Power in the Land: The Ramsdens and their Huddersfield Estate, 1542−1920
Edward Royle, Brian Haigh, David Griffiths, John Halstead, Christopher Webster, Stephen Caunce & Meriel Buxton
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In 1542 William Ramsden bought his wife’s 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 family’s 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. |
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Published Published By Pages ISBN DOI Chapters Sept. 28, 2020 University of Huddersfield Press 273 978-1-86218-176-2 10.5920/pitl.fulltext 9 Citation Edward Royle et al. 2020. Power in the Land: The Ramsdens and their Huddersfield Estate, 1542−1920 -
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Power in the Land: The Ramsdens and their Huddersfield Estate, 1542−1920 has the following Chapters:
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- 1 Chapter One - Longley Hall: the Huddersfield Seat of the Ramsdens
- 2 Chapter Two - The Ramsdens and the Public Realm in Huddersfield, 1671-1920
- 3 Chapter Three - The Ramsden Estate Dispute of 1850-1867
- 4 Chapter Four - Religion and Philanthropy
- 5 Chapter Five - Architectural patronage in early-Victorian Huddersfield: the Ramsdens, William Wallen and J. P. Pritchett
- 6 Chapter Six - Buying Huddersfield for the People
- 7 Chapter Seven - A Ramsden Family Perspective
- 0 Bibliography
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