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MOLD TOWN AND COUNTRY: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

by T.W. Pritchard

Published by Bridge Books. 1st. 2012

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. A full history of the county town of Flintshire from its earliest artefacts (which date from c.2,000 BC) to the end of the twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, some in colour.

SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 9781844940851
Stock no. 1826341

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Prologue
  • 1. The formation of Ystrad Alun
  • 2. The Norman town
  • 3. The lordship and manor of Mold, 1284-1536
  • 4. Sixteenth and seventeenth century Moldsdale: union, strife and change
  • 5. Eighteenth century Mold: evidence of the gentry
  • 6. The activities of the gentry in eighteenth-century Mold
  • 7. Enterprise, industry and agriculture, 1750-1820
  • 8. Nineteenth century Mold
  • 9. Nineteenth century Mold: education
  • 10. Nineteenth century Mold: religion
  • 11. Creating wealth: industry in the nineteenth century
  • 12. The twentieth century
  • Sources
  • Index

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