Union Terrace Gardens
Subtitle: the battle for Denburn Valley
By: Diane Morgan
Publisher: Black & White
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845029456; 9781845024949
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; History
Description: **Introductory offer price **The complete, dramatic story of Union Terrace Gardens has never before been told in one volume. Now, in her eleventh book on Aberdeen, Diane Morgan presents the complete history of these iconic gardens on the west side of the Denburn Valley. From the early days as the Denburn Meadows, where sheep were corralled at the time of the nearby Woolmanhill sales, to the transformation of the meadows into the Great Bleachery which played a crucial role in Aberdeen's Industrial Revolution, this site has been central to the history and development of the city. And above the me.
Table of contents: title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; Chapter One EARLY DAYS AROUND THE DENBURN VALLEY; Chapter Two THE GREAT BLEACHERY; Chapter Three FROM THE CORBIE HEUGH TO UNION TERRACE GARDENS; Chapter Four JAMES FORBES BEATTIE: THE FORGOTTEN DESIGNER OF UNION TERRACE GARDENS; Chapter Five HIGH SOCIETY IN UNION TERRACE; Chapter Six VIADUCTS, BALUSTRADES AND OTHER THINGS; Chapter Seven THE VERY PLACE FOR STATUES; Chapter Eight JOHN GRAY 1811-1891; Chapter Nine DISRUPTION IN THE DENBURN VALLEY; Chapter Ten TURRETS, TOWERS, SPIRES, DOMES, DIESELS AND DUAL CARRIAGEWAY.; title: Chapter Eleven THE GARDENS, MOSTLY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURYChapter Twelve 'THE BEST LAID SCHEMES OF MICE AND MEN . . .'; Chapter Thirteen THE BATTLE FOR UNION TERRACE GARDENS: MIKE SHEPHERD REPORTS; Chapter Fourteen Some Random Thoughts; Chapter Fifteen IN RETROSPECT; Select Bibliography; COPYRIGHT.