The backdrop to bradford on avon is the steep hillside above the river with terraces of houses, many centuries old. The publishers are grateful to the colonel william llewellen palmer educational charity for a grant towards the book s production. Exlibris is located at 1 the shambles, bradfordonavon, wiltshire. Visit exlibris book shop on your trip to bradfordonavon inspirock. Typical wolsey lodge hotel in lovely bradfordonavon. Bradford on avon past and present fassnidge, harold on.
Bradford on avon past and present by harold fassnidge. View all attractions near exlibris book shop on tripadvisor. Timed to coincide with the start of the summer reading challenge. Avoncliff has a tiny railway station, boasting just a onecarriagelength platform in each direction, which used to be called avoncliff halt since it was a request stop, requiring people on the platform to wave down the trains.
Ex libris press and seaflower books are specialist publishers of books about the west country, wiltshire, somerset and the channel islands. Roger jones sole proprietor ex libris pressseaflower. Exlibris is located at 1 the shambles, bradford on avon, wiltshire. Ex libris buy and spend national book tokens gift cards in. Bradford on avon womens 100 creative writing competition. Ex libris books publishes a range of titles under the imprints ex libris press and seaflower books. Aimed at primary school aged children, the book tells the fascinating and complex history of bradford on avon from the stone age to the present day.
Presented as part of the bristol palestinian film festival, in partnership with bradford on avon friends of palestine. The grammar school was closed in 1980 and merged with trinity secondary modern school to form. It replaced william summers bakery and confectionery shop old photographs of the shambles. Book shops in bradford on avon buy books booksellers. Copies are available from the museum, from the library, ex libris bookshop and from the tourist. Ex libris bradford on avon mini book festival for kids. Posts about ex libris written by maudie smith and fleur hitchcock. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ex libris press books online. Exlibris book shop bradfordonavon 2020 all you need. Ex libris is a delightful independent bookshop in bradfordonavon. Hotels near exlibris book shop, bradford on avon on tripadvisor. It was renamed fitzmaurice grammar school in 1936 after the death of lord fitzmaurice.
Exlibris book shop bradfordonavon 2020 all you need to. On the quaint streets of this town, alongside independent cafes and other unique shops. Our book barn has 6000 second hand books for sale and we can conduct books searches for out of print titles. What is now ex libris bookshop and the dorothy house shop was built by the bradford on avon cooperative society as the butcher and drapery departments. The whooosh book launch was held at bradford on avon. They are free and available from the tourist information centre, town library and ex libris bookshop in the shambles. Friends, family and locals flocked to buy the new book which sold in record numbers, and gill and mike had their work cut out keeping pace with signing copies. Bookshop in bradford on avon results 1 7 of 7 switch to map. Get bookshop offers and events in your area straight into your inbox from. Several businesses in the bradford on avon area support us. Performed by the university of bath chamber choir conducted by dr michael painting with organist robin jackson.
If youre in the lovely bradford on avon area of west wiltshire, just 10 miles from bath and would like to walk the wheel but would prefer a paper map, a 1. Most books ordered before midday can be obtained the following day. Best hotels near exlibris book shop, bradfordonavon. On the quaint streets of this town, alongside independent cafes and other unique shops, this. The footpath leaflet shows the rural footpaths around bradford on avon plus the descriptions and maps of four walks of varying lengths. Wiltshire genealogy books, etc moonrakers wiltshire. The school opened as the county school in 1897 with financial support from edmond fitzmaurice, 1st baron fitzmaurice. Ex libris books, bradford on avon, 11 regents place, ex libris press and seaflower books are specialist publishers of books about the west country, wiltshire, somerset and the channel islands. It is not always realised that they cover the slopes of an iron age hill fort, occupied again in roman times when the villa on the plateau above in. The list grows steadily and new titles appear frequently. An exciting innovation for bradford on avon walkers are. The bradford on avon active travel map shows all the footpaths and cycleable routes around the town, so you dont need to use your car. Coop is still to be seen in a doorstep mosaic and some butcher tiling survives in the bookshop.
Book description ex libris, bradford on avon, wilts, 1997. This years festive concert is a venetian christmas featuring music by vivaldi, gabrieli and scheidt, accompanied by original brass instruments and a chamber organ. Staff said the launch of whooosh, bradford on avon museums newest book title, had been fantastically successful. Noted for its saxon church and medieval tithe barn, its ranks of stone houses clinging to the hillside overlooking the river, bradford on avon is undoubtedly a. Bradford on avon printers and town directories is the work of roger jones, who as the publisher ex libris press has himself had plenty of experience of the printing industry. I suppose that i am at an advantage as i spent the first twenty years of my life in bradford on avon and remember this great bookshop before it was actually a. Yes, i shed a few tears leaving my kids for the longest time since their arrival, but by the. Written by former teacher gill winfield and illustrated throughout by wellknown illustrator mike dickinson, the book is a captivating read. Town trail you can buy a town trail for just 20p from various places in bradford on avon. Hazel jones coordinator bradford on avon oxfam group. Hazel jones coordinator at bradford on avon oxfam group united kingdom 23 connections.
Also in this issue, take a closer look at bradford on avon and the. Bradford on avon book shops, including buy books and booksellers. The open university bachelors degree social sciences second. The second is the book jointly written by pam and roy. This book focuses on the small town of bradford on avon, famous since the middle ages for the manufacture of wool and cloth, and since the mid19th century for rubber products. Ex libris books publishing services and book production. Ex libris in bradford on avon has been open since 1979. Buy and spend national book tokens gift cards in thousands of bookshops and online. Fitzmaurice grammar school was a grammar school in bradford on avon, wiltshire uk. Contact details for ex libris in bradford on avon ba15 1js from business directory, the best resource for finding bookshop listings in the uk. Ex libris books and seaflower books i write books under my name roger jones and others on the channel islands under my pen name john le dain.
Bradford on avon mini book festival for kids a free festival for children and their parents based in the library in bradford on avon. Exlibris is a bookshop located at 1 the shambles in bradford on avon. There is absolutely no shame in selfpublishing a book in which you have faith even better if an independent third party offers encouragement. Ex libris 1 the shambles, bradford on avon, wiltshire, ba15 1js t. Its full of historic snippets and based on the trusts plaques. Budburys 2,500year history detailed in new booklet. A carboniferous reptile footprint from the somerset coalfield by milner, a and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. We visited her local bookshop, ex libris in bradfordonavon where they had ordered in a few. Theres no place like bradford on avon for jim wolland, part owner of exlibris books.
Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. These titles from the west barn, at preservation trust meetings, ex libris bookshop, the library and the granary. He gives a history of some of bradford s printers, illustrated by examples of their work, drawn from some of the town directories they produced. Bizwiki lists detailed information for exlibris including their contact details and a map to.