The Townscape of Darlington (Paperback)

Darlington from Anglo-Saxon settlement to thriving town, via the middle ages and the coming of the railway. It is exactly a thousand years since Darlington first appeared in written records. During the following millennium, the small Anglo-Saxon settlement grew into today's thriving town, its history now generally linked in the public mind with entrepreneurial Quakers and the birth of railways. But as this book shows, Darlington's history encompasses many more diverse aspects in the change from medieval village to modern town. Through a survey of its physical development, the book describes how the town flourished in the middle ages; was largely destroyed by fire in 1585; and grew again in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, before the coming of the railway in the mid-1800s reinforced its prosperity. Its story is taken up to the present day, showing how Darlington is characterised by residential suburbs, with a town centre where Victorian and eighteenth-century buildings populate the original medieval streets. Dr GILL COOKSON is the County Editor for the Victoria County History of Durham.

General

Imprint:	Victoria County History
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Victoria County History: paperbacks
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Gillian Cookson • Christine M. Newman • Graham R. Potts
Dimensions:	244 x 172 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-904356-21-9
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-904356-21-4
Barcode:	9781904356219

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