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Passing Through
Author: Fabian Hiscock
Format: Paperback
Fabian Hiscock considers the dramatic technological and economic changes of the last decade of the eighteenth century as it played out in western Hertfordshire, focusing in particular on just one of the many innovations of the time: the Grand Junction Canal, created to connect the Midlands with London.
Price: £16.99/$33.95
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The Birmingham Parish Workhouse, 1730–1840
Author: Chris Upton
Format: Paperback
This book is the first attempt to write a history of the workhouse and the ancillary welfare provision for Birmingham, frequently referred to as the ‘Old Poor Law’.
Price: £16.99/$33.95
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