Publications and price list
SVBRG has published a number of books detailing their
investigations into the origins, history and nature of the
vernacular buildings in several Somerset Villages. They
give exceptional insight into both the structural and
social history of these communities through the ages.
By way of an example the contents for the Chiselborough
Booklet is;
CONTENTS
Location Map (fig. 1)
Village Map (fig. 2)
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Houses & Cottages surveyed
Key to Conventional symbols
Introduction
The Manor
Tenure
Land Use
Holdings
Non Agricultural Employment
Social Structure
Gentry. Yeomen & Husbandmen
Lesser Farmers, Craftsmen and Labourers
Investment of Wealth
Houses and Cottages
(a) documentary evidence
(b) losses
(c) architectural evidence
(d) plan-form and typology
(e) descriptions and plans of individual dwellings
Farm Buildings
Conclusions
References
Glossary
Appendix
A Pitte holding ca 1585
B 1658'Rentall of the Mannor'
C Petition of Lionell Still - Leave to build 1614
D (i) Will of Robert Bishop l82s
(ii) Auction 1856
(iii) Auction 1857
From our Villages series:
Alford and Lovington £ 7.50
Batcombe £7.50
Butleigh £ 6.75
West and Middle Chinnock £7.00
Chiselborough £8.25
Compton Dundon £10.00
Haselbury Plucknett £8.50
Long Loa £5.50
Shapwick £ 7.50
Also:
The Dovecotes of Historical
Somerset
by John and Pamela McCann
£11.99
And by one our members,
Traditional Houses of Somerset
by Jane
Penoyre £19.99
available only from Halsgrove (www.halsgrove.co.uk)
Books available from Fergus Dowding, Yews
Farm, East Street, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6NF Tel 01935
822202
fergus.dowding@btinternet.com
Post and packing is extra, please contact for
details.