WHITEHAWK HILL: WHERE THE TURF MEETS THE SURF
Written by David Bangs
Published by David Bangs
in 2004
ISBN: 0954863801
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WHITEHAWK HILL: WHERE THE TURF MEETS THE SURF
Written by David Bangs.
Stock no. 1824741
1st.
2004.
Softcover.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A landscape history and natural history of Brighton's most remarkable Downland survival. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations, colour illustrations to centre. ISBN: 0954863801. Light rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine. Sticky ISBN label to rear cover. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Figures in the Text - Maps, Time lines and Diagrams
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Part One - A Landscape History
- Chapter 1 - Whitehawk Emerges from the Sea!
- Chapter 2 - After the Chalk: Sarsen Stones
- Chapter 3 - The Last Few Million Years: Mammoths and Woolly Rhinos
- Chapter 4 - The Wildwood
- Chapter 5 - The Creation of Brighton's Oldest Building and the Birth of Whitehawk's Down Pastures
- Chapter 6 - From 'Tenantry Down' to 'Race Hill'
- Chapter 7 - The Race Ground, Inclosure and the Fastest Growing Town in England
- Chapter 8 - Encroachment and Survival: From 1914 to the Present
- Part Two - The Wildlife: A Rainforest in Miniature
- Chapter 9 - An Overview of the Hill's Different Places
- Chapter 10 - The Plants: It's a Family Affair
- Chapter 11 - Jewels on the Wing: The Butterflies and Moths
- Chapter 12 - Beasts wit Backbones
- Chapter 13 - The Fairy Fauna
- Chapter 14 - Plants Without Flowers: Fungi, Lichen, Algae, Mosses and Liverworts
- Not the End of the Story
- Appendix - Wildlife Records for Whitehawk Hill Local Nature Reserve
- Select Bibliography