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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Bygone Kent

Bygone Kent

Stead, Richard

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral EuropeBritish History

ISBN10: 9353701902
ISBN13: 9789353701901
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 17 2019
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step off the railway and into lanes older than memory. Kent feels close and distant. In Bygone Kent, Richard Stead guides you through a county of orchards, marshes, market streets, and weathered stone, capturing the textures of place that slip past modern eyes. Written in the spirit of Victorian era England, these antiquarian topographical essays and historical travel sketches move with an observant, companionable pace from kent villages and towns to the wider story of historic Kent England. Stead lingers over english heritage landmarks and overlooked corners alike, tracing how rural life and traditions shaped parish identities, local customs, and the look of the land itself. The result is a local history book that reads as antiquarian British travel writing, while offering the grounded detail that makes it a valued Kent genealogy reference for anyone following family lines through hamlets, churches, and old boundaries. It also sits confidently beside the best English county history guides: readable for the curious visitor, rich for the dedicated researcher. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For lovers of Britain's past, it makes a quietly distinctive British history gift book: part armchair journey, part county chronicle, and a window onto the everyday England that formed the nation's story.

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