Robert Hale. London. 1953 1st.. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Slightly rubbed around edges with small chips to ends of spine. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 232 pp. With b/w photographic plates. With map at back. One of a set of books describing some of the identifiable regions of Britain. This volume covers Weald of Kent and Sussex. The book is in two parts. The first in the nature of an itinerary, shows the reader the villages and byways; the second gives the history, industries, religions, superstitions, dialect, place names and regional dishes. Chapters on Salehurst to Headcorn, Paddock Wood to Hawkhurst, Polegate to Groombridge, Loop from Lewes, Horsham to Adur, History, Industry, Religion, Witches Ghosts and Fairies, Tongue and Teeth. Includes, Bodiam Castle, Smarden, Sissinghurst, Udimore, Pulborough, Petworth House, Cowdray Ruins, Midhurst, Lamberhurst, Ewhurst and much more.

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 86732
Title: The Regional Books. Weald of Kent and Sussex.
Author: KAYE-SMITH, SHEILA:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Robert Hale. London. 1953 1st.
Keywords: BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY The Regional Books, SHEILA KAYE-SMITH, Weald, Kent, Sussex, history, industries, religions, superstitions, dialect, place names and regional dishes, villages, byways, Salehurst, Headcorn, Paddock Wood, Hawkhurst, Polegate, Groombridge,

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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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