It Happened in Shropshire

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

It Happened in Shropshire is a vibrant and compelling account of the county’s diverse heritage; its heroes, its battles, its discoveries, its crimes. Bob Burrows’s highly readable prose transports the reader through time, racing across the landscape of Shropshire’s past from the woolly mammoths of 10,000 BC, the Roman occupation of Wroxeter and the Battle of Shrewsbury, to the Industrial Revolution and to the sporting achievements and murderous exploits of recent years. The book celebrates Salopians of national renown such as Charles Darwin, Clive of India, Wilfred Owen and Percy Thrower, as well as commemorating the accidents and disasters of:Shropshire’s ghostly past…and presentThe legends of ‘Mad Jack’ Mytton and the charismatic outlaw Sir Humphrey KynastonA celebration of Salopian sporting champions: Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Richie Woodhall, Billy WrightShropshire’s notorious and also its heroic vicarsThe 'Black Panther’ and other Salopian murderers exposed

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-03-18
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:375 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:It Happened in
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Merlin Unwin Books
ISBN:9781906122195

Utforska kategorier

Lokalhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Bob, a retired Area Director of Lloyds TSB Bank, took up writing as a hobby in 2001. To date he has had almost 100 articles published in magazines and newspapers and he has written eight books. His first, Fighter Writer the biography of a First World War poet was launched at the Imperial War Museum in London and he was nominated for the Saltire award in two categories.Bob lives in a Macclesfield, Cheshire with his wife Pat. The proud father of two and an even prouder grandfather of two he is a sports fanatic.

Innehållsförteckning

Map of Shropshire 5Introduction 6Unique Shropshire facts 101. SHROPSHIRE: A COUNTY PROFILE 12Brief history touching on geology, geography, and culture.2. FAMOUS SALOPIANS 34Clive of India, Charles Darwin, Wilfred Owen,Mary Webb, Ellis Peters, Barbara Pym, Percy Thrower.3. FASCINATING CHARACTERS 68Fulk Fitz Warin, Dick Whittington,Sir Humphrey Kynaston, Tom Parr, Judge Jeffreys,Molly Morgan, ‘Mad’ Jack Mytton.4. MEN OF THE CLOTH 94Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Reverend Carr.5. BIRTHPLACE OF CHAMPIONS 116William Penny Brookes, Captain Matthew Webb,Sir Gordon Richards, Billy Wright, Joe Hart,Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam, Richie Woodhall.6. MURDER MOST FOUL 148George Riley, the Black Panther, Hilda Murrell,the Heath House Murder, Osbaston House, the Mysteryof the Body in the Burnt-out Car, the Massage ParlourMurders.7. IT HAPPENED IN SHROPSHIRE... OR DID IT? 169Ghosts, apparitions, legend, folk lore and unexplainedevents around Shropshire.8. DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS & TRAGEDIES 194Mines – Brick Kiln Leasow, Springwell Pit,Lodgebank Colliery, Snailbeach, Priors Lee, GranvilleColliery, Kemberton Pit.Railways – Priors Lee, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury.9. THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY, 1403 209Acknowledgements 216Useful Addresses 217Bibliography 219Index 220-223