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STEEP HOLM: THE STORY OF A SMALL ISLAND

by Stan Rendell; Joan Rendell

Published by Alan Sutton. 1st. 1993

Slightly better than very good condition. Steep Holm is a small uninhabited island in the Bristol Channel five miles west of Weston-super-Mare with a long and fascinating history. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos.

Text block slightly grubby else a nice, clean copy.

ISBN: 0750903236
Stock no. 1826272

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Illustration acknowledgements
  • Chapter One: Setting Scene
  • Chapter Two: Prehistory
  • Chapter Three: A Roman Outpost
  • Chapter Four: Delving in the Dark Ages
  • Chapter Five: Founding a Medieval Priory
  • Chapter Six: Life at St Michael's
  • Chapter Seven: Death - and Closure of the Priory
  • Chapter Eight: My Lord's Coney Warren
  • chapter Nine: Property Disputes and Neglect
  • chapter Ten: Maritime Matters and Merchants
  • Chapter Eleven: Steep Holm Commercialized
  • Chapter Twelve: Mixed Fortunes
  • Chapter Thirteen: Building Fortress Steep Holm
  • Chapter Fourteen: The Military takes over
  • Chapter Fifteen: prosperity and Decline
  • Chapter Sixteen: Into the Twentieth Century
  • Chapter Seventeen: War comes to the Island
  • Chapter Eighteen: Legacy of War and a new lease of Life
  • Chapter Nineteen: The Allsop Memorial era begins
  • Chapter Twenty: Administration of an Island
  • Appendix: geology Table
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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