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London: Allen Lane, 1980 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. In this book Gordon Beningfield celebrates a classic countryside that was once typical of much of England but is increasingly falling victim to modern intensive farming and the spread of urbanization. Gordon Beningfield"s world is centred on the gentle, rural landscapes of Hertfordshire and the open downs and lush valleys of Dorset. Here are the dense, leafy hedgerows with their rich variety of flowers, offering cover to a wealth of creatures but only a hindrance to the plough. The lush, sweet-scented water-meadows he portrays so evocatively are equally shrinking before the onslaught of mechanical diggers and drainage schemes promoted by those who see the balance sheet of the countryside as being purely a matter of finance. Even the broad-leaved woods, which provide tantalizing glimpses of deer and badgers, cannot compete as a cash crop with alien conifers. Gordon Beningfield captures the essence of a countryside that man has…
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Beningfield's Countryside
by Beningfield, Gordon
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Lark Rise to Candleford : A Trilogy.
by Thompson, Flora
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London: Penguin, 1973 Book. Good>Very Good. Soft cover. Contains : Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green (small stain to a few pages, else VG.
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Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400
by Bennett,H.S.
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Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 1984 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Pbk. 364p. illus.bibliography.index..
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Seasons of My Life
by Hauxwell, Hannah
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London: Arrow, 1990 Book. As New. Pbk. First Pbk.Ed... The autobiography of Hannah Hauxwell, who lived alone in a remote Yorkshire farmhouse, with neither water nor electricity. She first told her story on Yorkshire Television's award-winning "Too Long a Winter" and its sequel "A Winter Too Many".202 p. illus [some col.] Pristine copy, looks unread.
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Timpson's English Villages
by Timpson, John
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Lomdon: Headline, 1992 Book. Illus. by Michael Stead. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus.. "In this enchanting book John Timpson has chosen his favourite English villages their part in English history, their beautiful churches and village greens, their colourful fairs and customs." Illustrated with photographs by Michael Stead. 192 p. index..
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