- Publisher: Amberley
- Year: 2024
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 96pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 231x163mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9781398117440
- Product code: 541217
Footpaths
A British History
Tom King New Paperback Illustrated
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The narrow tracks that lace the British countryside, often passing through private land, have excited passion and controversy for centuries. This illustrated history surveys their development from prehistory to their current status and condition, highlighting examples such as Somerset’s Neolithic Sweet Track, the Saxon Herepath in Wiltshire, and the perilous tidal Broomway in the Thames Estuary.
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Britain's footpaths and bridleways form a gossamer web over the face of the land. These tiny byways, marked by their lines of stiles and fingerposts, are a uniquely distinctive feature of the British landscape. Legally, they are part of the King's Highways network, enjoying the same status as a motorway. Old as the hills, constantly fought over, cheekily penetrating to some of the most private of places, these thin strips of grass and mud have for centuries aroused high passions as well as delight. The nation's quiet country walkways have a tumultuous history.
The result of more than thirty years of research, this book tells the full story of Britain's 'rights of way system', a prosaic term for a unique and priceless national legacy like no other.
The result of more than thirty years of research, this book tells the full story of Britain's 'rights of way system', a prosaic term for a unique and priceless national legacy like no other.
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The narrow tracks that lace the British countryside, often passing through private land, have excited passion and controversy for centuries. This illustrated history surveys their development from prehistory to their current status and condition, highlighting examples such as Somerset’s Neolithic Sweet Track, the Saxon Herepath in Wiltshire, and the perilous tidal Broomway in the Thames Estuary.
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