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Buxton Local History Society

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For a small town in a slightly out-of-the-way place, Buxton and the Peak District are the subject, or a feature, of a vast number of books. This is largely due to the wide variety of themes it encompasses; architecture, caving, hill walking, history, hydropathy, mineral water, quarrying, spa, theatre and tourism. Below is but a small selection of published works, plus links to websites relevant for those with a curiosity about the area.

Title (Initial "A" or "The" etc. omitted)

Ancient Peakland
Ancient Remains, near Buxton
Anglican Churches of Derbyshire
Architect of Victorian Buxton
Bate Baby, story of Pavilion Gardens
Baths at Buxton Spa
Book of Buxton
Breaking Stone, two POW camps
British Spas from 1815 to the present
Buildings of England: Derbyshire
Buxton
Buxton Community School, origins and early history
Buxton from the Board Collection
Buxton History Tour
Buxton Hydro (Spa Hotel)
Buxton in 50 Buildings
Buxton Line, Pt.2 - Buxton Extension
Buxton Pubs
Buxton Stage
Buxton through Time
Buxton, Old and New
Buxton: a People's History
Buxton: an English Festival
Buxton: history, waters, climate etc.
Buxtonians, a Hardy Breed
Buxtonians, a never ending storey
Cave Hunters
Coal Mines of Buxton
Coal Mining around Whaley Bridge
Cromford & High Peak Railway
Curiosities of Derbyshire & the Peak District
Derbyshire Archaeology
Derbyshire Privies
Derbyshire's Dry Stone Walls
Devonshire Royal Hospital at Buxton
Discovery of the Peak District
English Spa 1560-1815
Goyt Valley Miner
Goyt Valley Romance
Grotesques of Buxton
High Peak & Tissington Railways
History of Buxton
History of the Baths at Buxton
History of King Sterndale
James Oliver of Hartington
Limestone Quarries of Buxton
Murders in the Winnets Pass
On Foot through The Peak
Peak District at War
Peak District Pubs - 2nd Edition
Peak District:Pictures from the Past
Peak Histroy Handbook
Royal Forest of the Peak
South-west Peak: a history of the landscape
Stone Circles of the Peak District
Strange Happenings at Harpur Hill
Surely not in Buxton
Theatre in the Hills
Turnpike Roads around Buxton
Village Life, Hartington 1933-55
Watermills on the River Wye


Author
Bevan, B
Turner, W et al
Combes, I A H
Langham & Wells
Barker, S
Langham & Wells
Leach, J
Roberts, A & D
Hembry, P
Hartwell, C et al
Wells, C
Langham & Wells
Langham & Wells
Roberts, A
Lomas, P
D Morten
Bentley & Fox
Cohen. J
Langham & Wells
Roberts, A
Goodacre, J A
Langham, M
Kennedy, M
Anon
Chalker, Y E
Chalker, Y E
Ed. M J Bishop
Roberts & Leach
Leach, J
Rimmer, A
Rodgers, F
Grayson, P
Bell, D
Bradley, D
Langham & Wells
Brighton, T
Hembry, P
Dranfield, K
Hancock, G
Newholm, T
Broomhead, N
Jewitt, A
Langham & Wells
Critchlow, J
Hartington History Group
Roberts & Emerson
Henderson, M
Croston, J
Clowes, P
McCloy, A
Porter, L
Hill, D
Burton, I E
Wood, E
Machin, B
Roberts, A
Cohen. J
McCoola, R
Roberts, A
Gregory, R
Roberts, A


More details on the above books can be found by clicking on the link here.


Other useful links:

More about Buxton Local History Society. CLICK HERE   

Buxton Museum & Art Gallery.  CLICK HERE

Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock.   CLICK HERE  

Poole’s Cavern, Buxton.   CLICK HERE  

New Mills Local History Society. CLICK HERE  

Picture the Past.  CLICK HERE   

History Live at Hollinsclough.   CLICK HERE  

Lismore Fields.    CLICK HERE

Furness Vale  Local History Society.  CLICK HERE