A Perambulation of Kent Written in the Yeere 1570

Written in 1570 and first published in 1576, with this edition being a 1826 literal reprint A wonderful description of the topography, history and customs of the county. There are lists of the nobility,gentry and parish officers plus some excellent descriptions of towns and villages.    

Price:  £15.11

Early Modern Kent 1540-1640

An immensely useful volume. HISTORY

Kent was at the heart of the nation's history during the period of the Reformation, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and the decades leading up to the English Civil Wars. This specially commissioned new history offers an accessible but scholarly introduction to the county's history during a century of extraordinary developments. It covers the county's evolution from Henry VIII to Charles I, addressing local political, economic and industrial change in the context of the larger national picture, and highlighting the striking diversity of the county's farming systems and landscapes, both urban and rural. The progress of the Protestant Reformation and its wider consequences for the common people as well as the gentry of Kent are studied in depth. There is also a challenging new interpretation of the origins and growth of political differences among the governors of Kent, which led ultimately to the civil strife of the 1640s. Finally, there is a detailed look at witchcraft and witch-hunting in Kent between the reign of Elizabethan and the Civil War period.
MICHAEL ZELL is lecturer in history at the University of Greenwich.
Contributors: PATRICIA HYDE, MICHAEL L. ZELL, JOAN THIRSK, JANE ANDREWES, JACQUELINE BOWER, MALCOLM J. GASKILL, JACQUELINE EALES.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15585-2

Price:  £50.00

Historic Memorials of Canterbury

The landing of Augustine, The Murder of Becket, Edward The Black Prince, Becket's Shrine by Arthur P Stanley with illustrations. 3rd edition. Published in London by John Murray in 1857.    

Price:  £12.13

Kent in the Twentieth Century

The sixth volume to be published in the major ten-volume new history of the county of Kent, and the first detailed study of the development of Kent over the past hundred years. Each of the ten chapters begins by evoking a picture of Kent on the eve of the First World War and looking at the changes that have taken place between then and the present day in the area under discussion. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the two World Wars on Kent; to the influence of national events on local institutions and people; to the role of the county council in the development of many aspects of life in Kent; and to the major economic and social changes of the last thirty years,many of them associated with Britain's entry into the European economic community and Kent's strategic importance as a corridor linking London and Britain to Europe.
NIGEL YATES is senior research fellow in church history, University of Wales, Lampeter.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15587-6

Price:  £50.00

Lyson's. The Environs of London

The full set of this incredibly rare and expensive set of books. This is probably one of the most useful London history books ever written and has been an invaluable reference tool for generations of eminent London historians.    

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The Economy of Kent, 1640-1914

In recent years, historians' interpretations of the economic history of Britain from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century have changed significantly. There is less emphasis on the idea of a cataclysmic `industrial revolution'pioneered in and confined to the northern and midland counties, with increasing amounts of attention devoted to the long-neglected economic history of the southern counties. The Economy of Kent, 1640-1914is the first authoritative survey of the topic. Subjectsconsidered include the population of Kent, its growth, mobility and distribution; agriculture; industry; transport; labour; and the importance of the sea to Kent. Its findings suggest that Kent retained its place as an important constituent of the expanding British economy throughout the period, and that, by its steady economic progress, it avoided many of the strains and stresses experienced by counties more directlytouched by industrialisation, along with the painful processes of readjustment that other regions have faced more recently.
ALAN ARMSTRONG is Professor of Economic and Social History at Kent University.
The contributors are: MARY DOBSON, ALAN ARMSTRONG, GORDON MINGAY, DAVID ORMROD, JAMES PRESTON, THEO BARKER, ROBIN CRAIG, JOHN WHYMAN, CHRISTOPHER CHALKLIN, TOM RICHARDSON, ALAN ARMSTRONG   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15582-1

Price:  £40.00

The Victoria History of the County of Kent, Volume I

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90606-7

Price:  £60.00

The Victoria History of the County of Kent, Volume II

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90607-4

Price:  £60.00

The Victoria History of the County of Kent, Volume III

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90608-1

Price:  £60.00