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The Hoo Peninsula, separating the estuaries of the Thames and Medway rivers, is located thirty miles east of London. In "The Hoo Peninsula Landscape" the authors describe how changing patterns of land usage and maritime activity have given this area its distinctive character.
Presenting new information, including aerial photographic mapping and analysis, detailed assessment of the peninsula s buildings, and surveys of key sites, the book delves deeply into the history and development of the Hoo Peninsula and shows how the peninsula, in turn, shaped British history. While many view the...

This book tells the story of a remarkable building, the Rotunda, and its unique landscape. The Rotunda has had two separate but equally significant lives – the first as a tented ballroom in Westminster and the second as an artillery museum in Woolwich. The structure was commissioned in 1814 by the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, and designed by renowned architect John Nash. Having hosted a major party celebrating the Allied victory in the Napoleonic Wars and honouring the Duke of Wellington, the Rotunda was dismantled and transferred in 1818 to the military garrison at Woolwich....