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"With 62 pages crammed with black-and-white photos and illustrations, this is a succinct guide to the growth of English and Welsh towns from the mid-twelfth to early fourteenth centuries." -"Renaissance Magazine"
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Most English and Welsh towns were founded or grew rapidly in the later medieval period, in particular between the mid twelfth and early fourteenth centuries. This book begins by giving a brief outline of the great growth in the number and size of towns and outlines the archaeological, documentary and cartographic evidence that is available. It then goes on to relate that evidence to surviving and lost features in the townscape, with the aim of providing enough background material for the reader to be able to see why, when, where and how any medieval town grew. Particular topics covered include town sites, their overall layout, street patterns, defences (castles, walls and gates), markets, trades, churches, chapels, monasteries, suburbs, property boundaries and houses. Above all, this is a practical guide to the study of medieval town plans.
Dr Paul Hindle took early retirement in 2000; he was previously a Senior Lecturer in Geography. He is Honorary Secretary of Manchester Geographical Society. He has written widely on roads, maps and the Lake District.
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Content excellent but all too brief. My town was mentioned so took book with as I wandered about the streets.
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Recommended for any student in urban history
28 Sep 2011
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This succinct work (64 pages) by an academic geographer is one of the "Shire Archaeology" series and it does a pretty good job of outlining the principal factors in the development of towns in England and Wales between the Conquest and about 1300. Hindle discusses first the surviving sources of information, then relates that to site selection, street layouts, town defense, and the establishment of markets, churches, and later suburbs. As a detailed case study, he examines Ludlow, in Shropshire, established shortly after the building of the local castle in 1090, giving special attention to the way in which the town developed and the services it gradually was able to offer. There are numerous black-and-white photos and a great many town plans themselves. This is more an extended essay than a detailed study of the subject, but it would make excellent reading for any student of urban planning and history.
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