Harrogate in 1908 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. SCoverage stretches from Valley Gardens eastward to Silker Fields & Hurstleigh Terrace, & from Mayfield Terrace southward to Trinity church. Features include the town centre with railway station, Cheltenham Crescent, Parliament Street, The Stray or Two Hundred Acre, Harlow Manor Hydro (bottom left corner), Grand Hotel, Bogs Field, Low Harrogate, White Hart Hotel, Royal Baths, Harrogate Hydro, Cairn Hydro, Ladies College, Kursaal, Hotel Majestic, Crescent Gardens, Victoria Avenue, High Harrogate, Oatlands, Christ Church, Church Square, South Park, etc. Extracts from a contemporary street directory are on the reverse, including Cambridge Street, Cheltenham Road, Montpelier Parade & Station Parade. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Thirsk & Wetherby Street Atlas from the Geographers` A-Z Map Company in a paperback format slightly smaller than A5. Map scale is 1:15, 840 (4” to a mile), with an enlargement showing the town centre of Harrogate in greater detail at 1:7, 920 (8” to 1 mile). Coverage

Includes:: Boroughbridge, Kirby Hill & Spofforth. Current edition of this title was published in 2012. To see other titles in this series of A-Z street atlases of towns & cities please click on the series link. A-Z also publish a series of County Street Atlases
- for a list of titles in that series please search for SI00000917.A-Z street atlases present motorways plus A & B roads highlighted by colouring & shown with route numbers. One way or restricted access streets & car parks are marked, as are in more recently published titles locations of speed cameras. Also shown are selected cycleway routes. Where appropriate, A & B roads are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Railway lines are shown with stations & level crossings. Colouring indicates different types of buildings: educational, hospitals & healthcare, industrial, leisure & recreational, shopping centres & markets, public buildings, & places of interest. Symbols mark locations of facilities usually indicated on street mapping: post offices, emergency services, public toilets, etc. Also marked are postcode & local authority boundaries. Each page has the lines & coordinates of the British National Grid. The indexes list streets, places & areas, hospitals, industrial estates, blocks of flats on housing estates, railway stations, & selected places o interest; the latter are printed in contrasting colouring to make them easier to find.


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Harrow & Wembley Street Atlas at 1:15, 840 (4 to 1 mile) in a series of A5, paperback street atlases from Geographers A-Z Map Company. Coverage

Includes:: Edgware, Neasden, Northolt, Northwood, Pinner, Ruislip, South Oxhey, Stanmore & Wealdstone. Current edition of this title was published in 2013.A-Z

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Harrow is famous for its public school, & St Mary`s church perched on the top of the Hill & at one time visible from the streets of London. The school`s dominance prevented development on the Hill itself, so that much of Harrow`s later history occurred in the hamlets around, such as Roxeth, Sudbury & Wealdstone. ...

The London Borough of Harrow has seen dramatic changes over the decades, moving gradually away from its countrified roots to become a bustling & diverse urban centre. Local historian Don Walter`s view that ` Harrow is not the place it was` is evident in this selection of archive images of Harrow`s streets over the last century, but modern Harrow has changed both a huge amount & surprisingly little over the last 100 years, due both to population growth & the clever actions of far-sighted town administrators of decades past. Placing these archive images alongside beautiful modern photography of the same views today & fascinating informative captions, ” Harrow Then & Now” takes us on a tour of the changing face of this historic area, from the modern central streets to the beautifully preserved historic school in Harrow on the Hill. ...

Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1935 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the centre of Harrow-on-the-Hill & the area to the west, with Roxeth to the south. Coverage stretches from Harrow School westward to Imperial Drive & from Harrow-on-the-Hill station southward to Sherwood Road & Sudbury Hill. Features include Harrow School, St Mary`s church, High Street, Roxeth Hill, Christ Church, Northolt Road, gasworks, Bessborough Road, West Harrow station, cricket grounds, St Peter`s church, Isolation Hospital. West Harrow was being developed at the time of this map so many streets are shown under development. The map extends almost to Rayners Lane station. On the reverse we include extracts from a 1933 directory of Harrow. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Architecture, art, sculpture, economics, mathematics, science, metaphysics, comedy, tragedy, drama & epic poetry were all devised & perfected by the Greeks. Of the four classical orders of architecture, three were invented by the Greeks & the fourth, the only one the Romans could come up with, was a combination of two of the former. The powerful ghost of ancient Greece still lingers on in the popular mind as the first great civilization & one of the most influential in the creation of modern thought. It is the starting block of Western European civilization. In his new Odyssey, eminent writer Harry Mount tells the story of ancient Greece while on the trail of its greatest son, Odysseus. In the charming, anecdotal style of his bestselling Amo, Amas, Amat & All That, Harry visits Troy, still looming over the plain where Achilles dragged Hector`s body through the dust, & attempts to swim the Hellespont, in emulation of Lord Byron & the doomed Greek lover, Leander. Whether in Odysseus`s kingdom on Ithaca, Homer`s birthplace of Chios or the Minotaur`s lair on Crete, Mount brings the Odyssey
- & ancient Greece
- back to life.

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Architecture, art, sculpture, economics, mathematics, science, metaphysics, comedy, tragedy, drama & epic poetry were all devised & perfected by the Greeks. Of the four classical orders of architecture, three were invented by the Greeks & the fourth, the only one the Romans could come up with, was a combination of two of the former. The powerful ghost of ancient Greece still lingers on in the popular mind as the first great civilization & one of the most influential in the creation of modern thought. It is the starting block of Western European civilization. In his new Odyssey, eminent writer Harry Mount tells the story of ancient Greece while on the trail of its greatest son, Odysseus. In the charming, anecdotal style of his bestselling Amo, Amas, Amat & All That, Harry visits Troy, still looming over the plain where Achilles dragged Hector`s body through the dust, & attempts to swim the Hellespont, in emulation of Lord Byron & the doomed Greek lover, Leander. Whether in Odysseus`s kingdom on Ithaca, Homer`s birthplace of Chios or the Minotaur`s lair on Crete, Mount brings the Odyssey
- & ancient Greece
- back to life.

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As Fantastic Beasts breaks new ground, it`s time to get up to speed on the films of the Wizarding World! This handy handbook has everything fans need to sort Hippogriffs from Horcruxes, trace the lineage of the most noble wizarding families, explore the different wizarding-governments & study Hogwarts from the early 1900s on. This beautiful guide is the perfect deep dive into Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts & how the two worlds are connected, complete with family trees, infographics & more. ...

Harry Potter: A History of Magic is the official book of the exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling & the brilliant curators of the British Library. It promises to take readers on a fascinating journey through the subjects studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry
- from Alchemy & Potions classes through to Herbology & Care of Magical Creatures. Each chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library & other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches & illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. There`s also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition
- absorbing, insightful & unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord & Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical theme. Readers will be able to pore over ancient spell books, amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the Elixir of Life, vials of dragon`s blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs & a genuine witch`s broomstick, in a book that shows J.K. Rowling`s magical inventions alongside their cultural & historical forebears. This is the ultimate gift for Harry Potter fans, curious minds, big imaginations, bibliophiles & readers around the world who missed out on the chance to see the exhibition in person.

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