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Snodland and ‘Cementopolis’, 1841-1881 by Andrew Ashbee ‘Cementopolis’ is a word coined by Victorian newspaper writers to describe the group of industrial workings which had grown up on the banks of the Medway, especially in the four parishes of Burham, Halling, Snodland and Wouldham. Some of the largest lime and cement factories in the country were developed here in what had hitherto been a predominantly rural area and their activities caused some amazement for visitors expecting the delights of the ‘Garden of England’.. Web edition of the book - Download 3 Mb |
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Hadlow: Life, Land
and People in a Wealden Parish, 1460 - 1600
A hitherto unknown survey of Hadlow manor in 1460 turned
up out of the blue in 2002, and this book, edited by Joan
Thirsk and four co-authors, describes what it tells us
about farms, getting a living, lords and their management
of the manor, along with the Latin text and an English
translation. It is full of maps, plans, and
illustrations. Web edition of the book - Download 13 Mb Hadlow survey, Latin with English translation - Download 836 Kb To purchase a printed version of the book with index please email [email protected] for details |
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KENT HUNDRED ROLLS The
Kent Hundred Rolls of 1274-5, preserved in the National
Archives, provide a mine of information for local
historians. Many were printed by the Record Commission in
the early nineteenth century, but the two bulky volumes
are only to be found in major libraries and the rolls are printed in abbreviated Latin. This new website edition by the Kent Archaeological Society comprises the complete rolls for Kent, in the original Latin and in an English translation by Dr Bridgett Jones. Download 1 Mb |
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KENT LAY SUBSIDY 1334/5
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THE KILWARDBY SURVEY OF THE
ARCHBISHOP’S MANORS IN SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND, 1273-4 Download 1.5 Mb |
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A CATALOGUE OF ALL
THE COINS OF WILLIAM I STRUCK AT THE KENT MINTS AND
KNOWN TO EXIST IN APRIL 2007 |
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THE
WARDENS OF THE TOWN LANDS OF TONBRIDGE, THE ACCOUNT BOOK,
1575 - 1760 |
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FOR THE GOOD OF THIS TOWN: THE JURATS OF
MAIDSTONE 1549 - 1660. Judy Buckley
researched the Maidstone oligarchy for her MA by Research
at the University of Greenwich in 2008, and has based this
book on her dissertation. It describes the origins,
occupations, wealth and ideology of the jurats chosen from
the granting of Maidstone's first charter until the
Restoration. A wealth of new material from original
sources will make this a useful book for urban, local and
family historians. Biography Download 1.6 Mb To buy a paper copy go to http://www.the-miscellany.co.uk/books |