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Luton, Bedfordshire: White Crescent Press, 1975. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Red cloth with gilt, maps on end papers, x, 330 pages plus 20 pages of b & w plates, also with numerous b & w illustrations through-out, Very Good Plus condition with faint shelf wear, dust jacket is in Very Good condition with some chipping and edge wear, now in Mylar. Contents include: Preface / List of illustrations / The Powerhouse of Stowe / The Power of the Peers & Squires / Reform & the State of the Poor / Roads and Bridges / The Coming of the Railways 1831-60 / Bletchley & the Buckinghamshire Railway / The Agricultural Scene, Great Brickhill and Water Eaton / Chapels & Churches / Schools in the 19th Century / Little Industries / The Expansion of Wolverton & the Decline of the Villages 1860-1914 / The Parish Pump / Pastimes / The Motor Car / Military Matters to 1919 / North Bucks Politics & Trade Unionism 1895-1951 / Brickmaking in North Bucks / A Bigger, Better, Brighter…
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A history of Milton Keynes and district Hardcover - 1975
by Markham, Frank
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- Title A history of Milton Keynes and district
- Author Markham, Frank
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 330
- Publisher White Crescent Press, Luton, Bedfordshire
- Date 1975
- ISBN 9780900804120
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A History of Milton Keynes and District - Volume (two) (ii) 2 - from 1800 to about 1950
by Markham, Sir Frank
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History of Milton Keynes and District in 2 vols
by Markham, Sir Francis
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Luton, UK: White Crescent Press Limited. Very Good/Good. 1975. First Edition. Hard Cloth Cover. 8vo 0900804122 Volume 1 First Edition 1973. Dust jacket, price clipped, in a clear protecrive sleeve. Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, slightly soiled. Map end papers. Book plate on half title. 339 pages clean and tight. Volume 2. First Edition. Dust jacket Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, slightly soiled. Map end papers. Book plate on half title. 329 pages clean and tight. This is the history of an area of England that has never been regarded as historically important, with neither great Roman amphitheatres, Saxon churches, Norman castles or cathedrals. No great battle has been fought within its boundaries. It has never produced great painters, poets or musicians. It is an area which lacks the magnificent scenery of Scotland or Wales, and has no stately ducal homes to attract the tourist. Yet it was through this region that the Conqueror made his great swoop on London when he…
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