High Wycombe Through Time
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-4456-7540-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Buckinghamshire town of High Wycombe, or simply Wycombe, has had a long and remarkable past: the Royal military academy was founded in the town in the late eighteenth century before moving to Sandhurst; Charles I passed through on his way to the scaffold in 1649; and Benjamin Disraeli, MP for the town between 1874 and 1880, made his first political speech from a portico in the high street. Nearby is the village of Penn, the ancestral home of William Penn, founder of the city of Philadelphia and from whom the state of Pennsylvania takes its name.
High Wycombe Through Time offers the reader a real insight into the life and times of this former furniture-making town and of the many changes that have taken place over the years.
High Wycombe Through Time offers the reader a real insight into the life and times of this former furniture-making town and of the many changes that have taken place over the years.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chalford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
180 Illustrations, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 165 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4456-7540-4 (9781445675404)
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Person
Eddie was born in Dublin and later raised in London. His interests include church architecture, exploring battlefields, steam railways and playing guitar in a rock band. In 1983 he wrote the theme music to the film,"Expresso Slasho". His is a photographer and has shot pictures for a number of books and periodicals on paranormal and local history and other topics. He is married and lives with his wife and daughter in Buckinghamshire.