The Pilgrims' Way
Fact and Fiction of an Ancient Trackway
Published on 1. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7524-6085-7 (ISBN)
Description
Winding its way from Winchester to Canterbury, through the counties of Hampshire, Surrey and Kent, can still be found one of England's most ancient trackways. Well trodden and beloved of walkers throughout southern England, the Pilgrims' Way serves as a hidden by-way linking those that travel along it with some of the countries oldest cathedrals, castles and abbeys, yet it remains an enigma to many of those who regularly follow its tracks.
From the Neolithic through to the Victorian pilgrimists, Derek Bright brings together a mass of evidence and re-evaluates how we should view this ancient trackway that Ivan D. Margary described as one of the most important in Britain. Using evidence of roadside crime, prohibitive legislation, and the everyday hazards facing wayfarers, he makes decisive arguments for how the road has served travellers over time.
From the Neolithic through to the Victorian pilgrimists, Derek Bright brings together a mass of evidence and re-evaluates how we should view this ancient trackway that Ivan D. Margary described as one of the most important in Britain. Using evidence of roadside crime, prohibitive legislation, and the everyday hazards facing wayfarers, he makes decisive arguments for how the road has served travellers over time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-6085-7 (9780752460857)
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Person
Derek Bright is the Director of Walk Awhile, a walking holiday company established in 2002. He has written articles for walking magazines on the subject of the Pilgrims' Way and in 2009 was commissioned to write research articles for the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. His enthusiasm for history and making it come alive through walking, combined with Walk Awhile's research, audio and written background briefs, sells walking holidays to customers from all over the world who come to walk the Pilgrims' Way.