The Heritage Group is pleased
to offer the following publications for sale:
See bottom of page for ordering details.
These publications can be purchased at any of the Heritage Group Events,
Or you can
order them using the online Publications Order Form,
or by telephone on 01729 840770
or 01729 840505
If you live in Long Preston then we can arrange delivery or collection.
The “Eight Walks” can also be purchased at the Long Preston Village Post Office.
Thank
you to Julie and Arthur for providing this service.
Postal delivery, 2nd class, to the UK Mainland will be charged at
between £0.70 for
the lighter items, to £5.00 for all 13 publications.
Please contact sales@longprestonheritage.org.uk for a quotation if you require
multiple
publications, or for post to outside UK mainland.
Click here to complete the online Publications Order Form
When you click on [Submit] it will be sent to sales@longprestonheritage.org.uk
They will usually be ready to collect within a few days,
we will contact you to arrange
collection / delivery.
We also have some copies of
The Heritage Group’s Calendars from previous years,
which
you might like to purchase as souvenirs.
Celebrating 160 years
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Little North Western Railway
in Long Preston
A booklet recording how the arrival of the
railway affected Long Preston & Hellifield.
Includes maps of the growth of the villages,
charts showing the types and volumes of rail
& goods traffic, and old photographs.
£3.50
A twenty one page, A5 booklet, with colour diagrams, maps and photographs, printed on high quality paper. An ideal memento or gift for anyone with an interest in railways.
A brief history of the village and
illustrated guide to the
interesting historical features of the older buildings.
£2.00
A ten page, A4 booklet, with drawings of selected features of the buildings, printed on high quality paper.
Eight Walks in the
vicinity of Long Preston
Illustrated guides to eight circular
walks from the village,
Ranging in length from 2 to 9 miles.
£3.00
Eight separate, A5 booklets, with detailed descriptions of the walks and a colour map of each route, printed on high quality paper.
Long Preston Heritage Group DVD
Our first DVD is now available, containing two items:
Mr B. Bowman's film of Long Preston and area events, shot on 8mm film in the 1960's.
A video recording of the Re-
Bells of St Mary's Church service,
from April 2009.
The first contains footage of a snowy winter and tobogganing, holiday scenes in Morecambe,
scheduled steam trains at Long Preston and Hellifield, baling, concrete laying, an
auction, sports day fun, ploughing and the football team in action.
The second is
prefaced by footage of the bells being removed for repair, and then returned to the
church tower, followed by the full Service in St Mary's, with a full congregation
led by the Bishop of Bradford and the Reverend Rachel.
Both items are in colour, the first is silent, the second with stereo sound. Both
are in 4:3 format -
The total playing time
of the DVD is 100 minutes.
£5.00
The Birtwhistles
of Craven and Galloway
Drovers, Industrialists, a Spy and a Poetess.
By Tony Stephens
Few records survive of the drovers whose arduous task it was to bring their animals
from Scotland into Craven, but this book describes the story of an extraordinary
dynasty of Craven drovers whose records do survive. For nearly three quarters of
a century, John Birtwhistle and his three drover sons ran possibly the largest cattle
business of their time, bringing Scottish and Irish animals into Craven on their
way to southern markets. The profits from this business enabled them to become significant
industrialists in the early decades of the Industrial Revolution.
Other members of the Birtwhistle family had equally illustrious if less conventional
careers. John Birtwhistle’s son-
£7.95
A sixty four page, A4 book, with colour diagrams, maps and photographs, printed on high quality paper. This is a fascinating record of the dynasty of Craven cattle drovers, which would make an ideal gift for anyone with an interest in local history.
Yeomen, Monks, Drovers
and Handloom Weavers -
800 years of Long Preston’s History
By Tony Stephens
A booklet discussing the detailed history of Long Preston and the occupations of
it’s residents.
It examines the records from the Domesday to the early stages of
the Industrial Revolution.
Included are detailed Tithe Maps & Surveys together with tables of land holdings,
the
tenants and occupations.
£5.00
A sixty four page, A5 booklet, with colour diagrams, maps and photographs, printed on high quality paper. An ideal memento or gift for anyone with an interest in local history.
Ribblesdales’s Forgotten Botanist,
Ornithologist and Explorer
Based on an article written by Enid Parker
This booklet recounts the life of Thomas Nuttall
who was born in 1786 in Long Preston.
It recounts his extensive travels and explorations in America and illustrates some of the plants and birds which he discovered and which have been named after him.
£2.00
A sixteen page, A5 booklet, with colour photographs, printed on high quality paper. An ideal gift for anyone with an interest in local personalities.
Cobbled Together
A personal view of cobbles and setts
in Long Preston
By Susan Brookes
An extensively illustrated booklet which explores the many, often unnoticed, designs
and patterns which are under your feet when you walk around Long Preston.
£4.50
A twenty four page, A4 booklet, with over fifty colour photographs, printed on high
quality paper.
A fascinating gift for anyone.
“Letting in the Light”
Stained Glass in Long Preston.
by Jackie Hunt and Gill Jones
An extensively illustrated booklet giving the history of the Capronnier windows in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Long Preston, and recording the recent design and installation of a new stained glass window in the Village Hall by Jackie Hunt.
£5.00
A twenty page, A4 booklet, with over thirty colour photographs, printed on high quality
paper.
All proceeds from the sale of this booklet will be donated to St Mary’s Stained Glass Window Restoration Fund.
Landscapes and Townscapes
of North Craven
insights from the archives
By Tony Stephens
An exploration of the historical records to show how the North Craven landscapes
and townscapes have evolved over the past centuries to what we see today.
Five townships have been included in the study -
The book contains over 120 colour maps and photographs, illustrating the text, together with many tables of data and has a full list of references to the source records and an extensive bibliography.
£5.00 for PDF file version on a CD
A hundred and fifty six page, A4 book, with colour diagrams, maps and photographs. This is both a fascinating account of the history of the land and towns of North Craven and an extensive reference work, which would make an ideal gift for anyone with an interest in local history.
See below for ordering details.
Click here for a review by Bill Mitchell, MBE
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Click here for a related article published in the Craven Herald
A History of Medicine
in Long Preston
by Dr Jean Imrie MB, ChB
This booklet discusses the history of medicine with particular reference to Long
Preston.
The author records the earliest doctors in the village and gives a fascinating account of early medical and sanitation conditions.
£4.00
A thirty eight page, A5 booklet, with colour photographs, printed on high quality paper. An ideal gift for anyone with an interest in medicine and local history.
Wartime Long Preston
1939 -
by Robert Slater
A fascinating account of the war years in Long Preston by Robert Slater, who was
a young boy at the start of the war. Robert has always been an avid collector of
photographs and ephemera relating to Long Preston, and he draws on his extensive
archive to relate this period in the history of the village.
£4.50
A forty five page, A5 booklet, with colour photographs, printed on high quality paper. An ideal gift for anyone with an interest in Long Preston.
Victorian Long Preston
Anatomy of a Craven Township
by Tony Stephens and Gill Jones
This is a major new publication in two parts.
Part one provides an overview of the important national and other local influences that changed both the physical and social character of Long Preston during the Victorian period. In many respects this overview is relevant to other settlements in Craven.
The second part focuses on specific buildings and their contribution to the development of the village. There are 33 sections that detail individual buildings and places of interest. There is a wealth of information about owners and occupiers of these buildings during the Victorian period that will be of interest to present owners of the buildings explored.
£10.00
A ninety four page book in A4 format printed on quality paper. The book contains several maps and diagrams and over 70 photographs of the buildings and places referred to.
