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Stonehenge
A History in Photographs
Häftad, 2014
358 kr
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Stonehenge is the world's most famous pre-historic monument and, since the middle of the 19th century, probably the most photographed. Using images from English Heritage's unique photographic archive (formerly known as the National Monuments Record), Stonehenge: A History in Photographs charts the …
Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscape in Northamptonshire: Volume 2
Supplementary Studies: The Raunds Area Project Data
2011
790 kr
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The Raunds Area Project investigated more than 20 Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in the Nene Valley. This volume, on DVD, is the detailed monument and landscape analysis, environmental specialist reports, and finds reports catalogues (includes tables of data and interpretations and finds …
Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle
Häftad, 2013
657 kr
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The garden created by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth Castle in the early 1570s was one of the wonders of Elizabethan England. It is also the best documented of all the great gardens of its age, providing the starting point for English Heritage’s ambitious re-creation in 2009. This …
England's Shipwreck Heritage
From logboats to U-boats
Av Serena Cant
Inbunden, 2013
1068 kr
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What do characters as diverse as Alfred the Great, the architect Sir Christopher Wren, diarist Samuel Pepys and the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins have in common? All had some involvement in shipwrecks: in causing, recording or salvaging them. This book examines a variety of wrecks from …
Story of Silbury Hill
Av Jim Leary, David Field
Häftad, 2010
239 kr
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The Story of Silbury Hill sets out the archaeological story of Silbury: from an early recognition of its importance to antiquarian and archaeological investigations of the hill.For the first time, the results of the recent work are set out in detail, describing early activity on the site, the …
Haughmond Abbey
Excavation of a 12th-century cloister in its historical and landscape context
Av Jeffrey J West, Nicholas Palmer
Häftad, 2014
1585 kr
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Haughmond Abbey was a prosperous house of Augustinian Canons north-east of Shrewsbury. Today it is an extensive ruin in the guardianship of English Heritage.The work reported on had its origins in excavations carried out in and near the cloister in 1975-79, but the scope has been broadened to place …
England's Motoring Heritage from the Air
Av John Minnis
Inbunden, 2014
980 kr
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The arrival of aerial photography came at a particularly significant moment in terms of the visual appearance of England. This selection of photographs makes use of the Aerofilms collection, acquired by English Heritage in 2007 and subsequently digitised and made available on the Britain from Above …
Egypt in England
Häftad, 2012
425 kr
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For more than 200 years, and especially since the rediscovery of ancient Egypt by Europe in the 19th century, the exotic Egyptian style in architecture has been a sign of our fascination with a civilisation that has had a long-lasting and deep-seated influence on British culture. From its …
John Nash
Architect of the Picturesque
Inbunden, 2013
1245 kr
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John Nash is universally recognised as one of the most important architects of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. As the man responsible for the creation of Regent Street and Regent’s Park, he left an indelible mark on the West End of London, and his two most famous buildings – …
England's Coastal Heritage
A review of progress since 1997
Av Peter Murphy
Inbunden, 2014
1037 kr
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The English Heritage Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (RCZAS) programme has produced a wealth of new information, with over 45 survey reports now completed. Alongside this, the offshore survey completed as part of the Marine Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund has increased understanding of …
English Seaside
Häftad, 2013
348 kr
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There is a powerful sense of place at the seaside. You know what to expect. Fishing villages usually have a pier, boats, lobster pots, and masses of seagulls while resort towns have esplanades, piers, grand hotels and gardens. Certain seaside towns have just about everything: Weymouth, for example, …
Buildings of the Labour Movement
Häftad, 2013
502 kr
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This fascinating survey ranges from the communal buildings of the early 19th-century political radicals, Owenites and Chartists, through Arts and Crafts influenced socialist structures of the late Victorian and Edwardian period to the grand union ‘castles’ of the mid twentieth century. There are …
English Railway Station
Inbunden, 2014
980 kr
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The railway station is one of England’s most distinctive and best-loved building-types. Yet over the past century the nation’s stations have often been overlooked or dismissed, and have suffered accordingly. Today a new interest in railways – fuelled by the need for sustainability, by a growing …
Built to Brew
The History and heritage of the brewery
Av Lynn Pearson
Häftad, 2014
425 kr
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Beer has been brewed in England since Neolithic times, and this book combines a thoroughly enjoyable exploration of beer’s history and built heritage with new in-depth research into the nuts and bolts of its production. Based around England’s breweries, but occasionally ranging further afield, it …
Aerofilms
A history of Britain from above
Av James Crawford, Katy Whitaker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
626 kr
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Aerofilms Ltd was born on 9 May 1919. An unprecedented business venture, it hoped to marry the still fledgling technology of powered flight to the discipline of photography. Its founders were Claude Grahame-White, an internationally-famous English aviation pioneer, and Francis Lewis Wills, a …
London's West End Cinemas
Häftad, 2014
425 kr
