Streets for All


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This guidance, together with the Streets for All regional documents, provides updated practical advice for anyone involved in planning and implementing highways and other public realm works in sensitive historic locations, including highways engineers, planners and urban and landscape designers. It looks at making improvements to public spaces without harm to their valued character, including specific recommendations for works to surfaces, street furniture, new equipment, traffic management infrastructure and environmental improvements. It draws on experience of Historic England's planning teams in highways and public realm schemes, including case studies showing where highways works and other public realm schemes have successfully integrated with and enhanced areas of historic or architectural sensitivity. This guidance has been prepared by Rowan Whimster and builds on the text published in 2004 with the subsequent Streets for All series. It has been prepared with assistance from the Department for Transport and is supported by the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation.







In Search of Vikings


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The Viking Age lasted a little over three centuries, but has left a lasting legacy across Europe. These dynamic warrior-traders from Scandinavia, who fought and interacted with peoples as far apart as North America, Russia, and Central Asia, are some of the most recognizable historical figures in the western world. In the modern imagination they re




The Secret Life of Textiles


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Illustrated largely in colour, 'The Secret Life of Textiles' offers brief catalogue summaries of 48 archive groups of textile pattern books that make up six regional holdings, and will be of interest to scholars, historians, and those with an interest in textiles, pattern design and local history.




Viking DNA


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Focusing on men from old families in England’s Wirral and West Lancashire regions, this survey traces the DNA of the local populace back to their Viking ancestors in order to determine the impact of past societies on their genetic make-up. Arguing that the areas exhibit many archaeological and historical features proving them to have had a clear Viking presence, this account provides background information on Viking settlements as well as conclusions drawn from the DNA testing. An illustrated example of how DNA methods can be used to learn about the past is also included.




North West England's Best Views


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England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety. In this illustrated, first-of-its-kind guide, bestselling author Simon Jenkins picks the very best views from North West England, including the Lake District and Hartside, High Cup Nick and Liverpool Pierhead - and explains the fascinating stories behind them. Jenkins' entertaining and erudite entries provide the rich historical, geographical, botanical and architectural background to North West England's breathtaking sights both iconic and undiscovered. Filled with roman roads, cliff-tops, follies, mountains, ancient castles, rolling forests and heart-stopping moments, you'll soon wonder how you chose walks, mini-breaks or spontaneous diversions without it.




Puritanism in North-West England


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The West Midlands and the Peak District (Rough Guides Snapshot England)


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The Rough Guide Snapshot to The West Midlands and the Peak District is the ultimate travel guide to this varied part of England. It guides you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from Shakespeare's Stratford to Ironbridge Gorge, and vibrant Birmingham to the bucolic Peak District. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the best trip possible, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to England, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around England, including transport, food, drink, costs, festivals, sports and outdoor activities. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to England. Full coverage: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Coventry Cathedral, Worcester, Great Malvern, Hereford, Ledbury, Ross-on-Wye, the Wye River Valley, Hay-on-Wye, Ironbridge Gorge, Much Wenlock and Wenlock Edge, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton and the Long Mynd, Ludlow, Birmingham, Lichfield, Derby, Ashbourne, Hartington, Buxton, Castleton, Edale, Hathersage, Eyam, Baslow, Chatsworth and Bakewell. (Equivalent printed page extent 98 pages).




TravelSome Magazine Vol. 4 (North West England)


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We are Tanja, Patrick and our teenage son Levi. Like most of you, the Covid pandemic has changed our lives massively. Suddenly we were not able to physically attend our jobs and school anymore, but the three of us were cooped up in our house. It is not that we don’t like our home, it is an awesome place. Being confined to the same space for so long, makes you think. In our minds, we revisited many places we had been to before. And we missed them. So, when the world finally got back to normal and some countries were cautiously opening up again, we found ourselves on a holiday on a gorgeous Greek island. Breathing sunshine and freedom. Breathing life! It was then that we jokingly said to each other: ‘We are so freaking good at traveling! We should do this forever!’ And then we laughed. As with many unconscious spoken words, there was truth in them. We went from ‘what ifs?’ to finding solutions to those questions. As you can imagine there were many things to consider. From practical things like where to leave our stuff, to schooling for our son, financial planning, how to stay connected to family and friends, to staying happy on the road. Spoiler: yes, it is going to be epic! Of course we have our moments (being hangry is one of them). Disclaimer: we are not your Instagram family with the toes-pointing-down-poses, hipster hats and food pics! However, we do take the odd picture that would not be out of place in a travel magazine. We make attractive short videos which give you an excellent feel for the place as well. TravelSome’s next volumes will cover our campervan trip around Great Britain (that is England, Wales and Scotland. For ease of use let’s just call it the UK). Then we ditch the van and are off to Southeast Asia where we will visit Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. By plains, trains, boats, buses, bikes and tuk tuks. After that we set our eyes on Australia, New Zealand, Japan and beyond. Join us! We would love you to be part of Nomad Travel Family.




Home for Good


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Tying in to a nationwide joint campaign by the Evangelical Alliance and Care for the Family, Krish Kandiah wants us all to take seriously Jesus's call to 'suffer the little children' by engaging with the needs of the many thousands of children up and down the country who are in care and whom the church could and should be helping. Krish and his wife Miriam have adopted and fostered children themselves and their experience - and that of the many others in this book - is very different from the popular myth which suggests social services seek to prevent Christians from getting involved. Krish argues that whatever the state's stance may be, it is a part of our calling as God's church to get involved where it's hardest, and to help these children out of the tough realities they find themselves in. Filled with stories from people who have adopted or were adopted themselves, alongside practical advice on how it all works and the challenges that will come, this book makes a compelling case that the church can and must make a difference in these children's lives, and asks us all to consider our response.