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A History of the County of Northampton (Victoria County History)
Mark Page
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Description for A History of the County of Northampton (Victoria County History)
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Comprehensive and authoritative history of Corby and Great Oakley, charting their growth and development from the early medieval period to the present day. Lying in north Northamptonshire, close to the borders with Leicestershire and Rutland, the neighbouring parishes of Corby and Great Oakley were formerly part of the ancient administrative division of Corby hundred. Both remainedagricultural villages, typical of much of rural Northamptonshire before 1932 when the landscape of the area was dramatically altered by large-scale industrialisation associated with the production of iron and steel following the discovery of rich ironstone deposits to the north and east of ... Read more
Comprehensive and authoritative history of Corby and Great Oakley, charting their growth and development from the early medieval period to the present day. Lying in north Northamptonshire, close to the borders with Leicestershire and Rutland, the neighbouring parishes of Corby and Great Oakley were formerly part of the ancient administrative division of Corby hundred. Both remainedagricultural villages, typical of much of rural Northamptonshire before 1932 when the landscape of the area was dramatically altered by large-scale industrialisation associated with the production of iron and steel following the discovery of rich ironstone deposits to the north and east of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6 United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904356370
SKU
V9781904356370
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Ref
99-1
About Mark Page
MATTHEW BRISTOW is an archaeologist and buildings historian. He was Architectural Editor of the Victoria County History and is now a Senior Investigator with Historic England. MATTHEW BRISTOW is an archaeologist and buildings historian. He was Architectural Editor of the Victoria County History and is now a Senior Investigator with Historic England.
Reviews for A History of the County of Northampton (Victoria County History)
This book is the latest of the recent VCH volumes that have reached new heights in terms of the information they contain.
LANDSCAPE HISTORY
The most significant achievement of the volume is that it shows how this unusual twentieth-century community was shaped .This is scholarship that matches the highest standards of the volumes produced by the long-serving county ... Read more
LANDSCAPE HISTORY
The most significant achievement of the volume is that it shows how this unusual twentieth-century community was shaped .This is scholarship that matches the highest standards of the volumes produced by the long-serving county ... Read more