HAMSTEAD MARSHALL

Craven Country: the Story of Hamstead Marshall
Craven Country: the Story of Hamstead Marshall is no longer in print, but the text is now available here, with some new illustrations and revisions to the 1996 edition. Copyright remains with the author, Penelope Stokes.
Contents Chapter 1 : A Wessex landscape Chapter 2 : Romans, Saxons and Normans Chapter 3 : Marshalls and castles Chapter 4 : Lords of the manor of Hamstead Marshall 1066-1620 Chapter 5 : Late medieval and Tudor Hamstead Chapter 6 : William Craven: a soldier of considerable fortune Chapter 7 : The warrior at court, and the honours bestowed upon him Chapter 8 : A mansion fit for a queen Chapter 9 : Ruined splendour Chapter 10 : The village in Stuart and Georgian times Chapter 11 : The Beautiful Lady Craven Chapter 12 : The Sham Castle and the canal through Hamstead Chapter 13 : The earldom revived Chapter 14 : Enclosure of the commons and a fire at the Mill Chapter 15 : Louisa, Lady Craven: a countess in residence Chapter 16 : Life, death, disease and the price of bread Chapter 17 : The Machine Riots of 1830 Chapter 18 : Church and chapel to the 1930s Chapter 19 : Ann Plumb and John Louis Chapter 20 : Earning a Victorian living and simple pleasures Chapter 21 : The White Hart, Hamstead School and the village hall Chapter 22 : Craven lordship 1850-1950 Chapter 23 : The twentieth-century village to 1939 Chapter 24 : Wartime Chapter 25 : The post-war village: rural bliss and blight Chapter 26 : Craven tragedy Chapter 27 : Hamstead today Gazetteer : A-Z of houses, roads and places with historical description and pictures

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