Author: Derek Tait
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445630494
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This fascinating selection of brand new photographs traces the people and places of the River Tamar as it moves through the seasons
The Tamar
Author: Rob Furneaux
Publisher: Ex Libris Press
ISBN: 9780948578397
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This work sets out the case for the River Tamar as a Great River, small-scale though it may be by world standards. The author leads us on a conducted tour of the river, from its source in the bleak and unpromising heights of Woolley Moor, to its mouth at Plymouth Sound.
Publisher: Ex Libris Press
ISBN: 9780948578397
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This work sets out the case for the River Tamar as a Great River, small-scale though it may be by world standards. The author leads us on a conducted tour of the river, from its source in the bleak and unpromising heights of Woolley Moor, to its mouth at Plymouth Sound.
Discovering the River Tamar
Author: John Neale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848688667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The 50-mile stretch of the River Tamar forms a unique county boundary between the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The Tamar's source is East Youlstone near Bude less than 4 miles from the north Cornish coast. But instead of flowing northward into the Atlantic Ocean it flows slowly south. through reed-fringed mudscapes passing the towns of Launceston, Gunnislake, and Saltash before widening out and eventually meeting the English Channel at Plymouth Sound. In the sound the river merges with the rivers Tavy, Plym and Lynher to form the Tamar Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The river has some 20 road crossings, including some medieval stone bridges, and the famous Tamar Bridge, opened in 1961 which carries the A38 and the Royal Albert Bridge built in 1859 by Brunel ,to carry the railway from Devon into Cornwall. The natural wonders of the environment contrast sharply with the manmade industrial relics which are strewn along the middle reaches of the river. The cries of the raven and the peregrine falcon echo around the site of abandoned mines in which men toiled for more than two centuries. The Tamar has always played an important role in the region's economy with mineral extraction a key industry in the Tamar valley. The Tamar has also served naval interests since 1691, when William of Orange commissioned a new dockyard at the mouth of the river in Devon.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848688667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The 50-mile stretch of the River Tamar forms a unique county boundary between the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The Tamar's source is East Youlstone near Bude less than 4 miles from the north Cornish coast. But instead of flowing northward into the Atlantic Ocean it flows slowly south. through reed-fringed mudscapes passing the towns of Launceston, Gunnislake, and Saltash before widening out and eventually meeting the English Channel at Plymouth Sound. In the sound the river merges with the rivers Tavy, Plym and Lynher to form the Tamar Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The river has some 20 road crossings, including some medieval stone bridges, and the famous Tamar Bridge, opened in 1961 which carries the A38 and the Royal Albert Bridge built in 1859 by Brunel ,to carry the railway from Devon into Cornwall. The natural wonders of the environment contrast sharply with the manmade industrial relics which are strewn along the middle reaches of the river. The cries of the raven and the peregrine falcon echo around the site of abandoned mines in which men toiled for more than two centuries. The Tamar has always played an important role in the region's economy with mineral extraction a key industry in the Tamar valley. The Tamar has also served naval interests since 1691, when William of Orange commissioned a new dockyard at the mouth of the river in Devon.
Tamar
Author: Mal Peet
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763686808
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
From acclaimed British sensation Mal Peet comes a masterful story of adventure, love, secrets, and betrayal in time of war, both past and present. When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century before. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy, and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War -- and unraveling it is about to transform Tamar’s life forever.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763686808
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
From acclaimed British sensation Mal Peet comes a masterful story of adventure, love, secrets, and betrayal in time of war, both past and present. When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century before. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy, and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War -- and unraveling it is about to transform Tamar’s life forever.