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  • Robert Stephenson – The Eminent Engineer

    Edición de Michael R. Bailey ...
    Robert Stephenson, the leading engineer of the mid-nineteenth century whose substantial public works brought about considerable social change is now the subject of this excellent new biography: Robert Stephenson - The Eminent Engineer. Stephenson's engineering practice was responsible for major railway building programmes in Britain and overseas. He oversaw the building of many bridges, ... Leer más

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  • The Making of Liverpool

    de Mike Fletcher ...
    Discover the fascinating history of this coastal English city from its Medieval origins to its status today as a world-renowned cultural destination.In The Making of Liverpool, Mike Fletcher tells the story of this historic city and highlights the significant changes that have made it what it is today. It all begins with King John's 1207 charter and the construction of Liverpool castle to protect ... Leer más

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  • Greater London

    The Story of the Suburbs

    de Nick Barratt ...
    London's suburbs may stretch for well over 600 square miles, but in historical accounts of the capital they tend to take something of a back seat. In Greater London, historian Nick Barratt places them firmly centre stage, tracing their journey from hamlets and villages far out in the open countryside to fully fledged urban enclaves, simultaneously demonstrating the crucial role they have played in ... Leer más

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  • British Canals

    The Standard History

    The first edition of British Canals was published in 1950 and was much admired as a pioneering work in transport history. Joseph Boughey, with the advice of Charles Hadfield, has previously revised and updated the perennially popular material to reflect more recent changes. For this ninth edition, Joseph Boughey discusses the many new discoveries and advances in the world of canals around Britain, ... Leer más

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  • Tracing Your Liverpool Ancestors

    A Guide for Family Historians

    de Mike Royden ...
    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    Tracing Your Liverpool Ancestors' gives a fascinating insight into everyday life in the Liverpool area over the past four centuries. Aimed primarily at the family and social historian, Mike Royden's highly readable guide introduces readers to the wealth of material available on the citys history and its people. In a series of short, information-packed chapters he describes, in vivid detail, the ... Leer más

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  • Tracing Your Glasgow Ancestors

    A Guide for Family & Local Historians

    de Ian Maxwell ...
    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    Tracing Your Glasgow Ancestors is a volume in the series of city ancestral guides published by Pen & Sword for readers and researchers who want to find out about life in Glasgow in the past and to know where the key sources for its history can be found. In vivid detail it describes the rise of Glasgow through tobacco, shipping, manufacturing and trade from a minor cathedral town to the ... Leer más

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  • Archibald Sturrock

    Pioneer Locomotive Engineer

    de Tony Vernon ...
    Born in 1816, by 1840 Sturrock was involved with Brunel and Gooch in establishing the Great Western Railway's works at Paddington and new town at Swindon. On Brunel's recommendation, Sturrock was appointed locomotive engineer for Great Northern Railway, and he designed the locomotives and carriages which established East Coast main line's reputation for comfort and punctuality. He later played a ... Leer más

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  • The Making of Manchester

    de Mike Fletcher ...
    A concise history of the Northern English city from its Roman origins to today's metropolitan hub.In The Making of Manchester, author Mike Fletcher shows how this thriving city has made and re-made itself through the centuries. Beginning as a Roman settlement anchored by the fort of Mancunium, it was later conquered by the Anglo-Saxons, who renamed the region Manchester, meaning "Men of the Fort. ... Leer más

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  • Underground to Everywhere

    London's Underground Railway in the Life of the Capital

    London's Underground is one of the best-known and most distinctive aspects of the city. Since Victorian times, this remarkable feat of engineering has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners.Stephen Halliday's informative, entertaining, wide-ranging history of the Underground celebrates the vision and ... Leer más

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  • Railways of the North Pennines

    The Rise and Fall of the Railways Serving the North Pennine Orefield

    de Tom Bell ...
    This illustrated history describes how the two pioneering railways of northern England, the Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle railways, developed from unsuccessful canal proposals and how they, with the ill-fated Stanhope and Tyne Railway, initiated the development of the railway system that served the North Pennine Orefield. It reveals the public and private railways, as well as ... Leer más

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  • The Little Book of Manchester

    de Stuart Hylton ...
    Did you know?In 1824 a Pendleton tollkeeper set up Britain's first true public bus service, thought to be one of the first in the world.Communism can claim to have been conceived, if not born, in Manchester as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx used to meet in the city.Manchester has the grim distinction of being the place where the first death of the English Civil War occurred.The Little Book of ... Leer más

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  • Tracing Your Northern Ancestors

    A Guide to the North East & Cumbria for the Family Historian

    de Keith Gregson ...
    Series series Tracing Your Ancestors
    The far north of England is a key site for family historians. Many researchers, seeking to trace their ancestry back through the generations, will find their trail leads to the north or through it. And yet, despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy and the importance of the region in so many life stories, no previous book has provided a guide to the documents and records that family historians ... Leer más

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