Author : Beth & Steve Pipe
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445686791
This unique book explores the history of Cumbria via ten ancient routes that wind through some of the most spectacular parts of the Lake District and the rest of the county.
Author : Adam Morgan Ibbotson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 075099763X
Cumbria is a land built from stone. Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District – for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments, built over 3,000 years before British shores were ever touched by Roman sandals. Cumbria's 'megalithic' monuments are among Europe's greatest and best-preserved ancient relics but are often poorly understood and rarely visited. This updated and revised edition of Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments aims to dispel the idea that these stones are merely 'mysterious'. Within this book you will find credible answers, using up-to-date research, excavation notes, maps and diagrams to explore one of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes. Featuring stunning original photography and illustrated diagrams of every megalithic site in the county, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a land sculpted by ancient hands.
Author : Robert Macfarlane
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 17,40 MB
Release : 2008-06-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1440638659
From the author of The Old Ways and Underland, an "eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we're laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surface." --Bill McKibben Winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and a finalist for the Orion Book Award Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archipelago's most remarkable landscapes. He climbs, walks, and swims by day and spends his nights sleeping on cliff-tops and in ancient meadows and wildwoods. With elegance and passion he entwines history, memory, and landscape in a bewitching evocation of wildness and its vital importance.
Author : Alan Cleaver
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 2018-02-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781985190344
This is the black and white version. There is also a full colour version on Amazon. Criss-crossing the Cumbrian landscape are many trods, paths, lonnings and other ancient trackways. Included among these are several corpse roads. The enigmatic name hints at their curious origins. These paths were used until the 18th Century to transport the dead from the remote villages to the 'mother' church for burial. Eventually villagers petitioned for their own churches and burial rights but the corpse roads remained. Alan Cleaver and Lesley Park have researched these ancient paths and the stories surrounding them. The book also explores Cumbrian funeral customs and superstitions.
Author : Gill Jepson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 21,24 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445659115
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Barrow-in-Furness has changed and developed over the last one hundred and fifty years.
Author : Beth & Steve Pipe
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 22,50 MB
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445645726
This fascinating selection of photographs and walks takes us through the Cumbrian region, tracing the human stories and the secretive paths of this beautiful landscape.
Author : Alfred Wainwright
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 25,93 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0711236607
A. Wainwright's definitive guide to walking in the Lake District, comprehensively revised and updated.
Author : David Ramshaw
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 27,81 MB
Release : 2018-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0750988207
This is a fact-packed compendium of snippets from the past and present, including historical tales, legends and myths of the Lake District and the rest of the region from Barrow to Carlisle. The towns and villages all have their stories to tell of industries past and present, of natural and man-made disasters, of battles, of law and order, crimes and punishments. In The Little Book of Cumbria you will read of the people, their traditions, their heritage, language and folklore. The topics range from amusing trivia to great events that changed things forever. You can read the book from cover to cover or dip in at your leisure.
Author : David Johnson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 16,26 MB
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 144565556X
Dr David Johnson explores the ways in which farming in Cumbria has changed and adapted over the centuries.
Author : Roy G. Perkins
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445613972
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Border Counties Railway has changed and developed over the last century.
