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The Story of Durham
Author: Douglas Pocock
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013-07-01
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 0750953004
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Story of Durham traces the evolution of a city that medieval writers likened to Jerusalem, which Ruskin termed one of the wonders of the world, and which Pevsner, more modestly, called one of the architectural experiences of Europe. To Bill Bryson, meanwhile, Durham appeared 'a perfect little city' with 'the best cathedral on planet Earth'. The city is a physical manifestation of a significant event in our history: the Romanesque cathedral and castle together constitute this country's monument to the Norman invasion, the last of our country. Beautifully illustrated, this popular history by a leading academic will delight residents and visitors alike.
County Durham
Author: Nikolaus Pevsner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9780300095999
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The premier monument is Durham Cathedral, greatest of English Norman churches. Lovers of the Middle Ages will also seek out the county's exceptional Anglo-Saxon churches, while many of its great castles - Brancepeth, Raby, Auckland, Lambton - conceal palatial Georgian and Victorian interiors. The landscape varies dramatically, from the wilds of Teesdale and Weardale, in the west, to the pioneering industrial ports of Sunderland and Hartlepool on the coast, including fine gentry houses and stone-built market towns. South Tyneside and northern Cleveland, historically part of County Durham, are also covered.
Durham County and City with Teeside
Author: John Christopher Dewdney
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 9780853654964
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mining and Social Change (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Martin Bulmer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-06-11
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1317448480
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The strong community ties of mining villages are the central concern of this book, which deals with the social history and sociology of mining in County Durham in the twentieth century. Focusing on the country as a whole, this title, first published in 1978, asks what is most distinctive about the area in the past and how it is changing in the present. The personal documents presented in the first chapters of the book bring to life the local mining community with an evocative picture of village life at the turn of the century. These first-hand accounts are integrated with the results of social research carried out at Durham University over a number of years. Mining and Social Change will be of interest to students of history and sociology.
Lordship and the Urban Community
Author: Margaret Bonney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-11-17
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780521022859
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book examines the subsequent developments in religious and military building work on the peninsula which accompanied the growth of a successful urban community in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Modern Geographical Trends
Rural Geography
Author: H. D. Clout
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1483293122
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discusses a series of themes linked to the changing use of the rural environment in the modern world. Although the text emphasises issues in Great Britain it also compares the rural scene in France, North America, Northern Europe and Eastern Europe and has general relevance for other parts of the developed world. A special feature is the wide ranging and detailed bibliography. Suitable for students of geography, sociology, town and country planning.
Image and Power in the Archaeology of Early Medieval Britain
Author: Helena Hamerow
Publisher:
Published: 2017-02-28
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1785704680
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rosemary Cramp's influence on the archaeology of early Medieval Britain is nowhere more apparent than in these essays in her honour by her former students. Monastic sites, Lindisfarne and Whithorn, are the inspiration for Deirdre O'Sullivan's and Peter Hill's papers; Chris Loveluck discusses the implications of the findings from the newly-discovered settlement at Flixborough in Lincolnshire; Nancy Edwards describes the early monumental sculpture from St David's in South Wales; Martin Carver reviews the politics of monumental sculpture and monumentality; and Catherine Hills reassesses the significance of imported ivory found in graves. Richard Bailey, Christopher Morris and Derek Craig top and tail the book with tributes to Rosemary Cramp and a bibliography of her work.
A Bibliography of British History, 1914-1989
Author: Keith Robbins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 962
ISBN-13: 9780198224969
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.
