The British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas & Gazetteer was first published by Ian Allan Publishing in 1958 but has not been revised since the fifth edition in 1967. For this new edition the cartography has been completely redrawn in the larger page size of our recent atlases to make the mapping much clearer & easy to read. It has also been thoroughly corrected & for the first time will include lines not built at the time of the 1923 Grouping to show the entire historical railway network. The atlas will also have a gazetteer listing abbreviations of all the railway companies & an index listing all tunnels, water troughs, principal summits, stations, good & locomotive sheds, depots etc & junctions named on the maps. The British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas & Gazetteer is a complete record of the Approx. 150 of different companies that ran Britain`s passenger railways, including narrow gauge, before the Grouping into the Big Four companies in 1923. The ownership of each line is differentiated by colour coding on the maps, with enlarged sections of the most complicated centres, making this an essential work of reference for all those interested in the history of Britain`s railways, both the thousands of miles of railway lines that have now disappeared & the origins of today`s network that survives. ...

A map illustrating the British Raj in India between 1858 & 1947, forming a comprehensive picture of the Raj at the height of its power, indicating its full extent in 1911, & outlining the quest for independence that followed. Major cities & towns, natural resources & rivers are shown. Included on the sheet are sites of important battles, prominent hill stations & forts, & major trade & rail routes. A box of key facts relating to India & a timeline of events are given. Illustrated text boxes feature fourteen personalities & events that shaped the path of the Raj from the birth of the East India Company in 1600. ...

Celebrated restaurateur & food writer Mark Hix toured the country with leading photographer Jason Lowe to re-discover forgotten, traditional dishes & start putting British regional food back on the map. Each chapter celebrates & examines a particular region, introducing the you to its landscape & indigenous products, &

Includes:: fascinating information & anecdotes about the traditions behind some of the country's most beloved meals. Find out why the Cornish Pasty was Britain's first convenience food, why the Welsh were eating seaweed long before sushi became fashionable, & how Lancashire came to be the birthplace of all manner of confectionery including treacle toffee. With over 100 recipes, the book provides a rich treasury of regional dishes, some entirely true to tradition, others cleverly & sympathetically adapted to make them simpler & more suited to today. Thus Bubble & Squeak, Kedgeree & Roast Lamb sit perfectly alongside the more fantastically named London Particular, Liverpool Lobscouse, & Dublin Coddle. Throughout the book there are also features on the best artisan food producers throughout the country who are working to re-kindle all that's best in British food, from celebrated local cheese & ham producers whose work rival the very best from France & Italy, to farmers who are working to revive rare breeds & forgotten varieties of fruit & vegetables.

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Britain`s rivers deserve to be better known. Teeming with wildlife, steeped in history, sporting bridges, docks & stunning ...

Most ingredients are now available all year round, flown in from afar as necessary, but there is no doubt that food eaten in season
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The Lingo™ range features beautifully designed, quality playing cards with the world’s most popular foreign languages. Inside Lingo™ you’ll find a stack of essential translations for your next overseas adventure. Lingo™ has your trip covered, from basic greetings & introductions to eating out, moving around or finding a place to stay. Practical translations accompanied by intuitive, easy to learn pronunciations. ...

Nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s & 1960s. There was something very special about the combination of low-slung open two-seater bodywork with a spartan interior, a slick sporting gearchange & a rorty exhaust note. This was wind-in-the-hair motoring, & it was affordable by the average young man
- at least, until he got married & had a family. The names of MG & Triumph stood proudly out from the rest, but there were many others as well. Austin-Healeys & Jaguars were grander & faster, but they still embodied that almost indefinable fun factor. Then there were the bit-part players, who did their best to secure a place in the affections of the sports car buying public. British sports cars were hugely popular overseas, especially in the USA. & tellingly, when Japanese manufacturer Mazda wanted to make a sports car in 1989, it sought inspiration from these very classics of the 1950s & 1960s. Today, the Mazda MX-5 is the world`s best-selling sports car.
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This book was commissioned by The Theatres Trust, the body charged by Acts of Parliament with `the better protection of theatres`. After decades of destruction, theatres are now recognised as significant records of the societies that produced them & valuable cultural resources for the prsent day. This book outlines the history of theatres & music halls from the late sixteenth century to the present time, noting changing fashions in entertainment & evolving official attitudes to safety that have, at various times, influenced the architectural character of the buildings. Particular attention is given to the thirty-five years before the First World War, when music hall & variety entertainment developed rapidly, accompanied by a masive surge in theatre building. The account is enlivened with illustrations of theatres, their architects & their audiences. ...

Towns are complex & sophisticated creations. Mapping towns stretched cartographers` ingenuity to new heights of both artistic beauty & scientific exactitude as they strove to represent & communicate the physical patterns of streets, buildings & spaces; the `above ground` & the `below ground`; the built structures & the economy; the lives of those who live or work there; & the unseen realities of land ownership, administration, religion & politics. These maps served a variety of purposes, from guiding travellers, assisting with administration & government, raising taxes, planning the built environment, organising its defence
- & much, much more. Some of the maps in this book are well known, others have languished in obscurity, deep in archives, until revealed by the ten years` work of a British Academy research project on which this book is founded. Lavishly illustrated in colour, it tells the story of the mapping of urban Britain from the late middle ages until modern times. The text is accompanied by a comprehensive index of town maps which have been catalogued on an open-access electronic resource.
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British Virgin Islands in a series of tourist maps of the Caribbean islands from the Barbados-based Skyview Inc combining maps of the individual islands with an overview of the whole group, plus extensive tourist information on various services & facilities. Rather than providing conventional mapping with topography, detailed road network, etc., Skyview maps give a more generalize picture of main roads & access to the numerous facilities highlighted on their maps. On maps of the individual islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke & Anegada symbols show beaches, snorkeling/diving sites, bird watching sites, golf courses, & many other local facilities. An enlargement shows in greater detail Road Town on Tortola. Also provided is an overview map of the whole group with ferry links between individual islands. Maps of individual islands have addition panels providing contact addresses & brief information on services such as various types of accommodation, car rental/taxis/ferries, restaurants, shopping & services, sea activities, etc. ...