 Author Name: ROELOFSZ, Eugene
Title: A MILLENNIUM OF HISTORY IN OMBERSLEY AND DOVERDALE. Through Changing Scenes of Life. A Local History - of National Significance
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Leominster, U.K Orphans Press 1999
ISBN Number: 0951199579 / 9780951199572
Seller ID: 6341
Book in fine condition, just a small light mark 1" x ½" inside front board by inner edge. Dustjacket in very good condition, on back cover starting from bottom edge there is a 5¼" long light scratch line (see picture). 284pp, including Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Abbreviations and Index of Names. With 13 colour and numerous black-and-white photographs through the book. Ombersley and Doverdale lie in the heart of the County of Worcestershire, their history is traced in minute detail from the Domesday Book to 1999. It includes village life, its economies, the development of farms and market gardens, shops, pubs and mills. Throughout the book runs the thread of the aristocratic Sandys family who have lived at Ombersley Court House for over 400 years. One of the family changed the whole infrastructure of Ombersley village early in the 19th Century and it is still virtually unaltered to day. There are buildings in the villages by three architects of national importance Frederick Preedy, Thomas Rickman and Francis Smith of Warwick and they are described in detail. A very fine book. (12¼"h x 8¾"w) (31cmx 22.5cms) approx.
Topography Ombersley Doverdale Worcestershire history Sandys family Frederick Preedy Thomas Rickman Francis Smith of Warwick Baroness Mary Sandys Ombersley Court House St. Andrews Church Landowners Farmers Yeoman families geography travel
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