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15 produkter
Ramsgate
The town and its seaside heritage
Häftad, 2020
287 kr
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For over 250 years people have headed to Ramsgate for a day at the seaside – and discovered much more in the process. This book charts Ramsgate’s transformation from quiet fishing village to a ‘harbour of refuge’ and seaside resort, driven by the town’s strategic position on the east Kent coast. …
Stevenage
Pioneering New Town Centre
Häftad, 2021
295 kr
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This book charts the history of Stevenage new town centre, looking at its planning, development, design influences, significance and survival. The historic market town of Stevenage was the first location to be designated for major expansion under the New Towns Act 1946, making it Britain's first …
Bishop Auckland
The growth of a historic market town
Häftad, 2023
234 kr
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Nestled within the rolling hills and tree-filled landscape of Weardale, Bishop Auckland is an attractive market town with a rich collection of buildings dating from many centuries and an archaeological legacy spanning two millennia. This is a place shaped by the power of the bishops of Durham, who …
Woolwich Rotunda
From waltzes to wargames
Häftad, 2025
241 kr
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This book tells the story of a remarkable building, the Rotunda, and its unique landscape. The Rotunda has had two separate but equally significant lives – the first as a tented ballroom in Westminster and the second as an artillery museum in Woolwich. The structure was commissioned in 1814 by the …
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Three places, two nations, one town
Av Adam Menuge
Häftad, 2009
280 kr
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Nikolaus Pevsner described Berwick-upon-Tweed as ‘one of the most exciting towns in England’ [Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957), 88] – a place where an absorbing historical tale can still be read in the dense fabric of its old streets and buildings. It attracts not only …
Defending Scilly
Häftad, 2011
271 kr
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The Isles of Scilly are renowned for their natural beauty, wild flowers and temperate climate, but there is another reason to visit these paradise islands. Since the 16th century they have been in the frontline of this country’s military defences and successive generations of fortifications have …
Blackpool's Seaside Heritage
Av Allan Brodie, Matthew Whitfield
Häftad, 2014
271 kr
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Blackpool is Britain’s favourite seaside resort. Each year millions of visitors come to walk on its three piers, ride donkeys, enjoy shows at the Winter Gardens, scream on the thrilling rides at the Pleasure Beach and ride the lift to the top of the Tower. Generations of holidaymakers have stayed …
Alston Moor, Cumbria
Buildings in a North Pennines Landscape
Av Lucy Jessop, Matthew Whitfield
Häftad, 2013
271 kr
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Alston Moor is a large rural parish in Cumbria which historically both depended upon and provided important services for the agricultural and mineral industries of the North Pennines.Much of the area's settlement is dispersed among hamlets and single farmsteads. Isolated from major northern cities …
Hat Industry of Luton and its Buildings
Av Katie Carmichael, David McOmish m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
271 kr
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Although perhaps best known today as the home of Vauxhall Motors, Luton’s industrial roots run much deeper. Long before it became associated with motor cars, Luton was the centre of ladies’ hat production in this country – a success founded upon the earlier regional industry of straw-plaiting. Many …
Hoo Peninsula Landscape
Av Sarah Newsome, Edward Carpenter m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
271 kr
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The Hoo Peninsula is located on the north Kent coast 30 miles east of Central London. This book raises awareness of the positive contribution that the historic environment makes to the Hoo Peninsula by describing how changing patterns of land use and maritime activity over time have given this …
Coventry
The making of a modern city 1939-73
Av Jeremy Gould, Caroline Gould
Häftad, 2016
271 kr
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The Coventry Blitz of 14 November 1940 was a key event of the Second World War and in the growth of public consciousness of the destructive power of warfare. The medieval city, already undergoing rapid change, was largely destroyed on that night. The destruction was seen as an opportunity by some …
Railway Goods Shed and Warehouse in England
Av John Minnis
Häftad, 2016
271 kr
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Although goods traffic accounted in many cases for a higher proportion of railway companies’ revenue than passengers, the buildings associated with it have received very little attention in comparison to their passenger counterparts. They once played as important a role in distribution as the ‘big …
Gateshead
Architecture in a changing English urban landscape
Av Simon Taylor, David B. Lovie
Häftad, 2004
272 kr
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Gateshead has often been overshadowed by Newcastle, its northern neighbour across the River Tyne, yet its history is full of fascinating insights into the way in which a northern industrial town experienced the 19th and 20th centuries. This book explores this period of great change through a study …
Bridport and West Bay
The buildings of the flax and hemp industry
Häftad, 2006
293 kr
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Bridport is an industrial market town on the west Dorset coast which has played a pivotal role in the region's hemp and flax industry for over 700 years. The industrial heritage of this town is not widely known outside the area and very little has been published on the regional and national …
Margate's Seaside Heritage
Av Nigel Barker, Allan Brodie m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
280 kr
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The seaside holiday and the seaside resort are two of England’s greatest exports to the world. Since the early 18th century, when some of the wealthiest people first sought improved health by bathing in saltwater, the lure of the sea has been a fundamental part of the British way of life, and …
