Sussex Guide – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Sussex Guide. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
20 produkter
20 Sussex Gardens
Inbunden, 2007
116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Whether you are a resident of the county or a short-stay visitor, a committed gardener or a reluctant one just looking for a pleasant afternoon out with a good cup of tea and piece of cake, "20 Sussex Gardens" will guide you to some of the best and most varied gardens that are regularly open to the …
20 Sussex Churches
Av Simon Watney
Inbunden, 2007
113 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"20 Sussex Churches" provides a concise and accessible introduction to the parish churches of Sussex reflecting the region's rich cultural history. Simon Watney has selected 20 buildings which represent the country's changing fortunes from Anglo-Saxon times to the 20th century. Ranging from grand …
Eccentric Tour of Sussex
Inbunden, 2007
118 kr
Lägg i varukorg
If you have a dread of dull trips to dreary places and a pathological fear of mundane excursions, I guarantee you'll find something here to amuse you. "An Eccentric Tour of Sussex" is a guidebook with a difference. It will take you on a sideways journey across the county to weird, wacky and …
What the Victorians Did for Sussex
Av Roland Lewis
Inbunden, 2007
113 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Every building tells a story - and this book provides a guide to the stories the Victorians told in Sussex. Sussex has a wide-ranging and renowned collection of Victorian buildings, from grand town halls and outstanding churches, to distinctive railway stations and unassuming parish halls; from …
20 Sussex Walks
Av Pat Bowen
Inbunden, 2007
115 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A good walk should do more than exercise your heart, lungs and muscles; it should enhance your mood, refresh your soul and leave you knowing a little bit more about your world. There's no better way of getting to know the land than by walking it until that you feel it in your bones - even if these …
Sussex Women
Av Ann Kramer
Inbunden, 2007
116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Everybody knows about Virginia and Vanessa, but did you realise that Sussex is (and always has been) the birthplace, home or workplace for many more inspiring, intriguing and formidable women - from royal mistresses to pioneering women doctors, and from educators and philanthropists to Brighton …
Sussex Miscellany
Inbunden, 2007
116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Who was the Grey Lady of Pevensey Castle? How many pubs are there in Sussex? How long would the Cuckmere be if it were stretched out? Where could you have dined on Pigeons au soleil. What (or who) on earth is the Knucker? How many men did it take to run the Shoreham Oyster Fleet? Who won the Battle …
Sussex Wildlife
Inbunden, 2008
113 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Luckily for us we live in a county blessed with a naturally variable landscape: we have chalk cliffs, rolling grasslands, small fields, open heath land, forests, wetlands, rivers, ghylls and the sea. This almost infinite variety gives rise to an embarrassing richness of wildlife - everything from …
Sussex Music
Av Marcus Weeks
Inbunden, 2008
113 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Did you realise that Claude Debussy wrote his haunting "La Mer" in an Eastbourne hotel room? That Winifred Wagner, wife to Siegfried, was born in Hastings? That Sussex is the only county to have its own anthem - Sussex by the Sea? There is a lot of music in the county, but Sussex musos can be …
Good Food and Drink in Sussex
Av Fizz Carr
Inbunden, 2008
114 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Luckily for us we live in a county blessed with a naturally variable landscape: we have chalk cliffs, rolling grasslands, small fields, open heath land, forests, wetlands, rivers, ghylls and the sea. This almost infinite variety gives rise to an embarrassing richness of wildlife - everything from …
Salacious Sussex
Av Viv Croot
Inbunden, 2009
116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Salacious means salty: not just the brininess of the sea, but of the spice-of-life-and-sometimes-death kind. It seemed the appropriate word to use for an invigorating gallop alongside the fast-and - loose livers of the Sussex-by-the-Sea, past and present. Some people try to claim that the filthing …
Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect
Av W.D. Parish
Inbunden, 2008
116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Written and compiled by the Rev. W.D. Parish, vicar of Selmeston (pronounced 'Simpson'), the Dictionary is a fascinating insight into how we might have sounded nearly 150 years ago. This fascinating book was brought to our attention by Sophie Collins, the Schott of Sussex. An edition of the seminal …
Shaping of the Sussex Landscape
Inbunden, 2009
116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
How did Sussex get to look like what it looks like today? What does its distinctive landscape tell us about how people lived and worked here in the past? What impact have invasion, technology, war and, most importantly, sheep made on it? Find out how today's landscape is the joint and ongoing …
Old Fashioned Family Days Out in Sussex
Av Susan Jamieson, Gina Jamieson
Inbunden, 2009
118 kr
Lägg i varukorg
If you're on a tight budget, or if you simply want to have fun at a slower pace, mother-and-daughter team Susan & Gina Jamieson show you the way. "Old Fashioned Family Days Out In Sussex" contains 20 fun-filled family outings around the county that everyone can enjoy for free. They cover coast, …
Ditchling Walks - In Eric Gill's Footsteps
Inbunden, 2014
116 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The starting point for this collection of six walks in and around the village of Ditchling is the wonderful and varied collection of the Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft. After browsing the exhibits, the interested walker can tour the village streets to see the former homes of Eric Gill, Edward …
South Downs Alphabet
Inbunden, 2014
126 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A South Downs Alphabet celebrates the creation of the South Downs National Park (SDNP), the latest region in Britain to be honoured and protected in this way. Our inspiration came from the 1924 collection of poems by Eleanor Farjeon, A Sussex Alphabet - verses written to reflect her enduring love …
Sussex Writers & Artists
Inbunden, 2014
127 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Endlessly entertaining and informative, Sussex Writers & Artists is a collection of crisp and concise biographies of writers and artists with a Sussex connection. Over the centuries a substantial number of the nation's foremost creative figures have had their lives and work touched by the shaping …
Bloomsbury in Sussex
Av Simon Watney
Inbunden, 2014
113 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This refreshing guide offers Bloomsbury fans a unique insight into the lives of the most innovative and important group of pioneering Modernist artists, writers and designers of the 20th century. Their London homes were destroyed by war-time bombs, but Virginia and Leonard Woolf's house, Monks …
Bird Watching in Sussex
Av Rob Yarham
Inbunden, 2009
113 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Did you know you that nightingales regularly sing in a Billinghurst rubbish tip? Or that peregrine falcons make themselves at home on top of Chichester Cathedral? Even if you can't tell a hobby from a handsaw, the sight of a soaring bird over the Sussex Downs always lifts the heart. That's what …
Long Man and Friends
Sacred Sussex
Av Philip Carr-Gomm, Dawid Bramwell
Inbunden, 2025
122 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Wild, pagan, sacred Sussex. The glorious goblin-haunted landscape of Devil's Dyke, the demonic dragon at Knucker Hole, the magic circle of Chanctonbury Ring where you might encounter the Devil or the ghost known locally as the Midnight Druid and most famous of all, our iconic giant the Long Man of …
