| The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales: 1894-5 Contributor(s): Brabner, J. H. F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415160952 ISBN-13: 9780415160957 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $2173.13 Product Type: Boxed Set Published: April 1997 Annotation: This invaluable, authoritative work provides a mine of meticulously detailed information on the cities and countryside of England and Wales during the late Victorian period. Included among the thousands of alphabetically arranged entries are: a list of distances from London and the nearest railway stations, descriptions of postal and telegraphic communications, statistics relating to churches, livings, parish areas, and education, and extensive information on population, shipping, manufactures, and agriculture, all obtained from the 1891 census and contemporary official reports. Noblemen's and gentlemen's seats are also noted, and special objects of interest to the historian and archaeologist are summarized. Fifty-four double-page county maps depict natural features, as well as main roads, railways, and canals forming commercial and communications networks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 914.200 |
| Series: Early Sources in Reference |
| Physical Information: 2159 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is an authoritative source of detailed information about the cities, towns, villages and hamlets of England and Wales a century ago. Comprehensively researched over a number of years, the information consists of many thousands of entries compiled and evaluated by the relevant local authorities, making this a unique and accessible topographical reference work. |