Leighton Buzzard Through Time
Colin Ashby
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Description for Leighton Buzzard Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Leighton Buzzard has changed and developed over the last century Series: Through Time. Num Pages: 96 pages, 183, 119 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312. 96 pages, Approx 183 illustrations incl 119 colour. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Leighton Buzzard has changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; WQH; WQP. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 9. Weight: 306.
Leighton Buzzard is a hidden gem in the English countryside, which retains the atmosphere of a medieval market town. It has a long social history of over 1,000 years, with a royal estate recorded in the Domesday Book. The sand industry has shaped the town, and straw plaiting, lace making and other cottage industries sustained the population before newer ones superseded. The market has been a constant over the last millennium. With its iconic All Saints church and spire, the Market Cross and its wide High Street, Leighton Buzzard is a town to walk around, to explore with its many ... Read more
Leighton Buzzard is a hidden gem in the English countryside, which retains the atmosphere of a medieval market town. It has a long social history of over 1,000 years, with a royal estate recorded in the Domesday Book. The sand industry has shaped the town, and straw plaiting, lace making and other cottage industries sustained the population before newer ones superseded. The market has been a constant over the last millennium. With its iconic All Saints church and spire, the Market Cross and its wide High Street, Leighton Buzzard is a town to walk around, to explore with its many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445606026
SKU
V9781445606026
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-26
About Colin Ashby
Colin has been a bookseller for 35 years and has run his own bookshop for 5 years in Leighton Buzzard. A native of Watford he has lived in Leighton Buzzard for 30 years with his wife and raised three children. He is heavily involved in local community work for the promotion and improvement of the town and town centre. He ... Read more
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