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An ideal stockfiller for the lover of Cumbrian history and lore in your family! How Christmas was spent in the county in days gone by, with tales of mummer plays, rapier dances, carol-singing and ghosts. There is even a Cumbrian toast and a recipe for rum butter!
Paperback with black and white illustrations. 20 pages. 14.5 x 21 cm.
The three surveys of Kendal's public health contained in this publication neatly span the 19th century. They present a fascinating social history of Kendal, illustrating that in terms of its geography and architecture, the town presented a significant challenge to public health.
They comprise A topographical pathology of Kendal and its neighbourhood by Dr Thomas Proudfoot, 1822; Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage and supply of water, and the sanitary conditions of the inhabitants of the Borough of Kendal by George Thomas Clark, 1849; Report on the sanitary condition of Kendal by Dr David Page, 1875.
Paperback. 155 pages. 20.5 x 14 x 1.5 cm.
The diary of Elizabeth Thompson, midwife of Kendal, is of enormous value to family historians as it covers a period (1669-1675) when the parish records are missing. Her meticulous entries list the children she delivered day by day. Each entry names the child, the father, the area/house of the family and even the time of the birth.
With index of persons and places. Black and white illustrations.
Paperback. 88 pages. 21 x 15 x 1 cm.
George Hilton (1673-1725) of Beetham Hall, Westmorland, was a gentleman by birth, a Roman Catholic in faith and a peripheral Jacobite figure who participated in the 1715 rebellion at Preston. His journal points to behaviour worthy of a more scandalous reputation. His entries, covering the period 1700-1705 and 1722-1723, relate of wild drinking sessions, repeated (and often disastrous) bouts of gambling, and his encounters with loose women. The journal also presents a fascinating picture of his social networking with the gentry of South Westmorland and his quest for spiritual fervour and moral probity. Includes pedigrees, transcript of his will and brief biographies of his associates. Fully indexed. Black and white illustrations.
Paperback. 107 pages. 21 x 15 x 1 cm.
A fortune teller who can't speak; a Victorian lady faced with a rather too business-like proposal of marriage; a child of twelve toiling underground, his growth cruelly stunted by the confinement of the mine; a man pressed into the army and turning deserter in his desperation to return to his family; a comfortably-married woman haunted by a guilty secret in her past...these are just a few of the hundreds of fascinating characters to be found among the documents of Cumbria's archives. This collection of new fiction from Cumbrian writers presents their stories accompanied by the original documents which inspired them.
Paperback. 56 pages. 21 x 15 x 0.5 cm.
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