Research Catalog

Title

Chatsworth : a landscape history / John Barnatt and Tom Williamson.

Author

Barnatt, John.

Publication

Bollington [England] : Windgather ; London : Distributed by Central Books, c2005.

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Additional Authors

Williamson, Tom, 1955-

Description

xii, 244 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

"The seat of the Cavendish family since 1549, Chatsworth is more than a great country house: it is one of Europe's finest designed landscapes. This book tells the story of Chatsworth's park and gardens: a grand, thousand-year narrative which draws together evidence from a wealth of different sources, especially Chatsworth's own archives and recent systematic surveys of the park's earthworks and trees." "John Barnatt and Tom Williamson have been responsible for much of the research which has transformed our understanding of this magnificent landscape. In this book they show how its history is like a tapestry. Particular individuals - for instance Elizabeth of Hardwick, the successive Dukes of Devonshire, 'Capability' Brown and Joseph Paxton - come and go, weave their distinctive threads, and then move on. The authors trace these threads backwards a forwards in time, showing in detail the process of landscape evolution. As well as exploring the landscaping schemes of 1600 to 1900, they reveal for the first time Chatsworth's earlier history: the details of the medieval and earlier field systems and settlements that existed at Chatsworth 'BC' - Before Cavendish' - and which still underlie the park." "Illustrated with historic maps, paintings and new archaeological plans, this is a book for every enthusiast of landscape and garden history."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Chatsworth (England) > History
• Landscape archaeology > Derbyshire
• Parks > Derbyshire > History
• Gardens > Derbyshire > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Studying Chatsworth -- 2. The early history of the Chatsworth landscape -- 3. A baroque landscape : Chatsworth under the first and second Dukes -- 4. Kent, Brown, and the making of the new part -- 5. The sixth Duke's garden -- 6. The park in the nineteenth century -- 7. The recent past -- 8. Chatsworth today : a tour through history -- 9. Postscript.

ISBN

1905119011 (pbk.)

OCLC

60838581

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library