Derbyshire Media and Book Reviews
This site provides a selection of Reviews of Books and DVDs featuring Derbyshire. They were transferred from the website wishful-thinking.org.uk in December 2011.
Most of them were published in issues of The Peak Advertiser between 1999 and 2009. They are reproduced with kind permission of their authors.
Note: When this page is first loaded (or reloaded), reviews are listed in order of Book Title. To show in an alternative order click on the appropriate column heading. NB values which are blank, or unavailable will be listed at the end.
| BOOK TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accidents of Fortune | Devonshire, Andrew | Michael Russell | 2004 |
| Adventurous Pub Walks | Wildgoose, Charles | Countryside Books | 2004 |
| After Seth : Bradwell into the Twenty-First Century | Bradwell Historical Society | Country Books/Ashridge Press | 2008 |
| Alison Uttley's Country Walks | Bayles, Freda & Ede, Janet | Darran Publishing | 2007 |
| Alone in Asia | William, Geoff | 2003 | |
| An Accessible Wilderness : Life at Stanage and the North Lees Estate | Edgar, Jenny | Derbyshire County Council & the Peak District National Park Authority | 2005 |
| An Empty-Handed Traveller | Downes, Suzanne | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2008 |
| Ancient Pathways | Parker, Frank | Author | 2008 |
| Ancient Peakland | Bevan, Bill | Halsgrove | 2007 |
| Anglican Churches of Derbyshire | Combes, Isobel | Landmark Collector's Library | 2005 |
| Anglo-Saxon and Viking Derbyshire | Bunting, Richard | 1999 | |
| Ann Summers : Creator of the World Famous Bakewell Pudding | Hudson, Paul | Pynot Publishing | 2008 |
| Around Cromford Dam | Allsop, Eddie | Scarthin Books | 2005 |
| Around Longnor | Hine, Sheila | Churnet Valley Books | 2007 |
| Around Meerbrook | Hine, Sheila | Churnet Valley Books | 2004 |
| Around Rushton | Hine, Sheila | Churnet Valley Books | 2006 |
| Around The White Peak | Hine, Sheila | Churnet Valley Books | 2008 |
| The Art of Sustainable Living | Edwards, Jeni | Author | 2009 |
| Ashover Remembered | Wombwell, Margaret | Derbyshire County Council | 2005 |
| Aspects of Dales Life Through Peace and War | Taylor, Keith | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2007 |
| Bakewell and the White Peak | Tuffrey, Peter | Tempus | 2003 |
| Bakewell in Old Photographs | Taylor, Keith | Country Books | 2009 |
| Bakewell: The Ancient Capital of The Peak | Brighton, Trevor | Halsgrove | 2006 |
| Barm and Battleships | Wombwell, Margaret | Derbyshire County Council | 2006 |
| Baslow, Rowsley, Edensor, Pilsley, Beeley | Taylor, Keith | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2008 |
| The Bath (Matlock Bath) At War | Beresford, Charles | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2008 |
| Behind the View: Life & times in Cressbrook - a Derbyshire mill village | Authors, Various | 2005 | |
| Benjamin Outram | Schofield, R B | Merton Priory Press | 2001 |
| The Best of the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers' Handbooks | Ward, George Herbert Bridges | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| Beyond The Copper Beech | Jones, Brian | Author | 2008 |
| Billy the Kid (A Year in the Life of) | Bennett, Reg | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2006 |
| Bonsall - A Portrait of a Village and its Church | Lindup, Stella, and others | 2000 | |
| Bonsall - A Village and its History | Authors, Various | Bonsall History Project | 2006 |
