Download or read book Martello Towers Worldwide written by Bill Clements and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martello Towers Worldwide follows the history of the Martello tower from the construction of the early towers built to protect the Mediterranean shores of Spain and Italy right up to the final towers built in the United Kingdom during the First World War. The book is illustrated with a large number of contemporary and historic photographs, drawings and plans, a very large number of which were not included in the earlier Towers of Strength. These provide the most detailed information yet published about the development of the Martello towers in Britain and overseas. So the book will be of particular interest to those interested in the history of fortifications, architectural conservation and military history generally. It will also be of interest to an international readership as the book now has a gazetteer of towers outside the United Kingdom that remain today together with a chapter describing a number of towers built in the United States. The book supplements the earlier Towers of Strength and such will be an important addition to the existing bibliography of books on Martello towers and fortification.
Download or read book Martello Towers written by Michael Foley and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-colour guide to the towers built to defend England's coastline. Built to defend against Napoleon's forces, the Martello towers have played a part in both the First and Second World Wars and many are still visible along the coasts of Kent, Sussex, Essex and Suffolk.
Download or read book Chambers s handy guide to the Kent Sussex coast signed G D written by George Dodd and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Martello Towers written by Sheila Sutcliffe and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martello Towers--those squat, circular buildings on lonely stretches of coastline--have been part of the seaside scene for over 150 years. This book describes how and why they were built, their history, and what they are used for today.
Download or read book Towers of Strength written by W. H. Clements and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1998-08-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martello towers were built in the early part of the nineteenth century to defend the coast of England against Napoleonic invasion. Almost 200 years later forty-one of these handsome brick towers still stand along the coast of Kent, Sussex, Essex and Suffolk. The chest of their construction was comparable in relative terms to that of of today's Trident missile system. The line of towers was never tested in action, but acted as an effective deterrent against invasion. Today Martello towers are a familiar sight from Aldeburgh in Suffolk to Newhaven in Sussex, but it is generally known that similar towers were built by the Royal Engineers to defend British interests in other parts of the world. Martello towers were being built as late as the 1850s as far afield as Canada, Mauritius, Australia and the Mediterranean. This book, illustrated with numerous photographs and plans, is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the known Martello towers built by the British. Its description of their construction, use, current condition and fate will fascinate the enquiring reader, as well as being a source of interest to visitors. Many of the towers remain landmarks today, Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour being a case in point.
Download or read book Chambers s Handy Guide to the Kent Sussex Coast in six routes or districts Illustrated with a clue map and numerous wood engravings The preface signed G D i e George Dodd written by G. D. and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kentish Coast written by Charles G. Harper and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kentish Coast by Charles G. Harper is a captivating exploration of the history, culture, and natural beauty of the Kentish Coast in England. Harper's descriptive writing and in-depth knowledge of the area make this book a must-read for those interested in English coastal history or those planning a visit to this picturesque region.
Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex By Richard J King With map written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Kent Sussex and Surrey written by Samantha Cook and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brand-new, full-colour Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex & Surrey is the ultimate guide to this beautiful corner of England, with clear maps and lively accounts of both the big cultural attractions and the smaller, quirkier sights, and full coverage of vibrant Brighton and historic Canterbury. The region is fast gaining a reputation as a foodie hotspot, and the guide offers detailed reviews of the best places to eat, from old-world tearooms to Michelin-starred restaurants. Also included is accommodation for all budgets - from country-house hotels to cozy b&b's and idyllic campsites - as well as the best places to drink, featuring the best village pubs, plus the region's celebrated wineries. Find details on a host of local festivals and events, from Lewes' raucous Bonfire Night to Hastings' popular Pirate's Day, as well as ideas on outdoor activities, from paragliding in the South Downs to canoeing Kent's waterways, with plenty of scenic walks too. Written by local experts, this is an indispensable guide to a region that's ripe for exploring. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex & Surrey. Now available in ePub format.
Download or read book Highways and Byways in Sussex written by Edward Verrall Lucas and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highways and Byways in Sussex written by Edward Verrall Lucas and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1904-01-01 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Enclosure Maps of England and Wales 1595 1918 written by Roger J. P. Kain and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first comprehensive study of the enclosure mapping of England and Wales. Enclosure maps are fundamental sources of evidence in many types of historical inquiries. Although modern historians tend to view these large-scale maps essentially as sources of data on past economies and societies, this book argues that enclosure maps had a much more active role at the time they were compiled. Seen from this perspective of their contemporary society, enclosure maps are not simply antiquarian curiosities, cultural artefacts, or useful sources for historians but instruments of land reorganisation and control which both reflected and consolidated the power of those who commissioned them. The book is accompanied by a fully searchable, descriptive and analytical web catalogue of all parliamentary and non-parliamentary enclosure maps extant in public archives and libraries and offers an essential research tool for economic, social and local historians and for geographers, lawyers and planners.
Download or read book Decision at Trafalgar written by Dudley Pope and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-06-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given in memory of Comdr. Thomas J.G. Marchant, DSC RN by Don and Lori Gilman.
Download or read book Napoleonic Britain written by David Buttery and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first guide to sites in the British Isles connected to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars to be published. Stately homes, memorials, statues, dockyards, fortifications, tombs, churches, hospitals and museums associated with the wars are all described in vivid detail. There are hundreds of such sites with many of them being closely linked to military heroes like Wellington and Nelson and the forces they commanded. Highpoints include not only St Paul’s Cathedral, Nelson’s Column and Apsley House in London but more obscure monuments and buildings outside the capital like Edinburgh Castle, HMS Victory in Portsmouth Dockyard, the Western Heights Fortifications in Dover, Fishguard invasion site in Wales, Castlebar battlefield in Ireland and Martello towers along the English coastline. Many minor sites of great interest are listed too. David Buttery’s guidebook gives the reader a fascinating insight into this long period of conflict between the British and the French and into the buildings, statues and memorials that commemorate it.
Download or read book Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers New Series written by Great Britain. Corps of Royal Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers written by Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
