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This book has been produced to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Gloucester Rugby and includes details of all of the 5156 matches (3106 won,1706 lost and 344 drawn) played by the Club from the...

A Celebration of Wiltshire in Poetry has been inspired by the natural history, landscape and heritage of this beautiful county. Wiltshire has a distinctive and ancient natural landscape, which is...

A Higher Reality: The History Of Shaftesbury'S Royal NunneryAuthor: John ChandlerPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Aug 31, 2018Number of Pages: 178 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Local history and reminiscences of Motcombe, Dorset, with illustrations, by former resident.Author: Laurence ClarkPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Aug 09, 2012Number of Pages: 208...

Light-hearted account of the colonisation of Chilmark, Mass, USA by settlers from Chilmark, Wilts, England, and brief illustrated history of both places. First published 1994.Author: Iona...

A Visit To VenusAuthor: George HobbsPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Sep 20, 2021Number of Pages: 134 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1914407229ISBN-13: 9781914407222

Anthology of writing about Christmas and midwinter festivities in Wessex, defined as Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire, counties in southern England. Includes descriptive and editorial material about...

History of a theatre in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, from opening in 1898 to closure in 1955, with full detailed list of all productions, and many illustrations.Author: Roger TrayhurnPublisher:...

First full-scale local history of parish of Alvediston in south Wiltshire, EnglandAuthor: Biddy TrahairPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Sep 06, 2011Number of Pages: 374 pagesBinding:...

Avebury is a village in Wiltshire at the heart of the Marlborough Downs. In Avebury the prehistoric stone circle, together with the manor house, receive most of the attention. But what about the...

Very detailed social history of Bulford, a village in Wiltshire, England, through the nineteenth century, when it changed from an agricultural community to a military garrison. Themes include...

History and description of a Victorian gentleman's house in Potterne, a village near Devizes, Wiltshire, with biographical details of its owners and occupiers. Author lives in the former stable block...

It's the end of the 20th century and Blair's England is thriving - especially in the affluent south. And where could be a more delightful place to settle than the South-West, with the mellow elegance...

Bremhill is a large parish of scattered settlements in north Wiltshire lying between Chippenham and Calne. As a result of an innovative project involving a group of local residents working alongside...

The poems celebrate the Dorset landscape and how it connects us to the past and the present. Time is a key theme in Chalk Stories, the deep time of geology and archaeology, the cycle of the seasons,...

An 1850s police station in fine late-Georgian style, an exuberant 1880s town hall, a 1905 public library in miniature Scots Baronial, a 1930s council office of pure geometric design: these are just a...

Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire dominates the Severn Vale as part of the Cotswold scarp and can be seen from fifty miles away. It is the Cotswold's highest point and topped by over 1,000 acres of...

Biography of William Blackmore (1827-78), native of Salisbury, Wiltshire; successful businessman; collector of art and photography; founder of an ethnographic museum; pioneer collector and chronicler...

The Author takes a journey through the accounts of many musical events in Cheltenham over more than two centuries, and writes about those that he believes were important in establishing the...

Days Of Dark And Light: Recent PoemsAuthor: David ThompsonPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: September 03, 2021Number of Pages: 76 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Deja Lu: Collected Stories Of Crysse MorrisonAuthor: Crysse MorrisonPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: 16-Aug-21Number of Pages: 198 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

History of the union workhouse in Devizes, Wiltshire, and its subsequent history as a hospital, with details of buildings and people associated with it.Author: Barbara FullerPublisher: Hobnob...

Dissenters : Conscience and Corruption in 17th-century FromeAuthor: Liz HutchinsonPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: May 01, 2020Number of Pages: 278 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Illustrated history of Downton, a community in south Wiltshire, England, close to Salisbury and the New Forest, from earliest times to the present day.Author: Elizabeth HutchinsonPublisher: Hobnob...

Biography of Jan Ingen Housz (1730-1799), brilliant but almost forgotten Dutch scientist, who discovered photosynthesis, pioneered inoculation, and associated with the most distinguished thinkers and...

Comprehensive description and history of the major medieval church at Edington, Wiltshire, England, and of its sponsor, William of Edington, bishop of Winchester. The church is architecturally...

Social history of the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, first published in 1983. This is first paperback edition, reprint of 1987 corrected edition. Now celebrating forty years in print this has become...

Cambridge graduate Will Barry is an idealistic young man who runs a prosperous, hundred acre farm, inherited from his father, in the Wiltshire village of Sandy Barrow. He has a firm belief in the...

Fifty-Six PoemsAuthor: Pete GagePublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: July 16, 2021Number of Pages: 122 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1914407121ISBN-13: 9781914407123

Comparative study of geological finds from the Vale of Wardour, Wiltshire, southern England, and their significance for understanding the Jurassic period.Author: John E. NeedhamPublisher: Hobnob...