Fen sketches


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A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire


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This expanded 1896 second edition gives a detailed history of the reclamation and drainage of the Fens of South Lincolnshire.




Reminiscences of Fen and Mere


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The Draining of the Fens


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The text is ambitious in scope, reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer, and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis. Numerous illustrative figures are contained, including maps, diagrams and photographs of the area, and a bibliography is also provided.










The London Sketch-book


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Each issue contains a mounted photograph.




Studies in Folk Life (RLE Folklore)


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This collection, first published in 1969, presents essays written by twenty of the most eminent scholars from the British Isles and Europe on aspects of folk life studies. The essays are written in honour of Dr Iorwerth C. Peate, Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum and doyen of folk life studies in Britain, to mark his retirement as the first President of the Society for Folk Life Studies. In the present book all the various aspects of folk life, from linguistics to sociology, from architecture to agrarian history, are covered, reflecting the wide interests of Dr Peate and his valuable contribution to the development of the study of traditional life in Britain.