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Author | : Jill Bourne |
Publisher | : Heart of Albion Press |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : 9781872883717 |
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Author | : Anthony Poulton-Smith |
Publisher | : Sutton |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Leicestershire and Rutland Place-names Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This dictionary of Leicestershire and Rutland place-names examines their origins and meanings. It includes not only towns, villages and hamlets, but also rivers, streams, hills, fields and woods, as well as streets, buildings and public houses. A comprehensive description of the origin and evolution of each name is given, bringing to life the history of the place in a new and remarkably revealing way. Few are aware of the background of the names that are part of our everyday language, and Anthony Poulton-Smith uncovers this aspect of Leicestershire and Rutland's rich history to great effect.
Author | : Jill Bourne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : 9780850220858 |
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Author | : Alan Fox |
Publisher | : Univ of Hertfordshire Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2010-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1907396365 |
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A traveller through the length and breadth of England is soon aware of cultural differences, some of which are clearly visible in the landscape. The eminent English historian Charles Phythian-Adams has put forth that England, through much of the last millennium, could be divided into regional societies, which broadly coincided with groups of pre-1974 counties. These shire assemblages in turn lay largely within the major river drainage systems of the country. In this unusual study Alan Fox tests for, and establishes, the presence of an informal frontier between two of the proposed societies astride the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire border, which lies on the watershed between the Trent and Witham drainage basins. The evidence presented suggests a strong case for a cultural frontier zone, which is announced by a largely empty landscape astride the border between the contrasting settlement patterns of these neighbouring counties.
Author | : Nigel Richardson |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2016-09-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0822981866 |
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After the Public Heath Acts of 1872 and 1875, British local authorities bore statutory obligations to carry out sanitary improvements. Richardson explores public health strategy and central-local government relations during the mid-nineteenth-century, using the experience of Uppingham, England, as a micro-historical case study. Uppingham is a small (and unusually well-documented) market town which contains a boarding school. Despite legal changes enforcing sanitary reform, the town was hit three times by typhoid in 1875-1876. Richardson examines the conduct of those involved in town and school, the economic dependence of the former on the latter, and the opposition to higher rates to pay for sanitary improvement by a local ratepayer "shopocracy." He compares the sanitary state of the community with others nearby, and Uppingham School with comparable schools of that era. Improvement was often determined by business considerations rather than medical judgments, and local personalities and events frequently drove national policy in practice. This study illuminates wider themes in Victorian public medicine, including the difficulty of diagnosing typhoid before breakthroughs in bacteriological research, the problems local officialdom faced in implementing reform, and the length of time it took London ideas and practice to filter into rural areas.
Author | : Barrie Cox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780904889703 |
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Author | : Bob Trubshaw |
Publisher | : Heart of Albion |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Architecture, Medieval |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1985-03-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780300096187 |
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Pevsner wrote that "Leicestershire is not a county of extremes" and agreed that "no other county in England surpasses Rutland for unspoiled quiet charm". The large and the small Midland counties possess a varied and rewarding range of buildings. Church architecture encompasses the classical Normanton, preserved in remote isolation from the flood of Rutland Water, to Market Harborough with its elegant medieval steeple, and a fine group of Victorian churches in Leicester. The major country houses include Belvoir Castle, Staunton Harold and Burley-on-the-Hill, while the more modest homes of the late nineteenth century include notable work by Ernest Gimson, Voysey and a garden city at Leicester by Parker & Unwin. Leicestershire also possesses fine modern buildings, from its architecturally progressive schools to the justly renowned buildings of Leicester University, dominated by Stirling & Gowan's Engineering Building.
Author | : Patrick Hanks |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-11-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0192527479 |
Download The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Containing entries for more than 45,000 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland is the ultimate reference work on family names of the UK. The Dictionary includes every surname that currently has more than 100 bearers. Each entry contains lists of variant spellings of the name, an explanation of its origins (including the etymology), lists of early bearers showing evidence for formation and continuity from the date of formation down to the 19th century, geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes, making this a fully comprehensive work on family names. This authoritative guide also includes an introductory essay explaining the historical background, formation, and typology of surnames and a guide to surnames research and family history research. Additional material also includes a list of published and unpublished lists of surnames from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Author | : Barrie Cox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1496 |
Release | : 1971 |
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