL HISTORY |
| 4: TRANSPORT HISTORY | 5: GENERAL AND BIOGRAPHY |
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A Poor But Industrious People
by Richard Hollowell
Brafield on the Green, a few miles from Northampton, was a poor community, but its folk were stout-hearted and worked hard to improve their lot and give their children a better future. Richard Hollowell was a product of Brafield and his book, edited here by his son, gives a rare insight into English village life in the last century.
"Almost Like A Dream"
by Michael Austin
During WW1 the vicar of St Michael's in Derby, encouraged men who had joined up to write back for the parish magazine. Those letters, edited here with biographical notes and photographs, capture the horrors of the Great War with a starkness that only comes from first-hand accounts, hasty but heartfelt scribbles full of fear and emotion from men serving on the Western Front and in Greece and Palestine.
Bampton Folklore
by John Blair
An illustrated paperback which describing morris-dancing, mumming and other traditions in the small Oxfordshire town of Bampton. Of interest to both locals and folklorists. Warning - includes several ghost stories!
A History of Derbyshire
by Gladwyn Turbutt
This lavishly-illustrated 4-volume set. painstakingly-researched and written by a former High Sheriff of the county examines Derbyshire's history from prehistoric times right up to the present day.
Oldcotes
by Pamela Kettle
Built in 1560 as the last of Elizabeth of Shrewsbury's third Derbyshire houses, Oldcotes was demolished in the early 1700s. This book is a fascinating history of an almost forgotten gem.
Renaissance of the Nottinghamshire Market Towns
by Catherine Smith
An overview of the development of Nottinghamshire's market towns between the years 1680 and 1840.
Superstition and Religion in Early Derbyshire History
by Gladwyn Turbuttt
A look at long ago rituals and and superstition in Derbyshire, including a study of Celtic worship practices and the wide-ranging social and religious changes brought about by the Roman invasion.
Towcester Tenements
by Philip Riden and Margaret Webb
An outline of every house, shop, pub and other building in the town, just as it was a century ago, including fascinating details of various local tradesmen as well as the town's ordinary householders.
