Nooks and Corners of English Life

About this eBook

Author

Timbs, John, 1801-1875

Title

Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present

Credits

Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

England -- Social life and customs

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40031

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40031

Release Date

June 20, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.JOHN TIMBS, — SECOND EDITION. — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. — LONDON: — GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, — CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. — M DCCC LXVII.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — I. Early English Life. — Britain before the Roman Colonization . — The Romans in England . — Domestic Life of the Saxons . — Meals—British, Anglo-Roman, and Saxon . — II. Castle Life. — III. Household Antiquities. — The Englishman's Fireside . — Private Life of a Queen of England . — The English Housewife . — A Herefordshire Lady in the Time of the Civil War . — House-furnishing in the Middle Ages . — Dress—Personal Ornaments . — Pins and Pin-money . — Provisions—Bread-making, Grocery, and Confectionery . — IV. Peasant Life. — V. Customs and Ceremonies. — Banbury Cakes, Congleton Cakes, etc . — Horselydown Fair in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth . — Wake Festivals in the Black Country . — Keeping Birds in the Middle Ages . — VI. Historic Sketches. — The Story of Fair Rosamund . — Cardinal Wolsey at Esher Place . — Traditions of Battle-fields . — Curiosities of Hatfield . — The Grand Remonstrance — Cavaliers and Roundheads — The Evelyns at Wotton . — Lord Bolingbroke at Battersea . — The Last of Epping Forest . — APPENDIX.
5. 5.I. Early English Life. — DWELLING-PLACES OF THE EARLY BRITONS.
6. 6.BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMAN COLONIZATION.
7. 7.THE ROMANS IN ENGLAND.
8. 8.DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE SAXONS.
9. 9.MEALS—BRITISH, ANGLO-ROMAN, AND SAXON.
10. 10.II. Castle Life.
11. 11.ENGLISH CASTLE-BUILDING.
12. 12.III. Household Antiquities.
13. 13.THE OLD ENGLISH HOUSE.
14. 14.THE ENGLISHMAN'S FIRESIDE.
15. 15.PRIVATE LIFE OF A QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
16. 16.THE ENGLISH HOUSEWIFE.
17. 17.A HEREFORDSHIRE LADY IN THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR.
18. 18.HOUSE-FURNISHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
19. 19.DRESS.—PERSONAL ORNAMENTS.
20. 20.PINS AND PIN-MONEY.
21. 21.PROVISIONS:
22. 22.BREAD-MAKING, GROCERY, AND CONFECTIONERY. — DESSERT FRUITS. — ORNAMENTAL FRUIT TRENCHERS. — VEGETABLES. — ANTIQUITY OF CHEESE. — ALE AND BEER.
23. 23.IV. Peasant Life. [57] — OPERATIVE TENANTS. — SERVICES OF TILLAGE. — OLDEN HARVEST. — HOCK-DAY. — SHEEP-SHEARING. — CONVEYANCE SERVICE. — WATCH AND WARD.—THE BEADLE.
24. 24.OLDEN HOUSE-MARKS.
25. 25.V. Olden Customs and Ceremonies.
26. 26.MAY-DAY CAROL ON MAGDALEN COLLEGE TOWER.
27. 27.BANBURY CAKES.—CONGLETON CAKES, etc .
28. 28.HORSELYDOWN FAIR, IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.
29. 29.WAKE FESTIVALS IN THE BLACK COUNTRY.
30. 30.KEEPING BIRDS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
31. 31.VI. Historic Sketches.
32. 32.THE STORY OF FAIR ROSAMUND.
33. 33.CARDINAL WOLSEY AT ESHER PLACE.
34. 34.TRADITIONS OF BATTLE-FIELDS.
35. 35.CURIOSITIES OF HATFIELD.
36. 36.THE GRAND REMONSTRANCE.
37. 37.CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS.
38. 38.THE EVELYNS AT WOTTON.
39. 39.LORD BOLINGBROKE AT BATTERSEA.
40. 40.THE LAST OF EPPING FOREST.
41. 41.APPENDIX. — ANCIENT BRITISH DWELLINGS. — THE SAXON HALL. — ABURY AND STONEHENGE.
42. 42.INDEX.
43. 43.ANIMAL WORLD. — By JOHN TIMBS. — GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. — FOOTNOTES:

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