Julian Hunt & David Thorpe 
Gerrards Cross [EPUB ebook] 
A History

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Gerrards Cross, known for its open common and picturesque Latchmore Pond, had been a place of resort ever since the 1790s. Genteel houses sprang up, attracting enough wealthy visitors that it began to be known as the ‘Brighton of Bucks.’ The opening of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway in 1906, with a station at Gerrards Cross, gave hundreds of Londoners the opportunity to live in ‘Beechy Bucks.’
Gerrards Cross: A History celebrates the energy and imagination of the pioneer architects, builders and estate agents who ensured that Gerrards Cross became a high-class residential area, both socially and architecturally. It also applauds the entrepreneurs who opened their new shops and services when the commuter houses were still on the drawing board, and the brave newcomers who brought their families to live in the country, but depended utterly on their reliable train service to London.

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DAVID THORPE was a lecturer in Urban Geography at Durham University. As an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of London, he has been working on the history of 19th-century Buckinghamshire. In 2000 he established the Bucks Local History Network.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 176 ● ISBN 9781803994024 ● Tamaño de archivo 51.9 MB ● Editorial Phillimore & Co Ltd ● Ciudad London ● País GB ● Publicado 2023 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 8855342 ● Protección de copia DRM social

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