Suffolk 1610 Replica Map by the Old Map Company is a reproduction of the map created for the famous atlas of the period by the master map maker John Speede Esq. The Old Map Company has recreated the antique maps of British counties, European cities & World countries originally crafted by master map maker John Speede Esq. whose work had accuracy & quality not surpassed for centuries. Each map is treated & presented on specially crafted paper then h&-treated giving it texture & an aged appearance before being beautifully engraved & detailed. ...

Suffolk in the AA 50 Walks series; comprising an extensive range of walking guides helping you to explore the best walking routes in Great Britain. Each guide covers a total of 50 walks, many of which are circular, between 2-10 miles & also that are suitable for a range of different walking standards. Every walk in the guides has an information box showing clear details of distance, minimum time, level of difficulty, any ascents, the nature of the terrain & landscape, suggested Ordnance Survey map, grid references for starting & finishing points, dog friendliness, parking & any public toilets en route. There are also suggestions of what to look out for & recommended places to eat & drink. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by clear mapping of the route ahead, in addition to colour photographs illustrating the highlights of selected routes. ...

Suffolk in the AA 50 Walks series; comprising an extensive range of walking guides helping you to explore the best walking routes in Great Britain. Each guide covers a total of 50 walks, many of which are circular, between 2-10 miles & also that are suitable for a range of different walking standards. Every walk in the guides has an information box showing clear details of distance, minimum time, level of difficulty, any ascents, the nature of the terrain & landscape, suggested Ordnance Survey map, grid references for starting & finishing points, dog friendliness, parking & any public toilets en route. There are also suggestions of what to look out for & recommended places to eat & drink. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by clear mapping of the route ahead, in addition to colour photographs illustrating the highlights of selected routes. ...

This authoritative survey of east Suffolk

Includes:: some of England`s most beautiful landscapes, including

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Andrew Macnair’s reproduction of “ The County of Suffolk Surveyed By Joseph Hodskinson of Arundel Street, Str&, London, Engraved & Publifhed by William Faden, Geographer to the King (Succefsor to Mr. Jefferys), Charing Crofs, August 14th 1783” map, dedicated “ To his Grace Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Earl of Euston, Hereditary Ranger of Whittlebury Forest, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum of the County of Suffolk, &c. &c. This Map Is with permission inscribed By his Grace’s Most Obliged & Obedient Servant Willm Faden”. Joseph Hodskinson’s map, drawn at 1” to the mile, is reproduced here at a slightly reduced scale & printed on four overlapping sheets. Original hachures have been removed & colouring has been added to highlight parks, commons, greens & woodlands. Particularly effective in the presentation of the county’s landscape is the colouring of Suffolk’s rivers with their wide estuaries flowing into what on the map is called “the German Ocean”. The map

Includes:: a large street plan of Ipswich, an engraving of the south-west view of the Abbey Gate at Bury St. Edmunds & a diagram of triangulation points used in the survey. The whole set is presented in an A4 cover with notes on how the original map & its present version were produced. Hodskinson’s Suffolk map is particularly unusual in that it was awarded a coveted gold medal by what came to be known as the Royal Society of Arts.

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From small timber-framed houses to sprawling manors, this comprehensive guide to west Suffolk presents an impressive range of buildings from across the centuries. At its center lies the town of Bury St. Edmunds, site of one of Norman England`s most powerful abbeys, whose monolithic gates remain as a local landmark. Other towns boast impressive architecture as well, including Newmarket, where the racetrack & other unique structures support its role as a historic & international center for horse breeding & racing. Also attesting to the remarkable variation of west Suffolk`s buildings are a number of impressively grand residences, such as the fine Elizabethan manors of Long Melford, Majarajah Duleep Singh`s palace at Elveden, & the extraordinary circular mansion of Ickworth. ...

This book tells the story of the campaign to get women the vote in Britain through 14 significant objects. From photos of key people in the campaign through ephemera such as force-feeding equipment, banners & medallions Sarah Ridley brings the story to life. Beginning by looking at the role of women in the 19th Century & ending with the continuing struggle for equal rights for women in all parts of society, this is an essential read for young people aged 10 plus to understand the history of the women`s movement on suffrage.2018 was a landmark year that marked the centenary of the Representation of the People Act. This finally gave the vote to some women for the first time (women over 30, who owned property) & also gave the vote to all men (up until then, only about two-thirds of men had the vote). The Houses of Parliament celebrated this centenary with their ` Vote 100` project. 2018 was also be the 90th anniversary of women gaining full voting equality with men in 1928. ...

In the late 1630s, Andrea Stuart`s earliest known maternal ancestor set sail from Engl&, lured by the promise of the New World, to settle in Barbados where he fell by chance into the lucrative life of a sugar plantation owner. With George Ashby`s first crop, the cane revolution was underway & would go on to transform the Caribbean into an archipelago of riches, establishing a thriving worldwide industry that bound together ambitious white entrepreneurs & enslaved black workers. As it grew, this sweet colonial trade fuelled the Enlightenment & financed the Industrial Revolution, but it also had more direct, less palatable consequences for the individuals caught up in it, consequences that still haunt the author`s past. In this unique personal history, Andrea Stuart follows the thread of her own family`s involvement with sugar through successive generations, telling a story of insatiable greed & forbidden love, of abuse & liberation. ...

In the summer of 1972, during a compulsory stint in the South African military, Stephen ` Sugar` Segerman heard the music that would forever change his life. A decade later, on yet another military base, Craig Bartholomew Strydom heard the same music. It would have a profound effect. Who was this folk singer who resonated with South Africa`s youth? No one could say. All that anyone knew was his name
- Rodriguez
- & the fact that he had killed himself on stage after reading his own epitaph. After many years of searching in a pre-internet age, Strydom with support from Segerman found the musician not dead but alive & living in seclusion in Detroit. Even more remarkable was the fact that Rodriguez, no longer working as a musician & struggling to eke out a blue-collar existence, had no idea that he had been famous for over 25 years in a remote part of the world...

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Martinique, 1765, & brothers Emile & Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, & smuggle back the 42 slaves claimed by English invaders at the hospital plantation in Fort Royal. While Lucien, barely in his teens, sees the trip as a great adventure, the older & worldlier Emile has no illusions about the dangers they will face. But with no choice other than to obey Cleophas
- & sensing the possibility, however remote, of finding his first love Celeste
- he sets out with his brother on this `reckless venture`. With great characters, a superb narrative set up, & language that is witty, bawdy & thrillingly alive, Sugar Money is a novel to treasure.

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