Simon townley editor (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (CAB-246) List price Amazon - $155.00. An overweight and oversized volume that will require additional postage. "This volume comprises a history of the large west Oxfordshire town of Witney and its rural townships of Crawley, Curbridge, and Hailey, an area of over 7,000 acres derived from a large, late Anglo-Saxon estate. Whitney, probably the site of the Anglo-Saxon estate centre, was redesigned as a planned `new town' in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century; from the seventeenth century it was widely known for its blanket industry, and became a center of religious non-conformity. After the Second World War it was developed as one of the chief economic and residential centers in Oxfordshire, its population rising to over 20,000 by the end of the century. The town's origins, buildings, and physical development are fully discussed, together with its economic, social and religious history. This volume also covers the surrounding rural area straddling the Windrush valley, encompassing both scattered woodland settlements and nucleated villages with open fields; there was much early assarting and inclosure, much of the latter in connection with the wool trade and Witney's cloth industry. Important sites discussed include the medieval Witney park, Caswell House, near the site of a deserted medieval settlement, and the bishop of Winchester's recently excavated `palace' at Whitney." (Publisher).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xii; 80. Publisher's white cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket featuring a painting by Neil Park, unpriced as issued. Some spotting throughout and to edges. Spotting to cloth. Dust-jacket rubbed to extremities. Very good.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Focused on the south-west Chilterns, this volume looks at the riverside market town of Henley-on-Thames, famous for its annual Royal Regatta, and at the four neighbouring parishes of Bix, Harpsden, Rotherfield Greys and Rotherfield Peppard. The adjoining parishes stretch from the river to the Chilterns uplands, comprising a mixed landscape of wood pasture, small hedged closes, and (in the Middle Ages) small open fields. The area contains deserted or shrunken settlements, including Bolney and the newly-discovered site of Bix Gibwyn church; its important buildings include Greys Court, established probably in the eleventh century, while Henley itself contains a richness of eighteenth-century brick-built houses alongside medieval timber-framing, several examples of which have recently been dated by dendrochronology.Hardcover bound in red cloth, with paper title label to front and gilt titles to spine. There are a few small touches of wear externally, including a small nick in the rear board and some very light discolouration to textblock edges, but the contents of the book are very good, bright, fresh and unmarked. This book is part of The Victoria History of the Counties of England. xi, 375 pages, including index. Size 30.7 x 21.6 x 3.1 cm. Black & white photographic illustrations and maps.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 306 pages. 12.25x8.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 375 pages. 12.50x8.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 440 pages. 12.01x8.27x1.42 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 440 pages. 12.01x8.27x1.42 inches. In Stock.