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Faversham At Work: People and Industries Through the Years
Robert Turcan
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Description for Faversham At Work: People and Industries Through the Years
Paperback. A pictorial history of the working life of Faversham over the last century and more. Series: At Work. Num Pages: 96 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBTK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Faversham has always been a hard-working town. Its very name, which was derived from Latin and Old English, means `the metal workers' village', and in Saxon times the area was a centre for the manufacture of jewellery. Its town market has been in continuous use for over 900 years and when King Steven established a huge abbey here it became, for a while, capital of the kingdom. With a navigable creek leading to the Swale seaway, fishermen have always plied their trade here; in fact the Faversham Oyster Fisheries Co. is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as being ... Read more
Faversham has always been a hard-working town. Its very name, which was derived from Latin and Old English, means `the metal workers' village', and in Saxon times the area was a centre for the manufacture of jewellery. Its town market has been in continuous use for over 900 years and when King Steven established a huge abbey here it became, for a while, capital of the kingdom. With a navigable creek leading to the Swale seaway, fishermen have always plied their trade here; in fact the Faversham Oyster Fisheries Co. is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as being ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
At Work
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445668901
SKU
V9781445668901
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Robert Turcan
Robert Turcan is a retired fund manager who was brought up on a fruit farm in the North Kent horticultural belt. He has a lifelong interest in local history, in the pursuit of which he has amassed a considerable collection of topographical postcards, books and maps. His appreciation of the constantly changing environment is complimented by keen amateur photography, as ... Read more
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