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An illustrated history of one of Britain's finest cities - Plymouth. Using photographs taken from the unique Historic England Archive.
Excerpt from The History of Plymouth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Emboldened by the kind reception accorded to my History of Devonport, I undertook and have now completed a record of the parent community. The task was one that ought never to have been left to the present generation. Being left, I am glad that circumstances threw it into my hands. My constant object has been to produce a work attractive in form, readable in style, and moderate in price; which yet should omit no incident of import ance, and which should, by judicious selection, syste matic arrangement, and scrupulous accuracy, commend itself to the antiquary and historian, as well as to the general reader. How...
A guided tour of Plymouth, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed throughout history.
This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Plymouth has changed and developed over the last century.
Post-war reconstruction offered unparalleled opportunities to the developing profession of urban planners to cast off the constraints imposed by historic infrastructure and produce a new vision of urban living, expressed in rationally designed city centres linked to suburban precincts and with modern integrated transport systems. Plymouth is the foremost English example of post-war reconstruction on the grand scale, laid out to the designs of the most influential urban planner of the day, Sir Patrick Abercrombie. This book explains the circumstances which led to the development of Abercrombie's Plan for Plymouth (1943) and shows how the plan was implemented in the period 1945-62. Discussion ...