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Bridges~The bridges selected for this book span 800 years, from the Middle Ages to the present, and range from simple stone arch to bridges once regarded as being at the forefront of bridge-building technology.

DAVID MCFETRICH & JO PARSONS

ISBN 1 874336 51 2

~~Bridges|318|~533~819~~

Castles & Forts~Dorset's surviving castles and forts are the visible record of a past that stretches back for more than a thousand years. Some, like Corfe Castle, are familiar. Others endure only as fragments of earthworks.

COLIN POMEROY

ISBN 1 874336 53 9

~~Castles & Forts|319|~533~820~~

Castles To Cottages, The Story of Isle of Wight Houses~SPECIAL OFFER - REDUCED PRICE FROM £12.95 TO £8.95

The astonishing range of houses on the Isle of Wight is one of its greatest delights. Nowhere else in the British Isles are so many architectural periods and styles packed into so small an area. This book tells the story of Isle of Wight homes from Roman times to the present. All vividly brought to life for the first time in a book that is less about architecture than the social conditions that inspired their building.

JOHANNA JONES

Large format paperback  ISBN: 1 874336 81 4

~~Castles To Cottages, The Story of Isle of Wight Houses|353|~533~821~~

Devon Railway Stations~This is the first fully illustrated book on the county's stations and halts, and includes photographs - many of them rare - of all but a few small short lived halts. Over the years Devon has been served by some 237 railway stations and halts, of which 60 remain in use.

Devon has a rich railway history and its stations exhibit a great variety of styles of building materials. Many were built with local materials, making their buildings - from ticket offices to goods sheds, signal boxes to station master's houses - of considerable architectural interest.

MIKE OAKLEY

Hardback, 224 pages

ISBN 978-1-904-34955-6

~~Devon Railway Stations|608|~533~1299~~

Dorset's Best Churches~The parish church is one of England's greatest glories, and Dorset contains a superb assortment of some of the most celebrated - from humble country churches on the edge of farmyards to some of England's most famous abbey and priory churches.

Those familiar with Dorset will have their own favourite church, but this selection of 66 of the 'best' of them by the distinguished writer Brendan Lehane will disappoint no one. Some have Saxon origins, a few are Victorian masterpieces, some are in High Streets, many are set amidst some of the most beautiful countryside in the county.

First and foremost Dorset's churches are places of worship but, as Brendan Lehane says in his introduction, their 'walls remember a thousand years of colourful history and personal dramas.' They tell the story of these islands in stone and glass and timber. They have survived plague, fire, the Reformation, Civil War, the threat of invasion, over-zealous 19th century 'restoration', and are today justly enjoyed and visited. Their towers and spires may make them visible reminders of our architectural heritage, but they contain much of our finest vernacular art - from box pews to stained glass, medieval effigies to homely Tudor and Georgian monuments.

Always readable, often surprising, Dorset's Best Churches is illustrated throughout with nearly 200 specially commissioned colour photographs. There is also a Glossary and a list of Significant Dates.

BRENDAN LEHANE

Hardback, 176 pages, ISBN 1 904239 49 8 £20.00
Paperback, 176 pages, ISBN 1 904349 41 2 £14.95

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~~Dorset%27s Best Churches H/B|605|Dorset%27s Best Churches P/B|606|~533~1255~~

Dorset, The Complete Guide~The indispensable guide to Dorset. Alphabetical Gazetteer to the entire county, cross-referenced to a full colour map. 20 special interest sections, area introductions, town maps, 400 illustrations. Recently updated.Described by one reviewer as 'the most important and valuable book about the county to have been published for many years'.

JO DRAPER

Large format paperback  ISBN 0 946159 40 8

FULLY REVISED NEW EDITION

~~Dorset, The Complete Guide|297|~533~822~~

Dorset, The County in Colour~Over 200 glorious colour photographs of Dorset, one of England's most varied and unspoilt counties, accompanied by detailed captions and a text describing each of the different landscapes that give Dorset its character. An immediate bestseller inside the county.

DAVID BURNETT
PHOTOGRAPHS: JULIAN COMRIE

Large format hardback  ISBN 0 946159 88 2

~~Dorset, The County in Colour|298|~533~823~~

Farmhouses & Cottages~No buildings in Dorset enjoy greater affection or exert a stronger hold over the popular imagination than its farmhouses and cottages. Some are thatched and timber-framed, others cob, chalk or flint. The earliest are medieval, whilst the Price of Wales's urban 'village' of Poundbury underlines the ways in which the traditional architecture of Dorset's farmhouses and cottages continues to shape the future character of the county.

MICHAEL BILLETT

ISBN 1 874336 78 4

~~Farmhouses & Cottages|324|~533~824~~

Follies~Dorset's follies are amongst its greatest architectural delights. Some, like the Horton Tower and Hardy's Monument, are famous landmarks, and they remain a fascinating way of discovering the rich history of Dorset's past.

JONATHAN HOLT

ISBN 1 874336 71 7

~~Follies|326|~533~825~~

Somerset, A Portrait in Colour~250 colour photographs of Somerset which must rank as amongst the most stunning ever taken of an English county. Much-praised, and a bestseller with over 15,000 copies now sold.

