Ilkley: In The Victorian Era
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Nestled in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, the spa town of Ilkley blossomed during the Victorian era into a prosperous and fashionable retreat, and David Carpenter's Ilkley: In the Victorian Era chronicles this remarkable transformation with meticulous detail and vivid historical authority. Drawing on a rich archive of period photographs, maps, and documentary records, the work presents the town's evolution from a modest rural settlement into a thriving destination for the Victorian middle classes, driven by the coming of the railway, the celebrated hydropathic establishments, and the genteel ambitions of its growing population. Carpenter illustrates the social fabric of the age with precision, detailing the lives of merchants, mill owners, clergymen, and working families who shaped Ilkley's distinctive character against the sweeping backdrop of the Yorkshire moors. The book stands as both a scholarly local history and an evocative portrait of a society in transition, capturing the architectural grandeur, civic pride, and quiet contradictions of the Victorian world. For anyone captivated by the history of England's North Country or the broader currents of the nineteenth century, this work raises an irresistible question: how much of that vanished world still lingers in Ilkley's stone-built streets today?
Author: David Carpenter
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, -
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Nestled in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, the spa town of Ilkley blossomed during the Victorian era into a prosperous and fashionable retreat, and David Carpenter's Ilkley: In the Victorian Era chronicles this remarkable transformation with meticulous detail and vivid historical authority. Drawing on a rich archive of period photographs, maps, and documentary records, the work presents the town's evolution from a modest rural settlement into a thriving destination for the Victorian middle classes, driven by the coming of the railway, the celebrated hydropathic establishments, and the genteel ambitions of its growing population. Carpenter illustrates the social fabric of the age with precision, detailing the lives of merchants, mill owners, clergymen, and working families who shaped Ilkley's distinctive character against the sweeping backdrop of the Yorkshire moors. The book stands as both a scholarly local history and an evocative portrait of a society in transition, capturing the architectural grandeur, civic pride, and quiet contradictions of the Victorian world. For anyone captivated by the history of England's North Country or the broader currents of the nineteenth century, this work raises an irresistible question: how much of that vanished world still lingers in Ilkley's stone-built streets today?