The Handy Book Of Parish Law.
Bound in original green cloth, gilt with embossed boards.
£45.00
Publisher
London: George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate.,
Date
1872
Synopsis
By w.a.holdsworth, esq., of gray's inn, barrister-at-law, author of 'the law of landlord and tenant,' etc. third edition.
Item Description
8vo. 4.75 x 7 inches. viii + 255 pp. [A1-4], B-R8.
Notes
William Andrews Holdsworth was a prolific writer of legal textbooks.
New edition of a standard work, first published in 1859, which appeared in twelve editions by 1907. Includes chapters on churchwardens, vestries, constables, highways and tramways, lighting, rates and administration of the poor laws and workhouses. An interesting account of parish duties and responsibilities at a period when it formed a much more significant element of local government.
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