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Victor Skipp.
Medieval Yardley: The Origin and Growth of a West Midland Community.
Published Chichester: Phillimore, 1970.
SBN 900592079.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Stephen Austin & Sons, Hertford.
Size: 141×222×17mm.
Page count: vi,161pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is a bit grubby, some mild wear on its edges and corners, price-clipped, yellowed with age on its unprinted side; the book itself looks in generally good order, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 354g.

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Contents: Yardley today; The natural landscape; Anglo-Saxon settlement; 1086; Origins of the church; descent of the manor 1086-1380; The great expansion; Social structure of early medieval community; Agriculture; Crafts; Mills; The early medieval church; 14th‑c. recession; Descent of the manor 1380-1509; Reeves & bailiffs; Crime & punishment; Late middle ages; Late medieval agriculture & topography; 15th- & early 16th‑c. crafts; — social structure; Manorial court; Land tenure & inheritance; Late medieval church; School; Charity estates; Houses & domestic life; Dialect & folklore; Postscript.

Illustrations: 3 illustrations, plus frontispiece and 1 foldout sheet, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 7

Notes: at end of book
Tables: 5
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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