The Victoria History of the Counties of England

The Victoria History of the Counties of England PDF Author: William Page
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 678

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The Victoria History of the Counties of England

The Victoria History of the Counties of England PDF Author: William Page
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 678

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The Victoria History of the County of Suffolk

The Victoria History of the County of Suffolk PDF Author: William Page
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ISBN: 9789389247084
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Languages : en
Pages : 436

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Patterson's History of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Patterson's History of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia PDF Author: George Geddie Patterson
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press
ISBN: 9780920336021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster

The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster PDF Author: William Farrer
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 708

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A History of the County of Derby

A History of the County of Derby PDF Author: Philip Riden
Publisher: Victoria County History
ISBN: 9781904356431
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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The history of the town of Bolsover and neighbouring parishes, from prehistory to the present day. The history and topography of the small market town of Bolsover in north-east Derbyshire and four parishes immediately to its north (Barlborough, Clowne, Elmton - including Creswell - and Whitwell) are covered in this volume. Alllie mainly on a magnesian limestone ridge, rather than the exposed coalfield, and therefore only became mining communities late in the nineteenth century. Since the end of deep mining in Derbyshire all have faced a difficult period of economic and social adjustment. As well as the general development of the five parishes, the book includes detailed accounts of the medieval castle at Bolsover, the mansion built on the site of the castle by the Cavendish family of Welbeck in the seventeenth century, and Barlborough Hall, a late sixteenth-century prodigy house built by a successful Elizabethan lawyer. Philip Riden teaches in the Department of History at the University of Nottingham; he has been the editor of the Victoria County History of Derbyshire since 1996, when he re-established the VCH in the county.

The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland

The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland PDF Author: James Wilson
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 529

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The Victoria History of the County of Northampton

The Victoria History of the County of Northampton PDF Author: William Ryland Dent Adkins
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781378265116
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Victoria History of Cumberland

The Victoria History of Cumberland PDF Author: Richard Brockington
Publisher: University of London Press
ISBN: 9781912702046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Kirkoswald and Renwick is the first parish history to be produced by the Cumbria County History Trust in collaboration with Lancaster University for the Victoria County History of Cumbria. Covering 30 square miles of agricultural land and moorland, the modern civil parish of Kirkoswald lies between the river Eden and the Pennine heights, on the western edge of the North Pennine Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Kirkoswald township, anciently a market and small industrial centre, lies nine miles north east of Penrith. Until 1566 Kirkoswald Castle was the principal seat of the powerful Barons Dacre of the North whose massive landholdings extended over six counties. In 1523 Lord Thomas Dacre translated St Oswald's church, a pre-conquest foundation for which the village is named, to collegiate status, and after the Reformation the college became a gentleman's residence, acquired in 1611 by the Fetherstonhaugh family whose home it still is after 400 years and 11 generations of descent. The economy, largely dependent on agriculture, benefited for 600 years from Kirkoswald's role as a market and business centre, with some manufacturing (textiles, paper and timber) powered by the waters of the Raven Beck. From 1631 to about 1850 there was coal mining on the Pennine Edge (with associated lime-burning). In the 21st century the parish remains an unspoilt and beautiful corner of England, home to some 30 farms specialising in animal husbandry, and many retired people and commuters to Penrith and Carlisle.

A History of the County of Middlesex

A History of the County of Middlesex PDF Author: J. S. Cockburn
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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The Victoria History of Shropshire

The Victoria History of Shropshire PDF Author: Judith Everard
Publisher: University of London Press
ISBN: 9781912702084
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Wem lies on the North Shropshire Plain, about nine miles north of Shrewsbury. The centre of a much larger medieval manor and parish, the township consists of the small medieval market town and its immediate rural hinterland. Anglo-Saxon in origin, the town developed after the Norman Conquest, with a castle, parish church, market and water mill. The urban area of the township, 'within the bars', was distinguished from the rural, 'without the bars'. Burgages were laid out, with a customary borough-hold tenure, but the borough never attained corporate status. Isolated from the main regional transport routes, Wem developed as a centre of local government and trade in agricultural produce, especially cheese. It was thrust onto the national stage in 1642 when Parliamentarians defeated a Royalist attack and held the town for the duration of the Civil War. The 'great fire' of 1677 then destroyed many of the existing buildings in the town centre, leading to its predominantly Georgian and Victorian appearance today. The decline in agricultural employment and the withdrawal of services and industries from small market towns like Wem in recent decades is a challenge, met by the advantage of the railway station to residents who work elsewhere but choose the town as a place to live. Wem is the first 'Short' history to be produced by the Victoria County History of Shropshire. It is intended to establish a model for the histories of other market towns in Shropshire. This book tells the story of the town, its people and institutions: the built environment, landownership, economy, social and religious life and local government. It reveals for the first time that Wem was a planted medieval castle-town, and presents the evolution of its urban topography. It offers detailed accounts of the town's medical profession and health care, trades and industries, and retailing, where Wem's weekly produce market is enjoying a 21st-century revival.