HEART AND SOUL OF OLNEY
By Lewis Kitchener (£14.99)

AROUND OLNEY
By Joan Jones (from the 'Images of England' series)(£12.99)
The town of Olney in Buckinghamshire has seen many changes in its rich history, including Roman occupation and the Battle of the Bridges, on Olney Bridge, during the Civil War. Drawn from the archive held at the Cowper and Newton Museum in Olney, this fascinating selection of over 200 old images not only preserves the work of the area's two most famous residents, William Cowper and John Newton, but records everyday events around Olney during the last 150 years.

THE STORY OF THE OLNEY PANCAKE RACE
By Graham Lenton (Paperback £8.95)
A pictorial archive portraying the history of the race

REMINISCENCES OF LIFE IN OLNEY
Published by The Olney and District Historical Society (£8.00)
Nine articles about life as it was in Olney, based on interviews with, and articles by, long-term residents.

OLNEY CONTINUES... A PART OF LOCAL HISTORY
Published by The Olney and District Historical Society (£6.00)
Reflections on Life in and around Olney from the 19th to the 21st century.

COWPER COUNTRY - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TOWN OF OLNEY AND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD
By Gordon Osborn (Paperback £4.50)
Almost without exception people visiting Olney say: "What a charming place". Even those who have lived here for all their lives must admit that, whatever its faults or failings, it has a charm not given to many towns of its size.

THE PANCAKE BELL AT OLNEY IN THE DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
By Thomas Wright (Paperback £0.50)
'Count the day lost on which you have not danced.'
The ballad is intended to be recited, with a chorus in which the audience should join.

THE OLNEY FIRE BALLADS
Collected by Gordon Osborn (Paperback £1.00)
A series of poems written following a number of serious fires of the nineteenth century in a small market town

WILLIAM COWPER'S OLNEY
By Elizabeth Knight (Paperback £4.50)
Tread again in the footsteps of William Cowper and discover eighteenth century Olney. Written in the form of a circular work, with extracts from Cowper's Letters, this booklet brings alive the places and people associated with this famous poet of Olney.