Author: Paul Rabbitts
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445692821
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 157

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Discover the history and architectural treasures, past and present, of the Bedfordshire town of Luton.

Author: Paul Rabbitts
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398104914
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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Illustrated throughout, a fascinating exploration of Tring’s notable buildings and landmarks from across the centuries.

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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 912

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Category : Church architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 982

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Includes the annual reports of the American Congregational Union, and of the society under its later name, the Congregational Church-Building Society.

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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 962

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Author: Katie Carmichael
Publisher: Historic England
ISBN: 184802326X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107

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Although perhaps best known today as the home of Vauxhall Motors, Luton's industrial roots run much deeper. Long before it became associated with motor cars, Luton was the centre of ladies' hat production in this country - a success founded upon the earlier regional industry of straw-plaiting. Many surrounding towns and villages fed into the industry and helped to make the region globally renowned. At its peak in the 1930s, the region was producing as many as 70 million hats in a single year; however, it entered a rapid decline following the Second World War from which it never recovered. This has left Luton, Dunstable and a number of other local towns with a challenging inheritance of neglected and decaying fragments of a once vital industry. This book is intended to be an introduction and guide to the area's historical depth and to its distinctive and varied character, seeking to explain the development of the region as the centre of the hatting industry in the south and exploring the lives of the people working there during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The historic links between the surviving building stock and the hatting industry are assessed and the book highlights the significance of the surviving fabric and the potential of the historic environment within future conservation and regeneration plans.

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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 868

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Category : Church architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Includes the annual reports of the American Congregational Union, and of the society under its later name, the Congregational Church-Building Society.

Author: Massachusetts. Department of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 596

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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Languages : en
Pages : 626

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