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Local men like John Hunt are still celebrated in far-off places like Fiji, whilst the Grubb brothers spent years in Amazonia or central Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a rose-tinted view, however, for we also read of how the Churches were weakened by place-serving parsons of little faith, and by new ‘rationalist’ ideas that permeated some congregations. There are a fair few villains – Bishop Pretyman-Tomline of Lincoln and his family of self-enriching diocesan officers being especially notable. The final chapter covers the challenges of Church decline in the Twentieth Century, but also the revival through Pentecostalism, with an early centre in Louth, the charismatic movement, and a cluster of new and lively churches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 390 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trent Witham Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53000851259719,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/8610\/6439\/files\/RESTLESSSOULSGLOBALFOOTPRINTSCover.jpg?v=1766304004"},{"product_id":"people-and-places-of-west-lindsey-lincolnshire","title":"People and Places of West Lindsey, Lincolnshire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL LIMITED OFFER ON NEW PRINT: DOWN FROM £20 TO £14 ON FIRST FIOVE SALES!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe district of West Lindsey stretches from the River Trent and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gainsborough,_Lincolnshire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGainsborough\u003c\/a\u003e in the west, to the Lincolnshire Wolds in the east, reaching as far as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caistor\"\u003eCaistor\u003c\/a\u003e and Brocklesby. It is one of the least densely populated English districts yet contains around a hundred settlements – some tiny, often ancient, and always interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWest Lindsey is a district of open skies, slow-moving rivers, huge fields, and pockets of woodland where pheasants, deer and foxes hide away. It is crossed by the limestone ridge of the Lincoln Edge, with its spring-line villages of honey-colour limestone, and by the more assertive hills and dales of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Hidden amongst this are thousand-year-old churches, the stately homes of the old, county gentry, deserted medieval village sites, old airfields fading away, and many a curious monument or building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy taking each settlement in turn, this book sets out to find something of interest and someone significant about every place in the district. Over the course of its pages, we meet women explorers, great artists, a doomed soldier or two, literary giants and members of the gentry who achieved notoriety as torturers, corrupt politicians or adulterers. Significant scientists and reformers rub shoulders with disgraced clergymen, wartime heroes and famous writers. Everyone who lives in West Lindsey needs a book about it, and this one provides ideal reading to take in the car or browse at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADRIAN GRAY grew up in West Lindsey and graduated in History from Cambridge University. 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The area is crossed by the capricious River Trent and is dotted with beautiful historic villages, where the evidence of past generations is ‘hidden in plain sight’ – such as the lost deer parks, abandoned villages and mills.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLooking at each settlement, in turn, we look at lavish country houses, lost villages and abandoned Trent ferryboats aplenty. We meet many fascinating characters – from great politicians to explorers, disgraced missionaries, adulterous aristocrats and some humbler souls who made the world a better place. Robin Hood and Friar Tuck lurk within, trading pages with the Duke of Portland and some of the richest families in England.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEveryone who lives in Newark \u0026amp; Sherwood needs a book about it; this one also provides rich information for visitors.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eADRIAN GRAY graduated in history from Cambridge and is the author of many books as well as being a director of Pilgrims \u0026amp; Prophets Christian Heritage Tours, which helps people get to know the history of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimsandprophets.co.uk\/category\/nottinghamshire-history\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.pilgrimsandprophets.co.uk\/category\/nottinghamshire-history\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Trent Witham Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53000930230599,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/8610\/6439\/files\/PEOPLE_PLACESOFNEWARKANDSHERWOOD-cover.jpg?v=1766306417"},{"product_id":"people-and-places-of-bassetlaw-north-nottinghamshire","title":"People and Places of Bassetlaw, North Nottinghamshire","description":"\u003cp\u003eBASSETLAW is a name that has defied the centuries, an ancient Danish region that survived to become a constituency and a district council.  