Longridge and District Local History Society library

     

Books for General Borrowing

 
     

Author

Title

Date

ALSTON CHAPEL

Alston Lane Parish: a prepared talk                          

1997

BAGLEY, J.J.

Lancashire diarists: three centuries of Lancashire lives

1975

BAMFORD, Frank

The story of Booths 1847-2008

2008

BRUNSKIL, R.W.

Vernacular architecture: illustrated handbook

1971

CARBIS, Nellie

Grimsargh Church and Parish

1966

CARBIS, Nellie

Nellie Carbis looks back: recollections of a childhood in Newton-le-Willows

1978

CATON, F.

Longridge and the Beautiful Ribble Valley

 

CLARKE, Allen/ ASHTON, Teddy

Lancashire scrapbook 1863-1935 (March 1985)

1985

CROSBY, Alan

A history of Lancashire

1998

DAVID & CHARLES

Lancaster, (Blackpool, Barrow in Furness). Sheet 15. Reprint of Ordnance Survey, 1970

 

DICKINSON, T.C.

Lancashire under steam: the era of the steam driven cotton mill

1984

DOBSON, Bob

The really Lancashire book

1997

DUCKWORD, Alan & Hallsall, Jim

By rivers, through valleys & dales….Lancashire & Yorkshire

 

EARNSHAW, Mavis

Knowle Green through 2000 years

 

EDWARDS, B.J.N.

The story of the High Furlong Elk

 

EDWARDS, B.J.N.

The Ribchester Hoard

1992

EYRE, Kathleen

Famous Lancashire homes

 

EYRE, Kathleen

Lancashire legends

1972

FRANCIS, R.B.

Longridge Methodist Church centenary - Old Zion Chapel 1884-1984

1984

FREETHY, Ron

Turnpikes and toll houses of Lancashire (November 1986)

1986

FROST, Roger

Along t'cut: a towpath trail through Burnley

1977

HARRIS, Richard

Timber-framed buildings

 

HARROP, Sylvia

Old Birkdale and Ainsdale: life on SW Lancashire coast 1600-1851 (April 1986)

1986

HERITAGE Centre Trust

Our Heritage: Longridge past and present: A-Z of our town

2016

HEWITSON, Anthony

Visits to some Preston and District churches & chapels

 

HILTON, J.A. et al

North West Catholic history. Volume XXIX

2002

HINDLE, Thomas

The Doomsday Book: England's Heritage then and now

1986

HINDLE, David John

From a gin palace to a Kings Palace: provincial music hall in Preston

2007

HINDLE, David John

Grimsargh: the story of a Lancashire village

2002

HUNT, David

Preston: an A to Z of local history

2005

HUNT, David

Preston: centuries of change

2003

JENKINS, Simon

England thousand best churches

2004

LANCASHIRE COUNTY

The Lancashire Structure Plan. Forward to 1996

1979

MARSHALL, Brian

Lancashire's Medieval monasteries

 

MILLER, George C.

Peeps at Old Preston: a further study of Preston in olden days

1957

MITCHELL, W.R.

Bowland and Pendle Hill: a tourist's guide

1973

MORGAN, Nigel

Deadly dwellings: housing and public health in a Lancs cotton town 1840-1914 (Preston)

 

MORGAN, Nigel

Vanished dwellings: early industrial housing in a Lancashire cotton town (Preston)

1990

MORGAN, Nigel

An introduction to the social history of housing in Victorian Preston

 

OPENSHAW, Caroline

Ribchester: a Millennium record

2000

PANIKKAR, Margaret

Where rivers meet: ancient crosses of the Ribble Valley

 

PARKER, Norman

The Preston-Longridge Railway 1970 [copied 1999]

 

PATTINSON, Mike

Longridge: the way we were

1999

PORTER JOHN

The making of the Central Pennines

1980

RATLEDGE, David

Ribchester to Catterall Roman Road: Longridge. [Map]

 

ROBERTS, Marian

The story of Winckley Square, Preston

1988

ROBERTS, Marian

The story of Alston Hall

1994

ROTHWELL, Catherine

The Fylde as it was

1976

ROWE, Robert

Cracks from a cobbler's seat [reprinted from First Edition 1887] + CD

2017

SARTIN (Harris Museum)

A tour of Edwardian Preston

 

SMIRK, R. J.

