This book explains some of the reasons for London's sculpted gallery and describes the subjects, the donors the sculptors and the results. This completely revised edition, now extended to include memorials throughout Greater London, has over six hundred entries. From the sixteenth-century statue of Queen Elizabeth I in Fleet Street to Montgomery, with his back to the Ministry of Defence, this book will provie a rich sources of fact and anecdote, a who's who in bronze and stone in the capital city.

Discovering The Folklore and Customs of Love and Marriage (Shire Publications)

Abbeys and priories are both types of monastery and the author traces the history of monasteries in Britain from Anglo-Saxon times to the Dissolution under Henry VIII. He describes the different monastic orders, the running of the monasteries and the daily life of the monks and nuns, the layout of monastic buildings, the influence of the religious houses on life in medieval times and their effect on the landscape, all with references to examples accessible to the public. This new edition has been enlarged into the 'Discovering Handbook' series and is fully illustrated in colour.

Written by John Bly, this book not only tabulates the hallmarks that enable the identification of silver items but also traces the history of English silver, describing some famous makers and provides hints on spotting fakes.

Cures, magic, divination and portents were all connected with the rich variety of available plant life, especially in verdant Britain.

Many wild plant names are derived from early Greek, Latin, or Old English and their antiquity can often cloud their original meaning. As the names of some plants have passed through the ages, their initial significance may have became distorted through mistakes in spelling, grammar, translation or simply through misunderstanding. In the eighteenth century the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus sought to bring order to the confusion of botanical classification by introducing a system of scientific names that would be universally understood. This book traces the origins of both the popular English names and the scientific names of many of the most common species of wild plants and trees in Great Britain. With detailed line drawings of some of the plants mentioned, John E. Stevens provides a comprehensive glossary of plant names from 'Aaron's rod' to 'Yew', making this a perfect pocket guide for keen gardeners and plant enthusiasts.