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 Norfolk by W. A. Dutt 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
1. County and shire. The origin of Norfolk; 2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features. Broadland; 5. Rivers and Broads. Meres; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. Round the coast - Yarmouth to Sheringham; 9. Round the coast - Sheringham to the River Nene; 10. The coast - gains and losses; 11. The protection of the coast - sand-hills and sea-banks; 12. The coast - sand-banks and lighthouses; 13. Climate and rainfall; 14. People - race, dialect, settlements, population; 15. Agriculture - main cultivations, woodlands, stock; 16. Industries and manufactures; 17. A special industry - the making of mustard; 18. Minerals; 19. The herring fisheries; 20. Minor fisheries; 21. Shipping and trade. The chief ports. Decayed ports; 22. History of Norfolk; 23. Antiquities - prehistoric, Roman and Saxon; 24. Architecture: (a) ecclesiastical - Norwich cathedral, churches, abbeys; 25. Architecture: (b) military - castles; 26. Architecture: (c) domestic - royal and famous seats, manor houses, cottages; 27. Communications, past and present - roads. railways, canals; 28. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 29. The roll of honour of the county; 30. The chief towns and villages of Norfolk.
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