THE BOOK OF DEVIZES: THE LIFE STORY OF AN ANCIENT BOROUGH
Written by Edward Bradby
Published by Barracuda Books
in 1985
ISBN: 0860231968
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- WILTSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
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Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by John Piper, CH
- Preface by Bonar Sykes MA
- Roundway Hill, 1787
- I IN THE SHADOW OF THE CASTLE
- AD Divisas
- 'I'm the King of the Castle' (12th & 13th centuries)
- A Legacy in Stone
- The Burgesses Prosper (14th & 15th centuries)
- Towers and Timber-Work
- II THE BOROUGH GROWS UP
- Mayor and Corporation (16th century)
- Markets, Fairs, and Inns (16th & 17th centuries)
- England in Turmoil (17th century)
- III THE BOROUGH GROWS OLD
- Hardening of the Arteries (Charles II to George III)
- A Face-Lift in Brick
- Reform and Renewal (19th century)
- Regency Grace. Victorian Pride
- IV AFTER THE BOROUGH
- In Search of a new Role (20th century)
- Bibliography
- Index
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