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Author Baker, Nigel, author, editor.

Title The houses of Hereford 1200-1700 / by Nigel Baker, Pat Hughes and Richard K. Morriss ; additional text by Ron Shoesmith ; reconstruction drawings by Bryan Byron ; original photography by Ken Hoverd ; additional photography by James O. Davies ; edited by Nigel Baker.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "The cathedral city of Hereford is one of the best-kept historical secrets of the Welsh Marches. Although its Anglo-Saxon development is well known from a series of classic excavations in the 1960s and '70s, what is less widely known is that the city boasts an astonishingly well-preserved medieval plan and contains some of the earliest houses still in everyday use anywhere in England. Three leading authorities on the buildings of the English Midlands have joined forces, combining detailed archaeological surveys, primary historical research and topographical analysis, to examine 24 of the most important buildings, from the great hall of the Bishop's Palace of c.1190, to the first surviving brick town-house of c.1690. Fully illustrated with photographs, historic maps and explanatory diagrams, the case-studies include canonical and mercantile hall-houses of the Middle Ages, and mansions, commercial premises and simple suburban dwellings of the early modern period. Owners and builders are identified from documentary sources wherever possible, from the Bishop of Hereford and the medieval cathedral canons, through civic office-holding merchant dynasties to minor tradesmen otherwise known only for their brushes with the law."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject Hereford (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History.
Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Hereford -- History.
Architecture, Domestic.
England -- Hereford.
History.
Architecture, Medieval -- England -- Hereford.
Architecture, Medieval.
Hereford (England) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Hughes, Pat, 1933- author.
Morriss, Richard K., author.
Other Form: Print version: Baker, Nigel. Houses of Hereford 1200-1700. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018 9781785708169 (OCoLC)1003586857
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