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Title: HAWICK
A HISTORY FROM EARLIEST TIMES
By: Alistair Moffat
Format: Paperback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 1780272294
ISBN 13: 9781780272290
Publisher: BIRLINN GENERAL
Pub. date: 6 March, 2014
Pages: 208
Description: Beneath the familiar streets and closes lies an immense story - the remarkable and unique story of Hawick. Full of anecdote and history which will appeal to all locals and those who can trace their ancestry back to one of the Borders' most vibrant communities.
Synopsis: As Hawick celebrates the 500th anniversary of the fight at Hornshole, the first stirrings of the defining traditions of the common riding, Alistair Moffat takes the narrative much further back into the mists of prehistory, to the time of the Romans, the coming of the Angles and the Normans. He recounts how Hawick got its name, where the old village stood, who the early barons of Hawick were and then charts the amazing rise of the textile trade, bringing the story right up to the present day. Beneath the familiar streets and closes lies an immense story - the remarkable and unique story of Hawick. If this book shows anything, it shows that Hawick has changed radically over the many centuries since people began to live between the Slitrig and the Teviot. All that experience in one place has created and invented much and the future will turn for the better for a simple reason. Hawick's greatest invention is her people.
Illustrations: 8 Plates, black and white
Publication: UK
Imprint: Birlinn Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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