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Collections for the History of the Town and Soke of Grantham
Bookseller's description: First edition. An important source book for Newton's life. In 1733 the Turnor family had purchased Woolsthorpe Manor, Newton's birthplace, and in this book Edmund Turnor made available much hitherto unpublished primary material, including Conduitt's memoir to Fontenelle, a conversation with Newton in 1725, Stukely's letter to Mead, and other memoirs and records of Newton. [...] This book was a companion volume to Howlett's Select Views in Lincolnshire, and duplicated six of its plates. Purchasers of both volumes required this one to have only two plates, but copies of this book on its own should have the extra six plates [...].
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Survey of Medieval Winchester
By the fourteenth century Winchester had lost its former eminence, but in trades, manufactures, and population, as well as by virtue of its administrative and ecclesiastical role, the city was still one of the major provincial centres in England. This Survey is based on a reconstruction of the histories of the houses, plots, gardens, and fields in the city and suburbs between c. 1300 and c. 1540, although in many instances both earlier and later periods are also covered. The reconstruction takes the form of a gazetteer (Part ii) of 1,128 histories of properties, together with accounts of 56 parish churches and the international fair of St. Giles, all illustrated by detailed maps. There is al...
