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  • The Maritime History of Cornwall

    by Prof. Philip Payton, Prof. Philip Payton, Alston Kennerley, Alston Kennerley, Helen Doe, Helen Doe, John C. Appleby, John Armstrong, G.H. and R. Bennett, Terry Chapman, Wendy R. Childs0, Janet Cusack1, Bernard Deacon2, Roy Fenton3, Maryanne Kowaleski4, Tony Pawlyn5, Cathryn Pearce6, Caradoc Peters7, N.A.M. Rodger8, John Rule9, W.B. Stephens0, Prof. Mark Stoyle1, John Symons2, Simon Trezise3, Adrian James Webb4, Paul Willerton5 ...
    Cornwall is quintessentially a maritime region. Almost an island, nowhere in it is further than 25 miles from the sea. Cornwall’s often distinctive history has been moulded by this omnipresent maritime environment, while its strategic position at the western approaches—jutting out into the Atlantic—has given this history a global impact.It is perhaps surprising then, that, despite the central ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Water in the City

    The Aqueducts and Underground Passages of Exeter

    by Prof. Mark Stoyle ...
    The city of Exeter was one of the great provincial capitals of late medieval and early modern England, possessing a range of civic amenities fully commensurate with its size and importance. Among the most impressive of these was its highly sophisticated system of public water supply, including a unique network of underground passages. Most of these ancient passages still survive today.Water in the ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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  • Yorkshire, A Very Peculiar History

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  • Northerners

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  • Yorkshire

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  • A Very Fine Class of Immigrants

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    Founded in 1570, Chatham Dockyard quickly became one of the most important naval yards for the repair and building of warships, maintaining a pre-eminent position for the next 400 years. Located on the River Medway, in all, the yard was responsible for the construction of over 500 warships, these ranging from simple naval pinnaces through to first-rates that fought at Trafalgar, and concluding ... Read more

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