The Thames Through Time
A Liquid History
$43.78
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2016
Summary
A history of the Thames and a history of photography
The London Stone at Staines marks the ancient western boundary of the jurisdiction of the City of London. The Lord Mayor and Corporation’s conservancy of the Thames extended east from there as far as Yantlet in Kent. This is the stretch of the river documented in ‘Liquid History’.
Drawing on the resources of English Heritage’s unrivalled photographic archives, the book records a journey along the length of the tidal river an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849943727 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849943729 |
| Author: | Stephen Croad |
| Publisher: | Batsford |
| Imprint: | Batsford |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.05kg |
| Dimensions: | 285mm x 224mm |
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Stephen Croad
Stephen Croad was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1946 and was educated at the local grammar school. After reading the History of European Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, he joined the staff of the National Monuments Record in 1968. He became Head of the architectural record in 1981, retired in 1996 and was appointed MBE in the following year. He is the author of London’s Bridges (1983) and has been a member of the committee of the national Inventory of War Memorials at the Imperial War Museum since its inception in 1989. He was elected to the Council of the London Topographical Society in 1996 and elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1990 and of the Royal Geographical Society in 2000.
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