Author: George DouglasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peeblesshire
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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A History of the Border Counties
Author: George DouglasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peeblesshire
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The Border Magazine
Author: Nicholas DicksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Walking the Border
Author: Ian CroftonPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 0857908014
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This travelogue about one man’s journey by foot along the border between Scotland and England blends nature, history, and politics. In this book, Ian Crofton travels on foot from Gretna Green in the southwest to Berwick in the northeast, following as close as possible the Anglo-Scottish Border as it has been fixed since the union of the crowns in 1603. Much of the line of the Border runs through a wild, overwhelmingly unvisited no man’s land—the sort of trackless waste perfect for keeping two belligerent peoples apart? During the course of his journey, Crofton considers a number of questions like how “natural” are borderlines? Sometimes they follow physical barriers, sometimes an arbitrary line on a map, the compromise made by some committee of distant diplomats… Praise for Walking the Border “There is a lot of excellent natural description in this book, alongside a number of comic encounters with humans and livestock.” —The Guardian (UK)
The Alpine Journal
Author: The County Histories of Scotland
Author: Two Thousand Miles of Wandering in the Border Country, Lakeland and Ribblesdale : Part 1
Author: Edmund BoggNorthumbria
Author: Robert CollsPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750991054
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The North East is probably England's most distinctive region. A place of strong character with a very special sense of its past, it is, as William Hutchinson remarked in 1778, 'truly historical ground'. This is a book about both the ancient Anglian kingdom of Northumbrian, which stretched from the Humber to the Scottish border, and the ways in which the idea of being a Northumbrian, or a northerner, or someone from the 'North East', persisted in the area long after the early English kingdom had fallen. It examines not only the history of the region, but also the successive waves of identity that that history has bestowed over a very long period of time. Successful nations write about themselves in these terms; so why not regions? Northumbria existed before 'England' began but is still with us in name, and in the way we think about ourselves. A series of sections, entitled Christian Kingdom, Borderland and Coalfield, New Northumbria, Cultural Region and Northumbrian Island, explore the region on the grand scale, from the very beginning, and bring a sharp sense of history to bear on the various threads that have influenced the making of modern regional identity. The book is a work of exceptional scholarship. Never before have so many acclaimed historians addressed together the issues which have affected this special region. Clearly written, and rich in ideas, chapters explore the physical origins of Northumbria and consider just how the pressing political and military claims of adjoining states shaped and tempered it. There are further chapters on art, music, mythology, dialect, history, economy, poetry, politics, religion, antiquarianism, literature and settlement. They show how Northumbrians have lived and died, and looked forward and back, and these accounts of the North East's past will surely help in the shaping of its future.
Two Thousand Miles of Wandering in the Border Country, Lakeland and Ribblesdale : Part 2
Author: Edmund BoggCatalogue of the Books in the Reference Department
Author: Blackburn (England). Public Library, Museum and Art GalleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Accrington (England). Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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