MARKET TOWN: HITCHIN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by Anthony M. Foster, Lionel M. Munby
Published by Hitchin Historical Society
in 1987
ISBN: 0951210904
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MARKET TOWN: HITCHIN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by Anthony M. Foster, Lionel M. Munby.
Stock no. 1329640
1st.
1987.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. 225 pages including index. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0951210904. SIGNED by the editor (Munby) to title-page. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.
Front cover
Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter I HITCHIN IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES - AN INTRODUCTION
- Chapter II PAUPERS AND WORKHOUSES
- Chapter III WATER AND SEWERS
- Chapter IV MEDICINE AND HOSPITALS
- Chapter V BRICKS AND MORTAR
- Chapter VI MEN AND MOVEMENT - Road and Rails
- Chapter VII LETTERS AND PARCELS
- Chapter VIII GAS AND ELECTRICITY
- Chapter IX FIRE
- Chapter X CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- Chapter XI BANKS AND BANKING
- Chapter XII 'EDUCATE OUR OWN PEOPLE'
- Index
- List of Subscribers