Lancaster, the county town of Lancashire, stands at the lowest bridging point of the River Lune. A chartered borough since 1193 and a city since 1937, it has had a long and turbulent history. Since the Roman army first saw the strategic possibilities of a low hill by the river it has housed garrisons and acted as a fortress. Its position on the main west-coast road to and from Scotland has on numerous occasions led to the passage of hostile armies.As county town an...

Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has always been the mother city of the South West.In this book, first published in 1960 and acclaimed as a 'small masterpiece', the author traces the essential historic devel...

Jessica Metcalf is the only child of Bob and Annie and was born and raised on Horton Road in the East End of London. She is beautiful, happy and has all the trappings that money can buy. Known as Jess to her friends and family but Mistress to her clients, she earns her living as a high-class prostitute and dominatrix. Business is going from strength to strength, she enjoys her work, and it's a lucrative career that has enabled her to purchase a swanky apartment in upmarket Kensington. Ever...

Worcestershire is a county of wide, fertile valleys, drained by the Severn, the Avon, the Teme and the Stour and ringed by some of England's best-known hills, including the Malverns and the Cotswolds.This concise but comprehensive account is based on a wealth of published and unpublished research. It is both highly readable and well illustrated, and will interest the general reader, students and local groups seeking to put their own work within a wider perspective....

In his day, Reginald P. Phillimore (1855–1941) was one of Britain’s leading postcard artists. A great friend of the Athens of the North, he settled in North Berwick and delighted in depicting various Edinburgh locations, both famous and obscure. Artistically, these cards are some of the finest he produced. He sold his cards through a network of dealers, all over Britain, and since he employed a local schoolgirl to hand colour his drawings, no two coloured cards are the same. Although some ...

Step into the moral and spiritual guidance of Christian teaching with A Sermon: Thou shalt not commit Adultery by Joseph Phillimore. This audiobook offers listeners a profound and thoughtful examination of one of the Ten Commandments, exploring its ethical, spiritual, and practical implications for personal and social life.Phillimore delves into the moral significance of fidelity, integrity, and self-discipline, illustrating how adherence to this commandme...

M’attendais-je, ce samedi, à trouver le vieil homme dans son coin, je ne sais. Mais quand, parvenue à ma table près de la fenêtre, je vis qu’il n’était pas là, mon désappointement fut vif.— Je savais bien que vous ne seriez pas longue à venir ! dit près de moi une voix tranquille...

Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as Peterborough City Council, all lay claim to a part of the Fens. Since Roman times, man has increased the land mass in this area by one third of the size. It is the largest plain in the British Isles, covering an area of nearly three-quarters of a million acres and is unique to the UK. The fen people know the area as marsh (land reclaimed from the sea) and fen (land drained from flooding rivers running from the u...

Giallo - racconto (18 pagine) - Montague Phillimore, un vecchio cliente di Holmes, viene trovato impiccato.Watson convince Holmes a riprendere le ricerche di un vecchio caso collegato, nella speranza di ottenere risultati migliori di quelli ottenuti in precedenza.Quando un vecchio cliente di Holmes, Montague Phillimore, viene trovato impiccato, Watson si sente in dovere di recuperare i suoi vecchi appunti sulla sparizione del fratello James, un’indagine term...

Tavistock has cast its spell over generations of visitors. Attractively set between two significant natural barriers, the River Tamar to the west and Dartmoor to the east, residents and visitors today would still recognise the truth of what one impressed tourist wrote in 1892: ' The town has a leisurely and beautiful appearance, and the people do not seem to need to kill themselves and slay each other in the mad rush of life which spoils so many other towns.'...

Guildford's history dates from Saxon times, and the town has been the residence of kings and many famous men and women, particularly since Henry II turned the Norman castle into a luxurious palace in the twelfth century. Also amongst the town's famous and influential faces was George Abbot, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1611 and was one of the translators of the King James Bible and founded Abbot's Hospital in 1619 – an early example of 'sheltered housing', which ...

Written by a man who has lived and sailed a great part of his life in the waters around Chichester Harbour, this book aims to capture the beauties and excitement of the place. It tells the history of the region in a series of chapters, ranging from the arrival of the Romans to the evacuation from Dunkirk, that recreate a series of local incidents.