History of Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire
by Clifford, Harry
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Stow on the Wold: James H Alden, 1916 Book. Good. Original Cloth. [viii], 145, [1] pages + 4 plates. Original green cloth, white lettered, wring mark to front cover and lettering worn to spine. Bookplate removed from the front free end paper. Armorial bookplate tot he front pastedown of John Thomas Evans, Rector of Stow on the Wold. Blindstamped address to the front free end paper also. Some spotting to end papers. Light browning throughout. Includes chapters on: Geological history - Prehistoric period - Salmonsbury Camp - Ancient roads and trackways - Roman Bourton - the Saxon period - the Church of St Lawrence - list of Rectors and chaplains - the bells - the church plate - the parish registers - the Manor - early nonconformity - old houses - the cottage hospital - the schools - Bourton charities - the stocks - street lighting - field names - the dialect - folklore - wild flowers around Bourton - bibliography..
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Rench (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010828
- Title
- History of Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire
- Author
- Clifford, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- James H Alden
- Place of Publication
- Stow on the Wold
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Gloucestershire - local history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gloucestershire;
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Stephen Rench
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire
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