Devonshire (Paperback)

1. County and shire. The name Devonshire; 2. General characteristics; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed. Rivers and the tracing of their courses. Lakes; 6. Geology; 7. Natural history; 8. A peregrination of the coast: 1, the Bristol Channel; 9. A peregrination of the coast: 2, the English Channel; 10. Coastal gains and losses. Sandbanks. Population; 11. Climate and rainfall; 12. People - race. Dialects. Settlements. Population; 13. Agriculture - main cultivations. Woodlands. Stock; 14. Industries and manufactures; 15. Mines and minerals; 16. Fisheries and fishing stations; 17. Shipping and trade; 18. History of Devonshire; 19. Antiquities; 20. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical. Cathedral, churches, abbeys and monastic houses; 21. Architecture - (b) military. Castles; 22. Architecture - (c) domestic. Famous seats, manor houses, farms, cottages; 23. Communications: past and present - roads, railways, canals; 24. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 25. The roll of honour of the county; 26. The chief towns and villages of Devonshire.