FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson
Published by Aurum Press
in 2011
ISBN: 9781845136703
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FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
1st.
2011.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Beaudesert, Staffordshire
- 2. Biddlestone, Northumberland
- 3. Cassiobury, Hertfordshire
- 4. Chicksands, Bedfordshire
- 5. Costessey, Norfolk
- 6. The Deepdene, Surrey
- 7. Donington Park, Leicestershire
- 8. Fornham, Suffolk
- 9. Glossop Dale, Derbyshire
- 10. Haggerston Castle, Northumberland
- 11. Highhead Castle, Ivegill, Cumberland
- 12. Hinton St George, Somerset
- 13. Lathom, Lancashire
- 14. Normanton Park, Rutland
- 15. Nuttall Temple, Nottinghamshire
- 16. Panshanger, Hertfordshire
- 17. Shillinglee Park, Sussex
- 18. Thirkleby Hall, North Riding of Yorkshire
- 19. Trentham, Staffordshire
- 20. Winestead, East Riding of Yorkshire
- 21. Witley Court, Worcestershire
- Index
- Picture Credits