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Title

The old rectory : the story of the English parsonage / Anthony Jennings.

Author

Jennings, Anthony (Anthony J. S.)

Publication

London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.

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Description

xii, 282 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

Examines the social, historical and architectural importance of the English parsonage and looks at its future.

Subject

• Parsonages > England > History
• Parsonages > Social aspects > England
• Parsonages > England > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• History
• Pictorial works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-264) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. Prologue -- Ch. 1. The appeal of the old rectory -- Ch. 2. The great twentieth century sell-off -- Pt. II. History -- Ch. 3. The parsonage in the parish -- the historical background -- Ch. 4. The parsonage and the Church institutions -- Pt. III. The architecture -- Ch. 5. What counts as a parsonage -- Ch. 6. More about parsonages -- Ch. 7. Parsonages through the ages -- Ch. 8. The finest parsonages -- Ch. 9. The architects -- Ch. 10. The curiosities -- Pt. IV. The present -- Ch. 11. Church law and the parsonage -- Ch. 12. Why the great sell-off -- Pt. V. The legacy -- Ch. 13. The house -- Ch. 14. The people -- Pt. VI. The future -- Ch. 15. The working parsonage -- Ch. 16. The old rectory -- Epilogue -- Ch. 17. Final thoughts -- App. A. Definitions -- App. B. The Buildings of England: the 20 best counties -- App. C. The 84 'best parsonages' -- App. D. The Buildings of England's 73 'best'.

ISBN

• 9780826426581 (hbk.)
• 0826426581 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 426120545
• SCSB-11204063

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library