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Felixstowe Through Time
Michael Rouse
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Description for Felixstowe Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Felixstowe has changed and developed over the last century. Num Pages: 96 pages, 76 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284. 96 pages, 184 Illustrations incl 76 colour. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Felixstowe has changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; WQH; WQP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 10. Weight: 302.
Felixstowe owes its existence to the 19th-century fashion for seaside holidays when the gentry and businessmen chose to build their summer residences in the parishes of Walton and Felixstowe. In earlier centuries Walton had been the more significant settlement, with a manor and a castle. Even the later fort guarding the Suffolk side of Harwich harbour was often considered to be part of Essex. When the Dutch landed on the Common in 1667 and were defeated by Land guard Fort's garrison, all England heard of the place and King Charles II himself paid them a visit. Join Mike Rouse on ... Read more
Felixstowe owes its existence to the 19th-century fashion for seaside holidays when the gentry and businessmen chose to build their summer residences in the parishes of Walton and Felixstowe. In earlier centuries Walton had been the more significant settlement, with a manor and a castle. Even the later fort guarding the Suffolk side of Harwich harbour was often considered to be part of Essex. When the Dutch landed on the Common in 1667 and were defeated by Land guard Fort's garrison, all England heard of the place and King Charles II himself paid them a visit. Join Mike Rouse on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445610863
SKU
V9781445610863
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Michael Rouse
Ely-born Michael Rouse specialises in local history books, especially photographic collections, of which he has put together a great number including Ely in Old Postcards and A View in Cambridgeshire. He edited the official guide to the city of Ely for some 20 years, and has written numerous freelance articles for magazines. After some years teaching at Soham Village College, ... Read more
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