Essays in Kentish History / Edition 1

by Margaret Roake, John Whyman

Overview

First published in 1976. This is a collection of twenty-three essays on the history of the English county of Kent in the south-east. They cover many aspects of local history and they include works on farms in Medieval Kent, Farming at Otford, Four Kent towns at of the Middle Ages, the distribution of wealth in the early fourteenth century, Tonbridge in the seventeenth century amongst others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714629568
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/29/1976
Series:	Cass Library of County Histories Series
Pages:	315
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Magaret Roake M.A., University of Kent, John Whyman Lecturer in Economic and Social History, University of Kent

Table of Contents

Preface, Introduction, KENTISH HISTORIOGRAPHY (LXX, 1956), SOME FIELDS AND FARMS IN MEDIEVAL KENT (LXXX, 1965), REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN CROP PRODUCTION IN MEDIEVAL KENT (LXXVIII, 1963), LATE-CONTINUED DEMESNE FARMING AT OTFORD (LXXl11, 1959), FOUR KENT TOWNS AT THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES (LXXXI, 1966), THE DISTRIBUTION OF LAY WEALTH IN KENT, SURREY AND SUSSEX, IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY (LXXX, 1965), SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN KENT, 1480-1660: A STUDY OF THE CHANGING, PATTERN OF SOCIAL ASPIRATIONS (LXXV, 1961), A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MARKET TOVVN, TONBRIDGE (LXXVI, 1961), PEOPLE AND HOMES IN THE MEDWAY TOWNS: 1687-1785 (LXXVll, 1962), THE THANET SEAPORTS, 1650-1750 (LXVl,1953), THE TRADE OF THE PORT OF FAVERSHAM, 1650-1750 (LXIX, 1955), EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTER BOOK OF A DOVER MERCHANT, 1737-1741 (XXXll, 1917), A TOUR THROUGH KENT IN 1735 (XLlll, 1931), A TOUR INTO KENT, 1759 (LXIX, 1955), A HAND-LIST OF ENGLISH ENCLOSUREACTS AND AWARDS, PART 17: OPEN FIELDS, COMMONS AND ENCLOSURES IN KENT (LVI, 1943), KENT HOP TOKENS (LXVI, 1953), FRUIT GROWING IN KENT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (LXXIX, 1964), MAIDSTONE GENEVA: AN OLD MAIDSTONE INDUSTRY (LXV, 1952), MESSRS. BEST BREWERS OF CHATHAM (LXXII, 1958), KENTISH TRADESMEN IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY (LXVI, 1953), THE ROAD BETWEEN DARTFORD, GRAVESEND AND STROOD (LXXXIll, 1968), THE OLD TELEGRAPH FROM LONDON TO THE COAST OF KENT (XLIV, 1932), A KENTISH HOLIDAY (LXXXI, 1966)