- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (19 Nov 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750920467
- ISBN-13: 978-0750920469
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,889,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These journals, written in the early part of the 19th century, provide an insight into Gloucestershire life and the world of the Victorian parson. Witts describes his life, work and pastimes, just before rail transport made travel a lot faster. He notices how the fashionable world behaves as he passes through Cheltenham, and how the building of the town progresses. The reader discovers that John Forbes, the architect of the beautiful Pittville Pump Room, was sentenced to transportation for life for fraud, even though it was subsequently commuted to a few years in prison. The parson describes the countryside through which he travelled, and the country houses in which he stayed, particularly Prinknash, where he was a frequent visitor to the Howell family, and Lydney, where he stayed with the Bathursts.
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Every day events from the 1st comuter,
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This review is from: The Diary of a Cotswold Parson (Letters & Diaries) (Paperback)
This book is a fascinating insight into the everyday life of a parson and magistrate. He must be the very first comuter travelling from the Slaughters to Gloucester, Cheltenham and The Forest of Dean on a day to day basis. He also writes about the progress of the construction of Cheltenham. Wonderful book
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interestin book,
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This review is from: The Diary of a Cotswold Parson (Paperback)
l recieved this book very fast dispite the weather and was very pleased with the book and service
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An excellent picture of life in mid-19th century Gloustershire,
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This review is from: The Diary of a Cotswold Parson (Letters & Diaries) (Paperback)
I purchased this volume from a small bookshop in the market town of Moreton-in-Marsh. This is a colorful and detailed view of rural life in the Cotswolds from 1820 - 1852. The diary was kept by the Reverend F.E. Witts during the bulk of his career as a country parson. These are delightful descriptions! Anyone who is interested in English country life should read this book.
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