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Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various aspects of physical and human geography with an emphasis on clarity. This guide to Sussex by George F. Bosworth was first published in 1909. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
Sommario
1. The South-Eastern peninsula. County and shire. The word Sussex. Its origin and meaning; 2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions. Scenery; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed. Rivers; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. Climate and rainfall; 9. The coast - gains and losses. Its protection - sea walls and groynes. Lighthouses and lightships; 10. People - race, dialect, settlements, population; 11. Agriculture. Main cultivations, woodlands, stock; 12. Industries and manufactures; 13. Minerals. Exhausted mining industries; 14. Fisheries and fishing stations; 15. Shipping and trade - the chief ports. Extinct ports. Cinque ports; 16. History of Sussex; 17. Antiquities - prehistoric. Roman. Saxon; 18. Architecture. (a) Ecclesiastical - churches, cathedral, abbeys; 19. Architecture. (b) Military - castles; 20. Architecture. (c) Domestic - famous seats, manor houses, cottages; 21. Communications - past and present - roads, railways, canals; 22. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 23. The roll of honour of the county; 24. The chief towns and villages of Sussex.
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The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Sussex by George F. Bosworth was first published in 1909 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
