The Social History of the people of the Southern Counties of England in past centuries

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THE SOCIAL HISTORY or THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND IN PAST CENTURIES; ILLUSTRATED IN RECORD TO THEIR HABITS, MUNICIPAL BYE-LAWS, CIVIL PROGRESS, ETC, FROM THE RESEARCHES OF GEORGE ROBERTS, AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF LYME REGIS," "LIFE OF THE DUKE OF MOSMOllTH," "DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY," ETC. ETC. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, & ROBERTS. 1856. London : Prirted by Spottiswoode & Co., New-street- Square. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, &c. &c. %\n Marls, INTENDED TO IMPROVE OUR ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE SOCIAL HISTORY OP OUR COUNTRY, IN WHICH FIELD HE HAS OBTAINED DISTINCTION; TO PROVE SUGGESTIVE IN MANY WAYS IN DETERMINING WHETHER THERE ARE OR NOT MANY INESTIMABLE ADVANTAGES ENJOYED BY THE MODERNS OVER THEIR ANCESTORS, IS, WITH SENTIMENTS OF GRATITUDE AND RESPECT, DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.