Bath

 

There are (too) many guide books on Bath. Thus I've only included a few.
With the exception of the odd book I'm afraid I cannot offer recommendations (yet). Like most natives I haven't seen the need to buy them.
1.

Andrew's Bath by David McPhail



2.

Bath at War, 1939-1945 by Jonathan Falconer, David Falconer


Full of evocative pictures; good fun for Bathonians to figure out where the pictures are taken before reading the informative captions.
3.

Bath City Guide


Available in many different languages
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4.

Bath: the Place and the People by James Crathorne



5.

Discovering Bath by Paul Snowdon(Illustrator), Peter Reardon (Editor)



6.

A-Z Street Plan of Bath 160;Geographers' A-Z Map Company



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The Somersetshire Coal Canal (& associated topics).

1.

Niall Allsop's The Somersetshire Coal Canal Rediscovered Today!

(Special Order)


2. Also, by the same author:

The Kennet and Avon Canal by Niall Allsop


Special Order
Millstream Books Paperback
3.

Kennet and Avon Canal

Geoprojects; Paperback

4.

Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Waterway Guide No 7: Thames, Wey, Kennet and Avon

Paperback

5.

Exploring the Kennet and Avon Canal by Nigel Vale

Coutryside Books; Paperback

6.

The Kennet and Avon Walk by Ray Quinlan

Cicerone Press; Paperback

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The Somersetshire Coal Canal & associated topics.

The Somerset & Dorset (Joint) Railway & other nearby railways.

Guides around the Bath area. (Walks etc).

"A"/"AS" level Biology.

Ladies' Reading Groups.

...in this case the recommendations and future reading list of the Sheffield Hallam Ladies group.

The Somerset & Dorset Railway.

 

 

1.

An Illustrated Survey of the Somerset & Dorset Railway by C.W. Judge, C.R. Potts



2.

Donald Beale's Somerset and Dorset by Donald Beale, John Baxter (Editor)



3.

History of the Somerset and Dorset Railway: Wimborne Junction to Blandford St. Mary, 1860-1966
by Bill Coomer



4.

The Last Years of the Somerset and Dorset Railway by Colin G. Maggs



5.

Life on the Somerset and Dorset Railway by Hammond Alan



6.

>Somerset and Dorset 7F's Remembered by P W Gibbs



7.

National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases 7b: Somerset and Dorset
by GL Crowther



8.

On Somerset and Dorset Lines by Robert Robotham



9.

Radstock Coal and Steam Vol 2 by Chris Handley


I have both vol 1 &2. These are essential books for the local railway historian, containing a wealth of detail including some excellent (B&W) pictures. If anything vol 1 is the (slightly) more interesting of the two!
10.

Reminiscences of the Somerset & Dorset by Alan Hammond



11.

>Somerset and Dorset 7F's Remembered by P W Gibbs



12.

Somerset and Dorset at Midford by Mike Arlett

Another must for the local historian. Mike writes with a real love for "his" section of the S&D - full of childhood memories. Some interesting post-war BR plans of joining the GWR and S&DJR.

13.

Somerset and Dorset Line by R C Riley.

As soon as you see the authors name you know that the book will be full of some excellent pictures.

14.

The Somerset and Dorset Railway by Lawrence Popplewell



15.

Somerset and Dorset Then and Now by Mac Hawkins

Prepare to shed a tear! Contains some pics I haven't seen in other books.
The title says it all.



16.

Steam Around Bath by Mike Arlett, Ivo Peters



The photographer of the S&D was undoubtably Ivo Peters. He has produced some excellent books of superb quality (B&W) pictures. Unfortunately Amazon does not seem to stock them. Perhaps they are out of print?
If anyone knows, please inform me.
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