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Old Books - Kent
Essentials for Local Historians, Genealogists & Family Historians

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Russells Maidstone - A History of Trade in Maidstone

AUTHOR: J. M. Russell
FIRST PUB.: 1881
THIS EDITION: 2009

CD-ROM £10.00
 

25 page book, re-worked from the original publication. Extracted from "The History of Maidstone".

Supplied as a PDF document on CD-ROM.

CONTENTS:

Kentish Ragstone
The Walloon Settlers in Maidstone
Manufacture of Cloth and Linen Thread
Early Cultivation of Hops
The Medway Traffic
Municipal Survey of the River
Wages in 1698
Issue of Tokens
General Trade of the Town
Hop-growing and Hop-picking
Fruit Cultivation
Brewing and Distilling
Paper-making
Fairs and Markets
Market Buildings

ILLUSTRATIONS:

The Market Cross & Conduit
Pruned Filbert tree
The Market Place 1820