Timperley in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map is double-sided. The main map covers the eastern part of Timperley, including Belmont House, chapel, Thorley Lane area; coverage extends east to Baguley House, Baguley station, Roundthorn Farm, Peartree Farm. On the reverse is half of adjacent sheet 18.04, extending coverage eastward to include Baguley Hall, Blackcarr Wood. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Timperley in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map is double-sided. The main map covers the eastern part of Timperley, including Belmont House, chapel, Thorley Lane area; coverage extends east to Baguley House, Baguley station, Roundthorn Farm, Peartree Farm, etc. On the reverse is half of the adjacent sheet 18.04, extending coverage eastward to include Baguley Hall & Blackcarr Wood. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Every era in history has produced its own king of the transport network, its paths. These routes have opened up the once remote areas of Britain & caused drastic changes in the lives of the local people. John Timpson travels along eight time paths in different parts of Britain, picking out the more unusual aspects of the places they pass through. He follows them, where it is still possible, & discovers what has happened to them today, often looking at them through the eyes of the early travellers. The routes covered are: the Icknield Way (the prehistoric track) from Norfolk to the Berkshire Downs; the Fosse Way, a Roman military highway from the Devon Coast to Lincoln; the River Ouse used by the Vikings to capture & colonize York & the countryside around it; the Corpse Trail in Swaledale, the track along which bodies were carried for burial in the Middle Ages; the Welsh Road, the main drovers' route from mid-Wales to Smithfield Market; the Wey & Arun Canal which used to link Portsmouth with the Thames; the Mailcoach Run from London to Aberystwyth; & the Mallaig Extension, built at the turn of the century to link the West Highlands of Scotland with the coast. The epilogue looks at the M40 extension, showing how it changed the landscape, & the effects of new roads & new domestic air routes. ...

There was once a wide, windswept place, near nowhere & close to forgotten that was filled with all the things that no one wanted... So begins Helen Ward`s poetic story. ” The Tin Forest”. But, deep in the forest lives an old man who tidies this rubbish & dreams of a better place. With faith, ingenuity & hard work he transforms his environment. This is a wonderful modern fable told with spare poetic text in which the storyteller`s voice rings clear & true. ...

The unforgettable & achingly tender new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT & the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS. ` Exquisite` Joanna Cannon It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men & boys are capable of beautiful things. And then there are two boys, Ellis & Michael, who are inseparable. And the boys become men, and then Annie walks into their lives, and it changes nothing & everything. Tin Man sees Sarah Winman follow the acclaimed success of When God Was A Rabbit & A Year Of Marvellous Ways with a love letter to human kindness & friendship, loss & living. ...

_______________________` Astonishing, soul-baring
- the must-read memoir by rock`s greatest survivor` DAILY MAIL` Unbearably poignant`
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Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Riffing on Ray Bradbury`s classic novel about the end of reading, Tinderbox is one of the most interesting books in decades about literary culture & its place in the world. More than that, it`s about how every one of us fits into that bigger picture
- & the struggle to make sense of life in the twenty-first century.
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