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THE BOOK OF ALMONDSBURY

by Roy S. Walker

Published by Barracuda Books. 1st. 1987

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The story of Almondsbury and its people to 1920. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Limited edition with list of subscribers to rear.

This is copy number 76. A nice copy. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and very lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 0860232816
Stock no. 1829210

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword by the Bishop of Bristol
  • Preface by the Reverend canon Brian Carne, Vicar of Almondsbury
  • Introduction
  • Ealkmund's Burh
  • Canon Lore
  • Manors and Moves
  • The New Gentry
  • Spyrytuall Plantying
  • Sons of hte Soil
  • The Hidden Poor
  • Masters and Maids
  • The Parson's Place
  • Help yourself
  • To be a Farmer's Boy
  • Learn to Live
  • Body and Soul
  • Bells and Bonfires
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Subscribers

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