Northamptonshire Pevsner Architectural Guide 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. ...

Some of England`s grandest country houses are to be found in this prosperous rural county. The Elizabethan Renaissance Kirby Hall, the Jacobean mansion at Apethorpe, the late seventeenth-century French-inspired Boughton, Hawksmoor`s stately Baroque Easton Neston & the interiors of Althorp provide a fascinating survey of changing taste through the centuries. Complementing them are smaller buildings of great character, supreme among them those of Sir Thomas Tresham: the eccentric & ingenious Triangular Lodge at Rushton & the evocative New Beild at Lyveden. Of no less interest are the fine churches, from Anglo-Saxon Brixworth to the noble Gothic of Warmington, Rushden & Finedon & from All Saints, Northampton, one of the grandest seventeenth-century churches outside London, to Comper`s St Mary`s, Wellingborough. Chief among the towns, Northampton not only has distinguished Victorian & Edwardian public, commercial & industrial buildings but also the principal work in England by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. ...

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Northamptonshire, an original antique map by G. Cole / J. Roper published in London, 1810-1843. Copperplate, coloured. Map size 23 x 17 cm, overall mounted size 38.5 x 32.5 cm. This detailed map of Northamptonshire is from Dugdale's England & Wales Delineated. The map was drawn by G. Cole & engraved by John Roper for publication first in The Beauties Of England & Wales, issued in parts, from c.1804. Such was the success of the publication that the maps were re-used in other publications, as here. The maps show accurate geographical detail, including the turnpike, mail coach & principal roads, sites of Roman & other historical remains, as well as the seats of the nobility & the gentry, & market towns with their distances from London. The maps also show the division of the counties into hundreds or wapontakes. They are representative of the functional nineteenth-century approach to cartography, yet are not unattractive. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...

A modern re-imagining of the Gothic Classic Northanger Abbey by the bestselling crime author Val Mc Dermid. The second book in The Austen Project. Seventeen-year-old Catherine ` Cat` Morland has led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, a life entirely bereft of the romance & excitement for which she yearns. So when Cat`s wealthy neighbours, the Allens, invite her to Edinburgh Festival, she is sure adventure beckons. Edinburgh initially offers no such thrills: Susie Allen is obsessed by shopping, Andrew Allen by the Fringe. A Highland Dance class, though, brings Cat a new acquaintance: Henry Tilney, a pale, dark-eyed gentleman whose family home, Northanger Abbey, sounds perfectly thrilling. & an introduction to Bella Thorpe, who shares her passion for supernatural novels, provides Cat with a like-minded friend. But with Bella comes her brother John, an obnoxious banker whose vulgar behaviour seems designed to thwart Cat`s growing fondness for Henry. Happily, rescue is at h&. The rigidly formal General Tilney invites her to stay at Northanger with son Henry & daughter Eleanor. Cat`s imagination runs riot: an ancient abbey, crumbling turrets, secret chambers, ghosts...and Henry! What could be more deliciously romantic? But Cat gets far more than she bargained for in this isolated corner of the Scottish Borders. The real world outside the pages of a novel proves to be altogether more disturbing than the imagined world within... ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMESThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer & illustrator Leanne Shapton & introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers & Austen fans: Alexander Mc Call Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James & Andrew Motion.` Jane Austen is a genius, & Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated` Martin Amis Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety & love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath & her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing & entertaining consequences. ...

Northeast India in the Handbooks series from Footprint; comprehensive & leading guides designed & written for independent travellers who enjoy exploring off the beaten track. Footprint guides have an established reputation, built up since 1921, for catering for more adventurous & individual travellers. An unrestrictive editorial style also gives authors the freedom to capture & explore local cultures, sights & areas that are often not covered in other guides. Widely recognised for their reliability & independent writing style, Footprint guides all have the same layout. Introductory sections introduce the reader to the destination, with chapters on planning on your trip & essentials, including practical information & guidance on subjects such as when & where to go, itineraries, sport & activities, arts, getting there & around, eating & drinks, sleeping & a dedicated section on the anticipated carbon footprint involved in travelling to the destination. Each guide is organised geographically by region or country, with individual sections having a particular focus on an extensive range of sights & places of interest. Further, there are also details of accommodation, nightlife, restaurants & any notable local activities. Information boxes throughout the text give readers an insight into local customs, stories & sights of particular interest.A ...

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North-eastern USA & Eastern Canada at 1:2, 400, 000 (1” to 38 miles) on an indexed road map from Michelin with coverage extending westwards to the western borders of the Dakotas & Nebraska, & south beyond Washington DC to Norfolk in Virginia &, in the west, to St. Louis & Kansas City. The map is part of Michelin’s series covering USA on three maps at this scale. Road network indicates toll roads & clearly shows road numbers of interstate & state highways plus on selected local roads. Driving distances are marked on main routes in both miles & kilometres, & on selected state roads in kilometres only. State borders are clearly marked & the maps also show time zone boundaries. Topography is indicated by relief shading, with colouring for national/state parks & forests, Indian lands & restricted entry military zones. The maps have no geographical coordinates; each title is indexed. To see all the titles in this series, including more detailed coverage of New England & the Mid-Atlantic States, please click on the series link. ...

Northenden 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. 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: this detailed map covers the western part of Northenden, from St Wilfrid's church (which is split by the margin) westward to Button Lane. Features include Wythenshawe Hall, Rack House, Yewtree Lane, Kenworthy, Kenworthy House, Moorend, Northenden Mill, Lawton Moor etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, including Albert Road, Beech Avenue, Church Road, Kenworthy Lane, Palatine Road, Princess Road, Royle Green Road, Wythenshawe Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...