Aberystwyth started life as a garrison town for the Normans in 1277. For centuries fishing, sea faring, lead mining and agriculture were the mainstays of the local economy. Today's vitality originates from a few tumultuous years during the 1860s which changed Aberystwyth from being a remote market town, port and watering-hole for the wealthier classes to a bustling holiday resort with a new university. With a mile of promenade, beaches, a harbour, ruined castle, medieval street plan, University, National Library of Wales, ...
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Aberystwyth started life as a garrison town for the Normans in 1277. For centuries fishing, sea faring, lead mining and agriculture were the mainstays of the local economy. Today's vitality originates from a few tumultuous years during the 1860s which changed Aberystwyth from being a remote market town, port and watering-hole for the wealthier classes to a bustling holiday resort with a new university. With a mile of promenade, beaches, a harbour, ruined castle, medieval street plan, University, National Library of Wales, narrow gauge and funicular railways Aberystwyth is a town of great character and charm. Using images of Aberystwyth dating from a hundred and fifty years ago until the present day the reader is taken on a tour of the town taking in the promenade, outlying districts and the town centre.
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New. 2010. UK ed. Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Aberystwyth has changed and developed over the last century. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKWV; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 276. 96 pages, 187 illustrations, 97 in colour. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Aberystwyth has changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKWV; WQP. Dimension: 235 x 145 x 10. Weight: 314......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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