Abebooks both US and UK have copies of this book as well as books about Lacock and Steeple Ashton <G> No financial interest just found it googling <G> Eliz On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > Joining the Eng-Wiltshire List has reminded me that I have some books > about Wiltshire on my bookshelves, which I haven't looked at for a while. > > One of these is 'Wiltshire Village' by Heather and Robin Tanner. This is a > book of fiction, based on fact, about a typical Wiltshire village which > goes by the fictitious name of Kington Borel. It was published in 1939 and > republished in paperback in 1987 by Impact Books. (ISBN 0 245 54416 X) > Besides the interesting text about a rural existence now long gone, I like > it for the sixty black and white illustrations of country life in the > first half of the 20th century. > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:32:25 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > Abebooks both US and UK have copies of this book as well as books > about Lacock and Steeple Ashton <G> No financial interest just found > it googling <G> Of course, seeing your message, Eliz, I had to go have a look. My copy of the Wiltshire Village (1987) was £7 at a PBFA book fair, which I thought was good value because the illustrations are meticulously detailed and the book is laid out well with print which is easy on the eye. There are six etchings and 156 pen drawings I'm looking through my copy now. There's a beautiful double-page spread map of the fictitious village, Kingston Borel, at the beginning of the book, which gives field names as well as showing the church, chapels, school, village buildings, farms, woodland and much more. It's absolutely delightful! The book is divided into four parts -- The Village, The Crafts of the Village, The Village Year, Village People. Looking at it now makes me want to read it again. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com