Aspects of Lancaster
Discovering Local History
Published on 1. April 2002
176 pages
978-1-78337-892-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Aspects series takes readers on a voyage of nostalgic discovery through their town, city or area. This best selling series has now arrived, for the first time, in Lancaster. Susan Wilson offers the chance for readers to explore the historical interest created within Lancaster.We look at Catholicism in Lancaster and District and The story of 'The Moor', Lancaster's County Lunatic Asylum. Shivers down your spine can be felt as you experience A Spirited Leap into the Unknown and Lancaster Castle and the Fate of the Lancaster Witches. Aspects of Medicine can also be found in The Lancaster Doctors: Three Case Studies. All these and much more, of Lancaster's history, has been captivated in Aspects of Lancaster.
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Sue Wilson | Jenny Loveridge
Aspects of Lancaster
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04/2002
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Content
- Intro
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Lancaster Castle and the Fate of the Pendlewitches
- 2. Catholicism in Lancaster and District
- 3. The Quay to Success: Developing an Eighteenth Century Port
- 4. The Rise and Fall of the Stained Glasstrade in Nineteenth Century Lancaster
- 5. The Lancaster Doctors: Three Case Studies
- 6. The Founding of Greaves Methodist Church
- 7. The Duke's Theatre
- 8. A Spirited Leap into the Unknown
- 9. Some Water-Power Sites in the Lancaster Area
- 10. The Grandest Monument in England
- 11. From Confinement to Community: The Story of 'The Moor', Lancaster's County Lunatic Asylum
- 12. Libraries of Lancaster
- Contributors