| The Book of Edale | The Edale Society | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| The Book of the Bakewell Show | Robbins, Linda and Draper, Lesley | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| Bradwell Ancient & Modern | Evans, Seth | Country Books | 2004 |
| Bradwell Fire Service - The First Fifty Years 1939-1959 | Cooper, Frank | Ashridge Press | 2004 |
| A Brief Jolly Change | Fenton, Edward | Day Books | 2003 |
| Brill Walks in The Peak (Book Three) | Bowman, Freda and Brill, Bob | Northend | 2007 |
| Brill Walks in the Peak | Bowman, Freda and Brill, Bob | Northend | 2004 |
| Brill Walks in the Peaks and Dales (Book Two) | Bowman, Freda and Brill, Bob | Northend | 2006 |
| Buxton Hydro (Spa Hotel) | Lomas, Peter | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2007 |
| Buxton and the High Peak | Bentley, Langham and Wells | Tempus | 2006 |
| Buyer Beware! | Nicholls, Paul | Country Books | 2002 |
| Bygone Industries of The Peak | Bunting, Julie | Wildtrack Publishing | 2006 |
| Calver - A Book for the Millennium | Beswick, Julia and Wilkes, Eric | 2000 | |
| Calver, Curbar and Froggatt in Old Photographs | Edwards, Brian | Northend | 2005 |
| Castleton - A History, A Tour, People, Buildings and Industries | Clarke, Dr Liam | Owl Publishing | 2009 |
| The Chatsworth Villages - Beeley, Edensor & Pilsley | Naylor, Diane | Landmark | 2006 |
| Chiaroscuro : Poems of the Peak District and Further Afield | Marriott, Hilbre S. | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2007 |
| Chilling Tales from Derbyshire | ‘Netty’ | Breedon Books | 2009 |
| Circular Walks in the Peak District | Tidsall, Pat | Ashbourne Editions | 2008 |
| Claude - White Peak Memories | Fearns, Claude | Churnet Valley Books | 2004 |
| Collieries, Canals, Tramways, Railways, Rivers & Revolution | Worthington, Ralph | Country Books/Ashridge Press | 2009 |
| Countrywise Three | Rush, Raymond | Churnet Valley Books | 2005 |
| Crich Tales | Dawes, J.G. (Geoff) | Pipspeak | 2004 |
| Cromford - A History | Naylor, Peter | Watnay Publishing | 2003 |
| The Cromford Canal | Potter, Hugh | Tempus | 2003 |
| Cromford Station - A History | Waite, Glynn | Pynot Publishing | 2009 |
| Crosses of the Peak District | Sharpe, Neville T. | Landmark Publishing Ltd | 2002 |
| A DVD Postcard from The Peak District | Parker, Stephen | Robertsons | 2009 |
| Darley Dale Remembered : Through 50 Years of War and Peace | Taylor, Keith | Country Books | 2002 |
| Darley's 'Lady Bountiful' and The Whitworth Trail | Kilburn, Terence | Whitworth Trust | 2005 |
| Darleys in the Dale | Jackson, Lewis R. | Country Books | 2002 |
| Derbyshire Blue John | Ford, Trevor D. | Landmark Publishing Ltd | 2001 |
| Derbyshire Children at School | Power, George | Scarthin Books | 2004 |
| The Derbyshire Country House | Craven, Maxwell and Stanley, Michael | Landmark Collector's Library | 2001 |
| Derbyshire Illustrated Letterheads | Banks, Jill | Landmark Collector's Library | 2008 |
| A Derbyshire Parish At War | Taylor, Keith & Brown, Trevor | Country Books | 2001 |
| A Derbyshire Parish at Peace and War | Taylor, Keith & Brown, Trevor | Country Books | 2001 |
| The Derbyshire Portway - Pilgrimage to the Past | Bailey, Stephen | Scarthin Books | 2008 |
| Derbyshire in Old Photographs | Mottram, Elizabeth and Lofthouse, Alistair | ALD Design & Print | 2002 |
| The Devil Drives a Jaguar | Downes, Suzanne | Country Books | 2002 |
