Original and insightful, this volume, giving in-depth consideration to the key issues affecting the future of market towns, provides readers with a framework for evaluating policy initiatives and progress in market towns.Through a detailed analysis of the characteristics of over 200 towns and in-depth studies of eleven towns in different parts of E

In Ashby-de-la-Zouch the seventeenth century was a period of dramatic change. At the beginning of the century this small market town prospered as the Earls of Huntingdon, lords of the manor, played an active part in national politics and entertained Kings at their family home of Ashby castle. During the Civil War this castle became a Royalist stronghold and was besieged for sixteen months. After the war the victorious Parliamentarians ensured that the castle was made uninhabitable. When the monarchy was restored in 1660, the Earls of Huntingdon moved away to Castle Donington. "ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH - Seventeenth century life in a small market town" looks at the effect of national events on ordinary townspeople. The author was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on social and economic conditions in Ashby during this period. This book is a condensed and updated version of this thesis.

Market Failure? : Can the traditional market survive?, ninth report of session 2008-09, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence

This book continues in a series by Patricia Spencer, which concerns works in the English Chronicles by variable medieval and renaissance authors of antiquities. The first volume of Albion was concerning the work titled the Brut. Albion 2, is the 2nd in the series and begins part 1 of Holinshed's Chronicle.

A pioneering book highlighting the dynamic environmental dimensions of towns and villages and spatial connections with surrounding land.