If you thought you knew Bath - think again. These fifteen walks take the reader to parts of Bath off the heritage trail but still in and around the World Heritage Site. Even in famous parts of Bath, hidden corners are revealed. Erudite, witty, sometimes acerbic, Dr Andrew Swift is the perfect companion to discovering Bath.
From moorland taverns to ancient coaching inns, and from harbourside hostelries to backstreet beerhouses - the history of Devon's pubs is as rich, diverse and colourful as that of the county itself. Over 450 of Devon's pubs - some long gone, some still thriving - feature here in archive photographs and tales from the past.
Bath has an unusual abundance of ghost signs - those faded advertisements for long defunct businesses on the walls of old buildings. This book contains a series of short walks around the city and neighbouring towns and villages which reveal the tales behind lost trades such as brush makers, corn factors and perfumers.
Bristol is a perfect city to explore on foot and the Severn Beach Line is the gateway to some of its finest sights. This guide has short strolls exploring Georgian crescents and city parks and all-day excursions through ancient woodlands, eighteenth-century estates and river gorges. It also includes a brief history of the Severn Beach Line.
Eleven walks which look at Bath through the eyes of eminent authors as diverse as Smollett, Jane Austen, Dickens, Fanny Burney, Sheridan, Georgette Heyer, Mary Shelley and John Betjeman. They create a vivid social history of the city over the last 300 years. Fully illustrated, with detailed accounts of the writers and their works.
To know Wiltshire's inns is to know Wiltshire. Their history has been inextricably linked to the lives of ordinary people for generations. At a time when pubs are closing faster than ever before, this collection of pictures and stories from the past is a reminder of how rich that heritage is - and how important it is to preserve what is left.
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