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VOLUME 23

W1075

Information

Author
Payne, Ernest Oscar
Publisher
BHRS
Printing Date
1946
Edition
1st
Price
£12.00

Description

In the first part of the book, based on his University of London PhD thesis, the author draws on the correspondence and other writings of Richard How of Aspley Guise (1727-1801?) to present a picture of life in the Bedfordshire village of Aspley Guise in the eighteenth century – the effect of land tax, poor rates, parish disputes and enclosure.

The second part is a study of land transfers based on land tax assessments in Tilsworth, Sundon, Milton Byran, Billington, Aspley Guise, Whipsnade, Studham, Chalgrave, Harlington and Toddington.

A chart shows the changes in land ownership in Tilsworth between 1797 and 1826.

Condition

As new, containing additional contemporary typewritten subscription letter.

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