Edited by Mike Nevell. Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford. Pbk 186 pages. ISBN 9780956594785. £10.00. Copies of the book are available from the publishers, University of Salford online book shop, from Abacus books, Altrincham, Trafford Local Studies Centre at Sale Waterside and Amazon.
By John Herson. Manchester University Press 2015. Hbk 310 pages. ISBN 9780719090639. £35.00 + £3.00 p&p. This book is unique in adopting a family history approach to Irish immigrants in nineteenth century Britain. It shows that the family was central to the migrants’ lives and identities. The techniques of family and digital history are used […]
Edited by Tom Saunders. Council for British Archaeology North West 2014. Pbk 113 pages. (Archaeology North West 3). ISSN 09624201. £10.00 + £2.00 p&p. This volume focuses upon some the current research on the hillforts in the North West and beyond. It summarises archaeological work in central Cheshire, at Burton Point, Fin Cop, around Morecambe […]
By Stephen E Harding, David Griffiths, Elizabeth Royles. Pbk. 204 pages – 12 colour & 80 B/W illustrations. CRC Press 2014. ISBN 9781482207576. £31.39. In Search of Vikings presents a collection of papers from experts in a broad range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, to provide a detailed understanding of the Vikings […]
By Susan Chambers. Pbk. 160 pages. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books 2015. ISBN 9781783463534. £12.99 plus £4.00 p&p. This book tells the story of the city and its people throughout the long years of the First World War, from the carefree days of Spring 1914, to the solemn tones of the first Remembrance Day in […]
By Prof Emeritus Graeme J White. Pbk. xiv + 353 pages. Chester: University of Chester Press 2014. ISBN 9781908258199. £14.99. Although there has only been a University of Chester since 2005, its predecessor, Chester College, dates back further than most UK universities, having been founded in 1839. This books celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2014. […]
Edited by S M Varey and G J White. Pbk. xvii + 272 pages. University of Chester Press 2012. ISBN 9781908256007. £12.99 This collection of research papers offers new insights into residential buildings, settlement patterns, the names and boundaries of fields and the legacy of developments in transport and industrialisation. See the University of Chester […]
By Susan Oosthuizen. London: Bloomsbury 2013. ISBN 9781472507273. £45.00. Current explanations for the origins of Anglo-Saxon England are generally based on the premise that older forms of social organisation did not survive on any scale into the post-Roman period. Common pastures are thought to have originated during the 5th and 6th centuries, and open fields […]
By Peter de Figuereido & Cyril Morris, edited by Stephen Langtree. Chester Civic Trust 2012 Available at the special price of £15 when purchased from the Chester Civic Trust Office, Bishop Lloyds Palace, 51/53 Watergate Row, Chester (open Monday to Thursday from 12.00 to 14.00); also available by post (extra charge) from the Treasurer, Martin […]
By Richard Bryant. 620 pages. Oxford University Press/British Academy 2012. ISBN 978 0 19 726515 4.
