Life in an English village, an economic and historical survey of the parish of Corsley in Wiltshire . Character and its Relation to Poverty . 151 XIV. Corsley Family Budgets . .192 XV. Ancestry and Children of Corsley . 256 XVI. Social Life in Corsley . . 276XVII. Conclusion ..... 285 CONTENTS xi APPENDICES PAGE I. Medieval and Stuart Records. . 291 II. Extracts from Overseers Accounts . 302 III. Extracts from Census Reports. . 305 IV. Extracts from Farming Accounts of Mr. John Barton ..... 306 List of References ..... 309 Index ....... 313 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS An Old Inhabitant .... Frontisp
Life in an English village, an economic and historical survey of the parish of Corsley in Wiltshire . Character and its Relation to Poverty . 151 XIV. Corsley Family Budgets . .192 XV. Ancestry and Children of Corsley . 256 XVI. Social Life in Corsley . . 276XVII. Conclusion ..... 285 CONTENTS xi APPENDICES PAGE I. Medieval and Stuart Records. . 291 II. Extracts from Overseers Accounts . 302 III. Extracts from Census Reports. . 305 IV. Extracts from Farming Accounts of Mr. John Barton ..... 306 List of References ..... 309 Index ....... 313 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS An Old Inhabitant .... Frontispiece FACING PAGE Map Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapwith the Sanction of the Controller Stationary Office .... 3 Cley Hill . . . .18 The Old Church (Pulled Down), c. 1830 . 60 Cottage with Weavers Window, inhabited by John Mines, the Last Weaver in Corsley . 84 Corsley Heath Wagon Works . .123 Temple and the Longleat Woods . 281 xiii LIFE IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE PART I CORSLEY IN THE PAST Road toFrome Road toWestowry Heath House Farm Freeze Farm Road to Frome ,.. Vgei Wood Longleat Pariand House . REPRODUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP WITH THE SANCTION OF THE CONTROLLER OF STATIONERY OFFICE. Life in an English Village CHAPTER I THE PARISH UNDER CLEY HILL BEYOND the far western border of Salisbury Plain,dividing the chalk Downs, which descend to it with asweeping curve, from the rich, wooded vales ofSomersetshire, lies a shelf or plateau, some fourhundred feet below the Downs, and midway betweentheir summits and the sea, but with a wide view overthe yet lower lying valley to the west. On this shelf, which is composed of a rich andfertile sandy soil, the parish of Corsley is situated,extending over an area of 4§ square Towards the eastern margin of the parish an oval-shaped hill rises abruptly from the plain, and stands,facing the downs, two miles distant, resembling themin every feature of substance and form, an isolatedfragment, which has somehow be
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