{"product_id":"the-handy-book-of-parish-law-paperback-9781108024839","title":"The Handy Book of Parish Law (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108024839","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Handy Book of Parish Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1872 volume explains the complex laws relating to local administration at the parish level.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Andrews Holdsworth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108024839, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWilliam Andrews Holdsworth was the author of several popular legal handbooks, which ran into many editions. They were aimed at non-specialists, explaining topics such as landlord and tenant rights, will-making and acting as an executor, bankruptcy and married women's property legislation. The Handy Book of Parish Law was first published in 1859, and ran to twelve editions, of which this is the third (1872). The parish is still the lowest level of local government, particularly in the countryside, and parish councils formerly made many of the decisions which affected day-to-day life in their locality. Regular changes in the law required frequent updating, and the significance of certain bodies altered over time. This is a useful source for local and family historians, which helps unravel the complexities of parish law, which applied not only to church management but to poor law unions and aspects of local government.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Of the parish and parishioners\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of the parish church and churchyard\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of the parson and clergymen of the parish, and church services\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of the churchwardens\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of the church trustees\u003cbr\u003e 6. Of the parish clerk, sexton, and beadle\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of the parish vestry\u003cbr\u003e 8. Of select vestries\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of metropolitan vestries\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of constables\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of the preparation of jury lists\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of highways\u003cbr\u003e 13. Of highway districts under the Highway Acts of 1862 and 1864\u003cbr\u003e 14. Of tramways\u003cbr\u003e 15. Of the watching and lighting of parishes\u003cbr\u003e 16. Of the removal of nuisances\u003cbr\u003e 17. Of church rates\u003cbr\u003e 18. Of county and borough rates\u003cbr\u003e 19. Of poor rates\u003cbr\u003e 20. Of the rating of tenements let for short terms, and of small tenements\u003cbr\u003e 21. Of parochial assessment\u003cbr\u003e 22. Of the powers of the local government board in the administration of the Poor Laws\u003cbr\u003e 23. Of the board of guardians\u003cbr\u003e 24. Of metropolitan district asylum boards, and metropolis common poor fund\u003cbr\u003e 25. Of the powers of justices of the peace in the administration of the Poor Laws\u003cbr\u003e 26. Of the overseers\u003cbr\u003e 27. Of assistant overseers and collectors\u003cbr\u003e 28. Of the audit of union and parish accounts\u003cbr\u003e 29. Of the union officers\u003cbr\u003e 30. Of the relief of the poor\u003cbr\u003e 31. Of the workhouse\u003cbr\u003e 32. Of settlement and removal\u003cbr\u003e 33. Of parish apprentices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265964921112,"sku":"9781108024839","price":24.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108024839i_4d2c89ad-2b28-4c81-968f-b88380e45fbc.jpg?v=1694869817","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-handy-book-of-parish-law-paperback-9781108024839","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}