People & Places
2 primary works
Book 2
The district of Newark & Sherwood includes one of England's finest market towns, a wonderful Minster and a truly legendary, English landscape in Sherwood Forest. The area is crossed by the capricious River Trent and is dotted with beautiful and historic villages, where the evidence of past generations is 'hidden in plain sight' - such as the lost deer parks, abandoned villages and mills.
Looking at each settlement, in turn, we look at lavish country houses, lost villages and abandoned Trent ferryboats aplenty. We meet many fascinating characters - from great politicians to explorers, disgraced missionaries, adulterous aristocrats and some humbler souls who made the world a better place. Robin Hood and Friar Tuck lurk within, trading pages with the Duke of Portland and some of the richest families in England.
Looking at each settlement, in turn, we look at lavish country houses, lost villages and abandoned Trent ferryboats aplenty. We meet many fascinating characters - from great politicians to explorers, disgraced missionaries, adulterous aristocrats and some humbler souls who made the world a better place. Robin Hood and Friar Tuck lurk within, trading pages with the Duke of Portland and some of the richest families in England.
Book 3
West Lindsey is a district of open skies, slow-moving rivers, huge fields, and pockets of woodland where pheasants, deer and foxes hide away. It is crossed by the limestone ridge of the Lincoln Edge, with its spring-line villages of honey-colour limestone, and by the more assertive hills and dales of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Hidden amongst this are thousand-year-old churches, the stately homes of the old, county gentry, deserted medieval village sites, old airfields fading away, and many a curious monument or building.
By taking each settlement in turn, this book sets out to find something of interest and someone significant about every place in the district. Over the course of its pages, we meet women explorers, great artists, a doomed soldier or two, literary giants and members of the gentry who achieved notoriety as torturers, corrupt politicians or adulterers. Significant scientists and reformers rub shoulders with disgraced clergymen, wartime heroes and famous writers. Everyone who lives in West Lindsey needs a book about it, and this one provides ideal reading to take in the car or browse at home.
ADRIAN GRAY grew up in West Lindsey and graduated in History from Cambridge University. He is the author of many books as well as leading Pilgrims & Prophets Christian Heritage Tours, which help people from near and far get to know the history of the area.
By taking each settlement in turn, this book sets out to find something of interest and someone significant about every place in the district. Over the course of its pages, we meet women explorers, great artists, a doomed soldier or two, literary giants and members of the gentry who achieved notoriety as torturers, corrupt politicians or adulterers. Significant scientists and reformers rub shoulders with disgraced clergymen, wartime heroes and famous writers. Everyone who lives in West Lindsey needs a book about it, and this one provides ideal reading to take in the car or browse at home.
ADRIAN GRAY grew up in West Lindsey and graduated in History from Cambridge University. He is the author of many books as well as leading Pilgrims & Prophets Christian Heritage Tours, which help people from near and far get to know the history of the area.