Hampshire

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Hampshire is one of the largest and oldest of English counties, lying at the heart of central southern England. Its landscape and architecture, its folklore, history, traditions, food, drink and products, its art, music and literature all help to define Hampshire - and to make it unique.
Peter Mason s lucid text and Judy Harrison's evocative photographs highlight Hampshire's distinctive characteristics in a way that will give enormous pleasure to visitors and residents alike.
Hampshire's 'sense of place' stems from its downland landscape, the shores of the Solent, the river valleys and the unspoiled woodlands and heaths of the New Forest.
The glories of Winchester Cathedral, the simplicity of the vernacular architecture, the
wide streets of its market towns, villages nestling in the Downs, and the historic cities of Portsmouth and Southampton all contribute to Hampshire's individuality.
So do the ancient courts of Stockbridge and Lyndhurst, trout and watercress produced from... Tovább

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Hampshire is one of the largest and oldest of English counties, lying at the heart of central southern England. Its landscape and architecture, its folklore, history, traditions, food, drink and products, its art, music and literature all help to define Hampshire - and to make it unique.
Peter Mason s lucid text and Judy Harrison's evocative photographs highlight Hampshire's distinctive characteristics in a way that will give enormous pleasure to visitors and residents alike.
Hampshire's 'sense of place' stems from its downland landscape, the shores of the Solent, the river valleys and the unspoiled woodlands and heaths of the New Forest.
The glories of Winchester Cathedral, the simplicity of the vernacular architecture, the
wide streets of its market towns, villages nestling in the Downs, and the historic cities of Portsmouth and Southampton all contribute to Hampshire's individuality.
So do the ancient courts of Stockbridge and Lyndhurst, trout and watercress produced from the clear chalk streams, the works of painters such as Turner and Whistler, and of numerous writers such as lane Austen, Thomas Hardy and Edward Thomas, who have all drawn inspiration from Hampshire.
At a time when the individuality of many areas is being eroded by the development of roads, housing estates and shopping precincts and threatened by a common culture and the influence of multi-national companies, 'A Sense of Place' celebrates in words and pictures all that is special about Hampshire. Vissza