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Nordy Bank (novel), the Glossary

Nordy Bank is a children's adventure novel by Sheena Porter, published by Oxford in 1964 with illustrations by Annette Macarthur-Onslow.^[1]

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1964 children's books
Children's books set in Shropshire
Novels set in Shropshire

A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet.

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Adventure fiction

Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement.

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British subject

The term "British subject" has several different meanings depending on the time period.

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Bronze Age Britain

Bronze Age Britain is an era of British history that spanned from until.

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Brown Clee Hill

Brown Clee Hill is the highest hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, at above sea level.

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Camping

Camping is a form of outdoor recreation or outdoor education involving overnight stays with a basic temporary shelter such as a tent.

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Carnegie Medal (literary award)

The Carnegie Medal for Writing, established in 1936, is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new English-language book for children or young adults.

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Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP, pronounced) is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the United Kingdom.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children.

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Clee St. Margaret

Clee St.

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Coming of age

Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult.

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Dalmatian dog

The Dalmatian is a breed of dog with a white coat marked with dark-coloured spots.

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Dogs Trust

Dogs Trust, known until 2003 as the National Canine Defence League, is a British animal welfare charity and humane society which specialises in the well-being of dogs.

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General practitioner

A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.

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German Shepherd

The German Shepherd, also known in Britain as an Alsatian, is a German breed of working dog of medium to large size.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Ludlow

Ludlow is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Marcus Crouch

Marcus Crouch (12 February 1913 – 24 April 1996) was an English librarian, and an influential commentator on and reviewer of children's books.

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A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.

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Nordy Bank

Nordy Bank is an Iron Age hill fort on Brown Clee Hill in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in South Shropshire, England.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Postmaster

A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office.

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Prehistoric Britain

Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Rosemary Sutcliff

Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends.

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Royal Army Veterinary Corps

The Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC), known as the Army Veterinary Corps (AVC) until it gained the royal prefix on 27 November 1918, is an administrative and operational branch of the British Army responsible for the provision, training and care of animals.

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Sheena Porter

Sheena Porter (born 1935) is a British author of children's novels.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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Shropshire Hills

The Shropshire Hills are a dissected upland area and one of the natural regions of England.

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Supernatural fiction

Supernatural fiction or supernaturalist fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction that exploits or is centered on supernatural themes, often contradicting naturalist assumptions of the real world.

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The Grange at High Force

The Grange at High Force is a children's novel by Philip Turner, published by Oxford in 1965 with illustrations by William Papas. Nordy Bank (novel) and The Grange at High Force are British children's novels, Carnegie Medal in Literature winning works and Oxford University Press books.

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Time of Trial

Time of Trial is a 1963 young adult historical novel by Hester Burton. Nordy Bank (novel) and Time of Trial are Carnegie Medal in Literature winning works and Oxford University Press books.

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Warrior Scarlet

Warrior Scarlet is a historical fiction adventure novel, published in the first place for children and young adults for, by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Charles Keeping and first published in 1958. Nordy Bank (novel) and Warrior Scarlet are British children's novels and Oxford University Press books.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordy_Bank_(novel)

Nordy Bank (novel), the Glossary

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1964 children's books

Children's books set in Shropshire

Novels set in Shropshire

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