Waterways and canal-building in Medieval England (2007)

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Somerset Somerset Studies S 386.4 BLA
Somerset SANHS L217 - 44
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0199217157
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0199217157
Number of pages
336p
Height
25x17x2cm
Format
hbk.
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hbk/pbk from 300$e
Series
Medieval history & archaeology S.
Note
Introduction--
PART I: WATERWAYS, GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMY--
1. Barrier or Unifying Feature? Defining the Nature of Early Medieval Water Transport in the North-West--
2. Uses of Waterways in Anglo-Saxon England--
3. The Place-Name Evidence for Water Transport in Early Medieval England--
4. Hythes, Small Ports and Other Landing Places in Later Medieval England--
5. The Efficiency of Inland Water Transport in Medieval England--
PART II: IMPROVED WATERWAYS AND CANALS--
6. Identifying Human Modification of River Channels--
7. Canal Construction in the Early Middle Ages: an Introductory Review--
8. Waterways and Water Transport on Reclaimed Coastal Marshlands: the Somerset Levels and Beyond--
9. The Water Roads of Somerset--
10. Glastonbury's Anglo-Saxon Canal and Dunstan's Dyke--
11. Early Water Management on the Lower River Itchen in Hampshire--
12. Transport and Canal-Building on the Upper Thames, 1000-1300.
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English