The English Village: History and Traditions

About this book

The village remains a quintessential and much-loved treasure of the English countryside. This rural idyll has inspired generations of great poets novelists and artists including the likes of Constable Hardy Wordsworth as well as providing the picturesque setting for modern TV series such as Lark Rise to Candleford and Cranford. The English Village celebrates all that is unique and loved about a typical villagethe pub the green the school the church the pond the local shop and moreas well as exploring how the village has changed over the centuries. Also includes fascinating information on the origins of village namesSiddington for example means the farm of the valley (sidd: valley in: belonging to ton: farmland). Beautifully illustrated and filled with facts figures customs and lore there is a wealth of fascinating information to be discovered in this charming book.