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So, what is the significance of the seventeenth-century Sir Thomas Abney to Loughborough, and what is the connection between the young Princess Alexandrina, later to become Queen Victoria, and Loughborough? What is the history of the Bat House, and what is the mysterious Building N on the university campus? Which industry has its last remaining factory in Loughborough? What is the meaning of local words like 'jitty' and 'Ingle Pingle', and why is Bottleacre Lane so named?Being on the edge of the Charnwood Forest, Loughborough has woods and spinneys in abundance, but there is still plenty of space for allotments and meadows. Watercourses criss-cross the town like arteries, running from the heart of the Charnwood Forest, into the River Soar or the Grand Union Canal, and artificial bodies of water have been created on former industrial sites. In this alphabetical tour around the university market town of Loughborough, the second largest town in Leicestershire after the county town of Leicester, the author invites you to learn about the town's history through its buildings, structures, streets and thoroughfares; through its firms and local people; and through its features like waterways, woods andfields. With tales of fairs, follies and families, this book dips into some of the most interesting and intriguing parts of Loughborough's history. But do you agree with Daniel Defoe that Loughborough is a 'market town ... but of no great note?' The author sets out to gently persuade you that there is much more to Loughborough than at first might meet the eye.

Having provided the setting for many royal and historic events, Windsor Castle attracts millions of visitors from around the world and continues to be a favourite royal residence. This imposing building dominates the surrounding area, but the town itself arrived long before the castle. In the seventh century a settlement was built further south, close to the River Thames, which provided transport to London. Not content with its position, in 1110 the town moved two miles north to wrap itself around the castle and settled where it is today under the name of New Windsor. Over the town bridge, Eton is said to have been a settlement since Saxon times, although Roman and Celtic remains have been found in the area. Originally, Eton prospered from fish farming on the river, but the college, founded in 1440, encouraged its growth. In A-Z of Windsor & Eton, author Yvonne Moxley embarks on an engaging alphabetical journey through the history of these neighbouring Berkshire towns. She visits the places, buildings and streets that are significant and intriguing, and discovers the stories behind them. Along the way, Yvonne introduces the reader to some famous sons and daughters and provides an enlightening insight into the heritage of both towns. Illustrated throughout, this book will be of interest to residents, visitors and all those with links to the area.

Poole is the second largest natural harbour in the world and the largest in Europe, resulting in a trading history which dates back to Roman times. In the Middle Ages, commodities for export, particularly wool, were funnelled into Poole and it became a place where merchants could dock, store their goods and display their wares. The port grew in importance during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the boom years of trade with Newfoundland, but suffered from an economic slump throughout most of the nineteenth century and into the 1920s and '30s. However, in the decades after the Second World War, many major national companies were attracted to the town, resulting in 10,000 more homes being built in Poole between 1946 and 1966. A major slum clearance scheme also took place during the same period, as over 1,000 condemned homes were demolished, many in the labyrinth of narrow backstreets and alleyways leading from the Eastern Quay into the Old Town. Poole is still a working port, particularly on the Hamworthy side, where Sunseeker yachts off the production line can be seen adjacent to industrial cargo ships moored nearby and the ferry terminal. On the Poole side, the Fishermen's Dock nestles incongruously adjacent to a yachting marina. The Quay and Old Town has preserved many cobbled streets and alleyways containing historic buildings, some dating back to the fourteenth century, once a haunt of Newfoundland merchants, pirates, smugglers and press gangs. This fascinating A-Z tour of Poole, its interesting people, places and historic events, is fully illustrated with photography and will appeal to all those with an interest in this Dorset coastal town.

Explore the city of Hull in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its local history, people and places.

Explores the Isle of Anglesey in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Explore the Suffolk town of Bungay in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Explore the city of Birmingham in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

A fascinating journey along the byways of Canterbury highlighting the people, places and heritage of the city.

A fascinating journey along the byways of Barrow-in-Furness highlighting the people, places and heritage of this Cumbrian town.

Explore the Surrey town of Woking in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

An engaging journey through the Devon port city of Plymouth highlighting its heritage, people and places from across the centuries.

An engaging exploration of the Welsh town of Brecon, and its surrounding area, highlighting the heritage, people and places.

A fascinating journey through this West Yorkshire town of Halifax highlighting its people, places and heritage across the centuries.

Explore the city of Southampton in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

A fascinating heritage tour through the town and County Borough of Wrexham in North Wales featuring its people and places across the centuries.

A fascinating journey through Somerset's county town of Taunton highlighting its people, places and heritage across the centuries.

That incomparable melancholy in Edward Hopper's pictures occasionally leads us to look at the details of his life. Where exactly did this master of loneliness live and work? What were his most important influences while he was working on his great paintings of America? In this wonderful, simply structured, A-to-Z book, Ulf Küster pursues these themes, which say a great deal about the painter and his interests, and yet he never loses sight of the artist and the necessary distance to his inimitable pictures.Thus, Küster strolls through the ABCs of Hopper's life and work, from the "American landscape," "Buick" "Goethe," and "shadow and sunlight" to the key word, "zero." On the way he opens up many new doors or insights, enriching the views of Hopper's paintings and making it possible to interpret them in new ways. An entertaining and informative book.EDWARD HOPPER (1882-1967) is the master of American Realism. His paintings captured life during his era. His method of painting rapidly became the stylistic foundation of a type of American modernism. A source of inspiration for countless painters, photographers, and filmmakers, his body of work continues to be influential to this very day.The art theoretician and curator ULF KÜSTER (*1966, Stuttgart) has worked at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen since 2004. He produces many internationally respected exhibitions and publications. Hatje Cantz has published a number of these, including his essay on Louise Bourgeois in the series Reading Art.

Explore the Potteries township of Trentham in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Explore the interesting local history of the Yorkshire town of Harrogate in this handy illustrated A-Z guide.

Explore the town of Elgin in Moray in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

An engaging exploration of Aylesbury highlighting the people, places and heritage of Buckinghamshire's county town.

A journey along the highways and byways of St Albans highlighting the history and character of this Hertfordshire city.

Explore the fascinating history of Carlisle in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Explore the town of Kingston-upon-Thames in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Explore the fascinating history of Glasgow in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Explore the fascinating history of Sheffield in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Explore the Somerset towns of Minehead & Dunster in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Explore the fascinating history of Manchester in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Explore the fascinating history of Portsmouth in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.

Explore the city of Coventry in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.