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The history of London’s West End cinemas dates back more than one hundred years. This book details all of them, in chronological order, totalling well over one hundred. The best of the West End’s cinemas were outfitted to a very high standard to match their role as showcases for new films, hosting …
Archaeological Map of Hadrian's Wall
1:25000 Scale Revised Edition
Häftad, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
193 kr
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Please note: This product is a map. It was more than just a wall: it was a whole military zone designed to control movement across the northern frontier of the Roman province of Britannia. Great earthwork barriers survive, along with the remains of forts and temporary camps; watch-towers and …
Cold War
Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989
Av Wayne D. Cocroft, Roger C. Thomas m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
502 kr
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The historical and cultural aspects of the Cold War have been much studied, yet its physical manifestations in England – its buildings and structures – have remained largely unknown. To the great landscape historian WG Hoskins writing in the 1950’s they were profoundly alien: “England of the … …
Pests in Houses Great & Small
Identification, Prevention, Eradication
Häftad, 2026
198 kr
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Pests can be damaging, annoying or even dangerous, causing untold damage to treasured possessions and even the structure of buildings themselves. This English Heritage guide focuses on these destructive pests and includes:- Clear photography to aid identification of pest species- Practical pest …
These Our Monsters And Other Stories
The English Heritage Book of New Folktale, Myth and Legend
Av Edward Carey, Sarah Hall m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
186 kr
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From the legends of King Arthur embedded in the rocky splendour of Tintagel to the folklore and mysticism of Stonehenge, English Heritage sites are often closely linked to native English myths. Following on from the bestselling ghost story anthology Eight Ghosts, this new collection of stories …
Eight Ghosts
The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories
Av Sarah Perry, Andrew Hurley m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
173 kr
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Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. Following these stories …
Archaeology of Town Commons in England
'A very fair field indeed'
Av Mark Bowden, Graham Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
348 kr
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This is the first published overview of the archaeology of urban common land. By recognising that urban common land represents a valid historical entity, this book contributes towards successful informed conservation. It contains a variety of interesting and illuminating illustrations, including …
Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin
Inbunden, 2012
980 kr
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One of England’s greatest Victorian architectural practices was based, not in London, but in the relatively quiet town of Lancaster. For just over a century the leading practice in the area was that of Sharpe, Paley and Austin. It was founded, just at the start of the Victorian Gothic Revival, by …
Support for the Fleet
Architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy's bases 1700-1914
Inbunden, 2013
1864 kr
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This major new book traces for the first time the architectural and engineering works in the Royal Navy’s shore bases at home and overseas and the political imperatives and technologies that helped shape them up to the First World War. Based on detailed archival research, it concentrates on the …
St Paul's Cathedral Before Wren
Inbunden, 2011
1864 kr
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This is the first ever comprehensive account of the archaeology and history of the cathedral and its churchyard from Roman times up to the construction of the Wren building. The cathedrals which preceded that of Wren come to the surface again, and we can appreciate the cultural and religious …
Neanderthals Among Mammoths
Excavations at Lynford Quarry, Norfolk
Av William A. Boismier, Clive Gamble
Inbunden, 2012
1864 kr
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In spring 2002 mammoth bones and associated Mousterian stone tools were found in situ at Lynford Quarry, near Munford village, Norfolk, UK. The finds were within the organic sediments of a palaeochannel.Excavation was undertaken with support from Ayton Asphalte, the quarry owners, and English …
Images of Change
An archaeology of England’s contemporary landscape
Häftad, 2010
348 kr
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Motorways, airports, tower blocks, power stations, windfarms; TV and the internet, easy travel and shrinking distances; business parks, starter homes and vast shopping and leisure complexes. All of these helped define the later 20th-century world and their material remains remind us of the major …
Textile Mills of South West England
Inbunden, 2013
1068 kr
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The textile industry has been one of the most prolonged and widespread influences on the development of historic buildings in the South West. The regional industry pre-dated the classic period of the Industrial Revolution by several centuries, resulting in distinctive types of vernacular buildings, …
Licensed to Sell
The history and heritage of the public house
Av Geoff Brandwood, Andrew Davison m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
317 kr
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This is a new edition of English Heritage’s widely acclaimed study of that great British institution, the public house. First published in 2004, this was described as the best history of the pub available. Now updated and corrected, it offers a scholarly, yet accessible history of the origins of …
Paddington Station
Its history and architecture
Häftad, 2013
425 kr
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Paddington Station in London is one of Britain’s most splendid and historically significant railway termini, as the home and headquarters of the Great Western Railway, and as one of the masterpieces of its chief engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–59). Steven Brindle’s comprehensive history, the …
