This authoritative guide, the companion to "Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North", covers a vast area marked by tremendous diversity of both landscape and buildings. The territory is rich in medieval churches and castles, 17th-century...

The second of two books exploring the buildings of the north-east of Scotland, this volume surveys Aberdeen – the nation's third-largest city – and the southern area of Aberdeenshire, including the former county of Kincardineshire. Among Aberdeen's a...

From the eighteenth to the early twentieth century Liverpool was one of the most prosperous towns in Britain, and one of the greatest ports in the world; for many of its citizens it was also a place of extreme poverty. Economic success is reflected i...