Map No. 138, Kidderminster & Wyre Forest 1901-1902, in the Cassini Historical Series of old Ordnance Survey mapping of England & Wales at 1:50, 000 in a format designed to offer a convenient comparison with the present day coverage from the OS, & most locations in three different editions. Old historical maps have been combined so that the sheet lines correspond to the current Landranger series & reproduced with the scale changed from one inch to one mile to 1:50, 000. Most locations are covered by three separate maps, showing how the area has changed over the decades, with selected major cities also presented in a fourth edition. * Old Series: the first detailed survey mapping dating for most areas from the first half of the 19th century, in black & white & with relief shown by hachuring.* Revised New Series from 1880s/1900s, with some colouring & a mixture of hachuring & contour lines.* Popular Edition from the inter-war years, with contour lines & colouring to indicate woodlands, parks, etc.* New Popular Edition from the late 1940s, reproduced in the Cassini series for the major cities. Each map

Includes:: notes on the development of Ordnance Survey & the various series produced by them. For those interested in maps & cartography in general, the Cassini series also provides a fascinating insight into how Ordnance Survey cartographic style has developed over a period of over 100 years. Coverage in this title

Includes:: present day Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn, Ludlow, Much Wenlock, Bridgnorth, Leebotwood, Church Stretton, Easthope, Ditton Priors, Munslow, Abdon, Morville, Worfield, Pattingham, Seisdon, Six Ashes, Claverley, Kniver, Highley, Chelmarsh, Chetton, Burwarton, Stottesdon, Kinlet, Romsley, Cleeton St. Mary, Culmington, Stanton Lacy, Bitterley, Cleobury Montimer, Elton, Brimfield, Tenbury Wells, Bayton, Manithwood, Yarpole, Eyton, Leysters, Whyle, Stoke Bliss, Clifton upon Teme, Shrawley & Ombersley, with the Wenlock Edge.* PLEASE NOTE: Stanfords can also print on request mapping from all four series *centring the map on a location of your choice.* For more information please click on the link below.



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Map No. 138, Kidderminster & Wyre Forest, in the waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active version of the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn, Ludlow, Much Wenlock, Bridgnorth, Leebotwood, Church Stretton, Easthope, Ditton Priors, Munslow, Abdon, Morville, Worfield, Pattingham, Seisdon, Six Ashes, Claverley, Kniver, Highley, Chelmarsh, Chetton, Burwarton, Stottesdon, Kinlet, Romsley, Cleeton St. Mary, Culmington, Stanton Lacy, Bitterley, Cleobury Montimer, Elton, Brimfield, Tenbury Wells, Bayton, Manithwood, Yarpole, Eyton, Leysters, Whyle, Stoke Bliss, Clifton upon Teme, Shrawley & Ombersley, with the Wenlock Edge. Edition B3; Publication date April 2012 About Ordnance Survey ...

Map No. 138, Kidderminster & Wyre Forest, in a waterproof & tear-resistant version of the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn, Ludlow, Much Wenlock, Bridgnorth, Leebotwood, Church Stretton, Easthope, Ditton Priors, Munslow, Abdon, Morville, Worfield, Pattingham, Seisdon, Six Ashes, Claverley, Kniver, Highley, Chelmarsh, Chetton, Burwarton, Stottesdon, Kinlet, Romsley, Cleeton St. Mary, Culmington, Stanton Lacy, Bitterley, Cleobury Montimer, Elton, Brimfield, Tenbury Wells, Bayton, Manithwood, Yarpole, Eyton, Leysters, Whyle, Stoke Bliss, Clifton upon Teme, Shrawley & Ombersley, with the Wenlock Edge. Edition B2; Revised for selected changes 2003; Reprinted with minor change 2007; Copyright date 2007 This title is also available on our website in a paper version. Maps in this series are only published folded. Stanfords can also print flat versions of Ordnance Survey maps through the OS Select system, centring the map on a location of your choice & with a picture provided by you on the cover. For more information please click on the link at the bottom of this description. About Ordnance Survey ...

