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Devonshire Francis A. Knight

Devonshire By Francis A. Knight

Devonshire by Francis A. Knight


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The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Devonshire by Francis A. Knight and Louie M. (Knight) Dutton was first published in 1910. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.

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Devonshire by Francis A. Knight

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various aspects of physical and human geography with an emphasis on clarity. This guide to Devonshire by Francis A. Knight and Louie M. (Knight) Dutton was first published in 1910. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.

Table of Contents

1. County and shire. The name Devonshire; 2. General characteristics; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed. Rivers and the tracing of their courses. Lakes; 6. Geology; 7. Natural history; 8. A peregrination of the coast: 1, the Bristol Channel; 9. A peregrination of the coast: 2, the English Channel; 10. Coastal gains and losses. Sandbanks. Population; 11. Climate and rainfall; 12. People - race. Dialects. Settlements. Population; 13. Agriculture - main cultivations. Woodlands. Stock; 14. Industries and manufactures; 15. Mines and minerals; 16. Fisheries and fishing stations; 17. Shipping and trade; 18. History of Devonshire; 19. Antiquities; 20. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical. Cathedral, churches, abbeys and monastic houses; 21. Architecture - (b) military. Castles; 22. Architecture - (c) domestic. Famous seats, manor houses, farms, cottages; 23. Communications: past and present - roads, railways, canals; 24. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 25. The roll of honour of the county; 26. The chief towns and villages of Devonshire.

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NLS9781107690752
9781107690752
1107690757
Devonshire by Francis A. Knight
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2012-12-13
258
N/A
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