Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various aspects of physical and human geography with an emphasis on clarity. This guide to Somerset by Francis A. Knight and Louie M. (Knight) Dutton was first published in 1909. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
Contents
Preface; 1. County and shire. The name Somerset; 2. General characteristics; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed and rivers; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. A peregrination of the coast; 9. Coastal gains and losses. Sandbanks. Lighthouses; 10. Climate and rainfall; 11. People - race, dialect, settlements, population; 12. Agriculture - main cultivation, woodlands, stock; 13. Industries and manufactures; 14. Mines and minerals; 15. Fisheries and fishing-stations; 16. Shipping and trade. Chief ports; 17. History of Somerset; 18. Antiquities - prehistoric, Roman, Saxon; 19. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical; 20. Architecture - (b) military; 21. Architecture - (c) domestic; 22. Communications - past and present; 23. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 24. Somerset's roll of honour; 25. The chief towns and villages of Somerset.
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