National Trust Histories: Cambridgeshire & Mid Anglia

Early in the 20th century, geographers devoted a lot of time attempting to draw boundaries around geographical regions.

Their failure was a reminder of the impossibility of drawing sharp lines around areas which gradually merge into their neighbours.

Mid Anglia comprises the new counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire; its prosperous acres also broadly correspond to those occupied by the ancient Saxon kingdom of the Middle Angles.

As such, theregion contains the best assemblage of Saxon churches in England; the college buildings of Cambridge; and many fine post-medieval buildings such as Wimpole Hall and Kirby Hall.

Author Christopher Taylor, the eminent landscape historian, has written a fascinating account of Mid Anglia's formation and growth since prehistoric times.

This volume is one of a series of four National Trust Histories which seeks to illuminatethelandscapes of today by looking at the natural and human influences which have forged their distinctive characters.