Westmorland Heritage
Westmorland Heritage

Author: Alfred Wainwright

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780711224193

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This magnificent book presents a detailed portrait of the buildings, the landmarks and the scenery of the old county of Westmorland. First published in 1975 to mark the incorporation of the county into Cumbria, it has been in demand ever since as both a record of a lost county, as an informed and engaging record of one of the loveliest and least spoiled parts of Britain, where nature, culture and history have combined to leave a memorable and exhilarating legacy. Every single parish is included, with its notable buildings or landscapes mapped and illustrated, and its historical or other features of interest discussed and described. Though written "by an amateur, for amateurs" the author's deep knowledge of and close familiarity with the countryside pervade and illuminate the text and the two thousand line drawings.

Howgills and Limestone Trail
Howgills and Limestone Trail

Author: David Pitt

Publisher:

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780711234444

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David & Heather Pitt, who re-created Alfred Wainwright’s famous 1938 ‘Pennine Journey’, with maps by Ron Scholes and illustrations by Colin Bywater, here describe a new 76-mile long-distance walk from Kirkby Stephen to Settle. This pictorial guide follows a route through this picturesque and, in parts, demanding area of Cumbria and North Yorkshire – with a short diversion into Lancashire. It can be used in conjunction with Wainwright’s Walks in Limestone Country and Walks in the Howgill Fells. The route has strong associations with railways. It passes over the spectacular Smardale Gill viaduct, and close to the Stainmore Railway, the disused Ingleton and Tebay Railway, and the Settle–Carlisle railway.

The Religious Life of Richard III
The Religious Life of Richard III

Author: Jonathan Hughes

Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing

Published: 2000-03

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780750924467

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This controversial study argues that although Richard was indeed guilty of, or implicated in, most, if not all of the crimes of which he has been accused, this ruthless, inscrutable man was also very religious, an austere practitioner of a chivalrous code of ethics, a public benefactor and protector of the Church, a founder of chantries and a follower of a strict, puritanical code of sexual morality. He emerges in part a conventional figure of his time, but also, in part, a very unusual, little-understood man, as compelling and yet more complex than Shakespeare's mythical anti-hero.

The Wainwright Memorial Walk
The Wainwright Memorial Walk

Author: ALFRED WAINWRIGHT

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780711224025

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The Wainwright Memorial Walk is the 102 mile route through the Lake District. The course is recorded here on maps taken from the Pictorial Guides and accompanied by text from the guides and Wainwright's other writings.

Yorkshire
Yorkshire

Author: Nikolaus Pevsner

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9780300096651

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The North Riding extends from the fells on the Westmorland border to the highest cliffs in England, facing the North Sea. In an area of scattered settlements, Richmond is one of the best market towns in England, as Whitby is one of the best fishing towns. There are the remains of unusually complete and beautiful work at Rievaulx, complemented by fine eighteenth-century landscaping. The North Riding also saw Vanbrugh's astonishing first essay into architecture at Castle Howard, and there are many fine classical houses in a distinctively northern style. Industry has made its mark along the estuary of the Tees, where the Middlesbrough transporter bridge is a unique working survival of early twentieth-century engineering.

Walks in Limestone Country the Whernside Ingleborough and Penyghent Areas of Yorkshire
Walks in Limestone Country the Whernside Ingleborough and Penyghent Areas of Yorkshire

Author: Alfred Wainwright

Publisher:

Published: 2014-04-03

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780711234864

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Alfred Wainwright, author of the inimitable best-selling Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, here describes thirty-four selected walks in the interesting limestone area around the Three Peaks in the Yorkshire Dales. Each has its particular charm or special objective. Each is the subject of a separate chapter containing a diagram, a map, and an illustrated narrative. Also included is a detailed description of the route of the marathon Three Peaks Walk. Walks in Limestone Country was first published in 1970. For this new edition, every footpath has been re-walked, and every map and diagram checked by Chris Jesty, who assisted with the maps on Wainwright’s last two large-format books. It is now fully up to date for 21st century walkers. Also available: Walks on the Howgill Fells Cover photograph: Attermire Scar © Derry Brabbs