This new book uses often remarkable probate inventories to explore the ways of life of the people who lived in the area between the 1600s and the 1760s ... coal miners, barge owners, ropemakers, tobacco pipe makers and shopkeepers.
“ ... a fascinating picture of the lives and living conditions of the boatmen and coal-getters ... a book of immense interest to the keen social historian.” Best of British Magazine
- ISBN10 1860771262
- ISBN13 9781860771262
- Publish Date 6 October 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The History Press Ltd
- Imprint Phillimore & Co Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English
- URL http://thehistorypress.co.uk/products/Miners-and-Mariners-of-the-Severn-Gorge-Probate-inventories-for-Benthall-Broseley-Little-Wenlock-and-Madeley-1660-1764.aspx