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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Cheshire"”.
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The structure of politics in Cheshire, 1660-1715
… political attitudes and political activity in Cheshire in the period between the restoration of Charles II and the accession of George I. The first chapter comprises a general survey of the county's economy., institutionss social structure and political development during the early and …
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''ARROWMAN'' : an analysis of a possible medieval cold case from Poulton, Cheshire
… (SK535) from the medieval cemetery at Poulton, Cheshire. This skeleton was a single burial with an east-west orientation. The skeleton had an unusual burial position with the right arm flexed at the elbow and the antebrachium crossing the thorax. The left arm was in the more usual extended …
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The Whalley Coucher Book and the dialectal phonology of Lancashire and Cheshire 1175-1350
An investigation by G. P. Cubbin into the local placename sources of Lancashire of a time when the vernacular had a low status isolated the Whalley Coucher Book as the one that most seemed to deserve further scrutiny. That book therefore forms the basis of the present study. The Coucher Boook is a …
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Education of poor girls in north west England c1780 to 1860: A study of Warrington and Cheshire
… century. The local archives in the Chester/Cheshire Record Office contain minute books, account books and visitors' books for the Chester Blue Girls' school, Sunday and Working schools, the latter consolidated into one girls' school in 1816, all covering much of the nineteenth century. …
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An exploratory investigation into destination marketing and place marketing in Cheshire and Warrington : the need for organizational ambidexterity
… lens of one particular organisation, Marketing Cheshire, which is the body responsible for promoting the sub-region of Cheshire and Warrington. Despite the focus on one particular sub-region the literature draws on the strategic approaches adopted by DMOs throughout England and in an …
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Factors affecting the participation of physically disabled children and young people in out-of-school activities in Cheshire.
… of PDC&YP in out-of-school activities in Cheshire. The perspectives of PDC&YP, parents and service providers who plan and run mainstream activities were sought using a range of data collection tools. This included interviews, focus groups and creative focus groups with 63 participants …
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Emotional adjustments made by parents of physically disabled children following their discharge from institutional care : a case study of Cheshire Homes,Lusaka Zambia
… a sample of twenty parents and fifteen staff of Cheshire home in Kabulonga. The parents were drawn from the sum of Lusaka based parents whose children had been discharged from Cheshire Home within the last five years.Data was collected using three methods namely; self administered questionnaires, …
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Making the invisible, visible. Iron age and roman salt-production in Southern Britain.
It has long been known that areas such as Cheshire, Lincolnshire and Essex were intensely exploited for salt in the Iron Age and Romano-British periods. Previous research has tended to focus on the eastern coast of Britain, with less attention being paid to other potential salt-producing areas. In …
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Reassessing DNA Preservation of Ancient Material from Poulton, UK and Testing and Optimizing of CATS: a Novel Single-Strand DNA Library Preparation Technique
… of ancient medieval material from Poulton, Cheshire, UK, using standard dsDNA library preparation methods. We targeted cementum of teeth as the optimal substrate for DNA extraction, along with long bones for comparison. A second aim, using a newer single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) library method, …
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Place, community and organisation on the Courtown Estates, 1649-1977
… century, consisted of 23,000 acres in Carlow, Cheshire and Wexford, arranged into seven estates. The thesis is a comparative study of four of the estates, drawing on estate papers, valuation records and census returns and reports. Information has been analysed using traditional and digital …
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Investigating the great crested newt landscape in a pond rich environment : developing a landscape scale management perspective
… habitat on the Cholmondeley Estate, Malpas, Cheshire, UK was mapped and land cover characterized for suitability and traversibility by T. cristatus. Habitat area available and accessible from ponds were identified. Analysis and modelling of pondscape connectivity using Probability of …
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Agricultural slurry an increasing problem to the environment: A comparative study of controls in the UK, Netherlands and Denmark
… which visited all faims in four catchments in Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire in 1987. Despite advanced warning of sites, about 40-50 per cent of the farms were found to be causing or likely to do so if no changes to facilities were made. It is easy to overlook animal slurry as a potential …
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Urban derelict land: an unwanted inheritance or a challenge to innovation
… West region, particularly in Liverpool, Wigan, Cheshire and St. Helens, but where other relevant information was available, it has been utilised.
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The ecology and management of feral cat colonies. A survey of feral cat colonies in Great Britain and an experimental field study of the effect of neutering on the ecology, behaviour and social organisation of a single colony.
… cats. living in the grounds of Winwick Hospital, Cheshire, was examined. Individual cats were recognised by differences in coat colour and pattern, and data were collected by direct observation. The colony was studied for one year before and one year after neutering. Before neutering there …
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