Cambridgeshire
Series: National Trust Histories; National Trust histories
Publisher: G2 Entertainment Ltd; G2 Entertainment Ltd.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781782819691; 9781782811466
Subjects: Great Britain; Description and travel; Landscapes; Natural history
Description: Early in the 20th century, geographers devoted a lot of time attempting to draw boundaries around geographical regions. Their failure was a reminder of the impossibility of drawing sharp lines around areas which gradually merge into their neighbours. Mid Anglia comprises the new counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire; its prosperous acres also broadly correspond to those occupied by the ancient Saxon kingdom of the Middle Angles. As such, the region contains the best assemblage of Saxon churches in England; the college buildings of Cambridge; and many fine post-medieval.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Introduction; Origins; Prehistoric and Roman Times; The Coming of the Saxons; The Fixing of the Landscape; The Modern Landscape; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Index.