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A History of the Peak District Moors

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Engelsk
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Historie

“A superb new book … explores the history of Britain’s first National Park from the Stone Age to the modern day … lavishly illustrated. ”—Reflections Magazine

The moors of the Peak District provide some of the finest walking country in England. The pleasure of rambling across them is enhanced by a knowledge of their history, ranging from prehistoric times and the middle ages to their conversion for grouse shooting and the struggle for the “right to roam” in modern times. This distinctive landscape is not an untouched, natural relic for it has been shaped by humans over the centuries. Now it is being conserved as part of Britain’s first National Park; much of it is in the care of The National Trust.

The book covers all periods of time from prehistory to the present, for a typical moorland walk might take in the standing stones of a prehistoric stone circle, a medieval boundary marker, a guide stoop dated 1709, the straight walls of nineteenth-century enclosure, a row of Victorian grouse butts, a long line of flagstones brought in by helicopter, and very much more besides.

“This is no ‘desk-based study’ but the product of a lifetime of living, working and researching in or immediately adjacent to the moors. ”—The Local Historian

“David writes with a contagious enthusiasm. This generously illustrated book roams amongst the best—and lesser-known—moorland features … a guide par excellence. ”—Peak Advertiser

“Few tomes can have been quite as comprehensive as David’s. Within these pages are Romans and Vikings, railways and canals, ramblers and World War Two soldiers. ”—The Star (Sheffield)

© 2014 Wharncliffe Books (E-bog): 9781473831964

Release date

E-bog: 9. januar 2014

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