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Local History Books from other publishers / Other Books
Local history books from other publishers, mainly on North-East Cheshire
Capital and Innovation - how Britain became the first industrial nation
By Charles Foster. A case study of the Warrington, Knutsford, Northwich and Frodsham area 1500-1780
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Cheshire Cheese and Farming in the North West in the 17th and 18th Centuries
By Charles Foster. Study of the marketing and making of Cheshire cheese in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, particularly to the London market. The success led to changes in Cheshire agriculture. Based on Arley Hall estate records
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Dissent in Altrincham: Religion, Politics and a Touch of Scandal 1870-1905
by Stephen Birchall. Published by AuthorHouse. A very detailed look at life in a Cheshire market town at the end of the nineteenth century. Bibliography and index.
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Four Cheshire Townships in the 18th Century
By Charles Foster. Covering Arley, Great Budworth, Crowley, Stockton Heath
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Last Dawn
by David Turner. The HMS Royal Oak disaster in Scapa Flow
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Photographers in the Altrincham Area
By Doug Rendell. Photographs and photographers working in Altrincham from the early days to the late 20th century
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Sale, Cheshire, in 1841: Its People and Their Lives
By John Newhill. Based on the 1841 census and rate books, a look at the people and places in Sale and Ashton-on-Mersey in 1841
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Seven Households: Life in Cheshire and Lancashire 1582 to 1774
By Charles Foster. Study of 4 gentry households and 3 yeoman households in the 17th and 18th centuries. Social, economic and local history
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St. Anne's Home (Bowdon)
A History of the Bowdon Branch of the Manchester Hospital for Consumption
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St. Peter's Centenary 1892-1992
By Geoffrey Wheeler. The history of St. Peter's, Hale, Cheshire
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Warburton: Glimpses of Rural Life
The Archaeology and History of a Cheshire Village edited by Michael Nevel with Marjorie Carney, Jenny Cracknell, Jim Haworth, Chris Hill and Denise Jubb. Published by the University of Salford Press
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