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CONTENTS
A list of the abbreviations used in the footnotes to the following sections.
Boundaries and Landscape
Communications
Settlement, Population and Topography
Introduction
The Medieval Manors
The Later Manor
Other Estates
Introduction
The Middle Ages
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
The Middle Ages
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
The Poor
Education
Manorial Courts and Rights
Parish Officers
Poor Relief
Origins and Status of the Parish Church
Pastoral Care and Religious Life
The Middle Ages
The Reformation and the Seventeenth Century
The Eighteenth Century
The Nineteenth Century
Patronage and Endowment
The Church
Houses