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Arcadian Thames: The River Landscape from Hampton to Kew
This work is based on the much-acclaimed survey The Thames Landscape Strategy: Hampton to Kew. Each of 12 stretches of the river is given a map and described in detail along with its wildlife habitats, historical origins and suggestions for its future. Anyone visiting or living in the area should find that they have a useful companion guide to hand.
131 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2000
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About the author
Mavis Batey
21 books1 followerMavis Lilian Batey, MBE (née Lever; 5 May 1921 – 12 November 2013), was a British code-breaker during World War II. She was one of the leading female codebreakers at Bletchley Park.
She later became a historian of gardening, who campaigned to save historic parks and gardens, and an author. Batey was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in 1985, and made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1987, in both cases for her work on the conservation of gardens.
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She later became a historian of gardening, who campaigned to save historic parks and gardens, and an author. Batey was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in 1985, and made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1987, in both cases for her work on the conservation of gardens.
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August 27, 2011
" Heavens what a goodly prospect spreads around " wrote James Thomson of the view fron Richmond Hill . That was in 18th century .
This small book illustrates the landscape along the Thames as it is now and also recounts with the help of many paintings , maps and illustrations how it was in the golden age of the late 17th century and 18th century when the area attracted poets , painters , actors and musicians and also the nobility following the example of the Royal Court at Hampton Court seeking refuge from the hurly burly of London .
The stretch from Hampton to Kew has outstanding architecture including Hampton Court itself and Strawberry Hill , Ham House , Syon House and Marble Hill as well as Kew Gardens .
Thd book itself stems from some Government Strategy launched with other worthy bodies to preserve the landscape and has the slight setback of having the tone of a civil service report but this is far overshadowed by the many illustrations showing why the area was thought of as Arcadian .
A small gem .
This small book illustrates the landscape along the Thames as it is now and also recounts with the help of many paintings , maps and illustrations how it was in the golden age of the late 17th century and 18th century when the area attracted poets , painters , actors and musicians and also the nobility following the example of the Royal Court at Hampton Court seeking refuge from the hurly burly of London .
The stretch from Hampton to Kew has outstanding architecture including Hampton Court itself and Strawberry Hill , Ham House , Syon House and Marble Hill as well as Kew Gardens .
Thd book itself stems from some Government Strategy launched with other worthy bodies to preserve the landscape and has the slight setback of having the tone of a civil service report but this is far overshadowed by the many illustrations showing why the area was thought of as Arcadian .
A small gem .
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