The parish boundary: A social phenomenon in Hanoverian England

Rural History

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-196

  Fletcher, David ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL HISTORY; RURAL HISTORY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142246885     PISSN: 09567933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095679330300102X     Document Type: Article

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