Bernard Hobson

West Riding of Yorkshire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire was first published in 1921 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781107657571
• ISBN-10: 1107657571
• Artikelnr.: 37454403

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. County and shire
2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions
3. Size. Shape. Boundaries
4. Surface and general features
5. Watersheds. Rivers. Lakes
6. Geology
7. Caverns. 'Pots', underground drainage, and fossil mammalia
8. Natural history
9. Climate
10. People - race, language, settlements, population
11. Agriculture
12. Industries - (a) textile industries
13. Industries - (b) iron, steel, and other industries
14. Mines and minerals
15. Shipping and trade
16. History
17. Antiquities - (a) prehistoric
18. Antiquities - (b) Roman
19. Antiquities - (c) Anglo-Saxon
20. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical
21. Architecture - (b) military
22. Architecture - (c) domestic
23. Communications - past and present - roads, canals, railways
24. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern
25. The roll of honour
26. The chief towns and villages of the West Riding.