ROBIN BUSH
PHOTOGRAPHS: JULIAN COMRIE

Large format hardback  ISBN 0 946159 70 X

Out of Stock, Reprinting Autumn 2008

~~Somerset A Portrait in Colour|427|~533~826~~

Isle of Wight, A Portrait in Colour~200 colour photographs of one of the most fascinating and unspoilt areas of England. An island of contrasts, blessed by its size, diversity and the surrounding sea.

JACK JONES
Photographs by DON FRENCH

Large format hardback  ISBN 0 946159 89 0

~~Isle of Wight, A Portrait in Colour|356|~533~827~~

Kent Churches~SPECIAL OFFER - REDUCED PRICE FROM £8.95 TO £5.95

'A wonderful guide to the ecclesiastical buildings of Kent', Sir Harry Secombe.
A new fully revised edition of John Vigar's highly-acclaimed guide to the history and architecture of over 200 churches. Kent is the cradle of English Christianity and its churches include the oldest parish church still in use anywhere in Great Britain. There is also an illustrated introduction telling the story of Kent's churches in a readable yet informative way, and describing their many features and fittings.

JOHN VIGAR

Paperback  ISBN 0 874336 92 X

~~Kent Churches|360|~533~828~~

Kent, The County In Colour~Kent’s reputation as the ‘Garden of England’ deservedly makes it amongst the most unspoilt and varied of counties. Few other counties can boast such a range of landscapes; none has so rich a history. But there are people as well as places in the 200 photographs. There could be no better introduction to Kent, whilst those who are familiar with it will be delighted at some of the most stunning photographs ever taken on an English county.

JOHN E. VIGAR
PHOTOGRAPHS: GREGORY HOLYOAKE

Large format hardback  ISBN: 1 874336 75 X

Out of Stock, Reprinting Autumn 2008

~~Kent, The County In Colour|359|~533~829~~

Lymington, An Illustrated History~Part of the pleasure in this book is knowing that you are in the safe hands of Lymington's most distinguished historian. Jude James's ability to turn scholarship and research into living history brings this fully illustrated history vividly to life.

From Saxon settlement fringed by forest and salt marsh to being the internationally famous yachting centre of today, few towns along England's south coast have enjoyed so fascinating a history.

JUDE JAMES

Hardback, 200 pages

ISBN 978-1-904-34953-2

~~Lymington, An Illustrated History|608|~533~1297~~

Mills~Dorset's rivers and streams have powered over 400 mills. Today only a handful of mill wheels still turn, and only one commercial watermill remains open. Many have vanished, some have been converted, others stand derelict.

PETER STANIER

ISBN 1 874336 72 5

~~Mills|333|~533~831~~

Northamptonshire Stone~Few counties display such a rich variety of building stone - from ironstones and sandstones to many types of limestone. This book, written by a geologist, shows in some detail how beautifully they reflect the pattern of Northamptonshire's underlying Jurassic geology.

Fully illustrated in colour.

D.S. SUTHERLAND

Large format paperback  ISBN 1 904349 17 X

~~Northamptonshire Stone|366|~533~832~~

Stone Quarrying~The limestones from the Isles of Purbeck and Portland are amongst the most famous of all building stones, but elsewhere in the county there were once thousands of smaller quarries providing stone for the surrounding region.

JO THOMAS

ISBN 1 874336 61 X

~~Stone Quarrying|341|~533~833~~

The Industrial Past~One of the delights of a rural county like Dorset is its mix of traditional small-scale industries, many based on natural resources. Detailed introductions are provided to each main section, followed by a choice of sites of which something of interest remains and can still be enjoyed today.

PETER STANIER

ISBN 1 874336 55 5

~~The Industrial Past|343|~533~834~~

The Manor Houses of Dorset~Dorset's manor houses are one of its greatest glories and a high quality illustrated book on them has long been overdue. The authors have spent seven years researching and writing the text, which is illustrated with 200 specially commissioned colour photographs and nearly 100 engravings, portraits, watercolours and drawings.

Once the hub of a self-sufficient rural community, their fortunes have varied. Some are still lived in by the descendants of those who built them, others have become modest farmhouses. A handful have endured partial demolition, whilst restoration by recent owners has given others a new lease of life, ushering in a golden age the equal of any in the past.

Dorset's manor houses also chart the lives of those who have lived in them. Love affairs, contested wills, now forgotten gentry happiest in the saddle, imprisonment for debt, the tragedy of war, extravagance, even murder - the rich ebb and flow of human weaknesses and strengths breathes vigorous life into The Manor Houses of Dorset.

UNA RUSSELL AND AUDREY GRINDROD

Hardback, 288 pages

ISBN 978-1-904-34952-5

~~The Manor Houses of Dorset|608|~533~1295~~

The New Forest, A Portrait in Colour~The New Forest is unique. Its boundaries enclose 145 square miles of some of the most beautiful countryside in Europe. Originally established as a Royal Forest by William the Conqueror more than 900 years ago, its riches have never before been so well-served by a photographer.

Nearly 200 colour photographs of deer, the ponies, the oak and beech woods, the Forest's towns and bustling harbours, its keepers and foresters at work in the woods. The book was the subject of a television feature on publication.

JACK HARGREAVES

PHOTOGRAPHS: TERRY HEATHCOTE

Large format hardback  ISBN 0 946159 91 2

~~The New Forest, A Portrait in Colour|352|~533~835~~