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Maps

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map geology

map relief

Map One: geology and natural vegetation

Map Two: relief and drainage

map old names

map boundaries

Map Three: old names indicative of natural landscape

Map Four: boundaries

map old roads

map Church End c. 1820

Map Five: old roads

Map Six: Church End c. 1820

map landowners 1847

map Church End 1900

Map Seven: principal landowners 1847

Map Eight: Church End 1900

map Yardley village 1847-1904

map urbanisation

Map Nine: Yardley village 1847-1904

Map Ten: urbanisation

 

Introduction
Preface
Geology and natural vegetation, and relief and drainage
The foundation of Yardley, and Boundaries
Old names, and old roads
Norman to medieval times, and St. Edburgha's church
Owners of Yardley
Old buildings
Open fields, and Tudor and Stuart times
The river Cole
Georgian times
The nineteenth century
Churches and schools
The twentieth century
Thirty-five years, and Principal sources
Maps

 

           

   


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