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Lost East Grinstead
Häftad, 2030
178 kr
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East Grinstead in West Sussex has a fascinating history. It flourished as a market town and staging post by virtue of its position, midway between London and the South Coast. Well-known for its many points of interest, including the historic High Street and St Swithun's church, it has become a …
Lost Bideford & District
Av Julia Barnes, Anthony Barnes m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
176 kr
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Bideford is a historic port on the River Torridge in north Devon. In the sixteenth century Bideford developed as a major trading port for the American colonies and maintained its significance into the eighteenth century. During the twentieth century the port and shipbuilding declined in Bideford, …
Lost Wolverhampton
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2024
178 kr
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Wolverhampton was granted city status in 2000, but its origins lie in Anglo-Saxon England. During the Middle Ages Wolverhampton was a prosperous Staffordshire market town and a centre for the wool trade. Its coal and iron deposits enabled it to grow rapidly during the Industrial Revolution, when it …
Lost Truro
Av Christine Parnell, Sheila Richardson
Häftad, 2023
178 kr
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The cathedral city of Truro is a major administrative and commercial centre in Cornwall. Historically, it grew in prosperity as an inland port and stannary town, and its Georgian and Victorian buildings demonstrate its wealth in this period. Other industries developed around the area at this time, …
Lost Coventry
Häftad, 2022
176 kr
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Coventry has been one of the most important cities in England since the Middle Ages. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Coventry became an industrial centre, renowned for clock and watch manufacturing and later for building cars, bicycles and aircraft. Its significance drew massive air …
Lost Abergavenny
Av Tim Butters
Häftad, 2025
178 kr
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Over time towns and cities evolve and adapt to new technologies and trends. Much of the Monmouthshire town of Abergavenny has changed over the years and in Lost Abergavenny we revisit old streets that no longer stand; schools that are now silent; railway tracks that no longer rattle with trains; …
Lost South Shields
Häftad, 2024
176 kr
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The coastal town of South Shields, lying on the south of the mouth of the River Tyne, grew massively during the Industrial Revolution. Industries such as coal mining, alkaline production and glass making generated wealth and brought in many people. By the twentieth century the town was also known …
Lost Gillingham
Häftad, 2024
181 kr
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The town of Gillingham in Kent grew up around the Royal Navy’s Chatham Dockyard. By the River Medway, this had been an important maritime area for centuries but it was only in the nineteenth century that the small settlement grew into a town. A large proportion of the town’s workforce and …
Lost Kilmarnock
Häftad, 2024
178 kr
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Kilmarnock is the largest town in Ayrshire and a major centre for the west of Scotland. It expanded hugely during the Industrial Revolution and in recent decades has rebuilt itself extensively, streets and structures built by Victorian planners being replaced with new shopping areas and buildings. …
Lost Brighouse & District
Av Chris Helme
Häftad, 2024
176 kr
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Brighouse grew as a mill town in what is now part of Calderdale within West Yorkshire. The building of the Calder and Hebble Navigation canal in the eighteenth century spurred development in a rich, diverse industrial base which included cotton, silk, woollen and worsted mills. There were also …
Lost Preston
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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Preston was awarded city status in 2002 and has played an important part in Lancashire’s history since the Middle Ages, when it was a centre for wool production and weaving. The town boomed in the Industrial Revolution, attracting new engineering industries alongside textiles, but in the later …
Lost Aberystwyth
Häftad, 2025
178 kr
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Aberystwyth is the unofficial capital of Mid Wales. Situated on Cardigan Bay, it attracts many as a seaside resort and university town, as well as being a gateway to the Cambrian Mountains inland. The ruins of the castle, destroyed in the Civil War, attest to the town’s importance in the Middle …
Lost Dundee
Av Brian King
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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Dundee’s official history as a burgh stretches back more than 800 years, though there is much evidence of settlement in the area long before that. The nineteenth century saw the town’s expansion into a large industrial city. Dundee suffered more than most cities in the mid-twentieth-century drive …
Lost Plymouth
Av Derek Tait
Häftad, 2030
181 kr
Kommande
Plymouth grew up round its sheltered harbour on the River Plym on the South Coast of England. The naval dockyard became an important employer in the city and although smaller still has a significant presence. Plymouth Gin has also defined the city for generations but today’s Plymouth has …
Lost Norwich
Häftad, 2027
181 kr
Kommande
