Language: English
Published by Privately Published, Wakefield, 2014
ISBN 10: 0992874602 ISBN 13: 9780992874605
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A handsome and well illustrated volume. The twelve letters at the heart of this book were written in the early 1770s by Esther Milnes, widow of a leading Wakefield merchant. She was writing to another Esther Milnes, her husband's relative, a young heiress without immediate family.They present a female perspective on the influential dissenting communities in Wakefield, Sheffield, Chesterfield & Manchester. 125pp.
Language: English
Published by Wakefield Historical Publications, Wakefield, 2021
ISBN 10: 090186949X ISBN 13: 9780901869494
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine new copy. John Smeaton considered the first British civil engineer, kept a Journal from 1760 to 1763 detailing the early years of construction of the navigation of the River Calder beyond Wakefield. The volume explores the background using primary source material. 228pp illustrated and with colour fold-out plan.