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W. G. Hoskins.
Local History in England; third edition.
Published Harlow: Longman, 1984 (first edition was 1959).
ISBN 0582494133;
ISBN-13: 9780582494138.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Wing King Tong Co., Hong Kong.
Size: 138x216mm.
Page count: xvi,301pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some general wear and discolouration to the dustjacket, especially at the edges and corners; the book itself has a little foxing to the page edges and endpapers, but is otherwise in good condition, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £15.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 545g.

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No overall medieval emphasis, but includes plenty of incidental medieval examples.

Contents: The local historian today; English local historians; The old community; Parish, manor & land; Church, chapel & school; Towns — Topography — Social & economical history; Fieldwork — Landscape — Buildings; Health, disease & population; Homes of family names; Some special tasks; Writing & publishing.
Appendices: Ranking of provincial towns, 1334-1861.

Illustrations: 46, monochrome
Maps & plans: 16

Notes: occasional, at foot of page
Tables: 1, in appendix
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 10pp
Index: yes

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