Coal history

Coal - A Human History - Barbara Freese Softcover. I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number. Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. For Condition see images below. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment    

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Covering the hilly north-west part of the county from the Cheshire border to the valley of the river Trent south of Newcastle-under-Lyme, this volume treats parishes that lie mostly on the North Staffordshire coalfield and where both coal and ironstone mining and iron-making became important, especially in the nineteenth century. A rich archive has been used to illustrate the origins of this industrial activity in the Middle Ages, when the area was characterised by scattered settlements, with an important manorial complex and a grand fourteenth-century church at Audley, a hunting lodge for the Stafford lords at Madeley, a small borough at Betley, and at Keele and Trentham religious houses which became landed estates with mansion houses after the Dissolution. In the nineteenth century Trentham gained fame for its spectacular gardens created by the immensely rich dukes of Sutherland, and Keele rose to prominence in 1950 as the site of Britain's first campus university. After coalmining ceased in the twentieth century several villages and mining hamlets acquired large housing estates, which in Trentham parish were absorbed into Stoke-on-Trent. Nigel Tringham is a Senior Lecturer in History at Keele University, with special responsibility for researching and writing the volumes of the Staffordshire Victoria County History. Features Summary Comprehensive and authoritative history of north-west Staffordshire, including Keele, Trentham and Audley. Author Nigel J. Tringham Publisher Victoria County History of the Counties of England Release date 20130321 Pages 320 ISBN 1-904356-41-9 ISBN 13 978-1-904356-41-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Glamorgan's long and varied history has left layer upon layer of visible remains. Castles range from remarkable earthworks to magnificent structures such as Cardiff and Caerphilly. Impressive remains of three little known abbeys, at Ewenny, Margam and Neath, together with Llandaff Cathedral, testify to the wealth of the church in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The landscaped setting of Penrice Castle preserves a complete Georgian arcadia while Cardiff Castle is the supreme example of an exotic Victorian fantasy. Other major country houses, such as Ruperra and Wenvoe are now evocative ruins. In dramatic contrast are the chapels and workmen's institutes of the Valleys settlements and the landscape of heavy industry. Pride of place is given to Swansea, once a Regency resort, and Cardiff, coal metropolis. Their many fine public buildings are covered, as are their array of churches, chapels, arcades and solid suburban streets. A comprehensive gazetteer of places, in which buildings are described with lively and informed comment, is complemented by a detailed introduction which explains the broader context and builds a complete picture of the area's architectural identity. Glamorgan is the third volume in the Pevsner Buildings of Wales series. Each work is illustrated with numerous maps, plans and photographs, and concludes with Welsh language and architectural glossaries and indexes of artists and places. Features Summary Glamorgan's long and varied history has left many visible remains. Castles range from remarkable earthworks to magnificent structures such as Cardiff and Caerphilly... Author John Newman Publisher Yale University Press Release date 19950101 Pages 720 ISBN 0-300-09629-1 ISBN 13 978-0-300-09629-3

Hardcover. English. Jonathan Ball. 1984 1st ed. ISBN: 0868500976. 306 pp with colour and bw illustrations. Very good condition in original hardcovers with good dw. History of Darling and Hodgson, a pre-eminent civil engineering company with roots in cement manufacture, construction and coal mining. Book No: 27831/1002260