The Sutton Companion to Local History by Stephen Friar

The Sutton Companion to Local History by Stephen Friar

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With over 2000 entries, this comprehensive single-volume guide to local history, archaeology, architecture and landscape answers many of the questions that arise in the course of local history research and travel.

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The Sutton Companion to Local History by Stephen Friar

The Sutton Companion to Local History is the most comprehensive single-volume guide published to local history, archaeology, architecture and landscape. In an easy-to-use A-Z format, it answers many of the questions that arise in the course of local history research and travel and provides a starting point for further enquiries. From each of the major entries, a detailed system of cross-referencing leads on to subsidiary entries exploring related topics or defining specialised terms. Major entries also include guides to further reading and the addresses of major organisations of interest to local historians are included in an appendix. For this edition the author has updated the entire work, adding new entries, correcting errors and improving the illustrations.
Stephen Friar is a writer and lecturer on local history and heraldry. His books include 'The Sutton Companion to Heraldry', 'The Sutton Companion to Castles' and 'The Sutton Companion to the English Parish Church'. He lives in Dorset.
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ISBN 13 9780750927239
ISBN 10 0750927232
Title The Sutton Companion to Local History
Author Stephen Friar
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Year published 2004-08-19
Number of pages 528
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