This is an authoritative source of detailed information about the cities, towns, villages and hamlets of England and Wales a century ago. Comprehensively researched over a number of years, the information consists of many thousands of entries compiled and evaluated by the relevant local authorities, making this a unique and accessible topographical reference work.

Great Britain and Ireland enjoy a rich cartographic heritage, yet historians have not made full use of early maps in their writings and research. This is partly due to a lack of information about exactly which maps are available. With the publication of this volume from the Royal Historical Society, we now have a comprehensive guide to the early maps of Great Britain. The book is divided into two parts: part one describes the history and purpose of maps in a series of short essays on the early mapping of the British Isles; part two comprises a guide to the collections, national and regional. Now available from Cambridge University Press, this volume provides an essential reference tool for anyone requiring to access maps of the British Isles dating back to the medieval period and beyond.

The volumes of The Cambridge history of the English language reflect the spread of English from its beginnings in Anglo-Saxon England to its current role as a multifaceted global language that dominates international communication in the 21st century.

T'aint Christmas 'til y'uv 'erd The Owls - So the saying goes - in the quaint and historically rich Somerset village of Pill. Tucked away at the mouth of the Avon, Pill is home to a small, dedicated group of volunteers who have kept alive for a century a Christmas tradition! Through peace and war, storm and blizzard, and dressed in Dickensian costumes the Owls of Pill have gone out in December to sing carols, raise money for charity and bring the true spirit of Christmas to so many This book is written as a celebration of 100 years of the Owls of Pill and a testimony to those hardy souls who have served and those who are still serving. 'Funny, poignant, informative and a real celebration of what the Christmas Spirit really means' **As seen on TV**