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Book Synopsis Banbury: A History by : Brian Little
Download or read book Banbury: A History written by Brian Little and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banbury was laid out as a planned new town in the 12th century by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. It incorporated a market place and was protected by the second in a series of castles. His grant of a charter launched the town as a regional trading centre especially noted for livestock – in which respect it remained unchallenged until the dramatic closure of 'the Stockyard of Europe' in 1998. Between those two events Banbury boasts a busy and eventful history. The author draws on earlier accounts, such as Beesley and Potts, but more so on his own extensive research into unpublished records, and the archaeological investigations, in this up-to-date and detailed exploration of the town's entire past. The Cross, for which Banbury is best known, was destroyed by Puritans in the 17th century and only restored by the Victorians. The same zealous spirit led the incumbent William Whateley, the 'Roaring Boy of Banbury', to attribute the terrible fire of 1628 to God's displeasure! Civil War sieges of the castle led to its demolition and the depopulation of much of the town, which owed its recovery to its central position in a network of new turnpike roads at the end of the 18th century when it was associated with Frederick, Lord North, elected as its MP on no fewer than thirteen occasions. The impact of the Oxford Canal, followed by the arrival of the railway, speeded its transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy, making proper local government necessary for its growing population. Still firmly at the centre of the modern road network, Banbury's expansion since the doldrums of the late 1930s has been remarkable. Accompanied by numerous well-captioned illustrations, the author's compelling narrative explores this fascinating past in fine detail. In the light of Banbury's unique history and special identity, he considers the relevance of the past to the present and to the future of the town. This new analysis is sure to be the standard work on Banbury until well into the 21st century.
Book Synopsis The History of Banbury by : Alfred Beesley
Download or read book The History of Banbury written by Alfred Beesley and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of Banbury: including copious historical and antiquarian notices of the neighbourhood by : Abfr Beesley
Download or read book The History of Banbury: including copious historical and antiquarian notices of the neighbourhood written by Abfr Beesley and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History, Military and Municipal, of the Town (otherwise Called the City) of Marlborough and More Generally of the Entire Hundred of Selkley by : James Waylen
Download or read book A History, Military and Municipal, of the Town (otherwise Called the City) of Marlborough and More Generally of the Entire Hundred of Selkley written by James Waylen and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Banbury Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... by :
Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Birds of Oxfordshire by : O. V. Aplin
Download or read book The Birds of Oxfordshire written by O. V. Aplin and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ride A-cock Horse to Banbury Cross by : Randolph Caldecott
Download or read book Ride A-cock Horse to Banbury Cross written by Randolph Caldecott and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Like a Hole in the Head by : James Hadley Chase
Download or read book Like a Hole in the Head written by James Hadley Chase and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-army musketry trainer, Jay Benson and his wife Lucy's dream of running a shooting school turns sour as the school heads towards certain closure. They need money - quickly, and a lot of it. At the eleventh hour Augusto Savanto, head of a vast corporation in Venezuela, walks into their lives with a proposition they can scarcely refuse - he will pay them $50,000 to turn his son into an expert marksman, in nine days. Desperate for money they accept the challenge but find themselves in a deadly game of ruthless vendettas and vengeful murder.
Book Synopsis Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review by :
Download or read book Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
Book Synopsis Mr. Hunter's Critical and Historical Tracts by : Joseph Hunter
Download or read book Mr. Hunter's Critical and Historical Tracts written by Joseph Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Oxford by : Oxford, County of. [Appendix.]
Download or read book History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Oxford written by Oxford, County of. [Appendix.] and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the Twentieth Century by : Martin Gilbert
Download or read book History of the Twentieth Century written by Martin Gilbert and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill. The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert’s masterful examination of the century’s history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work that covers more than three thousand pages. From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal across the globe, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.
Book Synopsis A History of the Post-reformation Catholic Missions in Oxfordshire by : Mary Helen Alicia Dolman Stapleton ("Mrs. Bryan Stapleton, ")
Download or read book A History of the Post-reformation Catholic Missions in Oxfordshire written by Mary Helen Alicia Dolman Stapleton ("Mrs. Bryan Stapleton, ") and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rhubarb written by Clifford M. Foust and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Asian plant with mysterious cathartic powers, medicinal rhubarb spurred European trade expeditions and obsessive scientific inquiry from the Renaissance until the twentieth century. Rarely, however, had there been a plant that so thoroughly frustrated Europeans' efforts to acquire it and to master its special botanical and chemical properties. Here Clifford Foust presents the remarkable efforts of the explorers, traders, botanists, gardeners, physicians, and pharmacists who tried to adapt rhubarb for convenient use in Europe. His is an intriguing tale of how humans and their institutions have been affected by natural realities they do not entirely comprehend. Readers interested in the history of medicine, pharmaceutics, botany, or horticulture will be fascinated by this once-perplexing plant: highly valued by physicians for its cathartic properties, rhubarb resisted revealing its active chemical principles, had many widely varying species, and did not breed true by seed. This history includes sections on the geographic and economic importance of rhubarb--which explain how the plant became a major state monopoly for Russia and an important commodity for the East India companies--and a discussion of rhubarb's emergence as an international culinary craze during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Book Synopsis Franklin's Father Josiah by : Nian-Sheng Huang
Download or read book Franklin's Father Josiah written by Nian-Sheng Huang and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2000 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josiah Franklin, a tallow chandler and soapmaker, remains a marginal figure in most biographies of his well-known son, Benjamin Franklin, due largely to a lack of written documentation. Biographers of Franklin included him mainly from a genealogical viewpoint, and few of them gave him further attention. Here, Huang has reconstructed Josiah Franklin's life based on fragmented yet valuable manuscripts in several archival sites in the Boston area, such as his bills, letters, subscriptions, participation in petitions, and court warrants for his legal disputes. She has also drawn info. from newspapers, diaries, business accounts, inventories, deeds, and probate records which were useful to assess his trade and financial circumstances. Illus.
Book Synopsis A Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire, 1880-1905 by : Frank Arthur Bellamy
Download or read book A Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire, 1880-1905 written by Frank Arthur Bellamy and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
