Bicester Through Time by Bicester Local History Society

Bicester Through Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781445619255)

Vendor: Bicester Local History Society
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Bicester Through Time by Bicester Local History Society

Bicester Through Time

$24.95
Bicester Through Time by Bicester Local History Society

Bicester Through Time

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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Some areas of Bicester have changed very little - for example King's End and Market Square - whereas parts of Sheep Street and North Street are almost unrecognisable. Nearly 80 per cent of the buildings in Market Square and the Causeway are classified as 'buildings of interest' under the English Heritage Listed Buildings scheme and this has given them an element of protection from development. Bicester was, and still is, predominantly a market town serving the needs of not just those who lived in the town but also those from the surrounding villages. Its population remained static at around 3,000 for the hundred years preceding 1920. By 1951 it had only risen to just over 4,000 but, over the last 30 years, this figure has risen to over 30,000 and Bicester has seen a period of considerable growth and development.

Author: Bicester Local History Society
ISBN-10: 1445619253
ISBN-13: 9781445619255
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2013
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d
By Bicester Local History Society
By Bicester Local History Society
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Bicester Local History Society was founded in 1986 and is a successor to Bicester Local History Circle, which ran in the town for many years under the leadership of Gwendoline Dannatt. BLHS came together when members of an abandoned adult education class, studying the 1851 census, decided to form an interest group. Meetings at Bicester School and Bicester & Ploughley Sports Centre under the chairmanship of Jill Wishart proved popular, as did two exhibitions: 'Whatever's Happened to Bicester?: A Look at the Past' (1987) & 'Take Another Look at Bicester' (1988). Our current chairman and treasurer are founder members together with a membership that has topped one hundred for the first time in our 25th Anniversary year.

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