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Aspects of Calderdale : Discovering Local History
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Billingsley, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calderdale (England)--History.
- Calderdale (England).
- Local Subjects:
- Calderdale (England)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Aspects of Calderdale
- Place of Publication:
- : Wharncliffe, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Aspects series takes readers on a voyage of nostalgic discovery through their town, city or area. This best selling series has now arrived, for the first time, in Calderdale. John Billingsley has gathered a range of articles covering the whole history of the Pennine borough from pre-history to the present day.We start the journey through Calderdale with The Early Prehistory of Calderdale. Then we are exposed to the transition of modern technology and the impact it has, in From Quill to Computer: Public Libraries in Halifax. Calderdale can also have a claim to some well know authors in John
- Contents:
- ""FRONT COVER""; ""TITLE PAGE""; ""COPYRIGHT PAGE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. THE EARLY PREHISTORY OF CALDERDALE""; ""2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH BRIGHOUSE 1790-1910""; ""3. A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION: NATHAN FIELDING AND HIS VIEWS OF HALIFAX FROM HALEY HILL""; ""4. HEARTS, CIRCLES, DIAMONDS AND SCROLLS: EXTERNAL DECORATION ON SEVENTEENTH CENTURY HOUSES""; ""5. JAMES ALDERSON � BREWERY PROPRIETOR""; ""6. WHENTHE CHIEFS CAME TOTOWN: THREE AFRICAN CHIEFS VISIT HALIFAX � OCTOBER 1895""; ""7. GUNS AND ROSES: BENJAMINWILSON (1824-97) OF SALTERHEBLE, CHARTIST AND HORTICULTURIST""
- ""8. LADY BEHINDTHE LENS: THE BACKGROUND TO THE ALICE LONGSTAFF GALLERY COLLECTION""""9. THEWARLEY MAYPOLE""; ""10. FROM QUILL TO COMPUTER: PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN HALIFAX""; ""11. JOHN HARTLEY, �THEYORKSHIRE BURNS�""; ""12. �ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MOUTH�: TED HUGHES AND HIS BIRTHPLACE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""NOTES""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783378890
- 1783378891
- OCLC:
- 854974558
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