The making of the English landscape / W.G. Hoskins ; with an introduction and commentary by Christopher Taylor ; colour photographs by Andrew Butler.

Main entry:

Hoskins, W. G. (William George), 1908-1992.

Title & Author:

The making of the English landscape / W.G. Hoskins ; with an introduction and commentary by Christopher Taylor ; colour photographs by Andrew Butler.

Edition:

[Revised edition]

Publication:

London : Hodder and Stoughton, [1988]
©1955.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
General introduction / Christopher Taylor -- Introduction to the 1977 edition / W.G. Hoskins -- The landscape before the English settlement. The pre-Roman landscape ; Western farmsteads and fields ; Roman Britain -- The English settlement. Villages and their fields ; Hamlets ; The shape of villages ; Some Anglo-Saxon estate boundaries ; The Scandinavian settlement -- The colonisation of medieval England. The landscape in 1086 ; The clearing of the woodlands ; Marsh, fen and moor ; Buildings in the landscape -- The Black Death and after. The abandonment of villages ; New colonisation ; New buildings -- Tudor to Georgian England. The landscape in 1500 ; The enclosure of the Midland fields ; The flowering of rural England ; Country houses and parks -- Parliamentary enclosure and the landscape. The extent of the enclosure ; The date of parliamentary enclosure ; The new landscape ; The fields ; Hedgerows and trees ; Roads ; Farmhouses -- The Industrial Revolution and the landscape. The early industrial landscape ; Water-power and the early mills ; Steam-power and slums -- Roads, canals and railways. Roads ; Canals ; Railways -- The landscape of towns. The planned town ; The open-field town ; The market town -- The landscape today.
Revision of: Hoskins, W. G. (William George), 1908-1992. Making of the English landscape. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1955 0340012692 (DLC) 56002285 (OCoLC)878379

ISBN:

0340399716
9780340399712

Subject:

Cultural landscapes England.
Landscape architecture England.
Paysages culturels Angleterre.
Architecture du paysage Angleterre.
Geschichte
Landschaftsgestaltung
Siedlung
England Historical geography.
England Description and travel.
Angleterre Géographie historique.
Angleterre Descriptions et voyages.
England
Großbritannien

Added entries:

Taylor, Christopher, 1935-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46178
Call No.: ID:89-B5503
Status: Available

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