The Handy Book of Parish Law

The Handy Book of Parish Law

by W.A. Holdsworth, Esq. of Gray’s Inn, Barrister-at-Law.

A popular and practical statement of the most important portions of parochial law - that great system of local self-government which is the foundation of English freedom.
Written by W.A. Holdsworth. New and revised edition, published in 1886.
Includes 35 chapters on many subjects including - the parish church, constables, highways, sanitation, rates, poor law etc.

A useful reference guide for local historians, genealogists and students of law.

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