First edition, first impression. 260pp, with black and white plate illustrations, map, charts etc. Emerald cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Maps on endpapers. 8vo. cloth very gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Front board very slightly bowed. Text block edges a little toned. Internally neat, clean and tight. Original paper dust wrapper, worn, toned and rubbed, with a couple of cracks along spine folds with some loss at base of spine.
The Shropshire village of Myddle is the best documented rural community of the Tudor and Stuart period. In 1701 Richard Gough, a local resident, wrote a detailed history of the families in his community; that unique work is supplemented in this study by drawing on a wide range of other sources, including some unusually informative parish records and manorial surveys. The result is one of the most detailed historical studies ever made of a pre-industrial community.
