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The Parish Chest Book

The purpose of the book is to illustrate and encourage research into local history by means of surviving documents and fragments; it opens a way of actual study for many would-be local historians. Mr Tate's knowledge of documents and of the scattered literature dealing with them enabled him to describe and illustrate the evolution of local government.Read More

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    This is third edition of a classic is the standard study of the parochial administration in England. Mr. Tate?s purpose in writing the book in 1946, was to encourage research into local and family history by describing the range of civil and ecclesiastical documents that occur in parish archives; the ?parish chest?. Many examples are printed, transcribed and related to the conditions and laws that gave rise to them and to the evolving English society whose relics they are. His knowledge of the literature has led to the better understanding of parish records.

  • 0850335078
  • 9780850335071
  • William Edward Tate
  • 22 November 1983
  • Phillimore & Co Ltd
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 400
  • 2nd Revised edition
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