Around Rothwell Volume Two - Softcover

Bulmer, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752433652 ISBN 13: 9780752433653

Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This wonderful second collection of images of Rothwell and the surrounding district revisits the life of the people of this West Yorkshire village during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, using over 200 photographs and ephemera to take the reader on a nostalgic journey into the area's past. The ancient village of Rothwell dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and was also an important administrative centre for the 'Honour of Pontefract' during the medieval times. The hunting park at Rothwell was well known to the kings of England - King John came to hunt in the thirteenth century, as did Edward III in the fourteenth century. Local folklore says that the great John of Gaunt killed the last wild boar in the are in the last years of his life. Around Rothwell: Volume Two is an important pictorial record of this intriguing area of West Yorkshire, which will delight those who know the area as it is today and evoke memories of a bygone age for those who have lived there.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0752433652
• ISBN 13: 9780752433653
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar