Description
Around twenty-five miles north-east of the county town of Lancaster, nearly 550 metres above sea level, a tiny spring arises under the shadow of the famous Three Peaks. This is the source of the river Ribble. Along with tributaries of immense variety and interest – the Hodder, the Calder and the Douglas – the Ribble flows through some of the most beautiful and historically important landscapes in the country, finally to meet the sea twenty miles west of Preston. The Ribble formed a political boundary between north and south, as well as an important routeway from east to west. Today it still marks a stark contrast between rural countryside to the north and industrial landscapes to the south.
Malcolm Greenhalgh combines local history – Iron Age hillforts, Roman camps, monastic farms, ancient crosses in churchyards, farming practices and land use – with a comprehensive and authoritative account of the area’s wildlife and how it has changed over time. The result is a book which explains, with rare clarity and insight, how the countryside we know and love came to be as it is today, as well as how human intervention has moulded many disparate landscapes in different ways over the centuries, right up to the present day.
The book is available in softback at the terrific price of just £17.99. Remember, the book is mainly in full colour throughout, with scores of photographs. As a truly special gift or possession we have had the printer prepare one hundred copies in hardback, with slipcase, top and tail bands, marker ribbon ALONG WITH special extras all contained within a gold presentation box. Only 100 copies of this edition will EVER be produced. No further reprints.
- Author: Malcolm Greenhalgh
- Binding: Limited edition hardback and paperback
- ISBN: 978-1-85936-181-8(hb), 978-1-85936-135-1 (pb)
- Pages: 320
- Illustrations: over 250, mostly in full colour
- Date of Publication: September 2009
- Dimensions: 243 × 169 mm
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