The kitchen garden was designed to provide a continual supply not only of fruit, flowers and vegetables, but also of plants that had medicinal and veterinary uses, plants for flavouring food and drink, and those providing dyes, perfumes, narcotics, disinfectants, poisons and pesticides. With the aid of heated glasshouses, there would be out-of-season delicies such as strawberries for Christmas, exotic tropical fruits, and even figs and grapes. Once found in the grounds of most large country houses in Britain and Ireland, many have sadly fallen into disuse and ruin. Their remains can still be...
The kitchen garden was designed to provide a continual supply not only of fruit, flowers and vegetables, but also of plants that had medicinal and vet...
The Victorian clergyman is a familiar character in the fiction of the period, especially in the novels of Anthony Trollope and George Eliot. Through text and pictures, this book sets out to tell their story and to set them firmly in the context of the nineteenth-century Church of England, revealing how they differed from the clergy of the present day. Trevor May is an historian who retired from the University of Hertfordshire in 1993. His principal interests are in nineteenth-century economic, social and local history. He is the author of some fifteen books, including nine Shire...
The Victorian clergyman is a familiar character in the fiction of the period, especially in the novels of Anthony Trollope and George Eliot. Throug...
The career of this erratic genius is an extraordinary story. The son of a Cornish mine captain, Trevithick single-handed totally changed the unwieldy steam engines of Newcome and Watt to efficient prime movers with many applications, inventing in the process a vast range of widely differing machines, from high-pressure engines to the world's first railway locomotive. His immense physical strength was legendary; he could write his name on a beam six feet from the floor with half a hundredweight hanging from his thumb. Yet his strength was nothing compared to his mental energy and...
The career of this erratic genius is an extraordinary story. The son of a Cornish mine captain, Trevithick single-handed totally changed the unwiel...
Thomas Telford's genius is reflected in the variety and great technical skill of his achievements, most of which are still in use today. But it is perhaps Telford's work on Canalsin Britain which attracts most attention now: the Ellesmere Canal with its magnificent aqueducts at Pontcycyllte and Chirk; the Caledonian cutting its way through the Great Glen in Scotland. Telford's appointment as first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers showed that his generation recognised him as the real founder of his profession, and perhaps the naming of Telford New Town after him is an...
Thomas Telford's genius is reflected in the variety and great technical skill of his achievements, most of which are still in use today. But it is ...
Mankind has been using wood since prehistoric times to build shelter, houses, containers, vehicles and implements and the tools and techniques used to shape and manipulate wood are thousands of years old. The basic tools were established by Roman times, but apart from the mechanization of carpentry, the majority of woodworking tools have changed little since then. This book examines the basic woodworking tools used throughout history, reflecting the astonishing variety of forms which these basic tools have assumed at different times and in different places.
Mankind has been using wood since prehistoric times to build shelter, houses, containers, vehicles and implements and the tools and techniques used to...
This book tells the story of the cotton industry from its spectacular growth during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to its devastating decline in the twentieth century.
This book tells the story of the cotton industry from its spectacular growth during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to its devastating d...
For a generation or more, white on white embroidery, a symbol of purity and elegance, once so desirable, has been neglected by needlewoman and collector alike. The growing importance of antique costume, in the saleroom and among serious students, has aroused interest in the embroidered accessories that were an indispensible part of the whole ensemble. This book gives a concise summary of the various types of white needlework likely to be encountered. It shows details of the techniques and gives a readable and authoritative account of such diverse types as Dresden work, tamboured muslin,...
For a generation or more, white on white embroidery, a symbol of purity and elegance, once so desirable, has been neglected by needlewoman and coll...
Most places in Britain have had some connection with the woollen industry. For several hundred years it was Britain's principal source of wealth.and provided more jobs than all the other industries put together. The country's fortunes were largely dependent on the wool trade, in which almost every family had a stake - from the spinster at her hand wheel to the merchant seeking foreign markets. Inn signs such as the Fleece and Ram remind us of the former importance of wool. So, too, do the splendid churches, mills and public buildings built by the successful entrepreneurs. The English...
Most places in Britain have had some connection with the woollen industry. For several hundred years it was Britain's principal source of wealth.an...
This book considers one of the liveliest areas of the decorative arts to emerge during the second half of the twentieth century. The new approaches to glassmaking that evolved during the 1960s liberated glassmaking from the factory and placed it in the hands of individual glassmakers. The result has been a glassmaking movement that has produced colourful, innovative and exciting work. Concentrating on the British context, this book provides an introduction to the work of significant contemporary makers along with the themes and ideas that have shaped their work. About the author Dr...
This book considers one of the liveliest areas of the decorative arts to emerge during the second half of the twentieth century. The new approaches...
