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LAWS OF DEAN

Written by Cyril Hart
Published by The British Publishing Company in 1952

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LAWS OF DEAN
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1327893
1st. 1952. Hardback. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being a Supplement to "The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels, in the County of Gloucester" by James G. Wood 1878. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front. x + 25 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (with the authors' compliments). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a few edge tears.

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£ 60.00 Photo of LAWS OF DEAN- Stock Number: 818870

LAWS OF DEAN
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 818870
1st. 1952. Hardback. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Being a Supplement to "The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels, in the County of Gloucester" by James G. Wood 1878. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front. x + 25 pages. Corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut cream wrapper with green title is a little grubby and a little edge-worn.

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Front cover

Cover of LAWS OF DEAN by Cyril Hart

Contents

  • Forewords by J.Q. Williamson, M.B.E., and Major H. P. Herdman, J.P.
  • Author's Preface
  • Introduction
  • Letters and Notes by J. G. Wood:
  • (1) 1896L: Letter written by Wood, 8 February 1896
  • (2) 1898: Note written by Wood, 25 May 1898
  • (3) 1905: Note written by Wood, 13 January 1905
  • Law Suits, etc:
  • (4) 1880: Petition of Right: Young and Grindell
  • (5) 1881: Law Suit: Brain v. Thomas
  • (7) 1884: Law Suit: James v. Young
  • (11) 1887: Law Suit: G. W. (F. of D.) Collieries Co. Ltd. v. The Trafalgar Colliery Co.
  • (26) 1929: Law Suit: Elsmore v. Morgan
  • Acts of Parliament:
  • (6) 1883: An Act re Highways
  • (8) 1884: An Act re Railways
  • (9) 1884: An Act re Railways
  • (13) 1888: An Act re abolition of Turnpike Trust
  • (16) 1890: An Act re Roads
  • (19) 1904: Dean Forest (Mines) Act, 1904
  • (20) 1906: Dean Forest Act, 1906
  • (21) 1919: Forestry Act, 1919
  • (22) 1923: Forestry (Transfer of Woods) Act, 1923
  • (23) 1927: Forestry Act, 1927
  • (29) 1938: Coal Act 1938
  • (20) 1906: Dean Forest Act: 1938
  • (31) 1946: Coal Industry Nationalisation Act
  • (37) 1950: Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act
  • Reports and Books:
  • (10) 1884: Return to an Order re Revenue
  • (12) 1888: Report on Turnpike Trust
  • (14) 1889: Report re Roads
  • (15) 1889: Report from Select Committee
  • (17) 1894: Return re Gross Annual Revenue
  • (18) 1897: Hill's Report on Dean Forest
  • (24) 1927: Sibly's Report on Iron-Ores
  • (27) 1935: Welch and Crookall's Geological Report
  • (28) 1938: Report of National Forest Park Committee
  • (30) 1942: Trotter's Geological Memoir
  • (32) 1946: Regional Survey Report on the Dean Coalfield
  • (33) 1947: Hart's book on Boundaries
  • (36) 1950: Hart's book on Verderers and Speech-Court
  • (38) 1950: National Coal Board's "Plan for Coal"
  • (39) 1951: Hart's book on commoners
  • Byelaws:
  • (25) 1929: Forest of Dean Byelaws
  • Various:
  • (34) 1948: Enclosure Commissioners
  • (35) 1949: Central Valuation Board Apportionment
  • (40) Various papers relating to Dean Forest
  • (41) 1952: Officials of Dean Forest
  • Appendix: Some books and papers by J. G. Wood
  • Index