From Punt To Plough

Author : Rex Sly
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750954159
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Punt to Plough written by Rex Sly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The counties of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk and Peterborough City Council all lay claim to parts of the Fens. Since Roman times mankind, by his ingenuity, hard work and determination has increased the land mass in this area by one third of the size. It is the largest plain in the British Isles, covering an area of nearly three-quarters of a million acres, and is unique to the UK. The fen people know the area as marsh (land reclaimed from the sea) and fen (land drained from flooding rivers running from the uplands). The Fens are unique in having more miles of navigable waterways than anywhere else in the UK. Mammoth drainage schemes during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, undertaken primarily by Dutch engineers such as Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and Sir Philibert Vernatti, changed the landscape forever - but it could be said that the Fens were not truly drained until the twenteith century, with improvements being carried out even to this day. Rex Sly's book draws on his many years of research, and his knowledge of and love for this unique area of England shine through on every page.

Author : Rex Sly
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750954159
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Punt to Plough written by Rex Sly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb examination of the history of the Fens, containing a great deal of stunning photographs.

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Total Pages : 1114 pages
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Total Pages : 726 pages
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Download or read book American Sugar Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 646 pages
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Download or read book Sugar written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jean A. Hooper
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483277
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bloody British History: Peterborough written by Jean A. Hooper and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Razed by Vikings! Deadly Danish assaults and demolitions. Neolithic murders! The tragic tale of Britain's earliest recorded homicide! A deadly game of thrones! The last remains of two royal victims in the Abbey. Murdered by the Ripper! Was one of Jack the Ripper's victims from Peterborough? Find out inside! 'I Can't Stop While There Are Lives to be Saved': The incredible story of British spy nurse Edith Cavell. There is the darker side to Peterborough's history. All manner of incredible events have occurred in the city: Roman occupations; Saxon murders and miracles; riots and revolts; battles, diseases, disasters and plagues. Including more than 60 illustrations, and with the history of institutions such as the prisoner-of-war camps of the Napoleonic era and the slums and workhouses of the Victorian age, you'll never see the city in the same way again.

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Total Pages : 614 pages
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Download or read book Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stuart Bradley
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445679647
Total Pages : 339 pages
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Download or read book John Morton written by Stuart Bradley and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most unfairly neglected figures in English history, who served three kings, opposed Richard III and enabled the Tudor dynasty.

Author : Tim Dee
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 161902621X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Four Fields written by Tim Dee and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Tim Dee tells the story of four green fields spread around the world: their grasses, their hedges, their birds, their skies, and both their natural and human histories. These four fields—walkable, mappable, man–made, mowable, knowable, but also secretive, mysterious, wild, contested, and changing—play central roles in the sweeping panorama of world history and in the lives of individuals. In Dee's telling, a field is never just a setting for great battles or natural disasters, though it is often this as well. A field is the oldest and simplest and truest measure of what a man needs in life, especially when looked at, contemplated, worked in, lived with, and written about. Dee's four fields, which he has known and studied for more than twenty years, are the fen field at the bottom of his private garden, a field in southern Zambia, a prairie in Little Bighorn, Montana, and a grass meadow in the Exclusion Zone at Chernobyl, Ukraine. Meditating on these four fields, Dee makes us look anew at where we live and how. He argues that we must attend to what we have made of the wild.

Author : Chris Howes
Publisher : Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1786792516
Total Pages : 111 pages
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Download or read book Fenland Waterways written by Chris Howes and published by Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the Middle Level waterways that lie between the River Great Ouse and River Nene, including the main link route via March and several other alternatives, gives all the information needed for anyone planning to navigate the area. Shaped by human ingenuity and home to a rich variety of nature, the serene and stunning landscapes of the Fenland waterways are more remote than most of the rest of the country’s network of navigable inland waters. In this lies their beauty and much of their attraction. However, they also have sufficient access to facilities. Readers will find a wealth of information about moorings, facilities and services, as well as features of interest to canoeists, paddleboarders, walkers and other users of the waterways. It includes detailed mapping for each section of the rivers as well as overview plans. Imray’s popular inland waterways guides are being revised with experienced boat-owners and navigators from the Inland Waterways Association. With a completely new design and maps that have been rescaled and reoriented to make them more user-friendly, this new Fenland Waterways guide has been written by Chris Howes, Deputy National Chairman, Eastern Region Chairman and Peterborough Branch Chairman of the IWA. Chris is a knowledgeable enthusiast for the area and his navigation notes are enriched with narrative and photographs, highlighting numerous points of interest.