Welcome

Country Books/Ashridge Press is a small independent publisher founded in 1985, now specialising in local history titles. As well as original titles, we also produce reprints of scarce and out-of-print classic county books.

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We are proud to have produced books for:
• The National Trust
• Derbyshire County Council
• Tameside Council
• Peak District National Park Authority
• Chatsworth House

We welcome submissions from authors for future titles. In the first instance, we welcome a synopsis. We also accept suggestions for facsimile editions of out-of-print local history books - never a commercial venture, but we believe it to be important to make the information available to a wider readership.

Many of these prove scarce
to find or prohibitive on price

Horsfield: HISTORY OF SUSSEX
Expect to pay £600.00
for a first edition
Country Books facsimile £90.00

Evans: BRADWELL ANCIENT
AND MODERN
Expect to pay £150
for a first edition
Country Books facsimile £9.95