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PACKMEN, CARRIERS AND PACKHORSE ROADS: TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Written by David Hey
Published by Leicester University Press in 1980
ISBN: 0718511921

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PACKMEN, CARRIERS AND PACKHORSE ROADS: TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Written by David Hey.
Stock no. 1823388
1st. 1980. Hardback. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A network of routes travelled by packmen, carriers and packhorse teams carried much of Britain's trade before the era of the turnpike road. In many parts of the country, a wealth of visual evidence survives - holloways, causeys, guide stoops and packhorse bridges. This book studies the system of routes, taking as an example the wild and difficult terrain of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0718511921. Board corners lightly bumped. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine and lightly scuffed.

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Front cover

Cover of PACKMEN, CARRIERS AND PACKHORSE ROADS: TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE by David Hey

Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1 'A waste and houling wilderness'
  • 2 Streets, ways and gates
  • 3 Responsibility
  • Chapter 2 Finding the Way
  • 1 Waymarkers
  • 2 Guide Stoops
  • 3 Maps
  • Chapter 3 The evidence on the ground
  • 1 Holloways
  • 2 Causeys
  • 3 Bridges
  • Chapter 4 Packhorses and Wheeled Vehicles
  • Chapter 5 Water Transport
  • 1 Bawtry
  • 2 The Don Navigation
  • Chapter 6 The carriage of minerals and manufactured goods
  • 1 Lead
  • 2 Coal
  • 3 Iron
  • 4 The cutlery and allied trades
  • 5 Quarrying
  • 6 Lime
  • 7 Textiles
  • 8 Salt
  • Chapter 7 The transport of livestock and farm produce
  • 1 Markets and Fairs
  • 2 Drovers and butchers
  • 3 Corn, malt and cheese
  • 4 Badgers and Swailers
  • Chaper 8 The retail trade
  • 1 Haddon Hall accounts
  • 2 Shops
  • 3 Hawkers and pedlars
  • Chapter 9 Carriers
  • 1 Part-time carriers
  • 2 Inns and alehouses
  • 3 London carriers
  • 4 Sheffield carriers in 1787
  • Chapter 10 Conclusion
  • Table of £.s.d./£p equivalents
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index