About this book -
One short section of the Great North Road in Nottinghamshire has changed little over six centuries. Its width is that decreed by King John who travelled the road regularly. Its rough surface is much the same as when King Richard I, Princess Margaret Tudor, King Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey and Dick Turpin travelled along it.At least two of the houses remain little changed from medieval times, three have evidence of priest holes. Roman coins and pre-historic artefacts are still being found in fields bordering the road.
An eighteenth century bypass left this section a charming time capsule, redolent with tales of adventure and romance concerning the rich, the royal, the famous and infamous.
About the Author -
Joan Board is an English Honours graduate with long teaching experience in Grammar and Private schools as well as Colleges of Education.
She has written two collections of poetry (1985 and 1989) and was awarded the Rotherham Long Poem Prize 1990 and a York Competion Poetry Prize 1990.
Her published works include short stories one of which was awarded the Charnwood Prize, together with local history articles in newspapers and County Magazines.
