Download or read book Leicestershire s Lost Railways written by Neil Burgess and published by . This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost Railways of Leicestershire and Rutland written by Geoffrey Kingscott and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in an illustrated format, this book traces the history of the area's railway lines from their opening in the 19th century and, in many cases, their closure in the 20th century.
Download or read book Britain s Lost Railways written by John Minnis and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautifully restored St Pancras Station is a magisterial example of Britain’s finest Victorian architecture. Like the viaducts at Belah and Crumlin, cathedral-like stations such as Nottingham Victoria and spectacular railway hotels like Glasgow St Enoch's, it stands proud as testament to Britain's architectural heritage. In this stunning book, John Minnis reveals Britain's finest railway architecture. From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line and the gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin, Britain’s Lost Railways offers a sweeping celebration of our railway heritage. The selection of images and the removable facsimile memorabilia, including tickets, posters, timetables and maps, allows the reader to step into that past, serving as a testimony to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of the architecture we built for them.
Download or read book Leicester Central Railway Station Remembered written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abandoned and Vanished Railways of Leicestershire and Rutland written by Rupert Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geology of the Leicestershire Coal field and of the Country Around Ashby de la Zouch written by Hull and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Leicestershires Beyond Baghdad written by Edward John Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History gazetteer and directory of Leicestershire and Rutland together with the adjacent towns of Grantham Stamford written by William White and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History Gazetteer and Directory of Leicestershire and the County of Rutland written by William White (Publisher in Sheffield.) and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Little Book of Leicestershire written by Natasha Sheldon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Book of Leicestershire is a compendium full of information which will make you say, 'I never knew that!' Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Leicestershire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its literary, artistic and sporting achievements, customs ancient and modern, transport, battles and ghostly appearances. A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
Download or read book A Lost Frontier Revealed written by Alan Fox and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Leicestershire and Rutland written by Nikolaus Pevsner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1985-03-01 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Folk Lore of Leicestershire and Rutland written by Charles James Billsson and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Ecology of a Garden written by Jennifer Owen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-07-18 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique documentation of the wildlife that existed in a Leicestershire garden from 1972 to 1986.
Download or read book An Historical Geography of Railways in Great Britain and Ireland written by David Turnock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.
Download or read book The Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
