Author: Judith Blow Williams
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 574

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Author: George Ayres
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244338191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Mail communication between London and Ireland was very important for both official and trade purposes from the 15th Century. From the mid 16th Century a number of designated ports were used to ship the mail to Ireland and posts were laid to those ports along defined routes, however, these routes were subject to change. This book identifies the ports, when they were used and presents the history of the changes to those routes from that early time until 1850. Detailed descriptions of the routes are given in text, tables and figures showing how they changed over these years, together with a discussion of those changes and a commentary on the improvements that were made to the roads over the years, particularly in the difficult areas of North Wales, South Wales and South West Scotland. Also included is the history of the Edinburgh to Portpatrick route. Finally the effect of the introduction of the railways on the carriage of mail to Ireland is described.

Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1040

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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 614

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Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.

Author: Patrick Joyce
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107328284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391

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What is the state? The State of Freedom offers an important new take on this classic question by exploring what exactly the state did and how it worked. Patrick Joyce asks us to re-examine the ordinary things of the British state from dusty government files and post offices to well-thumbed primers in ancient Greek and Latin and the classrooms and dormitories of public schools and Oxbridge colleges. This is also a history of the 'who' and the 'where' of the state, of the people who ran the state, the government offices they sat in and the college halls they dined in. Patrick Joyce argues that only by considering these things, people and places can we really understand the nature of the modern state. This is both a pioneering new approach to political history in which social and material factors are centre stage, and a highly original history of modern Britain.

Author:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1234

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Category : Postage-stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Fachbibliographie, Bibliothekskatalog Philatelie ; Grossbritannien und Nordirland.

Author: British Museum
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1232

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 756

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Author: Martyn Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN: 1789622379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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In this collection of essays, a range of established and early-career scholars explore a variety of different perspectives on Oliver Cromwell's involvement with Ireland, in particular his military campaign of 1649-1650. In England and Wales Cromwell is regarded as a figure of national importance; in Ireland his reputation remains highly controversial. The essays gathered together here provide a fresh take on his Irish campaign, reassessing the backdrop and context of the prevailing siege warfare strategy and offering new insights into other major players such as Henry Ireton and the Marquis of Ormond. Other topics include, but are not limited to, the Cromwellian land settlement, deportation of prisoners and popular memory of Cromwell in Ireland. CONTRIBUTORS: Martyn Bennett, Heidi J. Coburn, Sarah Covington, John Cunningham, Eamon Darcy, David Farr, Padraig Lenihan, Alan Marshall, Nick Poyntz, Tom Reilly, James Scott Wheeler