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How to Read a Village
Richard Muir
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How to Read a Village

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What constitutes a village? What is the significance of the maypole? What was the true purpose of a village green? What is a'moot hall'? What is the origin of lich-gates? What was the real role of a yeoman? How come whole villages have disappeared over the centuries? This book reveals the answers and provides all the tools a village detective will need. Village history, points out the author, is embedded in the village landscape. Village stories can, therefore, be'read': this book will reveal how. Arranging the book thematically, chapters cover ancient villages; the village green (including ma...