Local history

Half-way between Eastbourne and Brighton, the quiet Sussex town of Seaford is often overlooked as a holiday destination but it has an abundant and fascinating history. Seaford's past looks down on the town, quite literally in the form of the Neolithic Hill Fort on the cliffs at Seaford Head. Over...

London: a settlement founded by the Romans, occupied by the Saxons, conquered by the Danes and ruled by the Normans. This unremarkable place - not even included in the Domesday Book - became a medieval maze of alleys and courtyards, later to be chequered with grand estates of Georgian splendour. ...

Follow in the steps of soldiers, peasants, pilgrims, monks and traders with Richard Powell along beautiful Stane Street and you will find many tales from Roman times to today. Just don't forget to bring your camera!

Come with storytellers Xanthe and Robin on a journey throughout Sussex and meet some of the strange and magical creatures that live here. Did you know that if you're walking the cliff tops you may spot a fiery-eyed stranger? Or that if you're dancing in the forest and hear a singing in the wind, ...

This title features 250 photographs and postcards that will appeal to everyone with an interest in the history of Hastings and St Leonards. Accompanied by informative captions, these rare images show streets and houses, shops and businesses, pubs and people which have never appeared in print befo...

In late eighteenth-century Yorkshire a powerful gang of counterfeiters held the local community in its spell. In a remote valley near Halifax called Cragg Vale, gold coins of the realm were clipped and filed, then returned to circulation, while the extra metal collected was melted down to produce...