Bishop Wake's Summary of Visitation Returns from the Diocese of Lincoln 1706-15, Part 2
Huntingdonshire, Hertfordshire (part), Bedfordshire, Leicestershire, Buckinghamshire
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:8th Nov '12
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The Visitation returns of William Wake, Bishop of Lincoln 1705-16, shed light on the history of over 1200 villages and the people who lived in them in six counties of England in the early years of the eighteenth century. Covering Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, they contain detailed information about the population, religious affiliations, schooling, charities, church attendance, and much besides. Many individuals are named, particularly non-conformist preachers and those who transgressed church laws or were baptized as adults. Bishop Wake's Summary of Visitation Returns from the Diocese of Lincoln 1706-15 is published in two parts. Part 2 completes the survey, covering parishes in the Archdeaconries of Huntingdon, Bedford, Leicester and Buckingham. Transcriptions of the summaries of the Visitations in 1706, 1709, and 1712 are given, together with additional material from the original returns from those years, and from 1715. Appendices contain the text of Bishop Wake's questionnaires. There is a comprehensive index of places mentioned in Parts 1 and 2. This latest addition to the Records of Social and Economic History series will be a rich source of information for social historians, local and family historians of these counties, and church historians.
John Broad is to be congratulated on publishing these two volumes of Bishop Williams Wake's summary of his visitation returns while Bishop of london (1705-1716). This is a monumental piece of work for anyone, particularly given the size of the diocese of London in the eighteenth century ... a monumental work of scholarship and much be commended. * Phillip Tovey, ANAPHORA, The Journal of the Society for Liturgical Study *
Browsing through the two volumes, the amount of work completed [...] is astounding. * Heather Falvey, Journal of Continuity and Change *
ISBN: 9780197265192
Dimensions: 240mm x 168mm x 41mm
Weight: 1130g
520 pages