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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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  • Further Reading
  • Places to Visit

SHIRE COUNTY GUIDES

This was Shire publications' bread and butter at the start - tourist guides to features of various counties. They covered just about everywhere in the "Discovering" series, so this series feels redundant to me. But if they hadn't made money, they'd have stopped publishing them. So I have to think they had fresh material and usefulness. I do not know how long this series ran.

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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDES CATALOG

SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Somerset, Book No. 1, by Martyn Brown (TPB:1982;1988(2nd))
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852636180;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Lincolnshire and South Humberside, Book No. 2, by David Kaye (TPB:1984;1989(2nd))
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852636822;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: North Yorkshire and North Humberside, Book No. 3, by Cyril Bainbridge (TPB:1984;1989(2nd))
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852636830;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Sussex, Book No. 4, by David J. Allen (TPB:1984;1987(2nd))
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852636849;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Wiltshire, Book No. 5, by Mark Child (TPB:1984;1987(2nd))
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852636857;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Derbyshire and the Peak District, Book No. 6, by John Anthony (TPB:1985;1990(2nd))
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 085263739X;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Shropshire, Book No. 7, by Lawrence Garner (TPB:1985;1989(2nd))
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852637403;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Surrey, Book No. 8, by John Drewett (TPB:1985;1990(2nd))
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852637411;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Dorset, Book No. 9, by Peter Stanier (TPB:1986;1990(2nd))
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 085263806X;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Essex, Book No. 10, by Stan Jarvis (TPB:1986;1990(2nd);1997(3rd))
Notes: 64/112(3rd) pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852638078;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Staffordshire, Book No. 11, by Peter Heaton (TPB:1986;1991(2nd))
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852638094;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Bedfordshire, Book No. 12, by James Dyer (TPB:1987)
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852638582;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Buckinghamshire, Book No. 13, by Ian F. W. Beckett (TPB:1987)
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852638590;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Cornwall, Book No. 14, by Peter Stanier (TPB:1987)
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852638604;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Gwent, Book No. 15, by Anna Tucker (TPB:1987)
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852638612;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Herefordshire and the Black Mountains, Book No. 16, by Barry Freeman (TPB:1987;1990(2nd))
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852638620;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Cheshire, Book No. 17, by David Packer (TPB:1988)
Notes: 72 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639325;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Hertfordshire, Book No. 18, by Arthur Jones (TPB:1988)
Notes: 72 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639333;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Kent, Book No. 19, by John E. Vigar (TPB:1988;1991(2nd);1997(3rd))
Notes: 64/112(3rd) pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639341;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Oxfordshire and Oxford, Book No. 20, by Marilyn Yurdan (TPB:1988)
Notes: 80 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 085263935X;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: West Yorkshire, Book No. 21, by Colin Speakman (TPB:1988)
Notes: 56 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639368;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Northamptonshire, Book No. 22, by Jack Gould (TPB:1988)
Notes: 68 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639376;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Cambridgeshire and Cambridge, Book No. 23, by Ronald Russell (TPB:1988)
Notes: 72 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639546;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Hampshire, Book No. 24, by Adrian Rance (TPB:1988)
Notes: 72 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639570;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Cumbria, Book No. 25, by John A. Nettleton (TPB:1989)
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639821;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Norfolk, Book No. 26, by Margaret Knox (TPB:1989)
Notes: 72 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639864;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Devon, Book No. 27, by Peter Stanier (TPB:1989)
Notes: 96 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 085263983X;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Lancashire, Book No. 28, by John Champness (TPB:1989)
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639848;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Leicestershire and Rutland, Book No. 29, by Jeffery Hopewell (TPB:1989)
Notes: 68 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639856;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne, Book No. 30, by Priscilla Boniface and Peter Fowler (TPB:1989)
Notes: 64 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0852639988;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Glamorgan, Book No. 31, by John B. Hilling (TPB:1991)
Notes: 80 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0747801096;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Gloucestershire, Book No. 32, by Peter Stanier (TPB:1991)
Notes: 80 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 074780110X;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Gwynedd, Book No. 33, by Lawrence Garner (TPB:1991)
Notes: 80 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0747801118;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Berkshire, Book No. 34, by Peter Speed (TPB:199*)
Notes: 80 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0747801487;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Nottinghamshire, Book No. 35, by Jeff and Margaret Hopewell (TPB:199*)
Notes: 120 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0747801940;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Worcestershire, Book No. 36, by Barry Freeman (TPB:199*)
Notes: 112 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0747803110;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: Suffolk, Book No. 37, by Tim Buxbaum (TPB:199*)
Notes: 128 pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 0747803196;
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SHIRE COUNTY GUIDE: *TITLE*, Book No. *, by * (TPB:199*)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: UK; Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd., Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire; ISBN: 074780****;
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