The historic city of Norwich was once one of the largest cities in England outside London. The city was transformed by industrialisation less than other cities in the country but the city has seen massive changes in the last century. Many old buildings were demolished when the tram system installed …
Lost Blackpool
Av Chris Bottomley, Allan W. Wood
Häftad, 2019
183 kr
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Like all towns and cities in the UK, Blackpool has changed over the years, and continues to do so. This much-loved seaside resort has developed from just a few houses fronting its 7 miles of ‘Golden Beach’ in the mid- to late 1700s, to what it is today with its famous Tower, three piers, Golden …
Lost Edinburgh
Av Liz Hanson
Häftad, 2019
181 kr
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Like many towns and cities in the UK, Edinburgh has changed over the years and continues to do so. Parts of Scotland’s capital have been transformed, especially on Princes Street, where several landmark buildings from the Georgian and Victorian eras were demolished during the 1960s. At St James …
Lost Manchester
Häftad, 2022
178 kr
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Like many cities in the UK, Manchester has changed dramatically over the years and continues to do so. The ‘Second City of Empire’ was a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution, especially in textile manufacture, and for a time was the most productive centre of cotton processing in the world. The …
Lost Barrow-in-Furness
Av Gill Jepson
Häftad, 2019
187 kr
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Barrow-in-Furness and its surroundings have changed rapidly over the last century and a half. The contrast between the old and the new is stark, and nowhere is that better illustrated than in the photographs featured in this book. Focusing on themes including work, transport, entertainment, …
Lost Durham
Häftad, 2019
181 kr
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The city of Durham in north-east England, lying on the River Wear, has long been an important centre in the region since St Cuthbert was buried there in the tenth century and the Normans built their imposing cathedral and castle. The city became the centre of many coal-mining communities in the …
Lost Cheltenham
Av Fred Coster, Rebecca Sillence
Häftad, 2030
178 kr
Kommande
The Gloucestershire spa town of Cheltenham is famous for its Cotswold location, Regency architecture and horse racing. However, there are many more facets to the story of Cheltenham once you look beneath its Regency exterior.Using more than 100 images from the last 150 years, ‘Lost Cheltenham’ …
Lost Shrewsbury
Häftad, 2019
181 kr
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The Shropshire market town of Shrewsbury, lying on the River Severn, was an important centre of the wool trade in medieval England and its prosperity continued up until the Industrial Revolution, with a wealth of ancient and historical buildings still standing in the town centre. Although …
Lost King's Lynn
Häftad, 2021
181 kr
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Medieval Kingʼs Lynn (Bishopʼs Lynn before 1537) was a premier English port, a position it retained until the Industrial Revolution. Its maritime economy was undermined by the coming of the railways, which were the harbinger of modest industrialisation. The major watershed in the ancient boroughʼs …
Lost Nottingham
Av Joseph Earp
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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The city of Nottingham has been an important centre of trade and industry in the East Midlands since the Middle Ages. Famous particularly for lace-making, centred on the preserved Lace Market area, it was also home to the household names of Boots the chemists and Raleigh bicycles. Since the Norman …
Lost Bournemouth
Av John Needham
Häftad, 2021
181 kr
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Since it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the Dorset resort of Bournemouth has developed to become a favourite destination for holidaymakers across the decades. Many people have happy recollections of summers spent there, but although the memories remain constant, the town has witnessed …
Lost Chippenham
Av Mike Stone
Häftad, 2030
181 kr
Kommande
The population of Chippenham has grown rapidly in recent decades, transforming it from a sleepy market town to one of the largest towns in Wiltshire today. New suburbs have been built on the outskirts of the town around what would once have been satellite villages or open land. Although many of the …
Lost Villages of Sussex
Av Alex Vincent
Häftad, 2020
181 kr
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Throughout England there are thousands of lost or deserted villages. Most were abandoned after the Black Death or other plague epidemics, but some were lost to coastal erosion or the encroaching sea, while others were resettled elsewhere when the livelihood upon which the village relied disappeared …
Lost Cirencester
Häftad, 2021
181 kr
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The Gloucestershire town of Cirencester has a rich and diverse history dating back to Roman times when, known as Corinium, it was the second largest settlement outside London. Today, apart from its heritage many visitors are drawn here by the townʼs enviable location amid the glorious Cotswold …
Lost Portsmouth
Häftad, 2023
181 kr
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Located mainly across Portsea Island on the south coast, the city of Portsmouth is best known for its maritime heritage and association with the Royal Navy. Its strategic location presented obvious importance in wartime, which saw Admiral Lord Nelson sailing from the harbour to his victory at …
