The story of Alderley: living with the edge / with contributions by J.Adams et al.; ed. by A.J.N.W.Prag. - Manchester: Manchester University press, 2016. - xxxii, 984 p.: ill., tab. - Bibliogr.: p.934-951. - Ind.: p.952-984. - ISBN 978-0-7190-9171-1 Шифр: (И/ Е5-S87) 02  Место хранения:   02 | Отделение ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

List of plates ................................................. xi List of figures ................................................ xv List of tables ................................................ xxv List of contributors ........................................ xxvii Foreword ..................................................... xxxi Lord Stanley of Alderley Preface .................................................... xxxiii Tristram Besterman Preamble and acknowledgements .............................. xxxvii A.J.N.W. Prag Note on units ................................................. xlv List of abbreviations ....................................... xlvii Part I. Introductory 1 The background to the Alderley Edge Landscape Project ........ 3 A.J.N.W. Prag 2 Approach to the Edge: a personal view ....................... 24 Alan Garner Part II. The bedrock of the Edge - geology and geography 3 The geological story of Alderley Edge ....................... 49 David B. Thompson and Simon Timberlake 4 Rocks, minerals and landforms: an overview .................. 51 Simon Timberlake 5 The solid geology ofAlderley Edge ........................... 73 David B. Thompson, Geoffrey Warrington, John E. Pollard and John R. Nudds 6 The minerals of the Edge .................................... 98 David I. Green, Richard S.W. Braithwaite, David B. Thompson and Geoffrey Warrington 7 Geomorphology: the evolution of the landscape .............. 103 Richard H. Johnson and David B. Thompson Part III. Natural history - the flora and fauna 8 The natural history of Alderley: an introduction ........... 115 A.J.N.W. Prag with Sean R. Edwards, Simon Timberlake and Laurence Cook 9 The vegetation of the Edge ................................. 120 Sean R. Edwards, Simon Timberlake and Jonathan Guest 10 The trees of Alderley Edge ................................. 144 Simon Timberlake and Sean R. Edwards 11 The birds of Alderley Edge ................................. 180 Jonathan Guest, M.V. Hounsome and Edward Stanley with John Adams, Alan Straw and Henry McGhie 12 Alderley Edge pondlife ..................................... 209 Jonathan Guest and Jill Smethurst 13 The insects and other invertebrates of Alderley Edge ....... 220 Dmitri V. Logunov and Roger L.H. Dennis Part IV. Human history - archaeology and underground 14 The archaeology of Alderley Edge ........................... 303 A.J.N.W. Prag and Simon Timberlake 15 Early mining: the evidence before 1598 ..................... 342 Simon Timberlake 16 Mining in the Alderley district: the documented period ..... 368 Geoffrey Warrington 17 Working the mines at Alderley Edge: a contemporary perspective ................................................ 414 Nigel Dibben 18 The quarries of Alderley Edge .............................. 436 Nigel Dibben (based on original text by Simon Timberlake, Tom Burke and Clare Pye) Part V. Human history - overground: the social history 19 The history of Alderley Edge ............................... 463 Clare Pye 20 The Archive ................................................ 504 Jean Wearne 21 Living memory: the people of the Edge ...................... 540 John L. Ecclestone 22 The graffiti on stone and wood ............................. 566 Carolanne King, Clare Pye, Nigel Dibben, Simon Timberlake and Alan Garner 23 Alderley Edge: the villas and the village .................. 586 Matthew Hyde 24 The Stanley estate ......................................... 603 Matthew Hyde 25 Nether Alderley Mill: a historical and architectural study ...................................................... 620 Mike Redfern 26 Crossing the Edge .......................................... 647 Clare Pye with Simon Timberlake and Carolanne King 27 Round the ragged Edge: recumbent rocks and standing stones ..................................................... 663 Jeremy Milln and John Adams 28 Alderley: the names of street, house and field ............. 680 J.S. Adams Part VI. Looking back, looking forward 29 Close to the Edge - ensuring the future of the Edge for everyone ................................................... 727 Christopher Widger 30 By Seven Firs and Goldenstone: an account of the Legend of Alderley ................................................ 762 Alan Garner 31 Envoi ...................................................... 778 A.J.N.W. Prag Appendices 5.1 Reptilian tracks from the Hayman's Farm Borehole ......... 783 John E. Pollard 6.1 Primary mineralisation at Alderley Edge .................. 788 David I. Green 9.1 Inventory of vegetation recorded on the Edge ............. 800 Sean R. Edwards 9.2 An account of the Rubus species of Alderley Edge ......... 810 David R. Earl 11.1 Alderley breeding birds, 1978-84 and 2004-06 ............. 818 Jonathan Guest 13.1 A checklist of the invertebrates of Alderley Edge ........ 821 Dmitri V. Logunov 13.2 The butterflies of Alderley Edge ......................... 874 Roger L.H. Dennis 19.1 Leicesters or Leycesters? ................................ 875 Clare Pye 19.2 A brief history of the Alderley Beacon ................... 877 Jeremy Milln 19.3 The Hagg Cottages: the historical background to the 2003 Alderley Sandhills Project excavation ............... 881 Clare Pye 21.1 John Evans: the death of a hermit ........................ 890 Robin Salmon 21.2 The voice of Philip Jarvis ............................... 897 John Adams with A.J.N.W. Prag 29.1 The National Trust Sites and Monuments Record (NTSMR) .... 902 Christopher Widger General glossary .............................................. 908 A.J.N.W. Prag (ed.) Geology glossary .............................................. 912 Simon Timberlake, with Nigel Dibben, David I. Green and Geoffrey Warrington Glossary of mining and quarrying terms ........................ 917 Simon Timberlake with Nigel Dibben, David I. Green and Geoffrey Warrington References .................................................... 934 Index ......................................................... 952 Compiled by Simon Timberlake