Town and countryside : the English landowner in the national economy, 1660-1860

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Town and countryside : the English landowner in the national economy, 1660-1860

edited by C.W. Chalklin & J.R. Wordie

Unwin Hyman, 1989

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This is a collection of essays on the role of the landowner in the history of England's economic development, both that of the private landowner, and the effect of corporate landownership and corporate enterprise in the field of urban development.

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  • Part 1 The acquisition and management of estates: a country gentleman and his estates, 1720-1768 - Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, Bart, of Coleshill, Berkshire, Janie Cottis
  • the purchase and management of Guy's Hospital estates, 1726-1806, B.E.S.Trueman
  • a progressive landlord - the Earl Spencer, 1782-1845, E.A.Wasson. Part 2 Corporate landowners and urban development: estate development in Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool, 1660-1720, C.W.Chalklin
  • Liverpool Corporation as landowners and dock builders, 1709-1835, Jane Longmore
  • the development of the Crown and corporation estates at Reading, 1828-1860, S.T.Blake. Part 3 Landlords in industry and commerce: a Devon family and their estates - the Northcotes of Upton Pyne, 1660-1851, P.J.Keeley
  • aristocrats and entrepreneurs in the Shropshire mining industry, 1748-1803, J.R.Wordie.

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