1st Edition
The History of the Borough of High Wycombe from its origins to 1880
By L. J. Ashford
Copyright 1960
360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1960, The History of the Borough of High Wycombe presents the history of an English community, which in the space of some seven hundred years, grew up, flourished and declined and eventually superseded. Even by the standards of the Middle Ages Wycombe was a small town and remained so until very recently. At the beginning of the 19 th century, after a hundred years of steady... Read more
Preface Introduction 1. The Origins, Foundation and Extent of the Medieval Borough of Wycombe 2. The Burgesses and their Livelihood 3. The Institutions of the Medieval Borough 4. Tudor Wycombe: The Medieval Borough Diminished and Defined 5. Civil War and Civic Strife 6. The Parliamentary Borough I 7. The Parliamentary Borough II 8. The Eighteenth-Century Market Town 9. Local Government, 1660-1819 10. The End of the Old Corporation 11. The Ghost of the Medieval Borough 12. The Extension of the Borough A note on the Authorities Used Glossary Index Maps
Biography
L. J. Ashford
