Sabine Baring-Gould

Cornwall (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read Books Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473371200
• Artikelnr.: 44372271

Autorenporträt

Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 - 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.

Inhaltsangabe

1. County and shire. Meaning of the word
2. General characteristics
3. Size, shape, boundaries
4. Surface and general features
5. Watershed, rivers
6. Geology and soil
7. Natural history
8. Around the coast. From Morwenstow to Land's End
9. Around the coast. From Land's End to Rame Head
10. The coast - gains and losses
11. The coast - tides, islands and lighthouses
12. Climate - rainfall
13. People - race, dialect, population
14. Agriculture - main cultivations. Stock
15. Industries and manufactures
16. Minerals and mining
17. Fisheries
18. Shipping and trade
19. History
20. Antiquities: prehistoric, Roman, Celtic, Saxon
21. Architecture: (a) ecclesiastical
22. Architecture: (b) military - castles
23. Architecture: (c) domestic and monastic
24. Communications - roads, railways
25. Administration and divisions, ancient and modern
26. Roll of honour
27. The chief towns and villages of Cornwall.