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WHITEHAWK HILL: WHERE THE TURF MEETS THE SURF

by David Bangs

Published by David Bangs. 1st. 2004

Slightly better than very good condition. A landscape history and natural history of Brighton's most remarkable Downland survival. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations, colour illustrations to centre.

Light rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine. Sticky ISBN label to rear cover. Contents clean.

ISBN: 0954863801
Stock no. 1824741

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Contents

  • Figures in the Text - Maps, Time lines and Diagrams
  • Glossary
  • Introduction
  • Part One - A Landscape History
  • Chapter 1 - Whitehawk Emerges from the Sea!
  • Chapter 2 - After the Chalk: Sarsen Stones
  • Chapter 3 - The Last Few Million Years: Mammoths and Woolly Rhinos
  • Chapter 4 - The Wildwood
  • Chapter 5 - The Creation of Brighton's Oldest Building and the Birth of Whitehawk's Down Pastures
  • Chapter 6 - From 'Tenantry Down' to 'Race Hill'
  • Chapter 7 - The Race Ground, Inclosure and the Fastest Growing Town in England
  • Chapter 8 - Encroachment and Survival: From 1914 to the Present
  • Part Two - The Wildlife: A Rainforest in Miniature
  • Chapter 9 - An Overview of the Hill's Different Places
  • Chapter 10 - The Plants: It's a Family Affair
  • Chapter 11 - Jewels on the Wing: The Butterflies and Moths
  • Chapter 12 - Beasts wit Backbones
  • Chapter 13 - The Fairy Fauna
  • Chapter 14 - Plants Without Flowers: Fungi, Lichen, Algae, Mosses and Liverworts
  • Not the End of the Story
  • Appendix - Wildlife Records for Whitehawk Hill Local Nature Reserve
  • Select Bibliography

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