Buildings
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Newham in 50 Buildings by Malcolm Batten
This book in the ’50 Buildings’ series features the London Borough of Newham in the East End of London. This was formed in 1965 by the merger of two former County Borough Councils, East Ham and West Ham. The area is bounded on three sides by water – the River Lea in the west, River Roding in the east and...Read More -
England Through the Eyes of John Betjeman by David Meara
My love-affair with the writer, poet and broadcaster John Betjeman began when I was about twelve years old. With my brother we used to enjoy going into the Chiltern Hills, not far by car from where we lived in Pinner, and have days out in the school holidays visiting churches and having picnics in the Chiltern beechwoods. Two things happened...Read More -
Northwich & Around in 50 Buildings by Adrian and Dawn L. Bridge
The Profits of Slavery found in Northwich and Around The issue of slavery, and its legacy, has hit the headlines in Britain, America and across the world, during the past six months. The Black Lives Matter campaign has won adherents in many countries, and activists have toppled statues of historical figures linked to slavery in many different locations. Within the...Read More -
Salford in 50 Buildings by Carole O'Reilly
Salford – A City of Many Religions While researching for the book Salford in 50 Buildings, I was very struck by the enormous range of different religious buildings within the city. I had not anticipated that a single urban space could manage to cater for so many differing forms of belief. When most people think of Salford, they most likely...Read More -
Manchester in 50 Buildings by Deborah Woodman
A Tour of Manchester – Past & Present Manchester, my home city, and a place where I have studied and worked over the last 30 years or so, never fails to fascinate me. It is a remarkable and cosmopolitan city which boasts an eclectic mix of culture, business, education, and architecture, that is reflective of its considerable heritage. Indeed, when...Read More -
Beverley in 50 Buildings by Lorna Jane Harvey
In 2019, I co-authored a book for Amberley Publishing about the small town of Beverley in Yorkshire. I have since moved half-way across the world and now live in New Zealand. There is no place on earth farther from Beverley than New Zealand. Beverley Market Cross (Saturday Market Place). (Beverley in 50 Buildings, Amberley Publishing) The significance of this book may...Read More -
Great Railway Journeys: The Chiltern Line to Birmingham by Roger Mason
My recently-published book is not a technical study of the Chiltern Line from Marylebone Station in London to Snow Hill Station in Birmingham. It features thirty-eight fascinating buildings, monuments, historical sites etc that can be seen from the window of a train making the journey. Although the book is not long out some interesting things have since happened. Wembley Stadium...Read More -
Yeovil in 50 Buildings by Bob Osborn
It is frequently difficult to establish the history of an old building unless there is early documentary evidence. I recently came upon such a case with the building 1&3 Princes Street, Yeovil, Somerset (which features in my book Yeovil in 50 Buildings) on the corner of today’s Westminster Street. Until recently the earliest known occupant of the building was a...Read More -
Reading in 50 Buildings by Stuart Hylton
It was only after I had agreed to write the Reading edition of Amberley’s ‘…in fifty buildings’ series that I started to have misgivings. I remembered John Betjeman’s words, that “no town in the south of England hides its attractions more successfully from the visitor”. That was in 1949 and the town had since undergone a further two-thirds of a...Read More -
Derby in 50 Buildings by Gerry Van Tonder
In the Christian calendar between 100 and 200 AD, the occupation forces of Roman Britain established a military revictualling military and trading station, Derventio, at a ford across the Derwent. Two centuries after the demise of Rome’s hold over the Britons, Saxon invaders levelled Derventio, forcefully asserting their authority over the settlement’s erstwhile owners. The defensive site, named Northworthige by...Read More