The Common Stream: Two Thousand Years of the English Village - Softcover

Parker, Rowland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897333918 ISBN 13: 9780897333917

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

This is the story of the village of Foxton, in Cambridgeshire. The author studied archaeological excavations, oral tradition, manor court rolls, land tax returns, wills, bishops' registers and many other records, in order to build up a picture of the life, work, clothes, food and pastimes of the villagers, from the first traces of human settlement two thousand years ago, to the present day.

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About the Author

Rowland Parker was born in 1912 in North Lincolnshire. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all farmers and his youth was spent in the country. He was educated at Louth Grammar School, won a scholarship to Nottingham University and then trained as a teacher. In 1935 he joined the staff of what was then the Central School, Cambridge, and, except for the war, remained there until his retirement in 1972. He enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1940, serving in North Africa, Italy, Egypt, Syria and Palestine, where he began to take an interest in archaeology and history. He lived in Foxton until his death in 1989.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897333918
• ISBN 13: 9780897333917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254