| Discovering Derbyshire's White Peak | Bates, Tom | ALD Design & Print | 2001 |
| Discovering the Moors and Dales of the Peak District | Rawson, Jerry and Redfern, Roger | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| The Discovery of the Peak District | Brighton, Trevor | Phillimore | 2004 |
| Drive and Stroll in Derbyshire | Wildgoose, Charles | Countryside Books | 2006 |
| Duffield Firth | Wiltshire, Mary (and others) | Landmark | 2005 |
| The Earls and Dukes of Devonshire | Bunting, Julie | 1999 | |
| Echoes of The Dales, the 70s | Duggins, Ron | Landmark Collector's Library | 2008 |
| Echoes of the Dales | Duggins, Ron | Landmark | 2006 |
| Echoes of the Dales, the 80s - Part One | Duggins, Ron | Landmark Collector's Library | 2009 |
| Echoes of the Dales, the 80s - Part Two | Duggins, Ron | Author | 2009 |
| Ecton Copper Mines Under The Duke of Devonshire 1760-1790 | Porter, Lindsey | Landmark Collector's Library | 2004 |
| Enjoying the Peak District | Smith, Roly | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| Everest, a Cockpit and Antarctica | Dyson, Sheila | Red Grouse | 2004 |
| Exploring History in and around Derbyshire | Stone, Richard | Breedon Books | 2009 |
| Five Book Reviews | Authors, Various | 2007 | |
| Flash Back | Parker, Margaret | 2008 | |
| ‘The Flora Sheffielder’ | Rotherham, Ian D. & Alton, Janet | Wildtrack Publishing | 2002 |
| Follow the Yellow Gorse Road | Hopkins, John | Northend | 2006 |
| Footloose in the Peak | Clowes, Peter | Churnet Valley Books | 2004 |
| Freedom to Roam Peak District Guides | Smith, Roly | Rambler's Association | 2005 |
| Ghost Walks in Derbyshire and The Peak District | Wadd, Barbara | Breedon Books | 2005 |
| Gift Horse | Morten, Polly | Pneuma Springs Publishing UK | 2007 |
| Goodbye Old Pick | Goddard, Ann | Author | 2005 |
| Grandma's Pudding | Staley, Keith | Tempus | 2008 |
| A Great Disservice | Cunningham, Pat | Pecsaeton Publishing | 2009 |
| Hassop: A Chronology of Railway History | Knighton, Laurence | Midland Railway Society | 2004 |
| Hathersage Remembers | Dawson, Bob and Clendon, Ryland | 2000 | |
| Hathersage in The Peak | Buxton, Barbara A. | Phillimore | 2005 |
| Hathersage: Images of the Past | Authors, Various | Historical Hathersage Millennium Project | 2000 |
| Haunted Places of Derbyshire | Armitage, Jill | Countryside Books | 2006 |
| The Hidden Places of the Peak District and Derbyshire | Gracie, Jim | Travel Publishing | 2007 |
| High Light | Butcher, David (Dave) | 2005 | |
| High Peak Drifter | Bell, Richard | Willow Island Editions | 2006 |
| The History & Antiquities of Eyam | Wood, William | Country Books | 2006 |
| A History of Crich | Dawes, J.G. (Geoff) | Landmark | 2003 |
| A History of Derbyshire | Turbutt, Gladwyn | Merton Priory Press | 2000 |
| A History of King Sterndale | Critchlow, Joyce | ‘Church in the Market Place’ Publications | 2009 |
| A History of Old Whittington | Bates, Tom | New Age Poetry Press | 2008 |
| A History of the Matlocks | Naylor, Peter | Landmark | 2003 |
| Howden and Derwent: The Building of the Upper Dams of the Derwent Valley Water Board | Robinson, Brian | Northend | 2004 |
| I Remember Clay Cross | Wombwell, Margaret | Derbyshire County Council | 2008 |
| Ian On The Wild Side (of Sheffield and the Peak District) | Rotherham, Ian D. | Wildtrack Publishing | 2009 |
| Images from a Fairfield Camera | Owen, David G. | 2009 | |
| Images of England: Matlock and Matlock Bath | Bunting, Julie | Tempus | 2002 |
