The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition)

The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition)
Author: Christopher Hibbert
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 1120
Release: 2011-09-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0230738788

‘There is no one-volume book in print that carries so much valuable information on London and its history’ Illustrated London News The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in over ten years, completely revised and updated, it comprises some 6,000 entries, organised alphabetically, cross-referenced and supported by two large indexes – one for the 10,000 people mentioned in the text and one general – and is illustrated with over 500 drawings, prints and photographs. Everything of relevance to the history, culture, commerce and government of the capital is documented in this phenomenal book. From the very first settlements through to the skyline of today, The London Encyclopaedia comprehends all that is London. ‘Written in very accessible prose with a range of memorable quotations and affectionate jokes...a monumental achievement written with real love’ Financial Times

Cheshire Including Chester

Cheshire Including Chester
Author: Lawrence M. Clopper
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 1466
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0802093264

The Records of Early English Drama (REED) series aims to establish the context for the great drama of Britain's past by examining material related to drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until the mid-seventeenth century. This latest volume in the series is a collection of documentary evidence for dramatic performance, minstrelsy, and civic ceremony in Cheshire to 1642. Editors Elizabeth Baldwin and David Mills have provided introductions detailing the historical background and significance of the documents presented, as well as a full apparatus of document descriptions, explanatory and textual notes and glossaries. Cheshire completes the series of REED volumes on the West of England, and incorporates an updated version of the early Chester volume, as well as providing extensive new material on the county of Cheshire as a whole, making it an essential addition to this much-admired series.

The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth-century England

The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth-century England
Author: Rosemary Sweet
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780198206699

This text provides an analysis of 18th-century urban culture and local historical scholarship. The author shows how a sense of the past was crucial not only in instilling civic pride and shaping a sense of community, but also in informing contests for power and influence in the local community.

The Development of Transportation in Modern England

The Development of Transportation in Modern England
Author: William T. Jackman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2019-04-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429614365

Published in 1962: In offering this work as a modest contribution to our knowledge of the economic development of England from the standpoint of transportation, the author must say, in the first place that he has endeavoured to adhere rigidly to the subject in hand, withour making deviations into collateral fields