Essays In Kentish History Cb: Essays Kentish History (cass Library Of County Histories)

First published in 1976. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Cover 1 ESSAYS IN KENTISH HISTORY 2 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Table of Contents 6 Preface 8 Introduction 9 KENTISH HISTORIOGRAPHY (LXX, 1956) 13 SOME FIELDS AND FARMS IN MEDIEVAL KENT (LXXX, 1965) 23 REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN CROP PRODUCTION IN MEDIEVAL KENT (LXXVIII, 1963) 48 LATE-CONTINUED DEMESNE FARMING AT OTFORD (LXXIII, 1959) 62 FOUR KENT TOWNS AT THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES (LXXXI, 1966) 71 THE DISTRIBUTION OF LAY WEALTH IN KENT, SURREY AND SUSSEX, IN THE EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY (LXXX, 1965) 85 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN KENT, 1480-1660: A STUDY OF THE CHANGING PATTERN OF SOCIAL ASPIRATIONS (LXXV, 1961) 94 A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MARKET TOWN: TONBRIDGE (LXXVI, 1961) 98 PEOPLE AND HOMES IN THE MEDWAY TOWNS: 1687-1785 (LXXVII, 1962) 109 THE THANET SEAPORTS, 1650-1750 (LXVI,1953) 126 THE TRADE OF THE PORT OF FAVERSHAM, 1650-1750 (LXIX, 1955) 134 EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTER BOOK OF A DOVER MERCHANT, 1737-1741 (XXXII, 1917) 141 A TOUR THROUGH KENT IN 1735 (XLIII, 1931) 176 A TOUR INTO KENT, 1759 (LXIX, 1955) 190 A HAND-LIST OF ENGLISH ENCLOSURE ACTS AND AWARDS, PART 17: OPEN FIELDS, COMMONS AND ENCLOSURES IN KENT (LVI, 1943) 198 KENT HOP TOKENS (LXVI, 1953) 212 FRUIT GROWING IN KENT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (LXXIX, 1964) 217 MAIDSTONE GENEVA: AN OLD MAIDSTONE INDUSTRY (LXV, 1952) 231 MESSRS. BEST BREWERS OF CHATHAM (LXXII, 1958) 240 KENTISH TRADESMEN IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY (LXVI, 1953) 251 THE ROAD BETWEEN DARTFORD, GRAVESEND AND STROOD (LXXXIII, 1968) 256 THE OLD TELEGRAPH FROM LONDON TO THE COAST OF KENT (XLIV, 1932 ) 275 A KENTISH HOLIDAY (LXXXI, 1966) 282 INDEX 291 Essays Kentish History First published in 1976. This is a collection of twenty-three essays on the history of the English county of Kent in the south-east. They cover many aspects of local history and they include works on farms in Medieval Kent, Farming at Otford, Four Kent towns at of the Middle Ages, the distribution of wealth in the early fourteenth century, Tonbridge in the seventeenth century amongst others. Edited And With An Introduction By Margaret Roake And John Whyman. With A Preface By Felix Hull. Includes Bibliographical References.