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Tavistock
A History
Häftad, 2022
209 kr
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Tavistock has cast its spell over generations of visitors. Attractively set between two significant natural barriers, the River Tamar to the west and Dartmoor to the east, residents and visitors today would still recognise the truth of what one impressed tourist wrote in 1892: 'The town has a …
Two Thousand Years in Exeter
Av W G Hoskins
Häftad, 2023
317 kr
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Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has …
Christchurch: A Pictorial History
A Pictorial History
Häftad, 2022
209 kr
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Christchurch owes its existence to its natural features. The town is surrounded by large wide marshes at the confluence of its two rivers, the Stour and the Avon. This strategic position gave Christchurch its former name Tweoxneam, ‘the town between the rivers’. Its harbour was sheltered by nearby …
Story of Guildford
Av Marion Field
Häftad, 2022
289 kr
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Guildford’s history dates from Saxon times, and the town has been the residence of kings and many famous men and women, particularly since Henry II turned the Norman castle into a luxurious palace in the twelfth century. Also amongst the town’s famous and influential faces was George Abbot, who …
Gerrards Cross
A History
Häftad, 2023
209 kr
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Gerrards Cross, known for its open common and picturesque Latchmore Pond, had been a place of resort ever since the 1790s. Genteel houses sprang up, attracting enough wealthy visitors that it began to be known as the ‘Brighton of Bucks.’ The opening of the Great Western and Great Central Joint …
Stratford
A Pictorial History
Häftad, 2023
198 kr
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Stratford developed at the lowest crossing point of the River Lea and was a strategic gateway to London. Part of the Essex parish of West Ham, its name, which derives from the Roman road to Colchester, was first mentioned shortly after the Norman Conquest. Domesday Book recorded nine water-mills …
Bygone East Ham
Av Brian Evans
Häftad, 2023
232 kr
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East Ham was sparsely inhabited in the fourteenth century and had not changed much with the advent of the railway in the 1850s. Farmers and market gardeners grew crops for the ‘distant’ London market, their houses scattered thinly from Wanstead flats in the north to just south of the turnpike …
History of Worcestershire
Av David Lloyd
Häftad, 2024
209 kr
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Worcestershire is a county of wide, fertile valleys, drained by the Severn, the Avon, the Teme and the Stour and ringed by some of England’s best-known hills, including the Malverns and the Cotswolds.This concise but comprehensive account is based on a wealth of published and unpublished research. …
Lancaster
A History
Av Andrew White
Häftad, 2024
232 kr
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Lancaster, the county town of Lancashire, stands at the lowest bridging point of the River Lune. A chartered borough since 1193 and a city since 1937, it has had a long and turbulent history. Since the Roman army first saw the strategic possibilities of a low hill by the river it has housed …
Harrogate Past
Av W R Mitchell
Häftad, 2025
209 kr
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Harrogate began as a tiny hamlet in the Royal Forest of Knaresborough and owes its rise to prominence almost entirely to the exploitation of its mineral springs. Doctors recommended their patients to drink the sulphur-laden water and the first English ‘watering place’ distinguished by the name …
Solihull Past
Av Sue Bates
Häftad, 2025
260 kr
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'Many of you will already be familiar with Sue’s excellent books ... Solihull Past is no exception.' - Solihull NewsSolihull was founded as a new town in the 12th century, in the Forest of Arden. It flourished in the early Middle Ages, but eventually declined into a quiet village in north-west …
Grimsby
Making the Town 1800-1914
Av Alan Dowling
Häftad, 2026
198 kr
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This book tells the story of the making of Grimsby. It describes how the town grew ‘on the ground’ and so helps to explain Grimsby’s present-day physical character. The story is an intriguing one and includes colourful controversies and conflicts that influenced the town’s development.The story …
Cleethorpes
The Creation of a Seaside Resort
Av Alan Dowling
Häftad, 2026
198 kr
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Cleethorpes was originally three small farming and fishing hamlets on the Lincolnshire coast, which later combined and eventually developed into a thriving seaside resort. This book examines the early history of the hamlets, and the reader is taken on a journey through their years as a quiet …
History of Lincolnshire
Häftad, 2026
209 kr
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The historic county of Lincolnshire, stretching from the Humber in the north to the Wash, was for more than a millennium the second largest in England. The Roman occupation through four centuries brought civilisation, and towns such as Lincoln, Caistor and Horncastle were developed and fortified. …
