Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland - A List of All Owners of Three Thousand Acres Upwards, Worth Gbp3,000

Reissued in its 1878 edition, this digest of the 'Modern Domesday Book' catalogues the landholdings of Britain's wealthiest families.

List of contents

Preface; Note on arrangement; Addenda et corrigenda; Great landowners of Great Britain; List of peers not possessed of 3,000 acres; Analysis.

Summary

First published in 1876, and reissued here in the 1878 edition covering the entire British Isles, this work drew on the 1873 Return of Owners of Land, known as the 'Modern Domesday Book'. John Bateman (1839–1910) corrected numerous errors and logged many landowners' religious and political affiliations.

Product details

• Authors: John Bateman, Bateman John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2014
• EAN: 9781108075954
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07595-4
• No. of pages: 518
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; European History, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General