Colchester History Tour

Author : Patrick Denney
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445646269
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colchester History Tour written by Patrick Denney and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of this historic town, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.

Author : Patrick Denney
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144569395X
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colchester History Tour Revised Edition written by Patrick Denney and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised guided tour of the historic town of colchester, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the centuries.

Author : Patrick Denney
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752432144
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colchester written by Patrick Denney and published by Tempus Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once regarded as the capital of Roman Britain, the town of Colchester has witnessed many events and seen many changes during its long history. This book describes the town's history from early Celtic origins and Roman settlement, through civil war and plague, Victorian enterprise and social reform, to the growth of industry and modern Colchester during the twentieth century. Despite the tremendous amount of new building work undertaken in the town, there remains an interesting mix of old and new. The book includes a walking tour of the town that starts and finishes at the War Memorial and guides the reader to places of historical interest in and around the town centre. It can be referred to independently of the main text of the book and enables both resident and visitor alike to embark on a journey into Colchester's past through its existing streets and buildings.

Author : Andrew Philips
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445627523
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colchester 24 written by Andrew Philips and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Colchester changed over a 24hour period.

Author : Andrew Phillips
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750987502
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colchester written by Andrew Phillips and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colchester boasts 2,000 years of history. Few towns in Britain can equal that. Yet this new book, by a local author, is the first full and concise history of Colchester to be published for over half a century, during which time our knowledge of the town's past has grown immeasurably. The Iron-Age capital of King Cunobelin (Shakespeare's Cymbeline), Colchester was the target of the Roman invasion in AD 43. Where the Emperor Claudius received its submission, the Romans built a legionary fortress, the framework of which still forms the centre of Colchester. As capital of Roman Britain, Colchester was overrun and burnt by the warrior queen Boudica (aka Boadicea), then rebuilt and ringed by its famous walls. After Rome fell and the Saxon incursions began, the Saxon King Edward the Elder made it the leading town in Essex. The Normans raised its profile higher, when an Abbey, a Priory and a great castle gave it the strategic defence of Eastern England. It was besieged only once, when King John was in conflict with his barons over Magna Carta. For 400 years Colchester's cloth industry placed it among the top fifteen towns in the kingdom. It saw Protestants burnt at the stake, withstood a Civil War siege, was ravaged by plague and stood in the front line against invasion, first by Napoleon, then by the Kaiser, then by Hitler. An important engineering town since Victorian times, it is today a regional shopping centre, a major garrison town and a popular tourist attraction. This authoritative, readable and well illustrated work, from a professional historian, will doubtless become the standard work on this ancient town for at least the next half-century.

Author : Caleb Howgego
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445655845
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ipswich History Tour written by Caleb Howgego and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of the historic town of Ipswich, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.

Author : Patrick Denney
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445627531
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colchester Through Time written by Patrick Denney and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick Denney
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783408375
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Round About Colchester written by Patrick Denney and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years Colchester historian Patrick Denney has written ameticulously researched, entertaining and highly popular series ofhistorical articles in the East Anglian Daily Times on numerous aspects of life in Colchester and the surrounding aread. For this landmark volume the very best of his articles have been selected, edited and illustrated with a wonderful collection of old and new photographs. The result is a lasting record of the many events, people and places that played important roles in the town's history. Patrick Denney's memorable and revealing survey should appeal to regular readers of the East Anglian Daily Times, to Colchester residents and visitors, and to anyone who wants to learn about this historic corner of Essex.

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ISBN 13 : 9781907185212
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Author : Gary A Walter on behalf of the Colchester Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467105872
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colchester written by Gary A Walter on behalf of the Colchester Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colchester, Connecticut, incorporated in 1698, was a successful farming community. When wealthy farmer Pierpoint Bacon died in 1800, he left his estate to the town to build a school. Bacon Academy opened in 1803 and not only provided primary education but also included secondary and college preparation branches, making it, in effect, the first high school in the state. In industry, Colchester was the home of the Hayward Rubber Company factory, built in 1847 by Nathaniel Hayward. This factory operated successfully for decades, promoting prosperity and growth in Colchester until it closed without warning at the end of 1893. This resulted in the biggest population and economic crash in the history of Colchester. The inexpensive property still available in town in the early 1900s led to an influx of new people and new businesses, resulting in Colchester's revitalization. To most people in Connecticut today, Colchester is best known for Harry's Place, a popular drive-in restaurant that has been in operation since 1920.