Walking Oxford
Seiten
2021
Metro Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-902910-67-3 (ISBN)
Metro Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-902910-67-3 (ISBN)
Walking Oxford tells the story of the city, its people and places in eight surprising walks. Readers will explore many of the colleges and majestic University buildings, but also look beyond the famous dreaming spires to uncover a diverse story of millstreams and medieval lanes, breweries and jam factories, social housing and grand suburbs.
The eight walks in this book look beyond Oxford’s famous dreaming spires to uncover a diverse story of millstreams and medieval lanes, breweries and jam factories, social housing and grand suburbs, religion and science. As well as including the many colleges and majestic University buildings, the walks explore the particular circumstances of the areas they cover and tell the stories of the extraordinary people who shaped Oxford’s history – and often that of the world beyond
•8 illustrated walks
•details on the best cafés & pubs
•information on local attractions, museums and galleries
•maps – to help you navigate
The eight walks in this book look beyond Oxford’s famous dreaming spires to uncover a diverse story of millstreams and medieval lanes, breweries and jam factories, social housing and grand suburbs, religion and science. As well as including the many colleges and majestic University buildings, the walks explore the particular circumstances of the areas they cover and tell the stories of the extraordinary people who shaped Oxford’s history – and often that of the world beyond
•8 illustrated walks
•details on the best cafés & pubs
•information on local attractions, museums and galleries
•maps – to help you navigate
1. North of the High: from medieval to moderne
2. South of the Broad: town & gown
3. East of St Giles': from religion to reason & back again
4. Four Colleges & a Cathedral
5. West of Carfax: industry & reform
6. Jericho: work & welfare
7. North Oxford: a new suburb & its women pioneers
8. Along the Thames: power & pleasure
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.06.2021 |
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Zusatzinfo | 9 Maps and 420 photos |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 105 x 148 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-902910-67-2 / 1902910672 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-902910-67-3 / 9781902910673 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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