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DERBYSHIRE

by H.H. Arnold-Bemrose

Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus. 1914

Very good condition. Pocket Edition. Small format. Blue cloth, black titles. Colour maps to endpapers. B/w photos. x and 174 pages.

Spine browned and rubbed at top & tail. Boards clean. Text block browned. Small foxspots to endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.

Stock no. 1829426

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Contents

  • 1. County and Shire. The Origin of Derbyshire
  • 2. General Characteristics. Position and Natural Conditions
  • 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries
  • 4. Surface and General Features - Peakland and Lowland
  • 5. Watershed and Rivers
  • 6. Derwent Valley Water Scheme
  • 7. Geology - (i) Sedimentary Rocks
  • 8. Geology - (ii) Igneous Rocks
  • 9. Caverns and Underground Drainage
  • 10. Caverns and their Mammalian Contents
  • 11. Natural History
  • 12. Climate and Rainfall
  • 13. People and Population
  • 14. Agriculture - Main Cultivations, Woodlands, Stock
  • 15. Industries and Manufactures
  • 16. Mines and Minerals - (i) General - Coal Mines
  • 17. Mines and Minerals - (ii) Metalliferous Mines
  • 18., Mines and Minerals - (iii) Quarries
  • 19. Mines and Minerals - (iv) Lead and Lead Mining
  • 20. History of Derbyshire
  • 21. Antiquities
  • 22. Architecture - (a) Ecclesiastical. Churches and Crosses
  • 23. Architecture - (b) Religious Houses
  • 24. Architecture - (c) Military. Castles
  • 25. Architecture - (d) Domestic
  • 26. Communications, Past and Present - Roads, Canals, Railways
  • 27. Administration and Divisions - Ancient and Modern
  • 28. The Roll of Honour of the County
  • 29. The Chief Towns and Villages of Derbyshire

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