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Although the initial view of the twentieth century maps is centered on Britain, their top two layers cover the whole of Europe so there is plenty more to see. The maps the viewer shows are not changed by the tabs. That is because the seamless map viewer is also how you search for individual map sheets, especially the boundary maps for which we ...
21 de oct. de 1989 · 3.71. 59 ratings6 reviews. Makes a personal plea for urban development that preserves the unique character and tradition of towns and cities, arguing that architecture serves the aesthetic and practical needs of the average citizen. Genres ArchitectureArtBritish LiteratureNonfictionPolitics. 160 pages, Hardcover. First published October 21, 1989.
Expert Search. Our home page allows simple searching by placename and postcode. Here you can widen searches by using wild-cards or looking for sound-alikes , and narrow searches by specifying the county or nation . You can directly search for administrative units or for descriptions from historical gazetteers:
Data Access. This part of Vision of Britain provides detailed documentation for the system's contents, especially its statistical content. We no longer offer a download facility, except for the GB1900 Gazetteer. Browse "Statistics by topic" to learn how the data have been re-organised for access within Vision of Britain, and "GBHDB" for details ...
This part of Vision of Britain is about the census itself, including: Listings of all reports published from 1801 to 1961, and all tables in those reports. Unless you ask, we list only reports and tables for which we hold data or text. The contents of selected tables, with headings and notes. Full text: Abstracts 1801-41, Preliminary Reports ...
This is a special collection of mostly lesser-known writers from the nineteenth century, all politically active, mostly from the skilled working class. They travelled not for pleasure or to write books, but to find work and spread ideas. These texts are generally shorter, drawn either from autobiographies or the radical press, but give a ...
Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1607, William Camden's Britannia described Britain like this: BRITAINE or BRITANNIE, which also is ALBION, ... the most famous Iland, without comparison, of the whole world; severed from the continent of Europe by the interflowing of the Ocean, lieth against Germanie and France ...
