It Happened in Gloucestershire
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It Happened in Gloucestershire

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
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It Happened in Gloucestershire

About this book

It Happened in Gloucestershire is a vibrant and compelling account of the county's diverse heritage; its heroes, its battles, its inventors, its outlandish sports. Phyllida Barstow's lively prose transports the reader across the county: from its stunning cathedral to its swan lake at Slimbridge, taking us surfing the Severn Bore, tumbling down Cooper Hill on the notorious Cheese Race, round the challenging course at Badminton and to Imjin Hill, site of the tragic stand of the Glorious Glosters. The book celebrates those who have helped to put Gloucestershire on the map: Eddie the Eagle, William Morris, Vaughan Williams, Desert Orchid, William Tyndale, Richard III – as well as the varied claims to fame of Concorde, GCHQ, the Cotswold Lions, the conqueror of small-pox, the Gloucester Old Spot and the hardy miners of the Forest of Dean.

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Information

Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781906122300
eBook ISBN
9781906122911
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Map of Gloucestershire
  5. Dedication
  6. 1: EARLY GLOUCESTERSHIRE
  7. 2: AFTER THE CONQUEST
  8. 3: SPLENDOUR IN STONE
  9. 4: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF YORK
  10. 5: THE BISLEY BOY
  11. 6: THE GOLDEN FLEECE
  12. 7: FIGHTING SPIRIT
  13. 8: GREAT MEN OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
  14. 9: REVISITING THE PAST
  15. 10: CONCORDE
  16. 11: SPORTING AND FARMING LIFE
  17. 12: OUTDOOR FUN AND GAMES
  18. 13: ORCHARD AND FOREST
  19. 14: AND IT’S STILL HAPPENING
  20. Acknowledgements
  21. Photographic Acknowledgements
  22. Select Bibliography
  23. Useful Organisations
  24. List of Photographs
  25. Index
  26. Also Published by Merlin Unwin Books
  27. About the Author
  28. Copyright