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  • Collection: Early Modern

The care of country churches in Herefordshire, c1662-1762, with special reference to the Archdeaconry of Hereford and the capitular peculiars

Historians discussing Anglican churches of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have often claimed that churches were neglected. That claim is still made, although it has been questioned for over fifty years. There is, therefore, a need to…

The early Quaker movement in Staffordshire, 1651-1743: From open fellowship to closed sect

This study provides a history of the early years of the Quaker movement in Staffordshire. It takes cognizance of research into the history of the movement generally and discusses how far Quakerism in Staffordshire supports or challenges the…

The economic and demographic development of Rossendale, c1650-c1795

Mid seventeenth century Rossendale was economically backyard even by the contemporary standards of highland England. The rest of the century did little to improve the position of Rossendale as a whole. Within Rossendale, the experience was not…

The Laws of Settlement : Their impact on the poor inhabitants of the Daventry area of Northamptonshire, 1750-1834

The aim of this thesis has been to analyse the Laws of Settlement. It is based on a collection of documents at the Northamptonshire Record Office which originated in the offices of several long-established firms of solicitors.;It is obvious that the…

The life and interests of the Reverend Sir Richard Kaye, Bt, LLD, FRS, FSA, an eighteenth century pluralist

Richard Kaye, the sixth and last Baronet, was born in 1736, and educated at Oxford, where he was the first Vinerian Scholar. At the University he met the third Duke of Portland, through whose friendship and influence he progressed. Ordained in 1760…

The Manor of Tyburn and the Regent's Park, 1086-1965

This thesis attempts to trace the history of the area now known as Regent's Park from its origins as a part of the Manor of Tybum and its enclosure as a hunting park by Henry VIII, through its disparking during the Civil War and its subsequent use as…

The profane and the sacred: Expressions of belief in the domestic buildings of Southern Fenland, circa 1500 to 1700AD

Historical and cultural geographers have in the recent past argued for a more dynamic and critical geography of architecture and suggested that researchers pay greater attention to domestic architecture and the spaces within the home. My original…