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The Life and Times of William I: An Illustrated Guide to Places of Interest. (pb) £5.00

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The Life and Times of Henry VII: An Illustrated Guide to Places of Interest. (pb) £4.00

[No author].
Map of Roman Britain; 3rd edn. (scale: sixteen miles to one inch). (pb) £6.00

Malcolm Airs
The Buildings of Britain: Tudor and Jacobean, A Guide and Gazetteer. (pb) £6.00

R. Allen Brown
Castles from the Air. (hb) £15.00

Brian Day
Chronicle of Celtic Folk Customs: A Day-to-Day Guide to Folk Traditions. (hb) £6.00

J. W. S. Gibson, comp.
Wills and Where to Find Them. (hb) £20.00

Howard Green
The Battlefields of Britain and Ireland. (hb) £6.00

Nigel & Mary Kerr
A Guide to Anglo-Saxon Sites. (pb) £6.50
A Guide to Medieval Sites in Britain. (hb) £8.00
A Guide to Norman Sites in Britain. (pb) £5.00

Lloyd Laing
(with Jennifer Laing): A Guide to the Dark Age Remains in Britain. (hb) £6.00

Colin Platt
The Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England: Eight Tours for the Weekend and the Short Break. (hb) £6.00

Richard Quick, ed.
Discover Norman Britain: Nine Norman Heritage Trails. (pb) £4.00

John Tanner
Who’s Famous in Your Family? A Reader’s Digest Guide to Tracing Your Ancestry. (pb) £3.00

Shirley Toulson
Celtic Journeys in Scotland and the North of England. (pb) £2.00

This page lists books Reference books that may be useful in English local history studies; only books with a general application are included here — those relating to specific areas are listed on the relevant county pages.

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