How to Read a Village

Author: Richard Muir
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Category: British & Irish History, Social & Cultural History, Historical Geography, Rural Communities, Regional & Area Planning
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Hardcover

What constitutes a village? What is the significance of the maypole? What was the true purpose of a village green? What is a 'moot hall'? What is the origin of lich-gates? What was the real role of a yeoman? How come whole villages have disappeared over the centuries? This book reveals the answers and provides all the tools a village detective will need. Village history, points out the author, is embedded in the village landscape. Village stories can, therefore, be 'read' : this book will reveal how.



Arranging the book thematically, chapters cover ancient villages; the village green (including maypoles, pubs and ponds); the village church; cottages and farmsteads; village architecture (including lock-ups and market crosses); village casualties; fishing villages; clachans and fermtouns; villages of the modern era. Drawing on dozens of real villages as examples, the author, an expert on the landscape, matches up popular images and perceptions with the realities of old village life and history. Illustrating his theories with photographs, maps and drawings, he shows how amateur enthusiasts can pursue local village history with fascinating results. Covering the whole of Britain, he also points out key regional differences - for example, why villages in Scotland follow a different pattern to villages in England. This is a fascinating book that will delight lovers of local history everywhere.

About Richard Muir
Dr Richard Muir has a first class MA and a doctorate from the University of Aberdeen, and was made Honorary Research Fellow in Geography and the Environment in 2001. The bestselling author of the classic and hugely successful Shell Guide to Reading the Landscape, he is a leading expert in the field of landscape interpretation. Raised in the Yorkshire Dales, educated in Scotland and having lectured at Trinity, Dublin and Anglia universities, he now lives in Harrogate.

(BK-9780091920111)

SKU BK-9780091920111
Barcode # 9780091920111
Brand Ebury Publishing
Artist / Author Richard Muir
Shipping Weight 1.0900kg
Shipping Width 0.198m
Shipping Height 0.025m
Shipping Length 0.246m
Assembled Length 24.600m
Assembled Height 2.500m
Assembled Width 19.800m
Type Hardcover

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