| Images of England: Peak District Mining and Quarrying | Willies, Lynn and Parker, Harry | Tempus | 1999 |
| In Kinder's Mists | Cunningham, Pat | 2007 | |
| The Infinite Reaches/Contact Patrol | Cunningham, Pat | Pecsaeton Publishing | 2008 |
| It Could be a Little Gold Mine | Allingham, David | Johnson Publishing | 2006 |
| The Jabez Bradwell Diary | Bradwell, Jabez | Bradwell Historical Society | 2004 |
| Joan Waste, Derby's Martyr | Cunningham, Pat | Pecsaeton Publishing | 2008 |
| John Joseph Briggs's Diary | Heath, Philip | Melbourne Historical Research Group | 2005 |
| Joseph Whitworth: Toolmaker | Kilburn, Terence | 2002 | |
| Kinder Scout : Portrait of a Mountain | Smith, Roly | Derbyshire County Council | 2002 |
| The Land of the Etherow | Sharpe, Neville T. | Churnet Valley Books | 2000 |
| Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire: its Mines and Miners | Rieuwerts, Dr J.H. (Jim) | Landmark Collector's Library | 2000 |
| Lead In The Veins | Hucklow, Great | Hucklow Publishing | 2009 |
| Lead Mining in Derbyshire | Rieuwerts, Dr J.H. (Jim) | Landmark Collector's Library | 2007 |
| Learn to Dowse | Naylor, Peter | Watnay Publishing | 2003 |
| Living With Ghosts: An Investigation | Gater, Paul | Anecdotes Publishing | 2009 |
| Living With Women | Gater, Paul | Anecdotes Publishing | 2008 |
| The Long Way Home | Pipes, Les | Derbyshire County Council | 2001 |
| Longnor Sports | Fearns, Claude & Hine, Sheila | 2004 | |
| Lost Buildings of the Peak District | Porter, Lindsey | Landmark | 2007 |
| The Lost Houses of Derbyshire | Craven, Maxwell and Stanley, Michael | Landmark Publishing Ltd | 2003 |
| The Magic Of The Peak District, Part 1 (DVD) | Parker, Stephen | 2009 | |
| Memories of Andrew Devonshire | Devonshire, Deborah | Landmark | 2007 |
| Memories of Cromford | Cromford Womens' Institute | 2001 | |
| Michael Barnfather's Derbyshire | Barnfather, Michael | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| Milk, Muck and Memories | Wombwell, Margaret | Derbyshire County Council | 2007 |
| Mines, Quarries and Murders in the Peak District | Flindall, Roger | Peak District Mines Historical Society | 2005 |
| Misty's Spring | Derbyshire, Drew | 2000 | |
| Monuments and Mountains | Weston, Garth | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2007 |
| Moors, Crags and Caves of the High Peak and Neighbourhood | Baker, Ernest | Halsgrove | 2002 |
| More Curiosities of Derbyshire and the Peak District | Rogers, Frank | Derbyshire Countryside Limited | 2001 |
| More Ghost Walks in Derbyshire | Wadd, Barbara | Breedon Books | 2007 |
| Murder and Mystery in The Peak | Smith, Roly | Halsgrove | 2004 |
| My Darley and Beyond : The Journey of a Lifetime | Jackson, Lewis R. | Country Books | 2006 |
| The Mysterious Double Sunset | Kent, Jeff | Witan Books | 2002 |
| Nelson's Flagship at Copenhagen H.M.S. ELEPHANT | Tushingham, Eric and Mansfield, Clifford | Nelson Society | 2001 |
| North Derbyshire Pubs - Past and Present | McIntosh, Jim | Pynot Publishing | 2008 |
| Northern Derbyshire : Snapshots in Time | Bates, Tom | New Age Poetry Press | 2007 |
| Notes from a Peakland Parish | Porter, William Smith | Country Books | 2001 |
| Notes from a Peakland Parish | Porter, William Smith | Country Books | 2001 |
| O'er Back and on the Hillock | Doxey, Jack | 2002 | |
| Oldcotes | Kettle, Pamela | Merton Priory Press | 2000 |
| On The Edge | Bellis, Kate & Simmons, Michael | Rural Media Company | 2002 |
