Paul Rabbitts is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Historical Society and Founder and Chair of the Parks Management Association. He has a career in parks management and has worked as a consultant in the parks and leisure sector. Having graduated in Geography he holds a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture from Edinburgh University. The author of over 30 books, he is also a Director and Trustee of the Gardens Trust, author and lecturer on public parks and a renowned expert on the Victorian and Edwardian bandstand. He is an avid and passionate advocate for the role public parks play within our communities.
28 หนังสืออิเล็กทรอนิกส์โดย Paul Rabbitts
Paul Rabbitts: Richmond Park
Richmond Park is the largest Royal Park in London, covering an area of 2, 500 acres. From its heights there is an uninterrupted view of St Paul’s Cathedral, 12 miles away.The royal connections to …
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Sarah Kerenza Priestley & Paul Rabbitts: Cassiobury
One of the remnants of the great lost estates of the United Kingdom, Cassiobury Park is now the largest park in Hertfordshire, and the principal park of its primary town, Watford, covering an area …
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Paul Rabbitts: Hyde Park
Hyde Park is a London favourite. You can walk, lie in the grass, play games, take exercise and engage in sport. It has been a venue for mass celebrations since VE Day and for public events including …
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Sarah Kerenza Priestley & Paul Rabbitts: Cassiobury Park The Postcard Collection
Cassiobury Park has an incredible history. Not only is it one of the remnants of the greatest lost estates in the country, it is now one of the most popular parks in the country and locally is the …
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Paul Rabbitts: Great Parks, Great Designers
Much has been written about the history of Victorian life, the Industrial Revolution and the improvements brought about by the great reformers, including the many improvements to recreation and …
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Paul Rabbitts: London’s Royal Parks The Postcard Collection
The royal parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation (mostly hunting) of the royal family. They are part of the hereditary possessions of the …
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Peter Jeffree & Paul Rabbitts: Watford in 50 Buildings
The town of Watford, in Hertfordshire, began as a settlement in the twelfth century when the Abbot of St Albans, who owned the land here, was given permission to hold a weekly market. He chose a site …
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Paul Rabbitts: Leighton Buzzard in 50 Buildings
Close to the Chiltern Hills lies the Bedfordshire market town of Leighton Buzzard. Dominating the town is the 190-foot spire of the thirteenth-century All Saints’ Church, which has been described as …
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Paul Rabbitts: London’s Royal Parks
London”s royal parks are amongst its most beautiful and beloved spaces: just as much as the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and Victoria Station, the mere mention of Hyde or Regent”s Park …
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Paul Rabbitts: Grinling Gibbons
Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone. Tantalising cascades of fruit and flowers, …
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Rabbitts Paul Rabbitts: Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren (1632 1723) is now mostly remembered as a genius of architecture but he was also an accomplished polymath, who only came to architecture quite late in life. Most famous as the …
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Rob Ickinger & Paul Rabbitts: Windsor & Eton in 50 Buildings
Today, millions of tourists from around the world are drawn to Windsor by its magnificent castle, dating from the eleventh century, and its wealth of royal history. Although the castle is at the …
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Carole O’Reilly & Paul Rabbitts: Salford in 50 Buildings
Although little is recorded of its earlier history, Salford is a city of great antiquity. In 1228, Henry III granted the Lancashire town the right to hold a market and an annual fair. Centuries …
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Paul Rabbitts & Deborah Woodman: Manchester in 50 Buildings
From its status as the world’s first industrialised city, through late twentieth-century decline and subsequent regeneration and rebirth as the ‘Second City of the UK’, Manchester has a proud and …
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Paul Rabbitts: Luton in 50 Buildings
The Bedfordshire town of Luton originated in the sixth century when the Saxons established a farm or settlement (called a ‘tun’) by the River Lea. Farming and agriculture became the major industries, …
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Liz Gordon & Paul Rabbitts: Bournemouth in 50 Buildings
Today, Bournemouth is one of the favourite resorts on the south coast, but until the early nineteenth century, the area was just heathland where cattle grazed. In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell – regarded as …
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Paul Rabbitts: British Bandstands
Bandstands have been a feature of the British way of life for well over a century – but, after the Second World War, an increasing number fell into disuse and were neglected. Sadly, many were …
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Paul Rabbitts: Parkitecture
What are the ingredients of our great British public parks? We often think of the wider landscape of trees, grass, lakes, meandering footways, bedding displays and herbaceous borders. But they are …
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Liz Gordon & Paul Rabbitts: Salisbury in 50 Buildings
With its magnificent Early English cathedral, timbered buildings and historic houses, Salisbury has a wealth of history and architectural treasures. Its story began 2, 500 years ago when an Iron Age …
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Peter Jeffree & Paul Rabbitts: Welwyn & Welwyn Garden City in 50 Buildings
Situated a mile from the Hertfordshire village of Welwyn, the Garden City was founded in 1920. It was the vision of Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement that aimed to combine the …
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Paul Rabbitts: Carlisle in 50 Buildings
Originally established as a Roman settlement to serve the forts along Hadrian’s Wall, the Cumbrian city of Carlisle has a wealth of fascinating history. Its proximity to Scotland meant that it was a …
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Paul Rabbitts: Great British Parks
Our great British parks are one of the finest legacies of the Victorian age. Designed and bequeathed to the masses as part of a movement encouraging green spaces and recreation, the public park came …
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David Rabbitts & Paul Rabbitts: Cotherstone: A Village in Teesdale
Cotherstone village in County Durham is set on the River Tees, 4 miles from Barnard Castle.Today a large and pretty village, its history goes back to the Domesday Book and it has remains of a …
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Paul Rabbitts: Aylesbury in 50 Buildings
Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, started as a Saxon settlement called Aegel’s burgh. By medieval times it had developed into an administrative centre, with its weekly market serving as …
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Hazel Conway & Paul Rabbitts: People’s Parks
People’s Parks – The Design and Development of Public Parks in Britain’ identifies the principal national and international influences on park development from the nineteenth century until the …
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Peter Jeffree & Paul Rabbitts: Hertford in 50 Buildings
The River Lea and its crossing at Hertford lie at the heart of the town”s history. Before the Norman Conquest the river formed a natural boundary between the Danelaw to the north and Saxon Wessex to …
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Paul Rabbitts: London’s Royal Parks
London”s royal parks are amongst its most beautiful and beloved spaces: just as much as the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and Victoria Station, the mere mention of Hyde or Regent”s Park …
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€10.04
Rabbitts Paul Rabbitts: Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren (1632 1723) is now mostly remembered as a genius of architecture but he was also an accomplished polymath, who only came to architecture quite late in life. Most famous as the …
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