Ashby History Comes to Life
Internet Sales from Museum Shop To order any of the titles on this list, please download and print out the order form: Post it or hand it in at the Museum. The full postal address appears at the top and the bottom of this page. You can also email the shop. _________________________________________________ Ashby de la Zouch The Spa Town, Kenneth Hillier, paperback When waters with curative powers were discovered during mining operations at nearby Moira, Ashby became a spa town. The Royal Hotel, railway station, terraces of stylish houses and of course the Baths themselves were built in the 19th century to accommodate the expected influx of "perons of quality". Read the whole story in Ken Hillier's republished book. £5.90 plus £1 postage and packing An Illustrated History of Ashby's Inns, Pubs and Alehouses, Bob Jones 2008 pp.50 paperback Locals say that if you scratch the surface of a property in the centre of Ashby you will find that it has been a pub at one time or another. This well illustrated book contains the fruits of many years of research and personal experience! £7.50 plus £1.00 postage and packing ___________________ A Country Grammar School, Levi Fox 1967. pp.204. Hardback. This official history of Ashby Grammar School through four centuries typifies the heritage and tradition of an English Grammar School. This volume also contains a transcript of the 1575 foundation charter and a transcription of the earliest school account books and minutes, £4.75 plus £3.00 postage and packing ___________________ The Kirkland Papers 1753-1869. Arthur Crane. pp.240. Hardback A remarkable chronicle of the Kirkland family includes a most readable account of the murder of Johnson, the steward by the Earl Ferrers, and details of 18th century social life in Ashby de la Zouch. £14.99 plus £3.00 postage and packing. __________________ Napoleonic Prisoners of War in Ashby de la Zouch, by Arthur Crane, Kenneth Hillier & David Jackson. pp.48. A4 Paperback. A scholarly account of the billeting of French officer prisoners from 1809 to 1814. The book records not only their activities but their interaction with the town. £5.99 plus £1.50 postage and packing. ____________________ The Hastings of Ashby de la Zouch. by Peter Abney-Hastings the husband of the late Barbara Abney Hastings, The Countess of Loudoun. 1994 pp58 A delightful booklet in which Peter outlines the origins of the local Hastings family and its history to the present day. £1.00 plus 80p postage and packing. ____________________ Rambles Around St Helen’s and its Churchyard. Peter Abney-Hastings. paperback pp40 A charming booklet linking Ashby’s social history with monuments in St Helen’s churchyard. £1.00 plus 80p postage and packing. ____________________ Ashby de la Zouch Castle. facsimile reproduction of a history & description first published in 1914 by Thomas H Fosbrooke. Ring bound paperback, 44 pages plus illustrations and plans. The best “guide book” ever published of Ashby Castle. Contains photos & architect's drawings of the castle, a history of the town and an interesting account of Ashby’s involvement in the Civil War. £8 plus £1.00 postage and packing. ____________________ Ticknall Pots & Potters. Janet Spavold & Sue Brown, pp192. Hardback.. A pioneering study showing its importance of the extensive but neglected pottery industry in Ticknall, Derbyshire, A social and economic history of a small South Derbyshire village over 400 years in the shadow of Calke Abbey. £24.95 plus £3.00 postage and packing ______________________ The Civil War in Leicestershire. Douglas Clinton 1995. pp. 36. Paperback A fully illustrated account of the war as it unfolded in Leicestershire with a list of suggested places to visit and further reading,
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