David Thornton

The Story of Leeds

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A richly illustrated history that explores every aspect of life in Leeds.This new history of Leeds covers all the main political, social and economic developments of the city: The Harrying of the North devastated the surrounding area in 1069; the Civil War saw a battle fought in the town itself; cholera and typhus epidemics raged in the nineteenth century; the building of the Middleton Railway in 1758 established the oldest railway in the world; and Richard Oastler, the Factory King, launched the campaign for the Ten Hour Bill in the Leeds Mercury. Due emphasis is given to the place of the wool textile industry, the principal industry until t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7509-5294-1
EAN: 9780750952941
Produktnummer: 15193805
Verlag: The History Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'831 KB

Über den Autor

Dr. David Thornton was born and brought up in Leeds, and spent his whole working life there. A retired headmaster, he is the author of over thirty picture histories for children. Local history has been David's passion for forty years, and he has written a number of books and lectured widely on the subject. David is currently joint editor of the Thoresby Society, the principal local history society in Leeds.