Preston: a photographic recollection

1976

SMITHIES, D. and F.

St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Goosnargh 1333-1983

1983

STANIER, Peter H,

Quarries and quarrying

 

TILL, J.M

A history of Longridge and its people

1993

TILL, John J.

Longridge: a socio-economic analysis circa 1850-1870

1982

UMAU

Drainage and treatment plant, The Halls Arms: archaeological evaluation

1997

VICKERS, Peter

Longridge Brass Band: from schoolyard to Albert Hall

2002

VICKERS, Peter

References to Longridge Band in the newspapers (March 2002)

2002

VICKERS, Peter

Newspaper cuttings re Longridge Band (March 2002)

2002

VICKERS, Peter

Let's all have a real good time: popular entertainment in Longridge, 1840 - 1920

 

VICKERS, Peter

Popular Entertainment in the Longridge Area, 19th and 20th centuries

2000

WALKDEN, Rev. Peter

Diary from 1731-1734: daily life of a Lancashire Non-Conformist minister

2000

WELLS, Yvonne

An analysis of social and economic change in Longridge (April 24th 1978)

 

WILKINSON, John

Preston's Royal Infirmary: a history of healthcare in Preston, 1809-1986

1987

WILLCOCKS, Richard

A history of Longridge

1978-79

WOTHERSPOON, Nick

Lawrie Bond: the man & the Marque: illustrated history of Bond Cars

1993

WOOLEY, Karen

The Lancashire weaving industry, with special reference to Longridge

1978

WRIGHT, Ian

Longridge: its industrial history and resulting population changes (November 1978)

1978

WRIGHT, Peter

Lancashire dialect

1976

YATES, William/ HARLEY J.B.

Map of Lancashire 1786

 

 

Books limited to one month's borrowing

 
     

"Atticus" - A. Hewitson

Our country churches and chapels, February 10th 1872

1872

"Atticus" - A. Hewitson

Our churches & chapels, their parsons, priests and congregations

1869

Cookson, Richard

Goosnargh, past and present, June 21st 1887

1887

Smith Tom C.

History of Longridge                                                                                                            

 

Smith Tom C.

History of Ribchester

1890

     

Booklets and pamphlets

   
     

CAREFOOT, Walter

Transcription of taped interview

 

Chipping Local History Society

Bowland with Leagram: full census details, 1841-1881

 

Chipping Local History Society

Chipping West: full census details, 1841-1881

 

Chipping Local History Society

Chipping South: full census details, 1841-1881

 

Chipping Local History Society 1995

Longer Sen: a miscellany by Chipping Local History Society

 

Chipping Local History Society 1997

Longer Sen: a miscellany by Chipping Local History Society

 

Longridge & District Local History Society

Longridge, Berry Lane

 

Longridge & District Local History Society, Vol. 4

Talking local history: Windmills of the Fylde, Lancaster Gazette, Alston College                                                                                                            

 

Longridge & District Local History Society, Vol. 5

Historical variety, Bleasdale, Common pasturage, Thornley School, Old sayings                                                                                                                    

 

Longridge & District Local History Society, Vol. 6

Miscellany: Old sayings , Repair of beacon, Halls Arms, In search of King Arthur                                                                                                                        

 

MASON, A. K.

Longridge and District Local History Society: various short talks

 

PRICE, Seymour J.

Club Row: extract from Building Societies their origin and history 1958

 

SHARPE FRANCE, R.

Longridge building clubs of the 18th century

 

TILL, J.M.

Alston College