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Part of a series which guides to the inland waterways and covers a popular route or area with large scale and maps accompanied by commentary, descriptions of waterside towns and villages, and itemised listings on eating and drinking, visitor centres and boating facilities. This title covers the Warwickshire Ring, Ashby Canal and connecting canals.

This is an essential guide for boaters, walkers, cyclists and armchair travellers to the Warwickshire Ring.

The excavations in the centre of Birmingham uncovered evidence of habitation from prehistoric and Roman times, but the 12th to 19th centuries presented by far the most evidence, from artefacts, environmental samples and structural remains. The medieval industrial past was of particular interest, with tanning and the manufacture of hemp and linen all playing a large role in the city's prosperity. Metal working reached its peak in the seventeenth century, with brass founding becoming important from the eighteenth century onwards. Most of the artefactual evidence attests to Birmingham's industrial past, indeed the evidence for domestic life is comparatively scant, with an anomalous burial of two people at Park Street presenting something of a mystery. This volume presents insights into the early industrial past of this important city and is an invaluable record covering eight hundred years of occupation.

Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.

This title will be of interest to local historians as well as steam enthusiasts and is a significant contribution to the industrial history of the area.

"Information about the nature and extent of archaeological investigations carried out in England," compiled and abstracted from journals, reviews, annual reports, grant reports, and archaeologists' summaries of current work, many otherwise unpublished or intended for limited circulation.

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