| Our Middleton | Middleton Village History Group | 2001 | |
| Past Lives : Case Histories | Gater, Dilys | Anecdotes Publishing | 2009 |
| Pauper's Gold | Dickinson, Margaret | 2006 | |
| The Peak District : A Winter's Tale | Falconer, Robert | Halsgrove | 2009 |
| Peak District Illustrated Walks | York, Trevor | Countryside Books | 2005 |
| The Peak District Journal of Natural History and Archaeology | Rotherham, Ian D. & Jones, Melvyn (Mel) | Wildtrack Publishing | 2000 |
| The Peak District Journal of Natural History and Archaeology | Rotherham, Ian D. & Jones, Melvyn (Mel) | Wildtrack Publishing | 2002 |
| Peak District Moods | Rawson, Jerry | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| The Peak District Pub Guide | McCloy, Andrew | Johnson Publishing | 2003 |
| Peak District Pub Walks | Steel, Bob | CAMRA | 2008 |
| The Peak District Year | Sullivan, Paul | Churnet Valley Books | 2006 |
| Peak District and Pennines | Preston, Rex | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| The Peak District at War | Clowes, Peter | Churnet Valley Books | 2002 |
| Peak Light | Butcher, David (Dave) | Dave Butcher Photography | 2007 |
| Peak Place-Names | McMeeken, Louis | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| Peak Village Insider's Guide | Bates, Tom | Chevinside Publications | 2006 |
| Peak Villages | Smith, Roly | Halsgrove | 2002 |
| A Peakland Abecedary | Bunting, Julie | Northend | 2009 |
| Peakland Air Crashes, The Central Area | Cunningham, Pat | Landmark | 2006 |
| Peakland Air Crashes, The North | Cunningham, Pat | Landmark | 2007 |
| Peakland Air Crashes, The South | Cunningham, Pat | Landmark | 2005 |
| Peakland Books | Authors, Various | 2004 | |
| A Peakland Chronology | Bunting, Julie | 1999 | |
| Peakland Pickings | Sharpe, Neville T. | Churnet Valley Books | 2000 |
| Peakland Roads & Trackways | Dodd, A.E. & E.M. | Landmark Collector's Library | 2000 |
| Peat and Peat Cutting | Rotherham, Ian D. | Shire Publications | 2009 |
| Peatland Ecology and Archaeology: | Rotherham, Ian D. | Wildtrack Publishing | 2000 |
| Picture the Past Website | Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Libraries | 2005 | |
| Picture the Past Website (2) | Bettridge, Neil | Breedon Books | 2008 |
| Picture the Past Website (3) | Bettridge, Neil | Breedon Books | 2008 |
| Protecting The Beautiful Frame | Jones, Melvyn (Mel) | Hallamshire Press | 2001 |
| Put Thy Boots On | Authors, Various | Elton Jubilee Field Improvement Project | 2008 |
| Randini - The man who helped Houdini | Beedham, Ann | youbooks | 2009 |
| Rocks and Scenery of the Peak District | Ford, Trevor D. | Landmark Publishing Ltd | 2002 |
| Ron's Story, Memories of Old Taddington | Beswick, Ron | 2002 | |
| Rowsley Miscellany | Waite, Glynn | Pynot Publishing | 2006 |
| Rowsley Railway Miscellany - 2 | Waite, Glynn | Pynot Publishing | 2008 |
| Rowsley: A Rural Railway Centre | Waite, Glynn & Knighton, Laurence | Midland Railway Society | 2004 |
| Running Through the Hills of Silence | William, Geoff | DIAL 174 Magazine | 2005 |
| Sanderson's Map 1835 | Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Libraries | 2002 | |
| Seasons To Taste | Fine, David | Farming Life Centre | 2008 |
| Senior Citizens' Good Food Guide to Derbyshire | Edgar, Jen & Richardson, Dick | Ashridge Press | 2006 |
| A Sense of Place: Derbyshire in Fiction | Gordon, Ruth | Derbyshire County Council | 2000 |
