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Books, Maps & Other Resources Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy & History More resources for this county (shire) | More English resources sorted by county/topic BOOK - A History of Buckinghamshire (England) by Micheal Reed 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE is one of the smaller English counties yet is one of the most interesting, historically. It falls into two quite distinct and separate halves, on either side of the chalk scarp of the Chilterns. To the north is a rural countryside of rounded hills, clay vales and brooks, with ancient towns such as Buckinghamshire, Olney, Newport, Pagnall, Winslow amd Aylesbury, together with one existing town, Milton Keynes. The south, on the other hand, is a series of steep sided, often dry, valleys and ridges on the dip of the Chiltrens sloping down towards London and the Thames Valley. Here too are old towns like Amersham, Beaconsfield and , the largest of them, Slough, which though now, with Eton, transfered to Berkshire is still, historically and spiritually, part of Buckinghamshire.More interesting than a conventional, chronographical history of the county, this stimulating new book examines the factors which, over the centuries, have shaped the landscape and towns of today. The effects of fields, farms, and enclosures, of roads, canals and railways, of markets and churches on the long, slow, evolution of modern Buckinghamshire are examined in detail with the help of a wealth of illustrations, many specially taken or drawn for this book. 136 pp., Hard Cover, 7.5" x 10", 1993, ISBN 0-85033-637-6.
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