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Flintshire J. M. Edwards

Flintshire By J. M. Edwards

Flintshire by J. M. Edwards


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The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Flintshire by J. M. Edwards was first published in 1914 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.

Flintshire Summary

Flintshire by J. M. Edwards

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various aspects of physical and human geography with an emphasis on clarity. This guide to Flintshire by J. M. Edwards was first published in 1914. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. County and shire. Meaning and origin of the word Flint; 2. General characteristics; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed - rivers and lakes; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. Coastal gains and losses; 9. Climate and rainfall; 10. People. Race. Dialect; 11. Agriculture; 12. Industries and manufactures; 13. Mines and minerals; 14. Fisheries and fishing stations; 15. Shipping and trade; 16. The history of Flintshire - (a) from the coming of the Romans to the Norman Conquest; 16. (b) Tegeingl in Domesday Book; 16. (c) from Gruffydd ap Cynan to the Statute of Rhuddlan; 16. (d) from the formation of the county in 1284 to the Great Civil War; 17. Antiquities; 18. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical; 19. Architecture - (b) military architecture - (c) domestic; 20. Communications - past and present; 21. Divisions, ancient and modern. Administration: population; 22. Roll of honour; 23. The chief towns and villages of Flintshire; Illustrations; Maps and diagrams.

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NLS9781107664067
9781107664067
1107664063
Flintshire by J. M. Edwards
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2012-11-29
192
N/A
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