The Story of Alderley Special Launch Living with the Edge Discount Price Edited by A.J.N.W Prag

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The story of Alderley Special Launch Living with the Edge Discount Price Edited by A.J.N.W Prag

Contents In 1953 the schoolboy Alan Garner 1. Introduction – John Prag 2. Approach to the Edge ¬– Alan Garner rediscovered a wooden shovel Part II. The Bedrock of the Edge 3. Introduction: The Geological Story of Alderley Edge – originally found in the Alderley copper Simon Timberlake and David Thompson 4. Introductory survey: Rocks, Minerals and Landforms – mines in 1875. In 1991 he presented Simon Timberlake 5. The Solid Geology – John Nudds, John Pollard, David it to the Manchester Museum in the Thompson, and Geoffrey Warrington Appendix on Rhyncosaurides – John Pollard University of Manchester: this – and 6. The Minerals of the Edge – David Green, Richard Braithwaite, David Thompson, and Geoffrey Warrington 7. Geomorphology – The Evolution of the Landscape the discovery of a hoard of over 500 –R.H. Johnson and David Thompson Part III. Natural History - the Flora and Fauna Roman coins – inspired the creation 8. The Vegetation of the Edge – Sean Edwards, Simon Timberlake et al. of the Alderley Edge Landscape 9. The Familiar Birds of Alderley Edge – John Adams, and Edward Stanley Project, a multi-disciplinary research 10. Amphibians and Water beetles – Jill Smethurst, and Jonathan Guest et al. programme of the Museum and the 11. Invertebrates, insects & spiders – Dmitri Logunov et al. 12. Butterflies on Alderley Edge: resources, habitats and National Trust, who own of most changes – Roger Dennis Part IV. Human History 13. The Archaeology of Alderley Edge – John Prag, and of the Edge, that aimed to study Simon Timberlake Underground - The Mines the entire history of Alderley, from 14. The Evidence for Mining before 1598 – Simon Timberlake geology to entomology, mining to 15. Mining in the Alderley District: the Documented Period – Geoffrey Warrington oral history. No other village has 16. The Alderley Edge Mines: Working the Mines – Nigel Dibben with Paul Deakin enjoyed such a comprehensive 17. The Quarries of Alderley Edge with a note on the graffiti – Nigel Dibben with Carolanne King et al. study of its story: the list of chapter- Overground - Social History 18. The History of Alderley Edge – Clare Pye headings reads like a roll-call of 19. Living Memory: the People of the Edge (the oral John Prag is Honorary Professor archive) – John Ecclestone Appendix: the voice of Philip Jarvis – John Adams, John at the Manchester Museum and everything you ever wanted to Prag 21. Alderley Edge: the villas and the village – Matthew Professor Emeritus of Classics at the know about this or any place. The Hyde University of Manchester 22. The Stanley Estate – Matthew Hyde book concludes with Alan Garner’s 23. Nether Alderley Water Mill: an historical and architectural study – Mike Redfern retelling of the famous legend of 24. Tracks, Paths, Roads and Rights of Way on the Edge – Cultural Studies Clare Pye, Simon Timberlake, and Carolanne King the sleeping king, setting a familiar 25. The Stones of Alderley Edge – John Adams HB 978-0-7190-9171-1 26. Alderley: the Names of Street, House and Field – John £50.00 £30.00 tale told him by his grandfather in Adams Part V. Looking Back, Looking Forward 270 illustrations, colour and black a whole other world of prehistoric 27. Close to the Edge: Ensuring the Future of the Edge and white for everyone – Chris Widger ritual and sacrifice. 28. By Seven Firs and Goldenstone: an account of the 234x156mm 1032pp Legend of Alderley – Alan Garner 29. Envoi – John Prag January 2016 Part VI. End matter 30. Bibliography – John Prag 31. Glossary – John Prag Index – Simon Timberlake

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