To see England properly I recommend viewing it from the saddle.. A.F Tschiffely. Travelling through England & doing it on horseback is to rediscover both the romance of the countryside & mans relationship with both his environment & his horse. With twelve carefully crafted rides to choose from from Dorset in the south west to Yorkshire in the north east this specially photographed book will transport you back to a time before cars & tarmac roads when life was simpler & slower. Escape down tracks that are carefully catalogued in the Domesday book or past Thomas Hardys cottage & great stately houses through Cotswolds villages & along beaches. Each ride contains a comprehensive map detailed the route & telling you how long it will take places to stay (that welcome horses) essential kit to take with you & places of interest to visit along the way. In short an inspirational guide book for the enterprising (or armchair) traveller. ...

This pack entitles the recipient to one year’s adult membership of the official England Rugby Supporters’ Club (ERSC). On activation the recipient will receive a welcome pack plus exclusive member benefits throughout the year. Benefits include access to home international tickets subscription to England Rugby magazine discounted non-international Twickenham tickets & match-day programmes discount at the Rugby Store ands RFUDirect.com England Rugby Travel discounts members’ newsletter & website access exclusive competitions to meet the England team plus much more. All proceeds from official RFU products are invested back into the development of the game. ...

This lively & far-reaching account of the politics religion & culture of England in the century & a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid picture of everyday existence & increases our understanding of all aspects of medieval society. This was a period in which the ruling dynasty & military aristocracy were deeply enmeshed with the politics & culture of France. Professor Bartlett describes their conflicts & their preoccupations
- the sense of honour the role of violence & the glitter of tournament heraldry & Arthurian romance. He explores the mechanics of government; assesses the role of the Church at a time of radical developments in religious life & organization; & investigates the peasant economy the foundation of this society & the growing urban & commercial activity. There are colourful details of the everyday life of ordinary men & women with their views on the past on sexuality on animals on death the undead & the occult. The result is a fascinating & comprehensive portrayal of a period which begins with conquest & ends in assimilation.
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Jim & Milly. Stan & Jane. Jonathan & Fiona. Winter 1959. Three married couples: each living in Englands Lane each with an only child & each attending to family & their livelihoods
- the ironmonger the sweetshop & the butcher. Each of them hiding their lies coping in the only way they know how.
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Of all the photographs in the Country Life archive none are more poignant than the images of houses that have been lost through demolition or fire. In a great number of cases the photographs taken by the magazine for their weekly feature on country houses are the only record of many of the most important houses & interiors that were destroyed. From Uffington House Lincolnshire a fine Restoration house burnt in 1904 to the Rococo magnificence of Nuthall temple Nottinghamshire its site now buried under the M1 motorway this book provides a moving testimony to one of the saddest chapters in English 20th century history. Giles Worsleys incisive text makes this more than just an elegy for lost glories. By studying the circumstances behind one hundred houses that have gone he is able to explain why such a large number were destroyed in the last century. He explains how many houses were lost as great landowners responding to economic & political changes sold off secondary estates & demolished palatial houses of the nineteenth century. He also examines how chance played its part with fire emerging as one of the chief causes of destruction. As the twentieth century recedes into history the story of the country house over the past hundred years becomes increasingly fascinating. Englands Lost Houses is essential reading for all those seeking to understand what really happened. ...

Nearly eighty women have sat on the throne of England either as queen regnant or queen consort & the voices of all of them survive through their own writings & those of their contemporaries. The primary role of the queen over the ages was to provide an heir. Catherine of Aragon found this to her cost divorced by Henry VIII for failing to produce a healthy son. The birth of an heir was also a route to power for a queen & Eleanor of Aquitaine became the most powerful woman in Europe during the reigns of her sons. Strong relationships could also develop between the queens & their husbands. Edward VIII even abandoned his throne when forced to choose between the crown & his lover Wallis Simpson. Not all marriages were happy & queens such as Isabella of France & Catherine Howard took lovers to escape their marriages. The unhappy Sophia Dorothea of Celle was imprisoned for over thirty years by her husband George I when her affair was discovered. Her lover Count von Konigsmarck was murdered. Most queens made arranged marriages & were used by their families to build alliances. Some queens were able to break away from this control. Queen Victoria spent her childhood secluded with her overprotective mother even sharing the same bedroom until the day when she was proclaimed queen & finally freed herself from her mothers control. For the first time the voice of each individual queen can be heard together charting the course of English queenship through nearly two thousand years of history ...

For most of us school was our first detailed experience of a building outside the homes of our parents friends & relations. Many people react emotionally when their old school charged with so many memories is closed or demolished. Not all school buildings are worthy of designation but many are major local landmarks & demonstrate an important part of our societys evolution. This book aims to raise awareness of the wide range of school buildings built in England from the Reformation to the Millennium & discusses which buildings may be worthy of greater appreciation & preservation. It summarises the development of schools & analyses how social attitudes have been expressed in their architecture & planning. Finally it looks at the adaptation of older schools to modern needs & new uses for schools around the country drawing on examples of best practice from Historic Building Inspectors & Advisers. ...

Details the turbulent period of history between the late Anglo-Saxons to the English Civil war. This work helps to learn how to identify the denominations kings & mint marks of those little historical documents that are likely to have stood the test of time
- the coins.
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Simon Jenkins has travelled the length & breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county each church is described
- often with delightful asides
- & given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church & lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here he brings that museum to public attention.

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A hymn to good architecture an ode to authentic domestic interiors buy beg borrow or steal a copy to keep in the car. No other ...