Beenham: A History ~ West Berkshire, England ~ Parish and Estate ~ Genealogy

Title: Beenham: A History
Author: Compiled by members of the History of Beenham Group
Publication: [Beenham Hill, Berkshire: History of Beenham Group], 1999

Description: Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Map on front endpapers. Interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated with several maps, diagrams, and family charts, and many historic black-and-white photographs. Dust jacket in an archival mylar sleeve. 215, [1] pages. 25 x 19.5 cm.

A handsomely produced history and record of life in the West Berkshire village of Beenham, which documents the changes that have affected the people in terms of land ownership, livelihoods, the churches and schools they attended, their leisure and social activities and the houses in which they lived. It uses some previously unpublished research, photographs, records, maps and drawings as well as oral histories provided by long term residents.

Contents:
Introduction.
1. The Parish of Beenham--Where and Why?
2. History of Beenham
3. Beenham in the Civil Wars
4. A History of Beenham Manor and Estate
5. The Churches
6. Houses--and people who lived in them
7. Beenham's School
8. Trouble and Strife
9. People and their Livelihoods
10. Leisure and Social Activities
Postscript

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine

ISBN: 095374700x

Keywords: parish, England, Berkshire, West Berkshire, history, genealogy,