Kiddermister & Stourport-on-Severn in the Cassini Past & Present map series which covers town & cities of England & Wales & offers a unique way of tracing their history & expansion by showing four different periods of their development using Ordnance Survey mapping from the mid-19th century, the late 19th century, the 1920s & the present day. Coverage

Includes:: Bewdley, Dodford, Droitwich Spa, Ombersley, Summerfield & Wychbold. Each Past & Present map consists of four panels, all centred on a city or a town & covering exactly the same 15km x 15km area. Three of the panels reproduce Ordnance Survey

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Every year, over four million Las Vegas visitors travel with children. Sunny weather, budget priced rooms & food, & tons of attractions make Vegas especially attractive to families. So what do children do in a city built on drinking, gambling, & sex? A lot of things! Kathy Espin has compiled a guide to hundreds of fun, wholesome, & educational activities that children of all ages will enjoy. Kidding Around Las Vegas offers first-hand details on every kid-friendly attraction in & around Las Vegas, from knock-your-socks-off thrill rides to horseback riding at a dude ranch. ...

On a moonlit night in April 1944 a small band of fearless partisans, led by the British SOE agent Patrick Leigh Fermor, kidnapped a high-ranking Nazi general on the German-occupied island of Crete. In 1941 the German army invaded the strategically important Mediterranean island with the largest airborne force in history. The years of Nazi occupation that followed saw mass executions, widespread starvation & the brutal destruction of homes
- but amid the horror, the Cretan resistance, the Andartes, with the support of a handful of British SOE agents, fought on heroically. In Cairo, Patrick Leigh Fermor came up with a plan to avenge the islanders` suffering. Under cover of darkness on 4 February 1944, he parachuted onto Crete`s deserted Mount Dikti in preparation for his secret & high-risk mission. This is the story of the abduction of General Kreipe by Leigh Fermor, his second-in-command William Stanley Moss & their tight-knit group of partisans; of the midnight ambush of the general`s car & the perilous drive through the garrison town of Heraklion & twenty-two heavily guarded roadblocks; of their epic, dangerous journey on foot & mule across rocky peaks, hiding from their German pursuers in mountain caves & ditches, towards the coast where a Royal Navy launch was waiting to spirit the general to Egypt. But success came at a price for the islanders left behind: German reprisals were swift, unsparing & devastating. With unprecedented access to first-hand accounts of the Cretan guerrilla fighters themselves, as well as SOE files, Leigh Fermor`s own account & other private papers & diaries, this astonishing true story of daring in the battle against Hitler is told in full for the first time.
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This is the story of how a small SOE unit led by Patrick Leigh Fermor kidnapped a German general on the Nazi-occupied island of Crete in 1944. For thirty-two days, they were chased across the mountains as they headed for the coast & a rendezvous with a Royal Navy launch waiting to spirit the general to Cairo. Rick Stroud, whose Phantom Army of Alamein won plaudits for its meticulous research & its lightness of touch in the telling, brings these same gifts to bear in this new project. From the adrenalin rush of the kidnapping, to the help provided by the Cretan partisans & people, he explains the overall context of Crete`s role in World War Two & reveals the devastating consequences of this mission for them all. There have been other accounts
- notably Ill Met By Moonlight by William Stanley Moss (Leigh Fermor`s second in command), which was later made into a Powell & Pressburger film, starring Dirk Bogarde
- but Kidnap in Crete is the first book to draw on all the sources, notably those in Crete as well as SOE files & the accounts, letters & private papers of its operatives in London & Edinburgh.

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` For God`s sake, hold on!` On a stormy night off the coast of Scotl&, young David Balfour faces his most terrifying test yet. He`s been double-crossed by his wicked uncle, tricked into a sea voyage & sold into slavery. When the dashing Alan Breck Stewart comes aboard, he finds a brave friend at least, & the pair fight back against their treacherous, black-hearted shipmates. But then the ship hits a reef, it`s every man for himself, & David must battle against the raging sea itself! BACKSTORY: Learn about the true stories that inspired this adventurous tale! ...

Set in 18th-century Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of attempted murder, shipwreck, & kidnapping as told by a young Whig who has been deceived by his missing uncle. With great feeling for the Scottish landscape, history, & the local atmosphere, this classic tale of the conflict between Lowlanders & Highlanders mirrors the split sympathies of the author himself. ...

Puffin Classics bring the very best children`s classics to a new generation. When young David Balfour`s father dies & leaves him in poverty, he tracks down his Uncle Ebenezer to seek his inheritance. But his uncle is a mean, nasty man with a dark family secret. David finds himself in terrible danger when he is kidnapped & taken prisoner on board a ship bound for slavery
- he must escape. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David faces a wild adventure as he is hunted across the desolate Scottish moors. Robert Louis Stevenson`s action adventure novel is brilliantly introduced by bestselling author, Alexander Mc Call Smith.
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