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  • VCs of the North

    Cumbria, Durham & Northumberland

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850s, 1,357 of these medals have been won, and almost fifty of them have gone to the soldiers of Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland . Alan Whitworth, in this ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hinderwell & Lythe Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    The upper reaches of the East Coast of Yorkshire are a much visited region. In particular the ancient seaport of Whitby is a popular destination with holidaymakers. From this delightfully traditional seaside resort it is possible to make easy excursions further up the coast to Sandsend, Runswick Bay, and Staithes and beyond. To achieve these places by road, it is necessary to pass through Lythe ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Whitby Yards Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    To visit Whitby's 'Yards' is to step back in time. Hardly changed from the Middle Ages, this is where one can still meet old Whitby - a secret Whitby - unspoilt and untroubled by the holiday visitor. The yards, alleyways and ghauts are fascinating places to explore. Though often private, there are enough remaining to catch a glimpse of what this small seaport must have been like two or three ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Whitby Abbey & Abbey Headland Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    Dominating the seaport of Whitby from its headland site, the imposing and brooding ruins of Whitby Abbey date from the seventh century. The renowned and wise St Hilda ruled over the first monastery and witnessed one of the defining moments in the establishment of the Church - the Synod of Whitby in AD 664. Sacked by the Vikings, it lay in ruins until the Norman Conquest when it was re-established ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • The Mechanism

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Everyone has goals they truly want to accomplish, but reasons why they don't. Whether you're stymied by bad habits, addictions, laziness, or have just convinced yourself you'll fail if you try, The Mechanism will help you get past these roadblocks and find your path to success. The Mechanism is a method that not only helps you control addictions to toxic behaviors like drug use, alcohol ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yorkshire VCs

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first of these medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850's, 1,357 have been won, and no less than 69 of them have gone to Yorkshiremen. Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ruswarp & Sleights Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    Ruswarp is a village on the boundary of the National Park. Crossing the River Esk downstream is an impressive viaduct, 120 feet high, which was built (using 5,250,000 bricks) to carry the Scarborough-to-Whitby railway line, which was closed in 1965. The viaduct is now owned by Sustrans and carries 'The Cinder Track' (a walk/cycleway along the former Whitby-to-Scarborough railway line). The name ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Fountains Abbey Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    The Abbey, Britain's largest monastic ruin, was founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks seeking a simpler life. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 by Henry VIII, the Abbey buildings and over 500 acres (202ha) of land were sold by the Crown to Sir Richard Gresham. The property was passed down through several generations of Sir Richard's family, finally being sold to Stephen ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Esk Valley Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    The River Esk rises in the Cleveland hills and flows east to Whitby, on the east coast of Yorkshire. Today, most of the course of the river lies within the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, an outstanding area of countryside that surrounds the ancient seaport of Whitby. During the nineteenth century, this part of Yorkshire was mostly wild and inhospitable - a landscape of narrow valleys and ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Yorkshire Windmills Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    The author's interest in windmills reaches back well over ten years and culminated in Yorkshire Windmills, published in 1991, and the foundation of the Yorkshire Windmill Society. A reviewer in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal wrote that Yorkshire Windmills was 'clearly a labour of love ...and the author has made a substantial investment of time and there is no doubt the reader can benefit ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Yorkshire Churches Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    Many parish churches and chapels are the oldest building in their town or village; some of them may be over a thousand years old. Throughout their long history these pillars of community have usually witnessed change, sometimes beyond recognition. Countless houses of worship bear the scars of trials and tribulations,the effects of war, restorative vandalism, parochial indifference and the zeal of ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Thornton Through Time

    by Alan Whitworth ...
    Series series Through Time
    Thornton, on the outskirts of Bradford, was actually the birthplace of the Brontes, not the West Riding moorland village of Haworth. Patrick Bronte came here in 1815, with a wife and two young children and left for Haworth five years later with six children, the last four being the most significant in the Bronte story. This fascinating area is brought to life here in Alan Whitworth's book. The ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD