Author: Antony Chessell Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0244750696 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 230
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The aim of this book is to draw attention to the many interesting building features and monuments present in and around the four villages and surrounding farms and hamlets in north Northumberland. It is a 'potterer's guide' to local building styles and techniques that have determined the character of the villages, the countryside and the life of the people in the area.
Author: Gwen Chessell Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0244751366 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 254
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A biography of Dr Alexander Thomson of Aberdeen, Scotland, who founded the City of Geelong and became its first Mayor. He played a significant part in the development of the State of Victoria, Australia.
Author: Publisher: Rough Guides ISBN: 9781843532491 Category : England Languages : en Pages : 1134
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This is a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute handbook to England. It includes recommendations of the best places to stay, eat and drink, in all budget ranges and in all regions. It also includes accounts of every type of attraction.
Author: G. S. J. Chessell Publisher: ISBS ISBN: 9781920694401 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 204
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"Captain Sir Richard Spencer RN was a nineteenth century man of action. He was adventurous, resourceful, devoted to those in his care - and had, as Gwen Chessell put it, 'a quarterdeck manner'." "He is remembered today as the early Government Resident of the fledgling settlement in Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. Albany was a shanty town when the ship bearing Richard and Ann Spencer and their nine children, soon to be ten, anchored in Princess Royal Harbour in 1833. Their carefully selected goods - from window frames, glass and roof slates to assorted fruit trees - were carried precariously ashore. The family all but doubled the town's population." "Richard Spencer worked diligently to administer the turbulent pioneer settlement, living peacefully with the local Aboriginal people and helping guarantee Albany's future as a settlement and port. He established Strawberry Hill Farm and built a comfortable home there for his family." "All this he achieved in middle age. The story of his early life in the Royal Navy of Admiral Lord Nelson's day is told here for the first time. Zealous, intrepid to the point of foolhardiness, and a hero to his men, Captain Spencer was a rising star during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Gwen Chessell Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 9781326113421 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 390
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The life of Sir George Grey is important in the annals of 19th century colonial history. But why has so little been written about his wife, Eliza? Why has she been cast into the shadows? This is the first biography to tell the story of George and Eliza together, two vital characters whose union started with high hopes but whom scandalous notoriety forced apart during the reign of Queen Victoria. George's political equilibrium was destroyed and Eliza became a victim of the 19th century's attitude to women and marriage.
Author: Antony Chessell
Author: Gwen Chessell
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Author: William Sitwell
Author: Robert Jones
Author: Northumberland county history committee
Author: G. S. J. Chessell
Author: Gwen Chessell
Author: Gwen Chessell
Author: John Shakespear