A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume IV: Elthorne Hundred (Continued) and Gore Hundred (Part)

by J.S. Cockburn

This contains histories of ten ancient parishes in north-west Middlesex. Wealthy Lon-doners began to buy property here during the Middle Ages and later settled in fine houses, exemplified by the Jacobean mansion of Swake-leys. Thearea in return supplied the capital with corn, livestock, and, increasingly, with hay and garden produce. In Uxbridge it possessed a medieval market town, whose prosperity grew with the coach trade, and in Harrow, from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197227279
• ISBN13: 9780197227275
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Victoria County History
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.2" x 12.1"