The historic counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire & Breconshire are described in this final volume of the Buildings of Wales series, expanded & revised from the first edition of 1979. Prehistoric hill-forts & standing stones, Roman encampments, Early Christian monuments, ruined castles & the enigmatic remains of early industry enhance the landscapes of this wild & beautiful region. Atmospheric medieval churches survive in quantity, together with diverse Nonconformist chapels. Vernacular traditions are represented by robust medieval cruck-framed houses, & by the manor houses & farmhouses of the Tudors & Stuarts. Other highlights include Montgomery, with its beguiling Georgian heritage, the Victorian spa at Llandrindod Wells, & Powis Castle, with its Baroque interiors & terraced gardens. ...

Powys: Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire & Brecknockshire Pevsner Architectural Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader & specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically by place. Whilst cathedrals & their furnishings, great country houses & their parks form the grand set pieces, the books demonstrate the enjoyable diversity of architecture in the British Isles in accounts of rural churches & farmsteads, Victorian public buildings & industrial monuments. A continuing programme of publication keeps the series up-to-date with new information on older buildings & recent architecture while maintaining the tradition of Pevsner's own succinct accounts. Each book has over 100 photographs, mostly specially commissioned, numerous maps & plans, a glossary & indexes. ...

One of the maps in the topographic survey of Peru from the country’s national survey organization, Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Contours are at 25m intervals & colouring/symbols indicate different types of terrain & vegetation. Some of the maps may contain small blank spaces representing as yet unmapped areas. Each sheet covers 30’ latitude by 30’ longitude. The maps have a 1km UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Publication dates vary; most maps were published in 1960s to 1990s, with some sheets revised more recently. Map legend is in Spanish only, except in the more recent editions which also include English. ...

Poynton East in 1907 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. 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. In this title: the map covers a semi-rural mining area east of Poynton, stretching from Claytonfold & Petre Bank eastward to Middlecale Farm & northward to New House Farm. Features include Lady Pit with colliery railway, Lower Vernon Pit (disused), Anson Pit, Nelson Pit (disused), Horsepasture Pit, Park & Lawrence Pits, a stretch of the GCR & North Staffordshire Joint Railway, colliery lines, Poynton station, Middlewood station (at extreme top of map), High Lane Colliery, Worth Hall Farm, Macclesfield Canal. On the reverse is a directory of Poynton, plus a timetable for the Stockport-Buxton-Parsley Hay line. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Poynton East in 1907 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 a semi-rural mining area east of Poynton, stretching from Claytonfold & Petre Bank eastward to Middlecale Farm & northward to New House Farm. Features include Lady Pit with colliery railway, Lower Vernon Pit (disused), Anson Pit, Nelson Pit (disused), Horsepasture Pit, Park & Lawrence Pits, a stretch of the GCR & North Staffordshire Joint Railway, colliery lines, Poynton station, Middlewood station (at extreme top of map), High Lane Colliery, Worth Hall Farm, Macclesfield Canal, etc. On the reverse is a directory of Poynton, plus a timetable for the Stockport-Buxton-Parsley Hay line. 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. ...

Topographic mapping from Mexico’s national survey agency, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. The maps have contours at 20m intervals with relief shading & indicate various types of terrain & vegetation, e.g. dense vegetation, cultivated areas, swamps, sand dunes, salt pans, etc. UTM grid is at 10km intervals, with latitude & longitude shown by margin ticks at intervals of 5`. Map legend is in Spanish only. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Poznan & environs in a series of recreational maps from Poland’s Army Cartographic Service. The maps use as their base the military topographic survey, with contours at intervals varying from 5m to 20m according to the terrain & contoured depths shown on lakes. An overprint highlights waymarked hiking, cycling & canoeing routes. A wide range of symbols indicate various sport & recreational facilities, places of interest, special natural features, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude grid at 1’ intervals. * Map legend

Includes:: English.* On the reverse there are useful addresses & description, in Polish only.

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A series of maps, following the trail of the most beautiful cycling routes across Poland at 1:100, 000 scale, include:
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A series of maps, following the trail of the most beautiful cycling routes across Poland at 1:100, 000 scale, include:
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Poznan on an indexed, double-sided street plan at 1:20, 000 from Express Map with enlargement showing the town centres in greater detail, a diagram of the city’s night bus & tram lines, plus a plan of the Poznan International Fair grounds. The index

Includes:: contact details for various institutions & facilities, among them hotels, campsites & youth hostels. Express Map street plans provide coverage of cities within their administrative boundary, spread across the two sides of the map. Bus & tram routes are shown with stops & line numbers. For drivers, main traffic arteries are highlighted, one way streets are marked & the plans also show traffic lights, petrol stations, car parks & restricted entry streets or zones. Streets are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Names of suburbs & of larger housing estates are clearly marked. Symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest, including museums & other cultural institutions & historical sites, 24-hrs pharmacies, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Where more than one town is covered, each has a separate index. Map legend

Includes:: English.



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