English Villages

English Villages

Peter Ditchfield, Church of England priest, an historian and a prolific author (1854-1930)


This ebook presents «English Villages», from Peter Ditchfield. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDIATION

-03- PREFACE

-04- INTRODUCTION

-05- PREHISTORIC REMAINS

-06- TUMULI OR BARROWS

-07- PIT AND PILE DWELLINGS

-08- CROMLECHS CAMPS AND EARTHWORKS

-09- ROMAN RELICS

-10- ANGLO-SAXON VILLAGES

-11- SAXON RELICS

-12- ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE

-13- NORMAN VILLAGES AND THE DOMESDAY BOOK

-14- NORMAN CASTLES

-15- MONASTERIES

-16- THE MANOR HOUSE

-17- PARISH CHURCHES

-18- CHURCH PLATE

-19- MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES AND BRASSES

-20- THE PARISH CHEST

-21- STAINED GLASS  TILES AND MURAL PAINTINGS

-22- CHURCH BELLS

-23- THE MEDIAEVAL VILLAGE

-24- VILLAGE SPORTS AND PASTIMES

-25- THE VILLAGE INN

-26- VILLAGE SUPERSTITIONS AND FOLKLORE

-27- APPENDIX