Power in the land : Ramsdens and their Huddersfield estate, 1542-1920

Royle, Edward (EDT)

University of Huddersfield Press（2020/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 273 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781862181762
• DDC分類 942.81

Full Description

In 1542 William Ramsden bought his wifes family home at Longley and so began a long association between the Ramsdens and Huddersfield which lasted until Sir John Frecheville Ramsden sold his greatly increased Huddersfield estate to the Corporation in 1920. This collection of essays is published to commemorate the centenary of that event. Seven local historians examine different aspects of the Ramsden familys relationship with the town and its inhabitants, especially in the nineteenth century. The book incorporates new research and gives fresh insights into the events which led to Huddersfield becoming the town that bought itself a century ago.

Contents

Prelims; Longley Hall: the Huddersfield Seat of the Ramsdens; The Ramsdens and the Public Realm in Huddersfield, 1671-1920; The Ramsden Estate Dispute of 1850-1867; Religion and Philanthropy; Architectural patronage in early-Victorian Huddersfield: the Ramsdens, William Wallen and J. P. Pritchett; Buying Huddersfield for the People; A Ramsden Family Perspective; Bibliography.