Highgate in 1894 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. Three versions have been published for this area, stretching from Fitzroy Park eastward to Hazellville Road & from Shepherds Hill Road southward to Highgate Cemetery. Features include Park House Penitentiary, Highgate Cemetery, Waterlow Park, Shepherds Hill, a stretch of the GNR High Barnet line including Highgate station & part of Crouch End station, St Pancras Infirmary, Holborn Union Infirmary, a workhouse & Archway. Streets include North Road, North Hill, The Grove, Pond Square, Hampstead Lane, Highgate Hill, Archway Road, St John`s Road. The 1894 map

Includes:: extracts from early directories. 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.

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Highgate in 1913 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. Three versions have been pubslished for this area, stretching from Fitzroy Park eastward to Hazellville Road & from Shepherds Hill Road southward to Highgate Cemetery. Features include Park House Penitentiary, Highgate Cemetery, Waterlow Park, Shepherds Hill, a stretch of the GNR High Barnet line including Highgate station & part of Crouch End station, St Pancras Infirmary, Holborn Union Infirmary, a workhouse & Archway. Streets include North Road, North Hill, The Grove, Pond Square, Hampstead Lane, Highgate Hill, Archway Road, St John`s Road. The 1913 map

Includes:: extracts from early directories. 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.

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Highgate retains its village atmosphere & magnificent views across London. The author relates its history from wealthy Tudor residents through to the expansive Victorian times when Highgate was fortunate to obtain much public green space, & into modern times. It also acquired a cable tramway up its steep hill, a famous school founded in 1565 & one of the most picturesque cemeteries in the country. It has some notable old pubs & boasts one of the few surviving Literary & Scientific Institutions, Past residents include Baroness Coutts, Steel Gibbons & John Betjeman. ...

Jack`s love of hillwalking began with a trip to the North-West Highlands where he & his son, Tom, began to explore the extraordinary mountains of Coigach & Inverpolly. Now this experienced hillwalker & geographer writes Highland Journal, an illustrated memoir looking back on his adventures. Joining the Jolly Boys, an anarchic group of Munro baggers, Jack was initiated into the world of hillwalking. Highland Journal records his adventures, the geology, the natural history & the idiosyncrasies of his climbing companions. With hair-raising moments such as walks in the deep snows of the Highland winter using crampons & ice axe & a mountain rescue on the Cuillin of Skye, readers witness the author`s transition from wide-eyed hillwalking novice to competent mountaineer. Illustrated with Jack`s own drawings & watercolours, Highland Journal also

Includes:: distinctive relief maps of each mountain climbed. The book will appeal to hillwalkers & Munro baggers, as well as readers interested in landscape & wildlife & lovers of adventure.

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In ” Highland Journey”, Mairi Hedderwick retraces the steps of an obscure Victorian artist, John T. Reid, who made a sketching tour around Scotland in 1876. Hedderwick, a witty & immensely readable author of children`s books, achieves so much more than simply following in Reid`s footsteps; wonderfully realised, her quest becomes obsessional at times as she struggles to understand her mentor & guide with whom she shares a passion to conserve Scotland`s wild places & record them faithfully with exquisite illustration & insightful comment. ...

Featuring breathtaking photographs of some of Scotland s most remarkable & little-known houses, this book tells the story of how incomers adopted the North of Scotland as a recreational paradise & left an astonishing legacy of architecture & decoration inspired by the romanticized image of the Highlands. Known as shooting lodges because they were designed principally to accommodate the parties of guests that flocked north for the annual sporting season, these houses range from Picturesque cottages ornees & Scotch Baronial castles to Arts & Crafts mansions & modern eco-lodges. While their designs respond to some of Britain s wildest & most stirring landscapes, inside many were equipped with the latest domestic technology & boasted opulent decoration & furnishings from the smartest London & Parisian firms. A good number survive little altered in their original state, & some are still owned by descendants of the families that built them. Images from the famous Country Life Picture Library & specially commissioned photographs evoke the dramatic settings & arresting detail of these houses, making the book as appealing to decorators & architectural historians as it is to travelers & sportsmen. ...

Kenn returns to the Highlands of his youth, back to the river which has haunted his dreams since boyhood. Determined to walk all the way back to its source, Kenn embarks on a journey that will lead him deep into the wilderness of his own heart. Profound & moving, Highland River is a stirring tale of what is lost & what endures, & the unexpected ways we can be renewed. ...

This guide describes some of the best scrambles & easy rock climbs to be found in Scotland (excepting Skye & the Northern Highlands which are described in separate SMC guides). It covers the Cairngorms, Ben Nevis & Glen Coe, as well as the islands of Rum, Mull & Arran. All kinds of outings are described; from short routes on the gabbro crags of Ardnamurchan to major undertakings on the ridges of Ben Nevis. A number of the outings are described for the very first time. Highland Scrambles South completes the Scottish Mountaineering Club`s three volume coverage of scrambling & easy climbs among the Highlands & Islands of Scotl&. The guide describes 215 routes in The Cairngorms, Lochnagar, Ben Nevis & The Mamores, Glen Coe & Glen Etive, Knoydart, Ardgour & Ardnamurchan, Creag Meagaidh & Ben Alder, Southern Highlands, Southern Uplands & on the islands of Mull, Rum & Arran. ...

There are few landscapes in the western world more bewitching than the mountain glens of the Scottish Highlands & the scattered islands of the Hebrides. From its bleak mountains to its flower-filled meadows, from savage sea-cliffs to pure white beaches, it has inspired an equally varied oral heritage. There are the works of gentle scholar saints, epic tales of murderous clan rivalry, Norse legends of monsters & unsubdued spirits & the romantic tale of how an exiled prince came back to rescue his land & crown, though his defeat brought ruin to this ancient culture. More recently, it is the landscape & its animal inhabitants that have inspired some of the greatest of the poems captured here by Mary Miers, whose feel for the spirit of the Highlands & islands is unerring. She combines the sensibility of a native from the island of South Uist with the eye of a travelling scholar of architecture. Small books that open our vast landscapes of the mind. ...

Highlands & Islands 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. ...