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Authoritative, comprehensive history of the City of Westminster.
The City of Westminster is the seat of the monarchy and government
of Great Britain and the centre of many aspects of British economic
and cultural life, yet to date there has been no comprehensive
history of the city. It is thisgap which this volume will fill. The
book opens with an explanation of what makes Westminster unique and
follows with detailed sections on landownership and religious
history. The section on landownership treats the history and
ownership of the manors, the large medieval inns, and the estates
created from the 16th century onwards; that on religious history
provides a general chronological introduction to religious life in
the city, and detailed accounts of the history and buildings of all
the Christian denominations and other Faiths. PATRICIA CROOT is at
the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.
Like so much of Middlesex, Chelsea was swallowed up by Greater
London. Here its history restores its lost identity. Chelsea was a
desirable riverside residence for wealthy merchants, lawyers, and
courtiers from the fifteenth century, and a pleasure resort for all
ranks of society from the eighteenth; it is now one of the most
expensive and desirable places to live in London. This new volume
relates all this and more, including a re-examination of the
location of Sir Thomas More's house, a reassessment of Henry VIII's
relationship with the manor house, the history of a major estate
not previously identified, and a survey of the farm-gardening which
gave prosperity to some local inhabitants. Facets of Chelsea's more
recent history covered include the rebuilding of eastern Chelsea,
which removed alarge lower middle- and working-class population and
replaced their accommodation with houses for the well-off; the
artistic community which grew up in the late nineteenth century
from which Chelsea derived its bohemian reputation; and the
cultural and commercial changes of the Swinging Sixties.
This detailed and original study of early-modern agrarian society
in the Somerset Levels examines the small landholders in a group of
sixteen contiguous parishes in the area known as Brent Marsh. These
were farmers with lifehold tenures and a mixed agricultural
production whose activities and outlook are shown to be very
different from that of the small 'peasant' farmers of so many
general histories. Patricia Croot challenges the idea that small
farmers failed to contribute to the productivity and
commercialization of the early-modern economy.
This detailed and original study of early-modern agrarian society
in the Somerset Levels examines the small landholders in a group of
sixteen contiguous parishes in the area known as Brent Marsh. These
were farmers with lifehold tenures and a mixed agricultural
production whose activities and outlook are shown to be very
different from that of the small 'peasant' farmers of so many
general histories. Patricia Croot challenges the idea that small
farmers failed to contribute to the productivity and
commercialization of the early-modern economy.
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