Project Gutenberg 2005-02-14 Public domain in the USA. 99 Home, Gordon 1878 1969 Home, Gordon Cochrane The Evolution of an English Town Reading ease score: 61.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Ted Garvin, Andy Schmitt and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Evolution of an English Town" by Gordon Home is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the history of the ancient town of Pickering in Yorkshire, tracing its development from prehistoric times up to the year 1905. Home explores various phases of the town's evolution, illustrating significant changes and events that shaped its character over the millennia. The opening of the book provides a preface that highlights the contributions of many individuals who assisted the author in compiling this local history. Home reflects on the challenges of creating a coherent narrative from a wealth of ancient records and traditions, emphasizing the town's little-known beauty and historical significance. He aims to document the continued evolution of Pickering, illustrating how various historical events, from prehistoric settlements to the Roman occupation and beyond, have influenced the community and its surrounding landscape. Through detailed descriptions, readers gain insight into both the physical and cultural transformations that have occurred in this Yorkshire town. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pickering (England) DA Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 420390 412947 2024-10-07T03:44:13.920115 2023-09-07T05:50:13.329205 text/html text/html 401410 2021-01-26T09:01:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 5336655 2021-01-26T09:01:47 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 5405930 2024-10-07T03:44:35.400968 application/epub+zip 5414602 2024-10-07T03:44:23.237034 application/epub+zip 231783 2024-10-07T03:44:16.036043 application/epub+zip 5404407 2024-10-07T03:44:40.053009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5373324 2024-10-07T03:44:28.668015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373341 2022-09-07T19:41:16.139396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384791 384714 2024-10-07T03:44:12.764082 2023-09-07T05:50:12.455184 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 384443 2020-12-14T02:56:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 149741 2020-12-14T02:56:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 384489 2020-12-14T02:56:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149623 2020-12-14T02:56:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21345 2024-10-07T03:44:40.190949 application/rdf+xml 15189 2024-10-07T03:44:16.623040 image/jpeg 3658 2024-10-07T03:44:16.326041 image/jpeg 5406938 2024-10-07T03:44:14.135047 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia