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I have the following books I am clearing out, all at excellent prices to help shift them! Most are in great condition, some almost new, none are poor. Condition is taken into account when pricing. Postage needs to be added, it is detailed at the beginning of each list. I will combine postage on more than one book. They are in no particular order, so it's best to look through the list. If anything takes your fancy please let me know by Private Message on here, and I will reserve until payment is made, which can be either cheque, postal order or Paypal. If you wish to save the postage costs you are welcome to collect from my address, I am near Junction 40 of the M1. First come first served, some of these titles will go very fast I would expect - I will delete them from the list after payment is made. I truly hope there's something here for you. Here goes:

The following are plus postage : 94p UK, £3.25 Europe, £3.75 Rest Of World:
 
WALKS AROUND BATLEY leaflet £1.00
ROUNDHAY PARK LEEDS 1872 – 1972 programme £1.50
CITY OF LEEDS Coronation Programme 1953 £2.00
THE HISTORY OF OTLEY CHURCH (1931) £3.00
DONCASTER South 1901 & North 1906 reprint OS maps (used condition) £2.00 the pair
CITY OF RIPON OFFICIAL GUIDE 1950’s town guide £2.00
 
The next lot are plus postage : £1.35 UK, £3.75 Europe, £4.75 Rest Of World:
 
ONE MAN’S MORECAMBE Cedric Robinson £2.00
THE MARKETS OF YORKSHIRE Elizabeth J King £1.50
THE WHEATFIELDS STORY (A Leeds house) Ronald Redman £1.50
BRADFORD’S PUBLIC STATUES A H Robinson £2.00
SCARBOROUGH AS IT WAS old photos book Bryan Berryman £2.00
BEVERLEY – THE OLD TIGER INN John Markham £2.00
SIDMOUTH, DEVON official guide c1976 £1.50
ENDERBY, NARBOROUGH & LITTLETHORPE old photos book £2.00
AROUND NEWENT old photos book £2.00
PADIHAM URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL 1894 – 1974 £2.00
AN ALBUM OF LEEDS CORPORATION BUSES Robert F Mack £2.00
ILKLEY : MYDDLETON LODGE, A BRIEF HISTORICAL GUIDE £2.50
RETURN TO THE LUNE VALLEY Guide For The Tourist £1.50
BLACKPOOL & FLEETWOOD old photos book £2.00
GODMANCHESTER history book £2.50
A LANG WAY TO THE PANSHOP Growing up in Newcastle On Tyne £2.50
BELLE ISLE History of a Leeds suburb £2.50
MEMORIES OF LEEDS Photos of Leeds in the tram era £2.50
NOTTINGHAM 1890’s antique book of 16 photographic prints £10.00

The next list are plus postage: £1.65 UK, £5.20 Europe, £7.60 Rest of the world:

HEREFORD AS IT WAS Old photos book £3.00
TRACING THE HISTORY OF YOUR HOUSE : A Guide To Sources £3.00
HUDDERSFIELD: SNAPSHOTS IN TIME Old photos book £3.00
GRAVE TALES FROM SOUTH YORKSHIRE Famous graves in South Yorks £2.00
EXPLORING THE LAKE DISTRICT 100 YEARS AGO Reprints of 1880/81 articles £2.00
BRADFORD The history of the city - scarce £3.00
DUN LAOGHAIRE - RATHDOWN Old photos book £2.50
HANDBOOK OF THE OLD LEEDS EXHIBITION 1926 Guidebook (271 pages) to exhibits in a 1926 exhibition with historical notes on the city £5.00
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ROUNDHAY PARK Leeds history book £2.50
BRIDLINGTON Old photos book £2.50
SCARBOROUGH & THE YORKSHIRE COAST Ward Lock guide includes Whitby Filey etc. c1950 £2.50
SCARBOROUGH IN THE 1950's & 1960's Old photos book £3.00
AROUND CRICKHOWELL Old photos book £1.50 because I have multiple copies of this book.
CAMBRIDGE PAST & PRESENT: CENTRAL CAMBRIDGE History book, illustrated £2.50
REFLECTIONS OF GUERNSEY Memories from 1940 to 1993 £2.00
WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE IN 1842 Good text with many old illustrations £4.00
AROUND ROTHWELL Old photos book £3.00

These next books are plus postage: £2.15 UK, £6.65 Europe, £10.50 Rest of world:

PONTEFRACT Six copies of a local history magazine, packed with articles & old photos etc. All six for £3.50
WHITBY: A PICTORIAL HISTORY Old photos book £2.50
CUMBRIA WITHIN LIVING MEMORY Memoirs and memories of Cumbria £3.00
THE YORKSHIRE DALES A historical tour around the Dales, first edition of 1956 £3.50
ABOUT ST ANDREWS History of the Scottish town, a scarce book £3.50
BAKEWELL & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Two journals from 1981 & 1983 packed with articles. Both for £3.00
HISTORICAL BEVERLEY Local history study of the town £2.50
MORE MEMORIES OF WAKEFIELD Book of old photos within living memory £2.50
A HISTORY OF KINGSBRIDGE & SALCOMBE Title says it all! £3.50
HUDDERSFIELD AT WAR A study of the town's involvement with WW2 £3.00
BRADFORD CHARITY & THE PUBLIC PURSE A history of Bradford hospitals from 1780 £3.00

The next list are plus postage: £2.85 UK, £8.10 Europe, £13.00 Rest of world:

THE CHARM OF LANCASHIRE 1930 Very well illustrated with excellent drawings £4.00
OLD HALIFAX Old photos with a fine academic text £3.00
ESSENCE OF WHITBY Historical aspects of the old coastal town £3.00

The last two are quite heavy, postage to UK is £5.14, Europe is £9.55, Rest of world is £15.90:

MEMORIES OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE  Old photos with accompanying text £2.00
RELICS OF OLD LEEDS A faithful reprint of a book originally published in 1896 - a fine book and a great look back at the historical city. Scarce. £5.00

Here are another five photos which need their locations identifying. A friend is sorting through her old family photos and trying to work out where they travelled to. These are quite probably Yorkshire, maybe coastal? Thanks in advance.

Just a minor query ... does this word say 'boarder'? If so then why would it have replaced the word 'Lodger'? It is an elderly ancestor who was now living with his son. Many thanks.

I was wondering whether any of the sleuths on here would be able to identify the location of this grave inscription. I believe this slip of paper would have been received by a monumental mason to instruct him on the epitaph required.
It names Emelia, wife of John Middleton Meggison, who died on the 19th of April 1838 aged 39 years.
Also Wm Sydney, son of the above, who died on 19th June 1838, aged 8 months. It was a tragic year for John it seems.
On the rear is what looks like ... well I'll let you decide what it could say, I don't want to prejudice your opinion.
Thanks! 

Hope this is in the right part of the forum, thanks in advance if it is moved to a more suitable spot.
On the 1st Ed 1850's OS map for my area we have a feature which is isolated in the fields, and marked as Old Engine House. Has anybody any ideas as to what this may have been? Within half a mile there is coal mining, and within three quarters there are a couple of textile mills. Also a few hundred yards away there is Black Engine marked, also not associated with any other industrial features. One immediate guess is windmills, but I have never come across anything like that recorded in the area. I also wondered if they were anything to do with coal mining. Nothing of them exists today. If they were windmills then they are very much in the wrong spot, with a much more suitable spot within half a mile.