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Genre/Form: | Guidebooks History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Foster |
ISBN: | 9781107634688 1107634687 |
OCLC Number: | 806199595 |
Description: | pages cm. |
Contents: | 1. County and shire. The name Ayr; 2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watersheds and rivers; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. Along the coast. General features and topography; 9. Coastal gains and losses. Sandbanks. Lighthouses; 10. Climate and rainfall; 11. People - race, type, language, dialect, settlements, population; 12. Agriculture - arable, pastoral, woodland areas, main cultivations, stock; 13. Industries and manufactures; 14. Mines and minerals; 15. Fisheries and fishing stations; 16. Shipping and trade - the chief ports, sea trade routes; 17. History of the county - main features; 18. Antiquities - prehistoric, Roman, Celtic; 19. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical; 20. Architecture - (b) military. Castles; 21. Architecture - (c) municipal; 22. Architecture - (d) domestic. Famous seats; 23. Communications - past and present. Roads, railways; 24. Administration and divisions. Ancient and modern; 25. The roll of honour; 26. The chief towns and villages of Ayrshire. |
Series Title: | Cambridge county geographies |
Responsibility: | by John Foster. |
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