It is in Nottinghamshire yet somehow closer to Yorkshire in spirit. It is a region of historic market towns, imposing country houses, charming villages and medieval woodland. Despite being marked out by coal mining, power stations and major transport routes, it contains some of the least known rural landscapes of England and much of Sherwood Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell-known local historian, Adrian Gray, explores the places and people that have shaped the history of Bassetlaw. This book looks at each village and town in turn, digging up something fascinating about the houses, churches and fields in every parish. There are lost villages, abandoned country homes and mad industrial projects aplenty. We learn about the indomitable people of Bassetlaw including love-struck aristocrats, corrupt clergymen, the odd highwayman, one of the first women mountaineers and a fair number of heroic old warriors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone who lives in Bassetlaw needs a book about it; this one provides endless fascination. 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But who lived there, what did they get up to – and why have so many of these houses now vanished from the landscape?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"yiv4593838287msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"yiv4593838287msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdrian Gray tells the enthralling story of how these great and supposedly ‘noble’ families became embroiled in scandal. In many cases, he finds there was little ‘gentle’ about the gentry. He explains how their rise to prominence often resulted from violence, bribery and opportunistic marriages to some hapless heiress. He then shows how some of these families wasted their huge wealth and status in gambling, adulterous relationships, costly divorces and political bribery at election time. The result is that some families, such as the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earl_of_Winchilsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eearls of Winchilsea\u003c\/a\u003e, have entirely vanished from the Lincolnshire scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"yiv4593838287msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou will meet the ‘fishing kings’ of Grimsby, whose rise to a peerage was often followed by a fall, one of England’s most corrupt bishops, many who used their titles to seduce credulous young women, and characters such as Lady Albinia Bertie of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.branstonpc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBranston\u003c\/a\u003e – whose title did not protect her from a court appearance for running an illicit gambling den.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"yiv4593838287msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eADRIAN GRAY is a well-known author of books about Lincolnshire and its people. 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Adrian Gray tells a story of how their rise was often due to violence, calculating marriages and quite a lot of bribery. He then shows how the families wasted their huge wealth and status in gambling, adulterous relationships, costly divorces and frankly some downright bizarre behaviour. Now, for most of these families, there is little left but ruin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"yiv1156222882msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou will meet the murderous Lord Byron, several callous seducers, the ‘most hated man in England’, brides traded by their parents, a woman with two husbands, eloping ladies, corrupt politicians and encounter some unfortunate American romances. The story shows how ‘great names’ came to be associated with immoral living, were dragged through the divorce courts, and finally humiliated in bankruptcy – in some cases, all at the same time. ‘Downton Abbey’ it is not, but if you love reading about the scandalous lives of the rich and infamous, then this is the perfect book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"yiv1156222882msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eADRIAN GRAY is a well-known historian and the author of several books about Nottinghamshire. 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Adrian Gray’s book uses his archive of interviews, social media discussion groups, and a lively mix of print sources to create a fascinating account of the ‘old ways’ – from Grimsby to Stamford and Scunthorpe to Boston – that are disappearing before our eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat were the ‘fuzzballs’ that people ate? How did they do their ironing? What was it like going to work in the fields or factories when barely in your teens? This book investigates some of the dark corners of domestic and working life but has plenty of room for fun – the arrival of rock and roll, the back seats of the cinema, and even the rise and fall of the ‘X’ film. Each chapter follows important themes of life, including, shopping and the arrival of the supermarkets, how houses have changed and what people did on their holidays… which was often not a lot!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great book for sharing with family members who enjoy reminiscing or who need help with memory recall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdrian Gray was born in Grantham and has lived in Skegness, Dunholme, and Ruskington. He holds a history degree from Cambridge University and has written around thirty books, many on Lincolnshire where he is a regular speaker at history societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCustomer review: '\u003cspan\u003eMy Dad was born and lived in Ruskington Lincs and is now 93. He has already finished it. He was glued to the book and said everything in it he could relate to and is incredibly accurate. He said it is an excellent read and a must for anyone who is interested in social history. 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