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  • The Houses of Hereford 1200-1700

    by Nigel Baker, Pat Hughes, Richard K. Morriss ...
    The cathedral city of Hereford is one of the best-kept historical secrets of the Welsh Marches. Although its Anglo-Saxon development is well known from a series of classic excavations in the 1960s and ’70s, what is less widely known is that the city boasts an astonishingly well-preserved medieval plan and contains some of the earliest houses still in everyday use anywhere in England. Three leading ... Read more

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  • Bristol: A Worshipful Town and Famous City

    An Archaeological Assessment from Prehistory to 1900

    by Nigel Baker, Jonathan Brett, Robert Jones ...
    Bristol is a major city and port in the south-west of England. In medieval times, it became the third largest city in the kingdom, behind London and York. Bristol was founded in the late Saxon period and grew rapidly in the 12th and 13th centuries. Initially, seaborne trading links with Ireland and France were particularly significant; later, from the 16th century onwards, the city became a focus ... Read more

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  • Urban Growth and the Medieval Church

    Gloucester and Worcester

    by Nigel Baker, Richard Holt ...
    It has long been recognised that the Church played a major role in the development of towns and cities from the earliest times, a fact attested to by the prominence and number of ecclesiastical buildings that still dominate many urban areas. Yet despite this physical evidence, and the work of archaeologists and historians, many important aspects of the early stages of urbanization in England are ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Adventures of Pee Wee Puffer and Friends

    by Nigel Baker ...
    Climb aboard Pee Wee Puffer with Dick and the gang for an unhealthy dose… of smutty innuendo and double entendre. Be warned that this little collection of short stories is not suitable for children. Proceeds of the this publication will be donated to PSPA. The charity dedicated to helping people with progressive supranuclear palsy. ... Read more

    $3.19 USD

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  • Medieval Rural Settlement

    Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600

    by Christie, Neil, Stamper, Paul ...
    Medieval Rural Settlement: Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600 is a major assessment and review of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland across the period c. AD 800-1600. It offers a comprehensive analysis of early to late medieval settlement, land use, economics and population, bringing together evidence drawn from archaeological excavations and ... Read more

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  • The Story of Durham

    by Douglas Pocock ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Building of England

    How the History of England Has Shaped Our Buildings

    by Simon Thurley ...
    From awe-inspiring Norman castles, to the skyscrapers of today, Simon Thurley explores how the architecture of this small island influenced the world.The Building of England puts into context the significance of a country’s architectural history and unearths how it is inextricably linked to the cultural past – and present.Saxon, Tudor, Georgian, Regency, even Victorian and Edwardian are all well ... Read more

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  • Gloucestershire 300 Years Ago

    by Alan Pilbeam ...
    Sir Robert Atkyns's Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, which appeared in 1712, was the first published survey of the county. Alan Pilbeam's Gloucestershire 300 Years Ago is written to celebrate Atkyns's achievement and to present his information in a more accessible form. Atkyns's work is critically assessed with reference to other sources and used as a basis for comparison with today's ... Read more

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  • The Archaeology of Churches

    by Professor Warwick Rodwell ...
    Churches are Britain’s most completely surviving class of historic monument. They are also usually the oldest buildings within their settlements. As such, these structures, from parish church to cathedral, from medieval to Georgian, are a huge architectural and archaeological resource. The last couple of decades have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of public interest in the historic environment ... Read more

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  • The Cotswolds - Not Just a Pretty Place

    by Christopher Knowles ...
    The Cotswolds is a region in the west of England famed for its wonderful scenery and gorgeous villages. This book is out of the ordinary because it describes in depth a selection of the most interesting places, many of which are unknown except to the conoscenti. Written by a long time resident and acknowledged expert in the area, it is the only written companion you need if you really want to ... Read more

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  • The Lost City of London

    by Robert Wynn Jones ...
    In 1666 London was devastated by the Great Fire, which gutted over 13,000 houses, over eighty parish churches and St Paul’s Cathedral. Robert Wynn Jones has set out to discover the original structures and streets that survived the Great Fire and can still be seen today. This book maps, describes and illustrates what remains of the City of the Black Death, the Peasants’ Revolt, the Reformation, the ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Norwich Archaeology of a Fine City

    by Brian Ayers ...
    The city of Norwich is renowned for its Norman castle, its cathedral and flint city walls, parts of which are still visible today. It is, and was, a ‘Fine City’, the largest walled town in England during the Middle Ages, a rich provincial city still with many well-preserved medieval buildings and, reputedly, once having a church for every week and a pub for every day of the year! Originally ... Read more

    $15.99 USD