Lost to the Sea, Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities

Lost to the Sea, Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities
Author :
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 195
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781473893450
ISBN-13 : 1473893453
Rating : 4/5 (453 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lost to the Sea, Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities by : Stephen Wade

Download or read book Lost to the Sea, Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities written by Stephen Wade and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once there was a Roman settlement on what is now Filey Brig. In Holderness, a prosperous town called Ravenser saw kings and princes on its soil, and its progress threatened the good people of Grimsby. But the Romans and the Ravenser folk are long gone, as are their streets and buildings sunk beneath the hungry waves of what was once the German Ocean.Lost to the Sea: The Yorkshire Coast & Holderness tells the story of the small towns and villages that were swallowed up by the North Sea. Old maps show an alarming number of such places that no longer exist. Over the centuries, since prehistoric times, people who settled along this stretch have faced the constant and unstoppable hunger of the waves, as the Yorkshire coastline has gradually been eaten away. County directories of a century ago lament the loss of communities once included in their listings; cliffs once seeming so strong have steadily crumbled into the water. In the midst of this, people have tried to live and prosper through work and play, always aware that their great enemy, the relentless sea, is facing them. As the East Coast has lost land, the mud flats around parts of Spurn, at the mouth of the Humber, have grown. Stephen Wades book tells the history of that vast land of Holderness as well, which the poet Philip Larkin called the end of land.


Lost to the Sea, Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities Related Books

Lost to the Sea, Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities
Language: en
Pages: 195
Authors: Stephen Wade
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Once there was a Roman settlement on what is now Filey Brig. In Holderness, a prosperous town called Ravenser saw kings and princes on its soil, and its progres
Atlas of Vanishing Places
Language: en
Pages: 211
Authors: Travis Elborough
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-17 - Publisher: White Lion Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Imagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern atlases. Have you ever wondered about cities that lie forgotten
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Matthew Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-07-19 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A “brilliant London historian” (BBC Radio) tells the story of Britain as never before—through its aba
Lost to the Sea
Language: en
Pages: 124
Authors: Stephen Wade
Categories: Yorkshire (England)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Lost to the Sea
Language: en
Pages: 145
Authors: Stephen Wade
Categories: Norfolk (England)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Pen & Sword History

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Lost to the Sea: Norfolk & Suffolk relates the stories of how the human communities along the coast of these counties maintained their struggle with the sea. Fr