Giles H Brearley (born 14 August 1955) is a published

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local historian who has also both written and appeared in television and film. He has been a regular presenter on the radio regarding history. He is a qualified chartered management accountant who was in public practice. He was the senior partner in Brearley and Co which he commenced in 1984 and remaining until August 2015. He is also a 'practice certificate' assessor for the

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. He is a director sitting on the boards of various companies being also a former director of football league club Rotherham United F.C. He is chairman of the Bridge Property Group ltd and is a charitable trustee for Mexborough Alms Houses. He was presented to the Queen and Prince Philip at Sheffield Town Hall for his services to charitable causes He lives in South Yorkshire and East Sheen in London. He has been instrumental in organising fundraising for the erection of plaques to South Yorkshire historic achievers. He was also instrumental in arranging for the rescue and re-erection of the historical Glassby Arch at Mexborough. He acquired Brampton Old Hall at Brampton Bierlow as a derelict building and has restored it back to its former glory days. It was another South Yorkshire historic building under threat of being lost forever.

Published works

Books

*History of Lead Mining in the Peak District (Dalesman,) *We will remember - jointly written with Graham Oliver (of

Saxon The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...

fame) *Grave Tales of South Yorkshire (Pen and sword,) *The history of St Thomas and the village of

Kilnhurst Kilnhurst is a village in South Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Don and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. It grew up around the coal mining, ceramics, glass, brick-making and locomotive industries; none of these ind ...

(Swinton Heritage) *Alfred Liversidge England's fastest man (Neville Douglas Publishing) *The life and times of Arthur Morris the Pitman's Poet (Swinton Heritage, ) *Swinton in Pictures - jointly written with Ken Wyatt (Swinton Heritage, ) *Old Swinton in Pictures - jointly written with Ken Wyatt (Swinton Heritage,) *Industrial South Yorkshire - jointly written with Paul Walters (Pen and sword,) *Industrial

Doncaster Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...

- jointly written with Paul Walters (Pen and Sword,) *Industrial

Rotherham Rotherham ( ) is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Rother, South Yorkshire, River Rother, from which the town gets its name, and the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don. It is the largest settlement ...

- jointly written with Paul Walters (Pen and Sword,) *The History of Swinton Hall and Swinton House (Swinton Heritage, ISBN 1-904706-2--07) *

Mexborough Mexborough is a town in the City of Doncaster, City of Doncaster District, South Yorkshire, England, between Manvers and Denaby Main, on the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don close to where it joins the River Dearne, and the A6023 road. It is co ...

a Town at War (Swinton Heritage) *The business of trying to keep Rotherham United "The DC Years" - jointly written with Gavin Mackinder(). *The Iron Man, the biography of James William Hague former heavyweight English Boxing champion. () *Safecracker. The biography of Albert Hattersley, UK's most prolific Safe blower. Joint with Michael Fowler. () *Adwick upon Dearne in the news a thousand years of village history.() *Shotguns and Shooting- The law explained. () *The history of Brampton Bierlow Old Hall. *The History of Scabba Wood, Sprotborough.

Films

*Kilnhurst Graveyard tour *Swinton Grave yard tour *The Mexborough Time machine *They answered the call *The History of Sprotborough Hall *The History of Swinton Parts 1,2,3 and 4 *The Norman Watson interviews *The History of Ferrybridge Pottery

References

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