Historical places

Book - Birmingham Canalside Industries Ref: 1431
by Ray Shill.

This detailed and informative book examines the development of the Birmingham Canal Navigation and adjacent waterways, as well as discussing canal construction and the various industries along the banks of the canal.

Much of the material in this illustrated volume is from archive sources and covers the use of navigable waterways, canal carrying both locally and long-distance, the linking of the canals to the railways and more.

Soft back. 224 pages. 12.2cms x 24.8 approx, Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings.

Price: £16.99

Book - At the Heart of the Waterways Ref: 692
by David Blagrove.

This is the story of over 200 years in the life of a small village in Northamptonshire, Brauinston, which, to the people of the canals, is as important as Swindon or Crewe once were to the railwaymen.

This book traces the story of the canals, boatyards, carrying companies and above all people, which makes up a fascinating kaleidoscope of social history now well into its third century.

Hard back. 96 pages. 16.1cms x 24.1cms approx. Illustrated with colour & black and white photographs. 3rd edition 2003.

Price: £6.95

Book - Gloucester Docks Ref: 2211
by Hugh Conway-Jones.

This is an historical guide to the docks with photos, both black & white and colour, drawings and maps. The warehouses, quays, cargoes and men all have their mention.

This book draws on the research carried out for the 1984 book Gloucester Docks - an illustrated history, by the same author.

Soft back. 48 pages. 21.1cms x 21cms approx.

Price: £5.00

Book - Fisher Row & the Watery Fringes of Oxford Through Time Ref: 2488
by Nancy Hood.

Fisher Row was created as a consequence of the Castle Mill, recorded in the Domesday Book on the western edge of Oxford.

This book records, in photos old and new, the myriad changes that have taken place on the Oxford Canal and on the rivers Thames and Cherwell, Oxford's watery fringes.

Although the history of these areas was shaped by the fishermen and boatmen who settled there, and by the Dissolution of the monasteries that once dominated the landscape, there is more to see.

Soft back. 96 pages. 16.6cms x 23.5cms approx. Black and white, sepia and colour illustrations.

Price: £14.99

Book - Fisher Row Ref: 2487
Fishermen, Bargemen & Canal Boatmen in Oxford 1500-1900 by Mary Prior.

Occupational communities were a feature of towns in the past, and this book is the study of such a community over a period of four hundred years.

There was a huddle of fishermen's houses here in the 16th century, bargemen joined them in the 17th, and canal boatmen after the opening of the Oxford Canal.

Soft back. 404 pages. 13.8cms x 21.7cms approx. Black & white photos and diagrams.

Price: £17.99

Book - Stourport-on-Severn Ref: 1606
Compiled by Anna Carter for the Stourport Civic Society.

This is a fascinating collection of over 200 old photos portraying Stourport-on-Severn, 'the canal town par excellence'. The collection records the basins and river of this Georgian town in Worcestershire and includes scenes dating well back into the nineteenth century, illustrating Stourport's maritime history as an inland port.

Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Black & white photos.

Price: £10.99

Book - Stourport-on-Severn Ref: 1806
from English Heritage.

There are sections of this book on before the canal, the canal arrives, development of the town, and Stourport today and the future.

Soft back. 80 pages. 21cms x 21cms. Illustrated with colour & black and white photos, and maps.

Price: £7.99