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The Village that Died for England
It was extinction that made Tyneham famous. The fields of the village on the Dorset coast were ideal tank country and when Churchill evacuated it, he vowed that the people could return after the war. Attlee broke the promise and Tyneham became a symbol of unrewarded patriotic sacrifice, or a rural English idyll destroyed by the state.
The Village That Died for England
A reissue of Patrick Wright's 1995 classic about the military takeover of the village of Tyneham, with a new introduction taking in Brexit and a new wave of British nationalism. Shortly before Christmas in 1943, the British military announced they were taking over a remote valley on the Dorset coast and turning it into a firing range for tanks in preparation for D-Day. The residents of the village of Tyneham loyally packed up their things and filed out of their homes into temporary accommodation, yet Tyneham refused to die. Although it was never returned to its pre-war occupants and owners, Tyneham would persist through a long and extraordinary afterlife in the English imagination. It was sa...
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The Forgotten Village
‘I would give this book ten stars if I could. I read it within two days and just could not put it down... A real page turner... Heart-wrenching and just fabulous. I can usually guess the ending of most books, but not this one’ Goodreads review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tyneham With Worbarrow Then & Now
In 1943 the villagers of Tyneham and Worbarrow on Dorset's Jurassic coast were given notice to leave their homes to allow for military training ahead of the D-Day landings. They were never allowed to return. Today the remains of ancient cottages stand in tribute to the sacrifice that was made more than 70 years ago.
Villages of Britain
A personal, authoritative and beautiful celebration of Britain's finest villages
An Environmental History of the UK Defence Estate, 1945 to the Present
This book brings to attention the history of places that have traditionally remained under-the-radar in discussions of war and the environment, through site-based studies of five training areas in southwest England and Wales: Salisbury Plain, Lulworth, Dartmoor, Sennybridge and Castlemartin. At these sites, the big events of the twentieth century are written into landscapes that absorb their impact and reflect change in intriguing ways. Here, however, environment is more than a canvas on which historical forces play out; it has an agency of its own, as the depiction of the surprising nature and robust habitats of the training areas recognises. An Environmental History of the UK Defence Estat...
Walking the Jurassic Coast
A guidebook to 30 walks on the Jurassic Coast of Devon and Dorset. Covering the coast between Exmouth and Bournemouth, the walks are suitable for most walkers, with shorter routes alongside plenty of more challenging, full-day hikes. The walks range in length from 5 to 24km (3–16 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–8 hours. The majority of the routes hug the shoreline between Torbay and Swanage, while others venture inland on the Dorset Downs. 1:50,000 OS maps are included for each walk GPX files available to download The geology of this World Heritage Coastline is brought to life with timelines and cross-sections Local points of interest include Lulworth Cove and Chesil Beach
Requisitioned
Requisitioned analyses twenty houses around Britain, who endured a number of varying wartime roles â?? whether they be hospitals, storage areas, troops billets, headquarters for senior staff, or seats of foreign governments in exile. Supported with a wealth of wartime imagery, as well as personal collections from those that resided in the houses, this is a welcome tribute to the country houses that were requisitioned by Churchillâ??s government to serve their country. We all know of Bletchley Parkâ??s role in the war â?? a Victorian mansion and its grounds leased by the Ministry of Defence in the late 1930s and turned into the world-famous codebreaking centre. But Bletchley Park was the ...
