English Villages. P. H. Ditchfield

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       P. H. Ditchfield

      English Villages

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664645876

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       CHAPTER I

       INTRODUCTION

       CHAPTER II

       PREHISTORIC REMAINS

       CHAPTER III

       TUMULI OR BARROWS

       CHAPTER IV

       PIT AND PILE DWELLINGS

       CHAPTER V

       CROMLECHS, CAMPS, AND EARTHWORKS

       CHAPTER VI

       ROMAN RELICS

       CHAPTER VII

       ANGLO-SAXON VILLAGES

       CHAPTER VIII

       SAXON RELICS

       CHAPTER IX

       ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE

       CHAPTER X

       NORMAN VILLAGES AND THE DOMESDAY BOOK

       CHAPTER XI

       NORMAN CASTLES

       CHAPTER XII

       MONASTERIES

       CHAPTER XIII

       THE MANOR-HOUSE

       CHAPTER XIV

       PARISH CHURCHES

       CHAPTER XV

       CHURCH PLATE

       CHAPTER XVI

       MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES AND BRASSES

       CHAPTER XVII

       THE PARISH CHEST

       CHAPTER XVIII

       STAINED GLASS, TILES, AND MURAL PAINTINGS

       CHAPTER XIX

       CHURCH BELLS

       CHAPTER XX

       THE MEDIAEVAL VILLAGE

       CHAPTER XXI

       VILLAGE SPORTS AND PASTIMES

       CHAPTER XXII

       THE VILLAGE INN

       CHAPTER XXIII

       VILLAGE SUPERSTITIONS AND FOLKLORE

       APPENDIX

       BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PAROCHIAL HISTORY

       INDEX

PREFACE

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      Eleven years ago my little book on the antiquities of English villages was published. Its object was to interest our rustic neighbours in their surroundings, to record the social life of the people at various times—their feasts and fairs, sports and pastimes, faiths and superstitions—and to describe the scenes which once took place in the fields and lanes they know so well. A friendly reviewer remarked that the wonder was that a book of that kind had never been written before, and that that was the first attempt to give a popular and readable sketch of the history and associations of