Contents

CONTENTS 

Acknowledgements                                                                                  viii 

Foreword                                                                                                    x 

Chronology                                                                                               xii 

1. A Prophet in His Own Country                                                            1       

 

2. The Young Lawrence 1885-1912                                                       18         

The Eastwood context                                                                 18 

              Early routes of escape                                                                26 

3. The Social and Intellectual Background                                           30           

Homes                                                                                          35 

             Chapel                                                                                          44 

             School                                                                                           61 

4. The Heartlands: Five Key Areas                                                         69 

Eastwood and Brinsley                                                                  69           

Moorgreen and Greasley                                                               90           

Cossall                                                                                         107

                              

           Nottingham                                                                                 116

                              

           Derbyshire                                                                                  124

                            

5. Walking with Lawrence                                                                      131

              Walk 1  Walker Street to Kimberley Station                                134

 Walk 2  Haggs Farm to High Park Wood                                    138

 Walk 3  Eastwood to the Hemlock Stone                                    141

 Walk 4  Wilford Bridge to Clifton                                                  145

 Walk 5  Alfreton to Ambergate                                                     149

Afterword                                                                                                    156

Appendix: Lawrence’s place names                                                           158

Bibliography                                                                                                165