Somerset (Paperback)

Preface; 1. County and shire. The name Somerset; 2. General characteristics; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed and rivers; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. A peregrination of the coast; 9. Coastal gains and losses. Sandbanks. Lighthouses; 10. Climate and rainfall; 11. People - race, dialect, settlements, population; 12. Agriculture - main cultivation, woodlands, stock; 13. Industries and manufactures; 14. Mines and minerals; 15. Fisheries and fishing-stations; 16. Shipping and trade. Chief ports; 17. History of Somerset; 18. Antiquities - prehistoric, Roman, Saxon; 19. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical; 20. Architecture - (b) military; 21. Architecture - (c) domestic; 22. Communications - past and present; 23. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 24. Somerset's roll of honour; 25. The chief towns and villages of Somerset.