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We've been
trying to put together a selection of pages and links which we hope you will find
both interesting and useful. Good
local interest sites are particularly scarce at the moment and we are keen to
attract visitors to the area. So, if you have any links, information or suggestions
on how to improve this section of the site, please get
in touch.
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Books
and Collecting
Visiting
the Area
Local History
Subject Links | Secondhand
and Antiquarian Bookshops in the Area. Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds are
home to numerous secondhand booksellers, many of whom have shops.
Book Fair Calendar. A comprehensive listing of all known fairs. The
British Library. The free 'Portico' site is useful for the Short Title Catalogue,
but if you want more detail you have to pay. BiblioMANIA.
This American based list allows no censorship so If you are easily offended, this
is not the list for you. I'm not a mailing list junkie but love this one, particularly
for the 'Daily Bleed'. Herbals
& Early Gardening Books. A catalogue of the Doris and Marc Patten Collection
including images, listing by subject, author and title; Special Collections, Hayden
Library, Arizona State University.
Repositories of Primary Sources. A listing of over 2900 web sites describing
holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other
primary sources.
Salon Magazine. Check out Camille Paglia's 'on-line advice for the
culturally disgruntled' Return
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of Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds. Map
of Stroud Town Centre. Take
a walk around our home town. The dispassionate eye of Virtual
Stroud reveals all. This
Is Gloucestershire. Winner of the Newspaper Society Award for the best newspaper
Internet site. This is as good as a local site gets at the moment. Glosnet.
"The official Gloucestershire pages..." Gloucestershire
Gateway. Another local newspaper site. Visit
Gloucestershire. This web site has been produced in conjunction with Gloucestershire
Tourism. I can't get this one to work properly, but they say they're going
to fix it (16/10/98). They are working on it! (18/2/99) A new site but it
takes so long to load that I can't tell you if it works, I got bored. (20/9/99)
The
Cotswolds. At the very least you get to see a selection of photos of the area.
Welcome to the Cotswolds. "This site aims to provide The Cotswolds with a
high-interest community web-site".
Hotel & Guest House Directory. Hope it's useful. Return
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HistoryThe
Gloucestershire Collection. At Gloucester Library was founded in 1900, and
collects material relating to every aspect of the county. Gloucestershire
Record Office. Aims to preserve historical records relating to Gloucestershire,
and make them available for research. Whiteway
Colony: The Social History of a Tolstoyan Community. A promotional site for
Joy Thacker's book. Return
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LinksCinema Sites. An index
of Movie and TV resources thoughtfully organized and annotated by a film industry
professional. Rangefinder magazine.
Investigates modern photographic issues in feature articles, primers, and columns.
Your can also browse the archives to find an article you may have missed in the
print issue. Adam. The Art, Design, Architecture
& Media Information Gateway, is a searchable catalogue of 1213 Internet resources
that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for
the benefit of the UK Higher Education community. The National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Follow the development of this millennium project situated in the regency park
of Middleton Hall in Carmarthenshire. The Royal Horticultural Society. Outlines
the methods by which they hope to encourage and improve the science, art and practice
of horticulture in all its branches. If you are interested in events or gardens
which are closer to home, have a look at their UK Map and RHS event listings
in the Around Britain Section. Gardening UK. A directory designed
to make finding plant & garden catalogues a one-stop process. Performing Arts Links.
Maintained by Maria Teresa Lovinelli, librarian (and vice-director) of the Burcardo
Library and Theatre Collection in Rome. Return
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