HOW TO WRITE THE HISTORY

OF A PARISH

HOW TO WRITE THE
HISTORY OF A PARISH

AN OUTLINE GUIDE TO TOPOGRAPHICAL
RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND BOOKS

BY

обли

REV. J. CHARLES COX, LL.D., F.S.A.

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AUTHOR OF 'Notes on the churches of derbyshire," THE LICHFIELD
CAPITULAR Muniments,' THREE CENTURIES OF DERBYSHIRE
ANNALS,'
""ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND,'

"ENGLISH CHURCH FURNITUre," etc.

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"Every man's concern with the place where he lives, has something
more in it than the mere amount of rates and taxes that he has to pay."
-TOULMIN SMITH.

FIFTH EDITION, REVISED

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & SONS
44 & 45 RATHBONE PLACE

1909

[All rights reserved]

DA

.C88 1909

Printed by Ballantyne, HANSON & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

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