Museum Booklets –  Brief History series

North Herefordshire Railways:     The arrival of the railway in 1853 brought prosperity to the town. This is the story of what was once a major junction in the rail network. (16 pp)

The Leominster Canal:     The canal from Leominster to Stourport was never completed, and never paid a dividend. An example of the canal building mania of the eighteenth century, and a fascinating footnote in the town’s history. (16 pp)

The Leominster Museum Building:     Originally a Mission Hall, this is the story of this building and some of the people that have occupied it. (12 pp)

The Old Town Hall:     A building that started life as a Market House in Broad Street, became the Town Hall, was moved to the Grange to become a private dwelling, was used as council offices and is now run by a Community Group. (16 pp)

The Duke of Norfolk:     This colourful personality had a house in Etnam Street, and fought a duel over the election of 1796. (12 pp)

The Free Churches of Leominster:     The town was once known as Little Amsterdam, such was the diversity of Religious opinion. This booklet looks at the many religious groups who have found a home here. (24 pp)

The Ducking Stool:     A history of one of the few surviving examples of what was once a common form of punishment.  (16 pp)

Drinking Water for Leominster:     Despite being situated at the confluence of major rivers, providing the town of Leominster with enough clean drinking water has always been a challenge. This is a story of neighbours falling out, politicians divided, and civic works on a  grand scale.  (20 pp)

Other books, booklet and DVDs

John Scarlett Davis, by Tony Hobbs:     A 10-page booklet summarising the life of one of Leominster’s foremost artists.  (NB this is not the fuller biography by the same author, which is out of stock.)  £1.00.

Leominster and District in the Great War:     A full facsimile of the commemorative booklet published in 1919 by the Leominster Printing Co., with a history of the impact of the war on the town; a summary of the main events of the war; and a Roll of Honour of the local people who died in military service, compiled (with photographs) from the pages of the Leominster News during the course of the war.  The facsimile is accompanied by a specially-compiled companion booklet containing an index of the soldiers commemorated in the original.  £5.00 for both.

Herefordshire – Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England, by Malcolm Mason:     This illustrated history portrays one of England’s finest counties.  It provides a nostalgic look at Herefordshire’s past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites.  (96 pp)  £14.99.

Leominster Through Time, by Malcolm Mason:     The author has used photgraphs from private collections, and pictures and artefacts from Leominster Museum, to look at the town’s history over the past 100 years.  (96 pp)  £14.99.

Museum Booklets – Polish Series

Severin Dziewicki – Soldier, Patriot, Revolutionary, Poet, Teacher: The extraordinary story, researched by Joe Cocker, of a Hereford teacher buried in the Priory Churchyard in Leominster, who turned out to have had to flee revolutionary Poland and met his end in the River Lugg.  (36 pp).  Available in English and also in Polish translation.

World War II Polish Military Graves in Leominster: In this very personal account Leominster author Joe Cocker tells the story of the work to uncover and commemorate the lives of the Polish soldiers who fought valiantly for the Allies during World War Two and are buried in the town. (26 pp).

Museum Booklets – History Reprints series

A History of Leominster National Schools:     Two articles first published in the Leominster News of 1900. (16 pp)

Leominster in the 1868 Poll Book:     A list of all the residents of Leominster entitled to vote in 1868, and how they cast their votes. (12 pp)

The Corn Square:     Extracted from Frank Gainsford Blackford’s 1897 history of the town. (12 pp)

Eardisland Grammar School:     A history of the school in a series of articles published in 1900. (20 pp)

Leominster Grammar School:     An article from the Grammar School Magazine of 1954.  (12 pp)

An Old Leominster Man’s Recollections:     An early form of ‘oral history’ from the Leominster News of 1898. (20 pp)

The Post Office and Telephone Exchange:     Two articles charting the development of the Post Office and Telephone system, from the Leominster News in 1894 and 1904. (12 pp)

A Victorian View of Leominster:     A review of the town’s nineteenth century history published in the Leominster News in 1897. (12 pp)

The Leominster Grammar School Magazine World War 1:     A full reproduction of the special edition of the Grammar School Magazine in which former pupils recount their experiences in the Great War (with Index).  (40 pp)