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A History of the County of Oxford: XVI: Henley-on-Thames and Environs: Binfield Hundred, Part 1 (Victoria County History)
Simon Townley (Ed.)
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Hardcover. Henley-on-Thames and Its Environs: Binfield Hundred. Series: Victoria County History. 398 pages, 96, 17 colour, 59 black and white, 20 line drawing. Editor(s): Townley, Simon. Authoritative account of the history of Henley-on-Thames and its neighbouring parishes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1. Dimension: 312 x 209 x 33. Weight: 1726.
Authoritative account of the history of Henley-on-Thames and its neighbouring parishes. Focused on the south-west Chilterns, this volume looks at the riverside market town of Henley-on-Thames, now famous for its annual Royal Regatta, and at the four neighbouring parishes of Bix, Harpsden, Rotherfield Greys and Rotherfield Peppard. Henley began as a planned town, probably in the late twelfth century, and became a major inland port, funnelling grain, wood and (later) malt into London. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it developed as a coaching centre, and from the nineteenth flourished as a fashionable resort and commuting area, following ... Read more
Authoritative account of the history of Henley-on-Thames and its neighbouring parishes. Focused on the south-west Chilterns, this volume looks at the riverside market town of Henley-on-Thames, now famous for its annual Royal Regatta, and at the four neighbouring parishes of Bix, Harpsden, Rotherfield Greys and Rotherfield Peppard. Henley began as a planned town, probably in the late twelfth century, and became a major inland port, funnelling grain, wood and (later) malt into London. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it developed as a coaching centre, and from the nineteenth flourished as a fashionable resort and commuting area, following ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Victoria County History
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904356387
SKU
V9781904356387
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About Simon Townley (Ed.)
SIMON TOWNLEY has been VCH Oxfordshire county editor since 1996 and is closely involved in Oxfordshire local history, serving on the committees of several local societies. His academic interests focus on settlement, landscape, and religion, particularly (but not exclusively) in the medieval period. He is a Fellow of the Society of ... Read more
Reviews for A History of the County of Oxford: XVI: Henley-on-Thames and Environs: Binfield Hundred, Part 1 (Victoria County History)
[A]n authoritative, readable and well-presented volume. This work will be of great interest and value to researchers of many different shades, and landscape historians will certainly be among them.
LANDSCAPE HISTORY
[T]he VCH Henley volume is a tour de force of scholarship and 'total history' - bringing archaeology, buildings and documents together to give as full as possible ... Read more
LANDSCAPE HISTORY
[T]he VCH Henley volume is a tour de force of scholarship and 'total history' - bringing archaeology, buildings and documents together to give as full as possible ... Read more