Devonshire (Cambridge County Geographies)
Cambridge University Press, 1/3/2013
EAN 9781107690752, ISBN10: 1107690757
Paperback, 258 pages, 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.7 cm
Language: English
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.
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.