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Northam, Westward Ho! & District Through Time
Anthony Barnes
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Description for Northam, Westward Ho! & District Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Northam, Westward Ho! & District has changed and developed over the last century. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
The Manor of Northam dates back to the Norman invasion and is well recorded in the Domesday Book, being part of lands owned by a Saxon Lord called Bristric, and this appears to be the first recorded evidence of what was in the area. There is evidence of prehistoric settlements and much evidence during the Saxon era, when Vikings raided the area. Westward Ho! has its drowned forest and Stone Age kitchen midden hidden beneath the sands, where the sea still exposes deer antlers, flints and ancient pottery. A late Victorian venture with its pier and its palm trees and ... Read more
The Manor of Northam dates back to the Norman invasion and is well recorded in the Domesday Book, being part of lands owned by a Saxon Lord called Bristric, and this appears to be the first recorded evidence of what was in the area. There is evidence of prehistoric settlements and much evidence during the Saxon era, when Vikings raided the area. Westward Ho! has its drowned forest and Stone Age kitchen midden hidden beneath the sands, where the sea still exposes deer antlers, flints and ancient pottery. A late Victorian venture with its pier and its palm trees and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445618821
SKU
V9781445618821
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-48
About Anthony Barnes
All three authors are members of the Westward Ho! History Group. Anthony Barnes set up and runs the website and Facebook group. Julia Barnes is the author of Barnstaple Yesterday and Bideford, Northam & Westward Ho! Railway. They live in Bideford and Westward Ho!
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