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Photo of FROM TRACKWAY TO TURNPIKE written by Sheldon, Gilbert published by Oxford University Press (STOCK CODE: 597989) for sale by Stella & Rose's Books

FROM TRACKWAY TO TURNPIKE

by Gilbert Sheldon

Published by Oxford University Press. 1st. 1928

Very good condition. An Illustration From East Devon. Brick-red cloth, gilt titles. B/w maps.

Book: book plate to front pastedown. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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Contents

I. The Nature of the Country
II. Prehistoric Roads
III. The Romano-British Period and the Rise of Exeter
IV. The Transition to the Middle Ages and the Regrouping of Population
V. The Middle Ages
VI. East Devon a Manufacturing County: 1550-1750
VII. Travelling: 1550-1750
VIII. The Breakdown of the Old System and the Beginning of Turnpikes
IX. Roads and Travelling: 1753-85
X. The Coaching Age: Social and economic Changes
XI. The Coaching Age: the Roads
XII. The Passing of the Old Traffic
XIII. Travel in the Coaching Age
XIV. Inns and the Cost of Travelling in the Coaching Age
XV. Epilogue
Index
Maps
i. Prehistoric and Roman Roads
ii. Medieval and Pre-Turnpike Roads
iii. Main Tunpike Roads

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