TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WEST COUNTRY»
The term «the West Country» is very widely used and occupies the
10.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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QUOTES WITH «THE WEST COUNTRY»
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the West Country.
It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE WEST COUNTRY»
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the West Country in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the West Country and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Suppression of
the Monasteries in
the West Country
Describes the confiscation of lands, properties, buildings and treasures of the English monasteries at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell.
2
English Romantic Writers and
the West Country
Ranging west of a line between the Wye at Tintern and Jane Austens Chawton, this book offers a first reconfiguration of Romantic culture in terms of English regional identity.
3
The West Country as a literary invention: putting fiction in ...
This book investigates these questions in the context of the relationship between place and writing, discussing Thomas Hardy's Wessex; R.D. Blackmore's Exmoor and Lorna Doone; Charles Kingsley, whose Westward Ho!, became a Devon place-name, ...
4
A letter to
the west country farmers: concerning
the ...
concerning the difficulties and management of a bad harvest. Written in the end
of the year 1772. l . i L I . . T 3? 7 .. . fe'Hion. It is true, 'such as have large farms in
the west are seldom unprovided ; and in. the east, Where they 'have corns of all ...
5
The Heart of
the West - A Book of
the West Country from ..
THE HEART OF THE WEST - A BOOK OF THE WEST COUNTRY FROM BRISTOL TO LANDS END - BY ARTHUR L. SALMON - PREFACE - THIS book is not intended to be a guifle-book, no is it a choice of travel.
6
Coleridge and Wordsworth in
the West Country - Their ...
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
7
A
West Country Village Ashworthy
The field system Until quite recently it was believed that a great part of the West
Country lay outside the area of the open-field system which formerly covered so
much of lowland England.1 The South-west was held to be an area of early ...
8
West Country Wicca: A Journal of the Old Religion
Pre-Gardnerian account of the Old Religion is "a real gem....The best book on witchcraft I have ever seen" (Marion Weinstein).
9
West country of England and
the Channel Islands
The miles of coastline, combined wiht long hours of sunshine, are ideal for family holidays.
Michelin Travel Publications, 2000
10
Johnny Kingdom's
West Country Tales
From well-known local myths such as the infamous Beast of Exmoor to many more humorous anecdotes of Johnny's own forbears and friends, this is a charming collection of stories and legends from a local treasure.
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE WEST COUNTRY»
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the West Country is used in the context of the following news items.
Met Office: unsettled weather for Easter in the West Country
holidays got off to a gloomy start as gales and downpours lashed parts of the north and west of the country. Gale force winds of up to 71mph struck Scotland, ... «Bath Chronicle, Mar 15»
Gloucester will need everything to get past Bath's David Wilson in …
... wrecking-ball forwards to demolish Bath's "bungalow on legs" David Wilson if they are to upset the odds in the West Country derby at Kingsholm on Saturday. «Express.co.uk, Dec 14»
Cider shortage predicted after West Country floods
Britain is facing a cider shortage after the devastating floods could have wiped out thousands of apple trees in the West Country, experts have warned. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
£2m flood package as West Country declares it's open for tourists
While the water is receding and the storms have abated, tourism dependent areas such as Somerset and the West Country are facing an uphill struggle to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
Exeter woman killed by falling tree
A woman was crushed to death by a falling tree after flooding brought widespread chaos across the West Country. The 21-year-old woman was one of three ... «ITV News, Nov 12»
Lorry Driver Dies In M5 Crash
West Midlands Police said the 65-year-old haulier, from Somerset, passed away ... The driver, whose family had travelled from the West Country to be with him in ... «ITV News, Mar 12»
