One Hundred & One Beautiful Towns in Great Britain

by AITKEN, TOM

• ISBN13: 9780847830503
• ISBN10: 0847830500
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-07
• Publisher: Rizzoli

Summary

The towns of Britain's countryside are among the most charming and unchanged in Europe's history, steeped in heritage that reflects at once an unexpected diversity of purpose and a ubiquitous loyalty to longstanding tradition. Organized geographically, this book is a unique photographic tour of the most beautiful towns in every region of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. From the Norman castle towns of the south-east to the spectacular Roman architecture of Bath and St. Albans, and from Celtic cottage farms in the Scottish lowlands to the stone, coal, and iron towns of the Welsh borders and the industrial north, 101 Beautiful Small Towns: Britain is as much about the history of the Isles as it is about their beauty today. Tom Aiken's eloquent and informative text not only draws attention to aesthetic, natural, and architectural points of interest in every region, but also brings to life the history of each place, from Shakespeare's Stratford to the royal Hampton Court, the monastic abbeys of Yorkshire to prehistoric Ireland, and from the Pagan past of the Scottish Highlands to the legends of Roman Britain. A thorough appendix provides travel tips and details and locations for hotels, restaurants, and shops of interest in all the towns.

Author Biography

Tom Aiken is a writer, poet, editor, theater director, musician, and critic. A cultural historian of Britain and Europe, he is a past winner of the Lincoln Memorial Essay award, author of two young adult novels, and has contributed to the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and The Spectator.

Table of Contents

Abergavenny

Aberystwyth

Aldeburgh

Ambleside

Armagh

Ayr

Bamburgh

Barnstaple Bath

Beaumaris

Berwick Upon-Tweed

Beverley

Bradford On-Avon

Burford Bury St. Edmunds

Buxton

Caernarfon

Cambridge

Canterbury

Cardigan

Carlisle

Cheltenham

Chester

Chichester

Chipping

Campden

Chipping Norton

Cirencester

Colchester

Conwy

Cowes

Derry

Dorchester

Durham

Eastbourne

Enniskillen

Exeter

Gloucester

Guildford

Harrogate

Hastings

Haworth

Helmsley

Helston

Hereford

Inverness

Kendal

Keswick

Kingston Upon Hull

Knighton

Lancaster

Lavenham

Lerwick

Lincoln

Linlithgow

Llandrindod Wells

Llandudno

Llangollen

Ludlow

Masham

Matlock

Melrose

Minehead

Norwich

Oban

Oxford

Penrith

Penzance

Perth

Pitlochry

Poole

Ripon

Rochester

Rye

Salisbury

Scarborough

Sherborne

Shrewsbury

Southwold

St. Albans

St. Andrews

St. David’s

Stamford

Stirling

Stoke On-Trent

Stornoway

Stratford Upon-Avon

Stromness

Swaffham

Tenby

Tewkesbury

Tobermory

Truro

Tunbridge

Wells

Warwick

Wells

Whitby

Winchester

Windsor

Woodstock

Worcester

York

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