BISLEY: A COTSWOLD VILLAGE REMEMBERED 1860-1945
Written by Juliet Shipman
Published by Chantry Press
in 1991
ISBN: 0951829408
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- COTSWOLDS
- HISTORY
BISLEY: A COTSWOLD VILLAGE REMEMBERED 1860-1945
Written by Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 1830641
1st.
1991.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A colourful portrait of one of Gloucestershire's most interesting villages. The text has been based on the tape-recorded recollections of Bisley people and illustrated by their photographs. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0951829408. Minor grubby mark to rear cover else clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Photograph Credits
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. THE LORD OF THE MANOR
- 2. SIR JOHN STEALS THE DONKEYS' DINNER
- 3. A VICTORIAN COUNTRY GENTLEMAN
- 4. LIFE ON THE LAND
- 5. THE GENTRY AND VILLAGE LIFE BEFORE 1914
- 6. THE VILLAGE AND WORLD WAR I
- 7. CHILDHOOD 1900-1945
- 8. LIFE IN THE COTTAGES
- 9. VILLAGE SHOPS
- 10. PUBLIC HOUSES
- 11. FROM HORSE AND CART TO MOTOR CAR
- 12. CRAFTESMEN
- 13. THE WELLS
- CONCLUSION
- Bibliography
- Sources