| The Seven Canals of Derbyshire | Garner, Edward | Landmark Collector's Library | 2004 |
| The Shakespeare Invention | Zenner, Peter | Country Books | 2002 |
| Sheffield's Woodland Heritage | Jones, Melvyn (Mel) | Wildtrack Publishing | 2003 |
| A Short History Of Chelmorton | Gould, David | Author | 2008 |
| Sold A Pup | Cunningham, Pat | Pecsaeton Publishing | 2008 |
| The South West Peak : History of the Landscape | Wood, Eric | Landmark | 2007 |
| The Spirit of Ashbourne: 2 | Porter, Lindsey | Landmark Publishing Ltd | 2002 |
| The Spirit of North Road School Fairfield | Owen, David G. | 2006 | |
| The Spirit of Tideswell | Hill, Tony & Black, Paul | Landmark Publishing Ltd | 2001 |
| The Spirit of Youlgreave | Ardley, Bridget & Bartlett, Mary | Landmark | 2003 |
| Stags and Serpents | Pearson, John | Country Books | 2002 |
| A Suitable Case | Hickman, Liz | Moorside Writers | 2009 |
| Supernatural Peak District | Clarke, David | Robert Hale | 2001 |
| Supernatural Peak District (paperback) | Clarke, David | Robert Hale | 2001 |
| A Surprising Legacy | Swain, Ernest | Author | 2008 |
| Tales from Litterdale | Morrison, John | Halsgrove | 2002 |
| Tales of The Peak | Bowman, Freda | Northend | 2006 |
| Tansley Remembered | Taylor, Keith | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2005 |
| The Tap Dressers, A Celebration | Wilson, Norman | Country Books | 2000 |
| Then and Now and Odds and Ends of Chelmorton | Gould, David | Author | 2008 |
| Though the Treason Pleases | Cunningham, Pat | Pecsaeton Publishing | 2009 |
| Three Reviews | Authors, Various | 2005 | |
| Tideswell Tracks | Heaf, Eric | 1999 | |
| Tideswell Traders | Hill, Tony | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2008 |
| Titles for Summer Reading | Authors, Various | 2005 | |
| Town without Pity | Hale, Don | Century; Random House | 2002 |
| "True Brit": The Adventures of Peter Fidler of Bolsover | Jackson, Gordon | Country Books | 2001 |
| Under Grin Low: A Burbage History | Owen, David G. | 2007 | |
| Under the Heavy Clouds | Hoskyns, Edwyn | Merton Priory Press | 2005 |
| A Victorian Farmer's Diary | Hodkin, William | Derbyshire County Council | 2003 |
| Vivaldi and the Peak District Video | Robertsons of Bakewell | 2003 | |
| Walking Weekends - Peak District | Reid, Mark | InnWay Publications | 2006 |
| Water Supply | Naylor, Peter | Shire Publications | 2005 |
| Weird, Wacky and Wonderful Derbyshire Folk | Bates, Tom | New Age Poetry Press | 2007 |
| Well Dressing | Naylor, Peter and Porter, Lindsey | Landmark Publishing Ltd | 2002 |
| What The Papers Said ... | Flindall, Roger | Peak District Mines Historical Society | 2000 |
| Wild Peak | Hamblin, Mark | Halsgrove | 2003 |
| Winster Village Map | Winster Village Map Group | 2003 | |
| Winster, A Peak District Village Remembers | Winster Local History Group | 2000 | |
| The Wirksworth Saga | Priestley, Frank | Pipers' Ash | 2003 |
| Wirksworth in Old Picture Postcards | Holmes, Tony | European Library | 2000 |
| Wirksworth: A Town of Stone and Steam (DVD) | Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association | 2006 | |
| Within Sight of the Gibbit | Morgan, Ian | Breedon Books | 2009 |
| Wonders of Spiritual Enfoldment | Butler, John | Shepheard-Walwyn | 2008 |
| Words of a Derbyshire Poet | Holland, F. Philip | Five-Bar-Gate Publishing | 2009 |
| Wormhill - The History of a High Peak Village | Drewry, Christopher | Ashridge Press/Country Books | 2007 |
| Youlgreave Remembers | Wilson, Norman | 2005 |