The Magic Attic

Local History - Local Heritage- from Local Folk

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Wraggs / T.G.Green / John Knowles / Warren Bros.

H.R.Mansfield Ltd. / Aults / Bretby Art Pottery / etc.

Drawings for Terracotta Vases taken from John Knowles & Co catalogue 1902, including price list. Catalogue includes drawings for Fire bricks, Stone Gullies, Blue Coping Stones etc. John Knowles was based at Mount Pleasant Works, Wooden Box, (changed to Woodville-7th Nov. 1845)  in Burton on Trent.

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Burton-on-Trent Directory 1911
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at the opening of the Twentieth Century - Contemporary Biographies
Coroner's Records in England and Wales - Where to find records. 2nd Edition.
Debrett's Distinguished People Of Today 1998
Debrett's Family Historian
Derbyshire Life and Countryside 1960 -1999
Everyman's Factfinder
Ghost Stations
The Napoleonic Wars Data Book 1792-1815
Non-conformist Chapels and Meeting Houses - Derbyshire
Soldiers Died In The Great War 1914-19 - The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire And Derbyshire Regiment)
Staffordshire and Black Country Airfields
Victory in Europe
Warships of World War One
Whitaker`s Almanac 1987
Who's Who 1995
Tramways and Railways of John Knowles (Wooden Box) Ltd.
A Brief History of Bretby
Black's 1872 Tourist Guide to Derbyshire
World History
Research aids with information gathered from our collection of newspapers

Numerous Ledgers and Company Books from local companies

WE NOW HAVE OVER 200 LOCAL AND NATIONAL HISTORY BOOKS

AVAILABLE FOR REFERENCE