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  • Irish Sea Lime Trade

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    Quarrying of limestone and converting it to quicklime was a major industry around the Irish Sea coasts for many centuries, and it is an aspect of these islands’ industrial legacy that has received little attention. David Johnson has spent years researching it in the field and in archive centres and has been amazed by its scale and geographical extent. Up to the nineteenth century, quicklime was ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Millstones of The Pennines and North West England

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    Ever since people began cultivating cereal crops 10,000 years ago grain had to be ground down, or milled, into flour to make bread. Up to the Roman period in Britain this could only be done using simple hand querns but, over time, technology improved by introducing circular, horizontal millstones powered by water or wind. Other trades needed the means to crush raw materials to produce their final ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Quarrying in Cumbria

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    The exploiting of stone in Cumbria dates back to the Neolithic period when volcanic rock from the high Lakeland fells was worked to make hand axes. In Roman times sandstone was extensively quarried for building Hadrian’s Wall and forts like Carlisle. The industry expanded in the Middle Ages as stone was needed for high-status buildings like castles, tower houses and monasteries as well as for ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Lime Kilns

    History and Heritage

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    For centuries lime was an essential ingredient in many aspects of life and work - such as farming, building and manufacturing - and the kilns in which lime was produced were a familiar sight across the country, not just in areas where limestone naturally occurred. The importance given to the industry is illustrated by the number of painters, notably Turner and Girtin, who chose to paint lime kilns ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Brickmaking

    History and Heritage

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    Across much of the country buildings have been made of brick, rather than stone, from the Roman period onwards. High-status buildings of the Tudor and Stuart eras were often built of clay brick, but it was only in the nineteenth century that the use of brick in rapid industrial and urban development saw a massive increase in brick production. Mechanisation of the various processes, along with the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • An Improving Prospect? A History of Agricultural Change in Cumbria

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    Cumbria is a very varied county with coastal plains, river valleys, the Pennine edge and the Lakeland fells. It has a strong sense of cohesion and common ground. Farming in the county has improved over the centuries, and yet this is a subject curiously under-discussed in the existing literature. In this book, Dr David Johnson uses documentary and contemporary sources to argue that there has been ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Quarrying in the Yorkshire Pennines

    An Illustrated History

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    From Roman times, rocks have been worked for a wide range of purposes, initially as building stone. As time passed, more and more stone was needed for high-status buildings like castles, halls and monasteries, as well as for bridges, dry stone walls and road-building. The Yorkshire Pennines have a varied geology with many rock types that proved suitable for building and other uses, and the ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Limestone Industries of the Yorkshire Dales Second Edition

    de Dr David Johnson ...
    Limestone has been one of the most indispensable building materials in Britain since the Roman period, when it was widely used for mortar. It was in the medieval era that lime began to be used in farming, alongside marl, as a means of increasing the output of both arable crops and livestock. The impact of limestone extraction in the Yorkshire Dales, once one of the most productive quarrying areas ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Madman in a Box

    The Social History of 'Doctor Who'

    de David Johnson ...
    From Doctor Who‘s modest if promising beginnings, it has gone on to become a global media empire, providing its viewers with a powerful lens by which the past fifty years can be evaluated.Having been on the air for more than fifty years, Doctor Who, a programme dealing with time travel, has itself become a sort of time machine, allowing viewers to observe and evaluate changes in their world.In ... Leer más

    $5.41 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Murder in the Frame

    de D R Johnson ...
    Narrado por Rachel Laurence ...
    Series Audiolibro 4 - The Shepton Rise Murders

    Completo

    4 hora 6 minutos

    When a model is found dead during a life drawing class, the police are confident they have their culprit. The case, they say, is neatly wrapped up. But theatrical agent Ginny Fellows knows better.Certain the truth is being overlooked, Ginny is forced to do the unthinkable: leave the safety of her home. With the steady support of her friend Adam, she accepts a temporary role as a fully clothed life ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    Murder in Focus

    de D R Johnson ...
    Narrado por Rachel Laurence ...
    Series Audiolibro 3 - The Shepton Rise Murders

    Completo

    4 hora 13 minutos

    A killer’s in the frame—and Ginny Fellows is running out of time to focus.When a local photographer turns up dead, theatrical agent Ginny Fellows is reluctantly pulled into the case. Ginny must unravel a web of newsroom secrets and hidden rivalries. Panic attacks keep her close to home, but with support from her steadfast friend Adam, her eccentric actor clients, and her clever cat Tuxie, she's ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    Murder in Focus

    de D R Johnson ...
    Series Audiolibro 3 - The Shepton Rise Murders

    Completo

    4 hora 13 minutos

    A killer’s in the frame—and Ginny Fellows is running out of time to focus.When a local photographer turns up dead, theatrical agent Ginny Fellows is reluctantly pulled into the case. Ginny must unravel a web of newsroom secrets and hidden rivalries. Panic attacks keep her close to home, but with support from her steadfast friend Adam, her eccentric actor clients, and her clever cat Tuxie, she's ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD