
The River Ribble
A Local and Natural History
Malcolm Greenhalgh(Author)
Carnegie Publishing Ltd
Published on 3. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-85936-135-1 (ISBN)
Description
Around twenty-five miles north-east of the county town of Lancaster, nearly 550 metres above sea level, a tiny spring arises under the shadow of the famous Three Peaks. This is the source of the river Ribble. Along with tributaries of immense variety and interest - the Hodder, the Calder and the Douglas - the Ribble flows through some of the most beautiful and historically important landscapes in the country, finally to meet the sea twenty miles west of Preston. Anciently the Ribble formed a political boundary between north and south, as well as an important routeway from east to west; and today it still marks a stark contrast between rural countryside to the north and industrial landscapes to the south.In this unique and important new book, Malcolm Greenhalgh combines local history - Iron Age hillforts, Roman camps, monastic farms, ancient crosses in churchyards, farming practices and land use - with a comprehensive and authoritative account of the area's wildlife and how it has changed over time.
The result is a book which explains, with rare clarity and insight, how the countryside we know and love came to be as it is today, as well as how human intervention has moulded many disparate landscapes in different ways over the centuries, right up to the present day.
The result is a book which explains, with rare clarity and insight, how the countryside we know and love came to be as it is today, as well as how human intervention has moulded many disparate landscapes in different ways over the centuries, right up to the present day.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lancaster
United Kingdom
Illustrations
260 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85936-135-1 (9781859361351)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Acknowledgements vi List of illustrations viii Introduction 1 1 The source of the River Ribble 4 2 Little Ribble, Big Ribble 47 3 The Hodder 112 4 The Calder, the Darwen and the Douglas 149 5 Where the river meets the sea 200 Notes and references 282 Appendices 289 Index 298