The History of Wisbech, and the Fens
Title | The History of Wisbech, and the Fens PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Walker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 622 |
Release | 1849 |
Genre | Cambridgeshire (England) |
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The History of Wisbech and the Fens. [With Plates.]
Title | The History of Wisbech and the Fens. [With Plates.] PDF eBook |
Author | Neil WALKER (and CRADDOCK (Thomas)) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 628 |
Release | 1849 |
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The History of Wisbech
Title | The History of Wisbech PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1834 |
Genre | Fens, The (England) |
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The Fens
Title | The Fens PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Pryor |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 459 |
Release | 2019-07-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1786692236 |
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply personal and utterly enthralling way' TONY ROBINSON. 'Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it' GUARDIAN. Inland from the Wash, on England's eastern cost, crisscrossed by substantial rivers and punctuated by soaring church spires, are the low-lying, marshy and mysterious Fens. Formed by marine and freshwater flooding, and historically wealthy owing to the fertility of their soils, the Fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire are one of the most distinctive, neglected and extraordinary regions of England. Francis Pryor has the most intimate of connections with this landscape. For some forty years he has dug its soils as a working archaeologist – making ground-breaking discoveries about the nature of prehistoric settlement in the area – and raising sheep in the flower-growing country between Spalding and Wisbech. In The Fens, he counterpoints the history of the Fenland landscape and its transformation – from Bronze age field systems to Iron Age hillforts; from the rise of prosperous towns such as King's Lynn, Ely and Cambridge to the ambitious drainage projects that created the Old and New Bedford Rivers – with the story of his own discovery of it as an archaeologist. Affectionate, richly informative and deftly executed, The Fens weaves together strands of archaeology, history and personal experience into a satisfying narrative portrait of a complex and threatened landscape.
A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire
Title | A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Wheeler |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 665 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108066410 |
This expanded 1896 second edition gives a detailed history of the reclamation and drainage of the Fens of South Lincolnshire.
Tuba Skinny and Shaye Cohn
Title | Tuba Skinny and Shaye Cohn PDF eBook |
Author | Pops Coffee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 2017-11-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781973270836 |
Now updated to 2020, this is an account of the development and output of the great young traditional jazz band Tuba Skinny, which is based in New Orleans. Many recommendations are included of videos to watch and recordings available for purchase.
An Historical Account of the Ancient Town and Port of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge
Title | An Historical Account of the Ancient Town and Port of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge PDF eBook |
Author | William Watson (F.A.S.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 794 |
Release | 1827 |
Genre | Wisbech (England) |
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