Dorset /
Whaley, Peta.
Dorset / Peta Whaley. - Bristol [UK] : Venton, 2002, ©1977. - 1 online resource (149 pages) : illustrations. - - Westcountry history . - Westcountry history. .
Prev. ed. published in 1977 under the title Dorset through history.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148).
Preliminaries; Contents; Ch. 1: Shaftesbury and Alfred the Great; Ch. 2: Corfe and Edward the Martyr; Ch. 3: Sherborne and Sir Walter Raleigh; Ch. 4: Corfe Castle and Lady Banks; Ch. 5: The Western Coastal Towns and the Stuarts; Ch. 6: Dorchester, Judge Jefferies and the Bloody Assizes; Ch. 7: Marshwood Vale and the Wordsworths; Ch. 8: Portesham and Nelson's Hardy; Ch. 9: Tolpuddle and its Martyrs; Ch. 10: Sturminster Newton, Winterborne Came and William Barnes; Ch. 11: Wimborne St. Giles and the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; Ch. 12: Stinsford, Higher Bockampton and Thomas Hardy Ch. 13: Lawrence of ArabiaBibliography;
Thomas Hardy was born there, Sir Walter Raleigh chose to live there, and Lawrence of Arabia is buried there. Dorset has so many great figures shaping its history, from eminent leaders such as Alfred the Great to notable writers such as Wordsworth, it could have nothing but an impressive and fascinating story.
1841508403 (electronic bk.) 9781841508405 (electronic bk.) (Paper)
31809781841508405 Ingram Content Group
GBB6I9281 bnb
017989988 Uk
HISTORY.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
Great Britain.
History & Archaeology.
Dorset (England)--History, Local.
Dorset (Angleterre)--Histoire locale.
England--Dorset.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Local history.
Electronic books.
DA670.D7 / W46 2002eb
942.3/3
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Dorset / Peta Whaley. - Bristol [UK] : Venton, 2002, ©1977. - 1 online resource (149 pages) : illustrations. - - Westcountry history . - Westcountry history. .
Prev. ed. published in 1977 under the title Dorset through history.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148).
Preliminaries; Contents; Ch. 1: Shaftesbury and Alfred the Great; Ch. 2: Corfe and Edward the Martyr; Ch. 3: Sherborne and Sir Walter Raleigh; Ch. 4: Corfe Castle and Lady Banks; Ch. 5: The Western Coastal Towns and the Stuarts; Ch. 6: Dorchester, Judge Jefferies and the Bloody Assizes; Ch. 7: Marshwood Vale and the Wordsworths; Ch. 8: Portesham and Nelson's Hardy; Ch. 9: Tolpuddle and its Martyrs; Ch. 10: Sturminster Newton, Winterborne Came and William Barnes; Ch. 11: Wimborne St. Giles and the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury; Ch. 12: Stinsford, Higher Bockampton and Thomas Hardy Ch. 13: Lawrence of ArabiaBibliography;
Thomas Hardy was born there, Sir Walter Raleigh chose to live there, and Lawrence of Arabia is buried there. Dorset has so many great figures shaping its history, from eminent leaders such as Alfred the Great to notable writers such as Wordsworth, it could have nothing but an impressive and fascinating story.
1841508403 (electronic bk.) 9781841508405 (electronic bk.) (Paper)
31809781841508405 Ingram Content Group
GBB6I9281 bnb
017989988 Uk
HISTORY.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
Great Britain.
History & Archaeology.
Dorset (England)--History, Local.
Dorset (Angleterre)--Histoire locale.
England--Dorset.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Local history.
Electronic books.
DA670.D7 / W46 2002eb
942.3/3
D:9