The Real Counties Of Britain
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Author | : Russell Grant |
Publisher | : Virgin Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Provides historical, geographical, and cultural information for every county in England, Wales and Scotland.
Author | : Russell Grant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9781852910716 |
Provides historical, geographical, and cultural information for every county in England, Wales, and Scotland.
Author | : William Page |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Lancashire (England) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Matthew Engel |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : 803 |
Release | : 2014-10-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1847659284 |
England, says Matthew Engel, is the most complicated place in the world. And, as he travels through each of the historic English counties, he discovers that's just the start of it. Every county is fascinating, the product of a millennium or more of history: still a unique slice of a nation that has not quite lost its ancient diversity. He finds the well-dressers of Derbyshire and the pyromaniacs of Sussex; the Hindus and huntsmen of Leicestershire; the goddess-worshippers of Somerset. He tracks down the real Lancashire, hedonistic Essex, and the most mysterious house in Middlesex. In Durham he goes straight from choral evensong to the dog track. As he seeks out the essence of each county - from Yorkshire's broad acres to the microdot of Rutland - Engel always finds the unexpected . Engel's England is a totally original look at a confused country: a guidebook for people who don't think they need a guidebook. It is always quirky, sometimes poignant and often extremely funny.
Author | : Robin Whiteman |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1996-05-13 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 9780297835240 |
Kent is traditionally known as the Garden of England, but the term could just as easily apply to Sussex and Surrey, for in addition to hopgardens, orchards and vineyards the region boasts some of the country's greatest gardens, such as Sissinghurst, Nymans, Sheffield Park and Wisley. Also found here, within easy reach of London and the coast, are romantic ruins like Bodiam and Scotney, great cathedral cities like Canterbury and Chichester, magnificent castles like Hever, Leeds and Arundel, princely residences like the Royal Pavilion at Brighton and historic houses like Chartwell and Bateman's -- all set in England's most fruitful countryside. Book jacket.
Author | : Rachel Dixon |
Publisher | : Wide Eyed Editions |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2018-10-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1786039311 |
Take a tour of the United Kingdom as you’ve never seen it before in this fully illustrated set of county maps. Travel through England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and meet the incredible people born there, learn about its proud history, and discover ancient castles, modern feats of engineering and natural highlights while you revel in the nation’s curiosities, from the spectacular, to the quirky, to the downright strange! A fabulous introduction to Shakespeare’s Sceptre Isle, for readers young and old.
Author | : Charlotte Maria Mason |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780300095999 |
The premier monument is Durham Cathedral, greatest of English Norman churches. Lovers of the Middle Ages will also seek out the county's exceptional Anglo-Saxon churches, while many of its great castles - Brancepeth, Raby, Auckland, Lambton - conceal palatial Georgian and Victorian interiors. The landscape varies dramatically, from the wilds of Teesdale and Weardale, in the west, to the pioneering industrial ports of Sunderland and Hartlepool on the coast, including fine gentry houses and stone-built market towns. South Tyneside and northern Cleveland, historically part of County Durham, are also covered.
Author | : Philip Parker |
Publisher | : Times Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Cartography |
ISBN | : 9780008258344 |
100 maps give a visual representation of the history of Britain. From Mappa Mundi to modern election maps, UK has evolved rapidly, along with the ways in which it has been mapped
Author | : John Milton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1670 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |